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Ah, hell no! He seemed to do well enough to last a while yet... Btw, obviously "Cast of the Love Boat" would be one of my Scavenger Hunt categories. But the team has already lost his captain. Edit: Woops, I already mentioned that in my post quoted above... Edit: Also, is this the second time in two weeks where I should have read my own posts more?

She's about to release her memoirs and the Guardian has a huge recounting of her story: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/29/sinead-oconnor-ill-always-be-a-bit-crazy-but-thats-ok-rememberings For the past six years, she's mostly been in what she calls "the nuthouse". She used to try to kill herself with sleeping pills, but not recently. She's had mental breakdowns because one of her kids got sick, and she had surgically induced menopause which was worse than the usual process. She's been diagnosed as 10% bipolar, and with a very borderline personality. During her most mentally dark times in 2017, she also had gallstones. She's been out of mental institutions since January this year. Also, when she visited Prince he locked her up in his mansion and wanted to have a pillow fight. Still, she seems fairly okay for the time being.

Lara Casalotti, who made international news and longlists through her cancer diagnosis in 2016, has now died 5 years later at 30: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/28/lara-casalotti-obituary Back then, she needed a stem-cell transplant and rare blood donation, and she got it. Taht gave her a few more years.

Henrik Enderlein, president of the Hertie School of Governance here in Berlin, that is, until he got diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, now dead at 46: https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/henrik-enderlein-ist-tot-ex-praesident-der-hertie-school-starb-im-alter-von-46-jahren-a-e461da12-7111-4833-b52b-9dbdc4dc4ac7 Even though I have a biographical connection, I missed the diagnosis and resignation in February. He was a big ally of Emmanuel Macron it seems, and a Europhile in general.

Tony Marino, dead at 90: https://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/tony-marino-passes-away-90-years-old-342606

US investment mogul, and Republican Party mega-donor Foster Friess dead at 81: https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-8482feb310e2d487afb293a32091070f I mostly remember him from him being on FOX and explaining how contraception used to be cheap when the girls simply put an "Aspirin between their knees". It took me some time to figure out that it meant, that they have to clench their legs shut to keep the Aspirin there. Or in other words, the world used to be better when women weren't such SLUTS.

Don Rickles?

Oh dear... well, of course, every single vaccine death will be mentioned in the press. You don't read about the millions, and soon to be billions that are fine. Still, you can't help everyone. It's a shitty situation, but what can you do.. people also die in traffic, and we still have cars.

Two notable people named Llew die on the same day...

John Warner gives unique joker points for Gooseberry's Apricot Crumble. Without his teams, these recent weeks would have been rather deathless on the DDP.

Crossposting here with a more national obit, one of Taylor's ex-husbands, long-time Virginia Senator John Warner, dead at 94 (not 93, Daily Beast): https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-warner-virginia-senator-for-three-decades-has-died-at-93-report

John Warner, the esteemed Virginia Senator and Liz Taylor's ex-husband, has died at 94: Former Va Republican US Senator John Warner dies at the age of 94 | News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR (wfirnews.com)

John Cena calls Taiwan a country and insults the biggest snowflake of the world, Communist China: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/26/john-cena-very-sorry-for-saying-taiwan-is-a-country

Hm, Ruth Apilado is not on the list of oldest living people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_oldest_living_people

"Hey Ya!" by Outkast?

British graphic designer Ken Garland, also involved in the redesign of the peace symbol, dead at 92: https://www.dezeen.com/2021/05/24/graphic-designer-ken-garland-dies-aged-92/

Ughh... it's like you can follow the different stages of the disease with these people. Rob Burrow: 2022 Doddie Weir: 2023 Stephan Darby: 2024

I have submitted. As often, I think I should have waited one more week, but oh, let's hope that Walter Koenig does not have to be rushed to hospital with a heart attack next weekend. At some point, you just want to get it done. For MLB names... I had exactly five suitable names on my longlist. So that's that. (Sadly, John Wockenfuss is not an MLB champion) Pulitzer Prize: Hey, I own stuff by three of the five names I chose. And eventually also by the fourth name. Star Trek: I should do well because it's one of my interests. But come on, 70% of Hollywood had roles in one of these shows/movies/animated series. So in the end, it's like throwing darts. UK government ministers: Eh... known names, some not so known names. Not much choice really - but that's okay. Summer Olympics gold medals: Needed a list for that.

That one's interesting because it means Yahoo is not copy/pasting just ANY Hollywood Reporter obit.

Woops, I saw Glasgow in the headline, thought that would be it.

Scottish MP for Glasgow West Ruth Maguire has Cervical cancer: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-57221076 "Serious, but treatable", stage 3.

Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson in critical condition after getting shot in the head: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/23/blm-activist-sasha-johnson-in-critical-condition-after-gunshot-to-the-head

This twitter account lists things and people that Liza Minnelli has outlived: https://mobile.twitter.com/lizaoutlives?lang=en Because "she will outlive us all". And she has just recently outlived her Arrested Development co-star Jessica Walter.

You are fast Willz ;). Yes, I knew that one would be coming, would have guessed a Times obit was more likely though. That leaves the question of a Yegor Ligachev obit.