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Just to throw this out here... Craig Douglas, UK pop star of the 60s and 70s, most notably with "Only sixteen". He retired in 2010 because of ill health and is now 78 years old - recent article: https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/17901766.famous-pop-star-britain/ Edit: "Only sixteen", probably another song that wouldn't be made today..

78-year old husband of that "world's oldest mother", i.e. that 74-year old Indian woman who gave birth last week, has now suffered a heart attack: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/husband-worlds-oldest-mum-icu-20061750

Aaand Magdalen Berns is dead: Edit: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/magdalen-berns-shero-dies-aged-35/

Charlie Cole, who took the "famous" pictures of the Tiananmen Square uprising is dead at 64: https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/tiananmen-square-photographer-behind-iconic-tank-man-shot-passes-away-at-64-2307969.html

Tunisian president Ben Ali, toppled in the Arab Spring, hospitalised "after years of treatment of prostate cancer": https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/deposed-tunisian-president-ben-ali-hospital-election-190913093637253.html

Ah, he couldn't attend an event last week, I thought something was up: https://www.tulsaworld.com/sports/college/osu/bill-haisten-unable-to-attend-osu-s-home-opener-boone/article_594508f8-f6f2-5605-a3af-29eb7373ffe5.html&ved=0ahUKEwilkNGOucnkAhVMJVAKHQeTCsA4ChCpAgguKAEwAg&usg=AOvVaw08aDH2bYJ6yGHw7ppxttpe (behind EU wall)

"Adorable" new picture from last week: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/4693491/rangers-fernando-ricksen-wife-adorable-picture-ibrox-daughter/

Yes, grim news in there. Soon, he'll have the final crisis... but when? If he makes it to 2020, pretty much the safest pick available.

Megachurch associate pastor, author and one-time reality TV protagonist, Jarrid Wilson dead by suicide at 30: https://relevantmagazine.com/current/pastor-and-writer-jarrid-wilson-has-died-by-suicide/ He was also the founder of the organization "Anthem of hope", for the depressed and suicidal.

Yes, I guess I let victory slip through my hands. But then, it was kind of my strategy to post my teams early. It had to bite me in the ass at some point.

Blue girl? I would guess m she was more grey-ish / black in the end.

Ah, a QO. I seem to remember that he was known here. Or was it just me? But, yes, a coma that lasted for more than a year.

Reggae "legend" Majek Fashek is gravely ill and receiving treatment in London: https://guardian.ng/life/majek-fashek-is-critically-ill-and-hospitalised-in-london-manager-confirms/

Gru? Like the "Despicable me" guy?

He has a "mild medical condition": https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7443533/Sir-Michael-Parkinson-84-cancels-talk-literary-festival-mild-medical-condition.html

Fascinating... here's the BILD report: https://www.bild.de/sport/motorsport/motorsport/michael-schumacher-schumi-zur-geheim-behandlung-in-pariser-klinik-64528448.bild.html Apparently, he's being treated by a heart surgeon, a specialist for heart insufficiency. It's not the first type of secret treatment there. Maybe Schumacher is heading for multiple organ failure?

Man dies after trying to prove that is vest is stab-proof: https://www.buzz.ie/news/man-22-knifes-death-whiles-testing-289116

Are Arab Africans even real Africans?

Magdalen Berns, "self-professed transphobe", and internet activist, has terminal brain cancer. This was already known when she made news because J. K. Rowling was following her on Twitter: https://www.indy100.com/article/jk-rowling-twitter-transphobe-magdalen-berns-terf-lgbt-8974041 Berns has now entered palliative care: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/magdalen-berns-a-shero-among-women/

Rand Paul had a lung operation last month because of fluid in the lungs: https://m.amnews.com/2019/08/21/rand-paul-unable-to-attend-roundtable-in-danville-due-to-lung-issue/ He's had a couple of health issues now. The consequences of his devotion to the Aqua Buddha?

Update on his farewell tour and the state of his illness: https://www.dailyrepublic.com/all-dr-news/wires/entertainment/an-ailing-peter-frampton-shares-love-laughter-on-farewell-tour/

Ahead of schedule! Anyway, good riddance. Out of power, he had lost much of his entertainment value anyway.

Lasted another day: https://www.khaleejtimes.com/international/pakistan/veteran-pakistani-actor-abid-ali-passes-away

Edwin "Crook" Edwards, former governor of Louisiana, was hospitalised, but is doing okay now: https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_e7538c5a-ce7e-11e9-bcdb-f749f68b894f.html

Political campaigner Ady Barkan is questioning Democratic contenders while his health is getting worse: https://edition-m.cnn.com/2019/09/03/politics/ady-barkan-bernie-sanders-health-care-interview/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&rm=1 But then, Fernando Ricksen's health has been getting worse for years now.