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"Right to die campaigner" Richard Selley to end his life at Dignitas on Friday: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9851773/right-to-die-campaigner-dignitas-scotland/ Was rejected in this or that deadpool for me.

Very MPFC-ish - Chester FC legend Gary Talbot has lung cancer: https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/chester-fc-legend-gary-talbot-16858925

I've heard the argument that Boris is right to shut down Parliament because they voted down every possible solution. I actually like that. This parliament has been quite useless. Some might prefer new elections over Guy Fawkes though.

A bit shocking to me, I watched him run very often.

Metro says he looks good, I think he looks bad, and ever so slightly worse: https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/02/maverick-star-val-kilmer-takes-stage-cancer-battle-appears-top-gun-screening-10669521/

You got the points. However, Clegg and Blanco were also picked by almost everyone else, so don't expect to rise in the ranks. Edit: Ah yes, and I am not up to date with striking through the names. The scores are up-to-date though.

I only know that Chelsea is going to do worse than those who think that Chelsea is going to do worse than expected, are expecting.

Wiki says her reason of death is "leptomeningeal carcinomatosis". Maybe that's why she lasted so long, it seems to be a somewhat different condition than your "ordinary" brain cancer or even glioblastoma.

Update after more than a month, few hits, but pretty big ones - especially Kathleen Blanco and Valerie Harper. Fred Rister was picked twice if I recall correctly, and two unique hits, Tim Fischer (DI) and, surprisingly, David Koch (DDT). Randy Romero is the biggest collective D'oh in a while, I guess. I am especially surprised that at least the NYT obit hasn't come. Rank Team name Points 1 Death Impends 1179 2 Clorox Bleachman 1096 3 GCReptile 1089 4 Phantom of the Midway 1003 5 Joey Russ 998 6 Banana 966 6 Cpt Chorizo 966 8 Devon Death Trip 914 9 Grim Up North 852 10 Skinny Kiltrunner 828 11 drol 803 12 msc 785 13 Sir Creep 673 14 Book 465 15 YoungWillz 378 16 Fixed Business 325 17 Yorkshire Banker 310 17 John Key 310 19 Prophet 291 20 The Unknown Man 289 21 Grave Danger 244 22 The mad hatter 237 23 Pedro 67 219 24 The old crem 214 25 markb4 192 26 theoldlady 174 27 The Quim Reaper 168 28 Gooseberry Crumble 157 29 Deathray 150 30 Bibliogryphon 41 Valerie Harper puts Clorox at 2nd. Phantom of the Midway (the player formerly known as RadGuy) jumps from 9th to 4th - the Rister effect. Any errors or omissions? As always, let me know.

Birthday picture from a fan page, getting noticeably thinner:

Gorbachev

Bear Grylls almost dies of a bee sting. https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/bear-grylls-rescued-by-medics-after-lifethreatening-allergic-reaction-to-bee-sting-a4224726.html (Where to post this? Almost went for Reality TV)

Bam Margera now supposedly in rehab, but also hospitalized because of a possibly alcohol-related edema: https://theblast.com/c/bam-margera-hospitalized-edema-swelling-alcohol-detox

Okay, guys and girls.. it works this way: Each name is like a battery that loses its charge every time it is picked. The first one to pick name XYZ gets the full charge of five points. The second time the same name is picked it's worth 4 charges, then 3,2,1, and yes, theoretically you could even pick a name with no more charge, I.e. worth zero points. My pick Randy Romero is also worth zero points, because he died too early.

September: Juliette Kaplan Angie Douthit Randy Romero (too dead, too fast) Lee Noble Ivan Milat

Melvyn Fein is dead behind the paywall: https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/news/state/columnist-melvyn-fein-has-died/article_24f18aa9-9ec0-524a-9732-33a6c98b6e3b.html

Fascinating, thanks

Former South Dakota Senator Larry Pressler has bladder cancer: https://kfgo.com/news/articles/2019/aug/28/former-senator-pressler-treated-for-bladder-cancer/931798/ He says he's currently in remission, but at 77.... well, you have to die of something eventually.

He's still in treatment. The cancer keeps coming back and the doctors defeat it each time. He'll have a scan in a few weeks to see the results of the latest battle: https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1170934/George-Alagiah-bowel-cancer-diagnosis-health-update-latest-BBC-News-BBC-Breakfast-video

Hmm, probably a keeper.

Let's see if he gives Trump any ideas.

He's dead now, the writer of esoteric must-read "The Tibetan Book of the Dead" https://www.lionsroar.com/buddhist-teacher-sogyal-rinpoche-dead-age-72/ I would have picked him because of liver cancer, but he died of pulmonary embolism. Could be related, or not. He was also under accusation of sexual abuse. Edit for search function: Sogyal Rinpoche 2nd edit: Colon cancer, not liver - not at home, sorry. 3rd edit: the book's name is a little different, Ah well, I was on an overcrowded train.

He probably thinks Sharknado was a documentary.

Campaigns have a way of tiring you out. And I wonder if George Bush Jr's cognitive decline can be explained by several years of sleep deprivation. The way things are going recently, it looks like there'll be President Warren soon.

Lol, neat. Thanks for the stellar work, DI.