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Time for some deep mainly-for-personal-interest research... how about wine critic Robert Parker Jr.? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._Parker_Jr. Apparently, the most importnat wine critic in history, and sometimes called the most influential critic of everything, everywhere. http://www.vinography.com/archives/2019/05/wine_critic_robert_m_parker_jr.html At 71, he retired last month from his company and his brand, after having had back surgery recently. Another article talks about a knee replacement, and a hip replacement "that needed to be repaired". Also, a "failed spinal fusion five years ago that left him without the functional use of his left foot" https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/2018/10/15/robert-parker-ages-like-fine-wine Sounds like a quick unraveling.

Martin Feldstein, influential economist, and economic advisor to Reagan, Bush Jr. and Obama, dead at 79: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/11/economy/martin-feldstein-obituary/index.html

Very sad to hear. May he rest in Peace.

Mary Duggar, grandmother of all those "19 kids and counting" reality TV kids, dead at 78: https://www.tmz.com/2019/06/10/19-kids-and-counting-matriarch-mary-duggar-dead/

So... the Daily Mail posted a Grunewald article 30 minutes ago.... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7124807/Minnesota-runner-inspired-grave-condition.html ...only, it's the same thing the BBC posted hours ago... lazy! They post about that even though Grunewald is already dead!

Take a look at the special guests appearing at the "UK's first holistic health & cancer awareness festival", July 6th and 7th in Dunsfold, Surrey: (taken from Leah Bracknell's instagram): You see the special guests: Leah Bracknell, Sophie Sabbage, Fi Munro, Leanne Pero.

Now a "fellow jihadist" says that the white widow, aka Sally Anne Jones, was killed in the airstrike in 2017. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/white-widow-sally-jones-killed-16223418 Confirmation after close to two years?

Bushwick Bill QO for this pool: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jun/10/bushwick-bill-rapper-with-geto-boys-dies-aged-52

Bushwick Bill now dead for real: https://variety.com/2019/music/news/geto-boys-bushwick-bill-dead-dies-at-52-1203237052/

Yeah, it does sound like he is inviting everyone to a great "pull the plug" evening. The Mirror explains that it's his final public appearance: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/stricken-rangers-legend-fernando-ricksen-16493011

On the finish line, so to say: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/former-gopher-professional-runner-gabe-grunewald-enters-end-of-life-care-after-cancer-fight

I've seen small signs here and there that make a Warren victory very possible for me. Biden might play it too safe, and Sanders has a ceiling he has been unable to crack. Let Warren win Iowa and suddenly everything is possible. In hindsight, Hillary really should have picked her instead of plain boring Tim Kaine.

Patricia Krentcil, aka the infamous "Tan Mom", is in critical condition because of pneumonia: https://popculture.com/trending/2019/06/08/tan-mom-patricia-krentcil-reportedly-on-life-support-amid-pneumonia-battle/

His son says he's "fighting for his life": https://pitchfork.com/news/geto-boys-bushwick-bill-dead-at-52/amp/ Not dead yet, but.... tomorrow? Or the day after tomorrow?

Update time! I was glad to see that we kind of hit every "old person death" that we got in the past 3-4 weeks - well, except for Prem Tinsunalonda, as far as I can tell. Paul Darrow, Thad Cochran, Judith Kerr, Bart Starr, Claus Van Bülow. Plus belated obits for Tommy Donbavand and Mary Stopes-Roe. The former puts DDT at 2nd place. And I was disappointed to find out that I hadn't picked him - but well, there you see my december research that made me pick him for the B-team, but not here, as this team was assembled on December 1st. Mary Stopes-Roe gives Pedro a welcome hit, but he also has two more people now waiting for obits: Robin Herd and Norman Dewis. They should get them, in my opinion. And in terms of number of hits, Pedro will be quite up there. I also added Bob Hawke's points for Skinny Kiltrunner. That eluded me the last time. And as I have to leave the computer soon, there might be an omission here and there. If you notice mistakes, tell me. 1 Death Impends 769 2 Devon Death Trip 739 3 GCReptile 725 4 Phantom of the Midway 694 5 Cpt Chorizo 678 6 Clorox Bleachman 651 7 msc 623 8 Banana 621 9 Joey Russ 620 10 drol 571 11 Skinny Kiltrunner 511 11 Sir Creep 511 13 Grim Up North 434 14 YoungWillz 297 15 Yorkshire Banker 230 16 Prophet 186 17 The mad hatter 177 18 markb4 172 19 Gooseberry Crumble 157 20 Fixed Business 151 21 Grave Danger 145 22 theoldlady 134 23 Book 129 24 Pedro 67 117 25 John Key 108 26 Deathray 95 27 The old crem 93 28 The Unknown Man 48 29 Bibliogryphon 41 30 The Quim Reaper 33 Again, the reminder: Replacement period is soon!

He does NOT have a heart ailment that required surgery, just "heartache": https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/06/09/no-heart-ailment-just-heartaches-for-duterte/

She spoke at some event, no explicit health news, but politically interesting: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ruth-bader-ginsburg-partisan-gerrymandering-census

David Powlison is a hit for me here: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/david-powlison-1949-2019/

Jaci Hermstad, 25, "thriving horseback rider", diagnosed with a particularly aggressive form of ALS that could kill her ability to speak and breathe within a month: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7010927/Woman-25-diagnosed-ALS-eight-years-disease-killed-twin-sister-6-weeks.html She asked for fast-track access to a new drug and Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Steve King worked together (!) to do that: https://eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/rekha-basu/2019/05/28/steve-king-moves-bill-help-als-twin-jaci-hermstad-fda-compassionate-use/1258515001/ So maybe she can become the Laura Barry of 2020.

He had a bit of a media blitz recently. First, he had to cancel a show due to illness: https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/unwell-michael-parkinson-cancels-dundee-show-on-saturday-to-dismay-of-fans/ Then he went on a show and talked about the consequences of his prostate cancer diagnosis: https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1134252/Michael-Parkinson-health-prostate-cancer-Piers-Morgan-Life-stories-news-latest

Relatively cryptic message about a long-term hospitalization: https://news.am/eng/news/516887.html

Ah, the story made the UK papers. Killed by a right-winger, specifically, a "Reichsbürger", people who believe that the Reich never stopped existing and the current federal republic is illegal.

Ah yes, the name rang a bell. Oregon State Senator Jackie Winters died last week at 82: https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/may/29/jackie-winters-pioneering-oregon-state-senator-dies-after-cancer-fight/ I had also mentioned her in the statistics thread.

They say he's receiving the best possible care: https://amp.sportsmole.co.uk/off-the-pitch/leyton-orient/news/leyton-orient-issue-update-on-hospitalised-manager-justin-edinburgh_361100.html

She was narrowly beaten for a spot on my Cup team by Mrs. Yudhoyono. Turns out that was not the only thing she beat her in.