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British abstract painter Gillian Ayres dead at 88: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43726375

Irish Folk singer Mary Black has shingles: https://www.hotpress.com/Mary-Black/news/Mary-Black-Cancels-Gigs-Due-To-Ill-Health/21988862.html She also has a throat and ear infection, a.k.a. "sniffles".

Thanks. VERY surprised.

New book out by J.R.R. Tolkien - also edited by son Christopher, now 93: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/10/the-fall-of-gondolin-new-jrr-tolkien-book-to-be-published-in-2018

Caster Semenya wins again, but a rule change might end her career: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/apr/10/caster-semenya-1500m-gold-commonwealth-games-gold-coast

An update! https://startsat60.com/health/big-issues/cancer/john-burgo-burgess-gives-emotional-update-on-wifes-cancer-battle Her actual name is Gianna Burgess and she had surgery which apparently went ok. As for the probabilistic scoreboard...not much to update recently...

We missed this, but Huey Lewis and the News were forced to cancel some concerts because of "medical problems" of Lewis himself: http://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/entertainment/huey-lewis-and-the-news-cancels-st-augustine-show-in-april-citing-medical-problems/77-532544912

She's going to have ear surgery because of "hearing irregularities". Justice at last... https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2018/03/21/celine-dion-facing-ear-surgery-cancels-las-vegas-concerts/447812002/ Edit: Article is three weeks old, actually, which I just saw. Couldn't resist posting...

Greg Gilbert has now hopped onto the "cancer poetry" train: https://andotherpoems.com/2018/04/06/a-sequence-by-greg-gilbert/ He also started another cycle of chemo in late March, so he's still fighting for more time.

Canadian entrepreneur and social activist Jamil Jivani has stage IV non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.... and a wikipedia page: https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2018/04/06/he-wrote-a-book-about-the-life-choices-that-young-men-face-then-he-got-diagnosed-with-cancer.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamil_Jivani

German physics nobel laureate Peter Grünberg dead at 78: http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/peter-gruenberg-deutscher-physik-nobelpreistraeger-gestorben-a-1201998.html His discoveries were very useful for improving computer harddrives.

On New year's day already I was wondering why I didn't pick him for the Deathrace. Well, at least I get something for him here.

I don't think anything imminent is going to happen, but I guess he deleted it because he knows that any further update will only show his decline.

Sumner Redstone now communicates via IPad and three pre-recorded voice messages saying "Yes", "no" and "Fuck You": http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/billionaire-media-mogul-sumner-redstone-uses-an-ipad-to-say-yes-no-and-fk-you/news-story/2bd9f8c9dbbdfc82a16a3f6017b61c00 Otherwise, his health now only allows him to communicate via grunts.

Uughh.. reminds me of an old article in Der SPIEGEL, how Charles was suspected to be gay because he wanted to be Camilla's tampon.

Charles should grow a beard. He'd get more respect if he went full King Lear.

Grammy winner Ron Dunbar, not a hit: https://www.soultracks.com/story-ron-dunbar-dies

Bapcor chief Robert McEniry resigns because of a "serious health issue" just four weeks into the job: https://thewest.com.au/business/automotive/ill-health-forces-automotive-holdings-group-chairman-robert-mceniry-to-step-down-after-just-four-weeks-at-the-helm-ng-b88795147z Fringe name? Maybe, but here is the sneaky QO-source mention: https://uk.reuters.com/article/brief-bapcor-says-robert-mceniry-resigns/brief-bapcor-says-robert-mceniry-resigns-as-chairman-idUKFWN1RG0U4

Yeah, they say he had trouble walking.... Brain tumour?

Congratulations Joey! Admittedly, a low-hanging fruit, but you showed the necessary killer instinct.

Verne Troyer once again hospitalised: http://www.tmz.com/2018/04/03/verne-troyer-suicidal-alcohol-addiction-72-hour-hold/

Bitter, but the year is long...

Uuh looks terrible, the Sun has info about a "mystery" illness, believed to be a heavy flu: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/3842581/john-mccririck-horse-racing-celebrity-big-brother-celebrity-wife-swap-about/

Thanks, I knew it was a close matter with him. I'm actually glad I lost by at least two hits, so I don't need to complain "if only...". Edit: I guess I should have spent more than 10 seconds thinking about my Easter Deadpool team...

Don't worry, I'm not thinking about resurrecting it.