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He was the most important/most public religious figure in Germany - well, before Joseph Ratzinger became pope. Somewhat progressive as well, I seem to recall. Washington Post obit is up, not sure if a UK one comes.

And with good reason! Drop 40 lock, if she makes it. But she could be the annual late-December death.

Conductor Seiji Ozawa hospitalised for heart problems: http://slippedisc.com/2018/03/seiji-ozawa-is-hospitalised-for-a-month/

Heart problems and stomach cancer? http://jcpa.org/fatah-prepares-replace-mahmoud-abbas/

Deborah James working hard to get into your hearts and onto your shortlists: https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/5750495/the-suns-deborah-james-stars-bbc-podcast-cancer/

Meh, I think I chose poorly. Apart from Goodwin, I also didn't pick my Cup longlisters Bernardo Bernardo - and Pearse Lyons, who also just died.

Poker pro and Backgammon champion Magriel dead at 71: https://calvinayre.com/2018/03/08/poker/poker-backgammon-pro-paul-magriel-passes-away-71/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Magriel He also wrote the backgammon "bible" "Backgammon"

Northumbria University president Laing Barden CBE, dead at 86: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/man-who-led-northumbria-university-14381738

Balkrishna Doshi, like every Pritzker prize winner, eminently obitable: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/07/balkrishna-doshi-pritzker-prize-architecture

Apparently, the places with the shortest period of healthy life in the UK are Blackpool and Middlesbrough: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43317918

A routine check-up might have revealed not-so-good news: http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news/middle-east/the-arab-world/report-fatah-preparing-for-the-day-after-mahmoud-abbas-34949

Jake Bailey, the New Zealand boy who had that rare cancer and gave a good speech, still occasionally finds "lumps": http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=12008384

I object - I've never fucked a cunt.

I really like Deathray when he's off his meds - so fierce!

Well, how did you imagine I would go about trying to find it out?

How would I know that by looking at her corpse?

And the article STILL doesn't mention Cas Willow.

Woohoo!

Sacheen Littlefeather's cancer is now Stage 4: https://www.thewrap.com/sacheen-littlefeather-oscar-marlon-brando-stage-4-cancer/ It doesn't sound as if I'll have a chance of picking her again.

People fighting about the rules is actually a compliment to the host. Because it means that the host has created a competition that people find attractive and are eager to win. Not sure if that helps with anything.... Last year, I had a bit of a deadpooling burnout during the Cup. I can only imagine what the host - still in the competition - must feel like. This year I'm taking a more relaxed approach - to everything.

Good job DI. I find it impressive how much one can find that is not on everyone else's radar. Your B_team is a great example of that.

Don Laka wants to be your Hugh Masekela of 2019: https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sundayworld/news/2018-03-01-don-laka-reveals-prostate-cancer-battle/

You people are fast....

No, she's a republican.

I am slightly surprised my pick Armand Bolduc got accepted. If not the sub would have been Thuy Thanh Truong.