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Completely new name for the hunters of centenarians: Future Telegraph obit Major Geoffrey Douglas Langlands, now 100 years old: https://www.dawn.com/news/1365420 Edit: Eh, and while I'm here, also now 100 and very obitable: oceanographer Walter Munk, born in the capital of Austria-Hungary: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/hanging-ten-decades-einstein-oceans-turns-100 Has a connection to the D-Day.

Aaand third TMZ-related post from me within 5 minutes: What about "Mafia hitman turned rat" Salvatore "Sammy The Bull" Gravano: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Gravano http://www.tmz.com/2017/10/22/sammy-the-bull-gravano-restaurant-uncle-sals-prison-tattoos/ Looking hideous now that he's out of prison. And has a huge target mark on his head.

Now also accused: Oscar-nominated director James Toback, 72, known for films like "Two Girls and a Guy" and "The Pick-Up artist": http://www.tmz.com/2017/10/22/director-james-toback-accused-sexual-harassment-more-than-30-women/

So the reason for the cancellation: "an upper respiratory tract infection, severe sore throat as well as sinus and headache pains." http://www.tmz.com/2017/10/18/donald-fagen-illness-lawsuit-insurance-canceled-tour/

Somewhat related, I found out through a chain of links that Dr. Demento's wife died last month, but I guess at 76, he's not old enough to be fatally affected by that: https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/169522/dr-demento-s-wife-passes

The brother also says he's ok, and only has age-typical ailments: http://www.pulse.ng/news/world/pope-benedict-xvi-pontiff-s-brother-denies-rumoured-ill-health-id7489335.html German source: https://www.frankenpost.de/region/bayern/Papst-Bruder-Georg-Ratzinger-Benedikt-XVI-geht-es-gut;art2832,5788611

The man himself: https://www.thebookseller.com/news/philip-pullman-la-belle-sauvage-657211 Some surgical procedure. A coronary issue?

Prime minister of Lesotho, Tom Thabane, is rumoured to be ill with heart problems and faces demands for resignation: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-10-20-where-is-tom-thabane-rumours-of-ill-health-plague-lesothos-pm/#.WezSumi0OUk Edit: I think we're getting close to the point when you could have a credible Theme Team with African despots.

A pick of my B-Team. His concerts in Berlin in January have been cancelled, so it's not something immediate but generally frail constitution. Which is why I picked him (and hoped for the unique hit). But let's see... His form is definitely in decline, but since his cancer fight he never returned to old strength,.

"Frail and disoriented": http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/18/thad-cochran-says-not-retiring-senate-243918 I think he's one of the Congress members having Alzheimer's the pharmacist told of.

Lucy Treccasse, currently eighth-oldest living person in the USA has received Daily Mail coverage on her 112nd birthday, probably because of her nickname "The Pink Lady": http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4994224/Eighth-oldest-living-person-U-S-turns-112.html

Is Donald Trump using a fake Melania? http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/41677174/is-donald-trump-using-a-fake-melania-conspiracy-theories-flood-social-media

I really like the NYT obits. Lady Lucan, Zuzana Ruzickova, Eberhard Van Der Laan, Ralphie May...pretty eclectic.

Denise La Salle just had her leg amputated after a health crisis: http://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/2017/10/16/denise-lasalle-hospital-recovering-leg-amputation/768628001/ But she's still "trapped by a thing called love". She also had a UK Top Ten hit with "My Toot Toot".

Singhatullah Mojaddedi died last year. Thanks for the list, by the way. Had a round on Twitter with it. I couldn't find much on Do Muoi and Tun Tin. That Girma Wolde-Giorgis guy looks like a candidate. Wheelchair bound and overweight.

Daniel Arap Moi has dementia and it's getting worse since the knee operation he had in January: https://www.kahawatungu.com/2017/08/29/exclusive-former-president-daniel-arap-moi-suffering-dementia/

Last week, he was briefly hospitalized in Rome: http://santa--natura.blogspot.de/2016/12/stephen-hawking-esta-hospitalizado-en.html?f=410 (spanish article) Edit: Meh sorry, Twitter in foreign language...

Dan O'Gorman of skate punk band Much The Same has cancer. They've reformed by the way: https://twitter.com/muchthesame/status/900010162496258048

As I once fielded an economics Theme Team, I keep an eye on economists. Here are some Nobel Laureates on a picture: https://news.stanford.edu/thedish/2017/10/15/a-nobel-moment-in-honor-of-the-late-kenneth-arrow/

I wonder if an American sword swallower with a wikipedia page can get a QO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Fox_(performer) He has hepatitis C, liver cirrhosis and "tumours": http://www.npr.org/2017/10/14/557821266/sword-swallower-makes-triumphant-return-as-he-battles-severe-health-issues

DDP score record broken as well...

King Michael (again)

RIP! And well, the record.... So he did pull a "Bowie"....

Former Georgia Senator Zell Miller retires from public life as he battles Lewy Body dementia: http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/former-georgia-governor-us-senator-zell-miller-to-retire-from-public-life/626380456

Was looking for health news on Peter Mutharika of Malawi, and found out they currently have a problem with vampires: http://www.christianpost.com/news/malawi-vampire-scare-updates-president-peter-mutharika-orders-crackdown-on-vampirism-witchcraft-practitioners-203178/ https://malawi24.com/2017/10/10/mutharika-to-visit-blood-sucking-victims/