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In 2009, billionaire businessman Finn Caspersen killed himself with a shot in the head after his tax evasion was revealed. Now his son Andrew Caspersen, also a businessman, has been charged with fraud: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/29/like-father-like-son-caspsersen-familys-double-downfalls.html He needs mental healthcare and supposedly has problems with alcohol.

My pick Jean-Pierre Coffe is dead: http://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/jean-pierre_coffe_est_decede_362183 I will look out for a Le Monde obit, to fulfil that "reliable source of international news" criterion. I don't believe he'll get a DDP-qualifying obit. Maybe the french version of Time or Newsweek, Le Point, already suffices: http://www.lepoint.fr/people/jean-pierre-coffe-est-decede-29-03-2016-2028733_2116.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Point Edit: Here's the Le Monde obit: http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2016/03/30/mort-de-jean-pierre-coffe-les-hommages-se-multiplient_4892175_3382.html

Holocaust survivor Joseph Sher, who went on to become a "tailor of the stars" dies at 100: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4783266,00.html His clients included Elvis Presley and Fats Domino.

Ed Dubois, "iconic" designer of superyachts has died at 63: http://www.superyachts.com/news/iconic-yacht-designer-ed-dubois-passes-away-4343.htm And every multi-billionaire of the world sheds half a tear.

A bit of a shock, though he collapsed of exhaustion late last year. I was unsure whether this death belongs in the jazz thread or in here.

Jamaican singer Jimmy Riley, who began his career with The Sensations, then joined the Uniques, then went solo, has died at 68: http://pitchfork.com/news/64444-jamaican-singer-jimmy-riley-has-died/

Top ISIS commander Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli was killed by the US according to the Pentagon: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/26/world/middleeast/abd-al-rahman-mustafa-al-qaduli-isis-reported-killed-in-syria.html He's in the Wikipedia list under the name Abu Ala al-Afri. And I could have sworn that somebody picked him for something here, but I can't remember.

Just so I have posted in this thread, director of Chateau Margaux, Paul Pontallier, has died just one week before the Bordeaux 2015 en primeur tastings: http://www.decanter.com/wine-news/chateau-margaux-director-paul-pontallier-dies-296769/

Is this thread for models as well? I'd say yes, especially if they were supermodels. Janice Dickinson has early stage breast cancer: http://www.eonline.com/news/751957/janice-dickinson-is-diagnosed-with-breast-cancer?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=imdb_topstories

Hehe, that would be an interesting idea that I wouldn't completely rule out. Are her scribblings caused by that supposedly benign brain tumour she mentioned before? Wasn't it lung cancer that's supposed to kill her?

Pictures from his last public appearance three weeks ago, you never would have guessed... http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/johan-cruyffs-last-public-appearance-7622409

Move aside, here's a prime target for Shameless 2017: Jacci Woodcock, terminally ill "right-to-work" campaigner. http://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/mar/18/terminally-ill-campaigner-fighting-for-right-to-work

There's a thread for him, so here it is: http://frontrow.dmagazine.com/2016/03/ali-macgraw-and-ryan-oneals-chemistry-still-sizzles-in-love-letters/ He has a main role in a play at the moment. No sign of any illness.

Gary Shandling dead at 66 http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/garry-shandling-dead-larry-sanders-show-show-1201738601/ I thought he was terribly unfunny. But then I might have caught only the bad stuff, like "What planet are you from"...

Shatner turned 85 yesterday.

Did the doctors pull wool over our eyes or was it a very sudden downturn? Quite a surprise... This seems to be a year where everyone with cancer actually dies, as a contrast to last year when many of the usual suspects survived. Doesn't bode well for Diski (though that would not be a surprise anymore), or let's see, who else is left of the usual suspects, Sharon Jones, Caroline Aherne and the like.

As I said, all your gambles are moving in your favour. I think you're the new favorite now.

He's a crisis actor. Google it. Interesting stuff, though I ..probably... don't believe it.

April's Vanity Fair will have an update on the Sumner Redstone story: http://jezebel.com/sumner-redstones-final-days-are-one-big-dramatic-and-p-1766430474 He is now being fed through a feeding tube and communicates through grunts and moans that only one male nurse can interpret... He also really wants to get it on one for one last time.

This mormon missionary has survived three terror attacks: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3505243/It-s-blessing-God-s-alive-American-Mormon-injured-brush-terrorism-Brussels-surviving-Boston-bombing-Paris-attacks.html This morning, my favorite german news site had the count at two, now it's three. Soon, it's goin gto turn out that he is a walking ISIS magnet.

War veteran and Guardian columnist/TV pundit Harry Leslie Smith has lost quite a bit of weight, in my opinion: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/2016/mar/23/we-welcomed-refugees-in-1945-we-cant-abandon-them-today-video

I think this is the best place to post this, there is an update on Harlem Renaissance dancer Alice Barker, who was a pick for me in this contest: http://www.alicebarkernotbaker.com/new-years-photos-and-an-update/#comments She's still alive. "Some days are better than others", but she's still loving music. Now there's going to be a play about her life.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-20/denmark-s-former-prime-minister-anker-joergensen-dies-at-93 This article says that the social-democratic party announced his death without providing details. So the exact time of death might remain unknown. Edit: My extremely silly suggestion: Since he definitely died on the 20th, and the game covers about 3/4th of that day, make him a hit and give out three fourths of the points.

At the end of last year, I couldn't imagine that such a prominent man would simply die of cancer, so young, and so quickly. But maybe he wasn't as wealthy and/or well-connected as I thought. Maybe he really was a buffoon.

Bill Clinton mentions "the awful legacy of the past 8 years": http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bill-clinton-awful-legacy-8-years Afterwards, he explained that he meant the republican Congress (which has only been in republican control for 2 years, and two of those 8 years was in full democratic control). Or did he forget it was the year 2016?