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Fascinating story: "Britain's oldest bodybuilder", Charles Eugster, 96 years old: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/mens-health/11784880/Meet-Charles-Eugster-Britains-fastest-nonagenarian.html

Essam Derbala, islamist leader imprisoned in Egypt has died "because he was denied proper medical care": http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2015/08/09/al-jamaa-al-islamiya-leader-essam-derbala-dies-in-prison/

Terrence Evans, bit player in tons of stuff, most prominently in the Star Trek Universe, Terminator II and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, has died at 81: http://www.hngn.com/articles/117623/20150810/terrence-evans-dies-star-trek-terminator-2-actor-passes-away.htm

Tyler Drumheller, the author of the Benghazi memos, which might or might not shed light on whether Hillary Clinton is somehow to blame for the death of 4 people in the US Embassy in Benghazi, has died of cancer, at least, that's what Hillary would say: http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/250602-ex-spy-critic-of-iraq-war-behind-benghazi-memos-dies

Very interesting. Both articles even descirbe him as gravelly voiced and "gruff". Same author?

The wife of DDP-pick, ex-Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, is dead: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wife-of-former-supreme-court-justice-john-paul-stevens-passes-away/ Her name was Maryan Mulholland Stevens and she was 84 years old.

...cough... 350 pts not 250, otherwise, thanks!

Well, that suggs...

True but nevertheless it is a huge tarnish to his party and to the British establishment. Maybe they will be able to follow some leads to track down living ones (maybe I am living in naive hope here.) There was a lot of speculation earlier in the week that a living, currently-serving MP and former cabinet minister was about to be named. I'm wondering if the only reason Heath has been named at last, is to protect whoever this living MP and abuser is. Norman Tebbitt? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11788129/I-didnt-like-Sir-Edward-Heath-but-these-wild-claims-are-a-travesty-of-justice.html#disqus_thread Edit: Ah, no currently-serving MP...

Sudden need for an operation a couple of days ago, and can only find translated pages , but I think it was performed by a dentist?? He burns another Croatian flag... http://inserbia.info/today/2015/08/seselj-ignites-croatian-flag-again/

Slightly funny article about Grace Mugabe's health troubles: http://www.zimeye.com/grace-hit-by-pneumonia-then-deadly-cancer/ She says her life has been full of illness. In 1986, she had her tonsils taken out, in 1996 she had her gall bladder taken out, in 2006 she had pneunomia and the doctors thought it was malaria, in 2016....??? Edit: Hmm, in 2015, she had her appendix taken out. While she said that it happened because of an appendix infection, the rumour is that it was colon cancer. And a "related article" says she's probably HIV+.

Javier Perez de Cuellar - dies

Jonathan Demme, director of "Philadelphia" and "Silence of the Lambs" might have a mystery cancer: http://radaronline.com/celebrity-news/jonathan-demme-cancer-diagnosis-friends/

French songwriter Frank Gérald, whose songs were interpreted mainly by continental singers like Nana Mouskourri, Mirelle Mathieu or Brigitte Bardot has died at 87: http://www.ouest-france.fr/musique-deces-de-frank-gerald-auteur-de-nombreux-succes-des-annees-60-3607997(link in french)

I can see us getting to 13 and then a couple going in early January just to spite us. Everyone keeps marvelling at Crowe's longevity so who knows, he might die tomorrow or he might be here this time next year with everyone scratching their heads. Likewise Kohl. And don't even get me started on Zsa Zsa. But there are, in total, 14 deathlisters aged 95 and over still alive, so surely at least another 1 or 2 of those might go (although gcreptile seems to have thrown a spanner into those works using poxy things like maths to tell us we've reached peak-age related death). The statistics show that this could all we would expect in a normal year but remember most events are distributed on a bell curve around a mean and for every poor year there should be a really good year so any we get now are pushing us into the region where probability says this would be a rare event (but not an impossible one). I think there are five that are serious contenders to go and every left field death will not diminish that number. I think the record is in sight but we might end up with a very thin Autumn. Exciting times. Indeed, just because the current number of age-related deaths is the most likely one, it doesn't mean that it is the most likely result by a huge margin. But IF the Deathlist remains in its current format for many, many decades, and IF the average age of the candidates remains the same and IF the Deathlist continues to pick old people simply for their universal fame, then we can expect that a number of 6 or 7 age-related deaths per year is the most frequent outcome. But in a single year, many other things can happen. But it was a nice coincidence that the death of John Nash, a total freebie so to say, happened in an already promising year. Not making the record now would be a bit of a shame.

Greek songwriter and member of WWII resistance, Kostas Virvos, is dead at 89: http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/08/07/famous-folk-songwriter-kostas-virvos-passes-away/

Yeah right, investigate it ten years after his death, so you can say you did something...

Just yesterday, I thought that Cole would make a good pick because of that series of age-related deaths this summer. I had already picked Bhumibol though. However, I'd like to make another age-related pick this time and go with Olivia De Havilland.

We've had six "age-related" deaths so far, Cole, Macnee, King, Lee, O'Sullevan and Kerkorian. There are about 35 people on the list who were mainly chosen because they were old (i.e. no terminal cancer, no ALS, no "how can they still be alive??" cases like Gabor, Graham, Bhumibol). Six out of 35 is 17%, which is roughly the mortality rate of the average 90 year old man. The average age of the people picked for their age is in the low 90s, I guess, but there are a few women who, statistically, can be expected to live a little longer. So basically, with six age-related deaths, the list has reached the expected quota for age-related deaths. More age-related deaths would be a little lucky. P.S.: Though maybe the number of age-related picks on the list is closer to 30 which makes the six deaths so far quite a success.

Jake "The Snake" Roberts Javier Perez de Cuellar (I mean, why?) Ken Kercheval Chuck Berry Eddie Large Hosni Mubarak Henry Kissinger Prince Phillip Harper Lee Helmut Schmidt Bob Dole Chuck Berry Doris Day Bill Maynard George Bush Sr.

The recent wave of "What happens after Mugabe" articles in the international press seem to indicate that there is some kind of consensus that with Mugabe, it's a question of months, not years. So I guess he'll actually die within the next 23 months. Now that he's been so long on the list, I wouldn't replace him for the next year.

Last of the defendants in the Madoff case, Irwin Lipkin, now sentenced to a couple of months in prison: http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/irwin-lipkin-of-paramus-last-madoff-defendant-gets-6-months-in-prison-1.1386761 He could have faced up to 10 years but his apparently terrible health reduced the sentence.

Congrats, I guess... Edit: Likely a record year for the Death List, IF the low-hanging fruits actually drop this year.

Hey boss you got wrong link on wrong obit SC Ah, thanks, corrected...

Billy Sherrill, major figure in Country music as a producer and songwriter (for example, Tammy Wynette's Stand By Your Man) is dead at 78: http://pitchfork.com/news/60665-billy-sherrill-legendary-country-producer-has-died/