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2015 candidate for the Nobel Prize, italian author Sebastiano Vassalli has died at 73: http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2015/07/27/sebastiano-vassalli-morto-a-73-anni-lo-scrittore-novarese-autore-de-la-chimera/1908995/(italian link) Apparently, his most important work was the novel "La Chimera".

Czech pianist Ivan Moravec has died at 84: http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/pianist-ivan-moravec-has-died?pmtx=save-x&utm_expid=32540977-5.-DEFmKXoQdmXwfDwHzJRUQ.4&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.de%2F A noted interpreter of Chopin, he was included in Philips's 'Great Pianists of the 20th Century."

The fact that his wife was willing to go away suggests that he demise is not iminent. Also a good point. Personally, my estimation of the time of his death has moved from December/early 2016 to October 2015.

Oh! The author of the Very Hungry Caterpillar! Apparently he had some health problem in 2014, because this article describes him as "recovering".

Ingrid Sischy, feminist writer and critic at the Vanity Fair and The New Yorker has died of breast cancer at 63: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/business/media/ingrid-sischy-doyenne-of-art-and-fashion-dies-at-63.html?_r=0 Apparently, she wrote gossip articles for intellectuals and knew everyone from Elton John to Joseph Beuys.

Joe Jackson has had a stroke that (temporarily?) blinded him: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/michael-jacksons-father-joe-rushed-6144738

Apart from her own problems, her son also has a life-threatening condition: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/sinead-oconnor-reveals-son-battling-6145267

Sad...

That reminds me... maybe the Estland thread should become a Finno-Ugric thread, so that Finns and Hungarians can go in there as well.

He disagrees with reducing the deficit at any cost, in the UK at the minute - due to press bias and fabrication - that makes him Stalin's successor. On a much cooler note - if you need any proof that weed makes you lazy - there's an estimated 3 million people who smoke weed in the uk yet only 1 in 30 of them have bothered to sign the petition to legalise it despite it being up nearly a week. Maybe many of these people want weed to be illegal because it's their most comfortable way of undermining the rule of law.

I think that news decides a whole lot of things...

Hopefully, Obama strangles him with his own hands. I need the unnatural death bonus for the HPDP.

I'm not going to lie. This is probably my least favorite song of all time.

Asia Bibi, a christian woman previously sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan, now sees her death sentence suspended: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33617186 Did it happen because she's said to be in very poor health? http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/asia-bibis-health-in-critical-condition-vomits-blood-295/

Damn near Ironic Deaths Indeed! Maybe it's a scripted reality TV storyline.

I can't quite understand why Corbyn is regarded as such a radical. He's proposing lots of stuff that are mainstream policies in the USA or in Germany, the two-state solution, will all parties at the table, ending sanctions on Iran which is currently happening, infrastructure banks... There's nothing that makes me think, wow, that's a little out there...

Legal Scholar Christopher Fairman is dead at 54 after cardiac arrest: http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/briefing-room/faculty/college-mourns-loss-of-professor-associate-dean-fairman/ His most important work was the examination of the legal implications of the word "Fuck".

Joanna Winship Crawford is dead at 89: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/07/23/joanna-winship-crawford-who-cofounded-mlk-action-project-lincoln-sudbury-regional-high-school-dies/faVGND5I8LTCtmUzD4MbVM/story.html# She founded the MLK Action Project, with the idea of organising charitable work opportunities for well-off students, so that they can learn what life is like for the less fortunate.

DJ Derek, apparently Britain's oldest DJ who used his fish-out-of-the-water-ness to achieve some global fame has been missing for three weeks: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dj-derek-missing-police-appeal-6127915

Loredana Nesci, a Los Angeles policewoman who became a lawyer and then got her own reality TV show, is dead at 47: http://de.eonline.com/news/679264/loredana-nesci-dead-at-age-47-sundancetv-reality-star-and-lawyer-s-boyfriend-arrested-on-suspicion-of-murder Her longterm partner has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Robert Harris, famous for one memorable role in the horror movie Cabin Fever, has died at 85: http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/rip-cabin-fever-star-robert-harris-passes-away-at-85-301 Apparently, he was a well-established theatre actor before that.

Hmm, it's tough to come up with obitable Estonians in the right age. Applying my limited knowledge on this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Estonians I can only come up with one suitable name, and that is Arvo Pärt, the world-famous minimalist composer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvo_P%C3%A4rt Maybe also Ants Antson, Winter Olympics gold medal winner at Innsbruck 1964, for his age and the name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ants_Antson

Hmm, apparently Chester wasn't the last. I have this on Bahe Ketchum, 96. http://www.abc15.com/news/region-northern-az/other/navajo-code-talker-bahe-ketchum-dies-in-flagstaff-at-age-96. Was Bahe the last? I'm not speculating. The mystery intensifies with another Navajo code talker, Kee Etsicitty, dying at 92 on July 21st according to Wikipedia: http://www.kvoa.com/story/29600997/navajo-code-talker-from-new-mexico-dies

I remember reading the book at the timevaged @ 13, assumed she'd died in the 80's. Indeed, it's a bit of a miracle she is still alive. She has responded to the story now, here: http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/polizei-justiz/nach-rangelei-in-berlin-neukoelln-christiane-f-das-war-ein-raubueberfall-auf-mich/12089228.html(link in german) The article mentions that she "officially" retreated from the public at the beginning of 2014 because of her health. She also says that she cannot have bit that witness because of her poor health (Either the drugs made her lose her teeth or she is too frail, I don't know). She has had several relapses and also lost custody of her son a couple of years back. For deathpooling reasons, here is an english article with the headline "I will die soon, I know that" from 2013: http://www.vice.com/read/christiane-felscherinow-interview

I was a bit surprised he was still alive when I went through my "SAD LAST DAYS" search. And to be honest, I only remember him from either The Daily Show or the Colbert Report when either Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert ironically yelled at a picture of Rickles for winning the Emmy that year in the category they were both nominated in. Doing a web search... found the video: http://videosift.com/video/The-Colbert-Report-923-Stephen-Loses-to-Don-Rickles Oh wow, it was in 2008 already...