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Al Abrams, first employee of the famous Motown Records studio and creator of their slogan 'The Sound of Young America' dead at 74: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/al-abrams-motown-records-pioneer-dead-at-74-20151005

"Take a photo of me pretending to be falling down a cliff" said the woman who then fell down a cliff: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3260620/British-tourist-Zoe-Woolmer-encouraged-risky-photo-falling-death.html Well, to be more precise, the tour guide encouraged her. Exemplary photos in the link if you care.

I bet his diagnosis was fake.

Northern-Irish child killer Robert Howard dies in prison custody at 71: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-34438413

Former NAACP president Jerry Mondesire dead at 65: http://www.phillyvoice.com/former-naacp-leader-jerry-mondesire-hospitalized/ Brain aneurysm.

Northern Irish 'boxing hero' Freddie Gilroy hospitalised after a stroke: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/boxing-hero-freddie-gilroy-hospitalised-following-stroke-31581890.html

Returned to his exile home, "refuting" the rumours of bad health, but not looking good to me in that photo: http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-dalai-lama-returns-to-dharamsala-refutes-reports-of-deteriorating-health-2131273

Armenian player Hovhannes Zanazanyan, winner of the Soviet title and cup, and olympic bronze medal winner with the Soviet Union in 1972, has died at 68: http://www.armenianow.com/sports/soccer/66743/armenia_soccer_legend_ararat_73_hovhannes_zanazanyan

Now we know, dies aged 67. Well, well.... I removed him from my preliminary 2016 team after that interview exactly because of it. He seemed to me to be in somewhat stable condition and I only want "sure hits" (yeah i know, almost everyone does). There's been lots of talk of improvements in cancer medication lately and he seemed to be a beneficiary (like Clive James, for example).

Now I remember! That front page photo of Denis Healey reminds me of Freddie Jones playing Thufir Hawat in David Lynch's Dune: And Freddie Jones is still alive as well...

Still no article in the Guardian... are they preparing some bombastic piece? Or are they all asleep? The Daily Mail says it was a short illness, by the way.

Alex Giannini, bit actor in movies like Legend (2015) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age and also currently active stage actor, has died 2 hours before a show: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-34433227

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Bawz. Big in Finland.... Ok, ok... I admit, bluegrass is about as popular with me as the Eurovision Song Contest in the USA.

I think gcreptile posted elsewhere and the post was moved here. He then added the "oh wow" bit and Sir Creep took a sarky swipe. Exactly! And that bluegrass is about as popular in Europe as the Eurovision Song Contest is in the USA.

Unless, that's your blog, you're not the only one: http://soletstalkabout.com/post/69077101122/tom-daley-dustin-lance-black-are-so-strange-to This relationship is curiously in between an 'ordinary' relationship and the trophy hunter/gold digger couple. I give them 5 years max. By then, Tom will have matured some more and will be getting too difficult for Dustin.

They name a rapper called Ol' Dirty Bastard as one of the most famous people to die in 2004, but not that old, dirty bastard Ronald Reagan? Interesting... many Avril Lavigne fans were born after Ronald Reagan was president (if one assumes that her fan base after her breakthrough in 2002 consisted mostly of girls under the age of 13). And probably all of them can't remember the time he was president, so for them, Ronald Reagan was just some old (and demented) guy.

Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, or as he is also known, Dr. Ralph Stanley, 88, has fractures his pelvis. He is expected to make a full recovery though: http://www.contactmusic.com/news/country-legend-dr-ralph-stanley-hospitalised-after-fall_4953846 Edit: Oh wow, he had his own thread! That didn't cross my mind.

DId the real Avril Lavigne die in 2004? http://jezebel.com/conspiracy-corner-the-real-avril-lavigne-is-dead-the-1734105717

Mary Butterwick, founder of Butterwick Hospice Care, dead at 91: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-34411903

If there is a bit of a rivalry going on between those sisters, if I read it correctly, then yes, it's a hostile move.

In the beginning there was nothing....which exploded. That is from Terry Pratchett. "Imagine putting a bunch of gold into a box, shaking up the box, and out comes a Rolex." That is from Justin Bieber.

Stan Lee talks about the future of Marvel without him: http://sciencefiction.com/2015/09/30/stan-lee-predicts-will-happen-marvel-dies/

Is this a sort of impersonator thread? Well, James Getty, of Gettysburg, famous Abraham Lincoln impersonater for several decades, has died at 83: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/abraham-lincoln-impersonator-of-four-decades-at-gettysburg-and-lincoln-memorial-dies/

Yes, if she lasts the next three months, she will be a certainty for 2016. Yes, I am not sure if she ever became internationally famous - I doubt it. It is a pity, as the English love a good eccentric and we all know Jeanne is very, very eccentric. I suppose it will come down to a choice between the DL Committee balancing a near-certain hit against Jeanne's international fame level. In terms of international fame, Frank Lowy, Bob Hawke and Rolf Harris are the three big names there and, out of them, Frank Lowy seems the strongest possibility. A former drunkard like Hawke could drop at any time but he has lasted well up until now. @gcreptile - Yes, forgot about Graham Richardson. What is wrong with Ray Lawler (aside from age)? I don't know, just age... I have him in my list because he'd probably be a unique hit (not anymore?).