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German children's book author Ellis Kaut is dead at 94: http://www.deadfamous.info/ellis-kaut-german-author-died-at-94 Her most famous creation was the Pumuckl, a red-haired gnome, later turned into a tv series that was almost required watching for every german child of a certain age.

Kirk Douglas' sister apparently died recently, and he has not attended her funeral: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Funeral-for-Kirk-Douglas-sister-in-Albany-6524938.php I do believe that it's Kirk's turn to go in 2016, on the other hand, Michael Douglas didn't appear there either.

Terry Gilliam, who has just survived a recent death rumour himself, is still trying to get his Don Quijiote project made. But after several decades in the making, production of the movie has to be delayed again because no insurance company wants to take the risk of insuring 75-year old pancreatic cancer patient John Hurt: http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Terry-Gilliam-Don-Quixote-Has-Been-Delayed-Again-Course-84087.html

Google news tells me that, according to the National Enquirer, Celine Dion's husband Rene Angelil "Waves Goodbye".

Indeed, interesting. The Washington Post, which announced her cancer, has an obit. Her best bet might be the Telegraph (might take up to a month or so). The Telegraph bookstore offers her books.

Carmen Balcells, literary agent behind the Latin America boom in the 70s and 80s, with Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mario Vargas Llosa or Pablo Neruda, has died at 85: http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2015/09/150921_muere_carmen_balcells_agente_literaria_ac(link in Spanish)

Fascinating. Maybe he confused the gun trigger with the photo button.

An idea: Martin Shkreli, the hedge fund manager who specialises on buying the rights to old drugs and then raising the prices by several thousand percent. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34331761

Now a spokesman denies it: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/23/doris-day-denies-role-in-new-clint-eastwood-film

Richard G Scott is now deceased as well. That's three of the Quorum since Sir C's original post. http://www.ksl.com/?sid=35787105&nid=148&title=elder-richard-g-scott-dies-at-86&fm=home_page&s_cid=topstory See Also: http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5605&p=230883 Quorum of Nine The news even makes it into the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/23/mormon-leader-richard-g-scott-dies-at-86-at-home-in-salt-lake-city Mostly because it's the first time in a century that there are three openings in the Quorum.

And is now DEAD. http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/obituaries/Author-religious-scholar-Phyllis-Tickle-dies-at-age-81-328730261.html Unknown Man gets a hit on Shaun's deadpool, when there's a QO. I forgot who listed her but I recall seeing her name and groaning cuz I had forgotten her. I knew she was a goner. Well done whoever it was. SC Frustrating. My shortlist is getting shorter. And she's probably not the last one of them to die. I had prepared to field a "B-Team", a second main theme with slightly more extraordinary choices. The chances for that one dim. On the other hand, that would make room for a "Game of Thrones" theme team (called Game of Bones). Valar morghulis. Indeed, and there already is a team with that name in the DDP but it's not a GoT theme team!

I only used to know that there existed a person named Yogi Berra, but until this year I had no idea that he was a baseball player, 90 years old, and still alive.

I actually like that idea. Especially now that Phyllis Tickle is dead (though I picked her). But yeah, too many people dying in the months before January. It would mix things up. Though I probably would have chosen a little differently if the current trial run were already a first "real competition". On the other hand, we'd have to wait 10 months for the next installment.

And is now DEAD. http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/obituaries/Author-religious-scholar-Phyllis-Tickle-dies-at-age-81-328730261.html Unknown Man gets a hit on Shaun's deadpool, when there's a QO. I forgot who listed her but I recall seeing her name and groaning cuz I had forgotten her. I knew she was a goner. Well done whoever it was. SC Frustrating. My shortlist is getting shorter. And she's probably not the last one of them to die. I had prepared to field a "B-Team", a second main theme with slightly more extraordinary choices. The chances for that one dim. On the other hand, that would make room for a "Game of Thrones" theme team (called Game of Bones).

The New York Times article that caused a bit of a scandal by violating the lese majesé laws of Thailand so that it didn't appear in the newspaper there: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/21/world/with-king-in-declining-health-future-of-monarchy-in-thailand-is-uncertain.html?_r=0 It's more about the politics than about the health, but it contains the information that his daughter's asking for prayers followed a buddhist ritual usually reserved for the terminally ill.

Good actor. "Dickens of London" is recommended, though no longer on YouTube. I'd mention he was a villain in Murder She Wrote, but that seems to come free with the SAG card. He also had the obligatory role in Game of Thrones (pyromancer Hallyne in season 2) and was originally supposed to play Grand Maester Pycelle, but had to decline because of health issues. Edit: Oh, and apparently he also narrated the Game of Thrones audio books. Obit guaranteed. Second edit: His health issue was cancer, but he says he's totally cured. Source: Youtube video

John Kennaugh, popular broadcaster and universally known figure of society and politics on the Isle of Man, dies at 77: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-34313517

So, did David Cameron skull fuck a dead pig? Edit: Whoops, didn't see this discussion already going on in the by-election thread.

If it was "simply" a return of cancer, wouldn't he have a chance of beating it again and then wrestling again? So either they indeed told him it's terminal, like, for example, Martin Crowe's cancer recurrence, but then he didn't tweet that for some reason, or maybe he has some other health issue, maybe hepatitis? Or he had an incestine-related operation that simply makes it impossible to wrestle again, like, for example, getting a colostomy. I could also imagine that his post-cancer stomach is unable to digest "supplementary nutrition", protein shakes, steroids, or whatever. Edit: Ah, and the movie 'The Wrestler', with Mickey Rourke, didn't that guy wrestle until (possible) death? I can't recall his illness, but maybe Travis is in such a situation.

For some reason, a sufficiently respectable german newspaper got a scoop yesterday that Doris Day is willing to play a role in Clint Eastwood's next movie. I can't see anything yet in the english-speaking press: http://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/doris-day/wieder-vor-der-kamera-42643238.bild.html(link in german) She wants to do it only if she doesn't have to travel beyond her hometown Carmel (she's one of Eastwood's neighbours). And her pay shall go to the Doris Day Animal League.

Quincy Jones hospitalised for chest pains and breathing difficulties, but they say he's fine: http://www.theindychannel.com/entertainment/quincy-jones-hospitalised_48272585

^^ ouch.... But then I recently looked at his homepage that still describes him as a winner against his lymphoma. A bit sad...

Looking like a malnourished hobo again: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/liam-neeson-continues-appear-frail-6454510

Peggy Jones, a.k.a. Lady Bo, guitarist of Bo Diddley and songwriter on her own, dies at 75: http://sheshredsmag.com/lady-bo-mother-of-rock-n-roll-dies-at-75-years-old/

Former Northern Ireland leader Peter Robinson taken to hospital after he already suffered a heart attack in May: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3242112/Embattled-former-Northern-Ireland-leader-Peter-Robinson-taken-hospital-ahead-crunch-talks-save-power-sharing-deal.html