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The gambling-addicted former mayor of San Diego, Maureen O'Connor, has breast cancer: http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/Former-San-Diego-mayor-fighting-breast-cancer-301005931.html In 2011, she already had a brain tumor removed.

Norm Frank, one-time recordholder of having run the most marathons worldwide, is dead at 83: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/2015/04/22/norm-frank-marathon-running-brighton-world-records/26176753/

Monte Merrick, screenwriter and occasional writer of novels, dies of cancer at 65: http://variety.com/2015/film/people-news/monte-merrick-dead-dies-writer-memphis-belle-1201477565/

Well, now he'll become an indistinguishable part of Earth.

New York Times bestselling true crime writer Ann Rule, 84, has been ripped off by her sons. She's in declining health since 2013, can't perform tasks of daily life without assistance, is on oxygen at all times, and has periods of extreme confusion: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/21/ann-rule-sons-theft_n_7111854.html

A British equivalent to deathlist favorite Javier Perez de Cuellar, former Secretary of the Commonwealth Sir Shridath Ramphal has been hospitalized for an unspecified illness. He's 86 years old. http://caribnewsdesk.com/news/9706-sir-shridath-ramphal-hospitalised

After a misquote, Martin Crowe does not not want the knighthood: http://tvnz.co.nz/cricket-news/no-sir-martin-crowe-misquoted-in-knighthood-rejection-report-6295414

The father of Mayim Bialik who plays the awkward sort-of girlfriend of even more awkward Sheldon Cooper on Big Bang Theory has died afte ra two-month stay at a hospice: http://www.people.com/article/mayim-bialik-father-barry-bialik-dies

Major economic historian of central Europe, Alice Teichova, is dead at 94: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/21/alice-teichova She was one of those people who escaped both the Nazis and the Communists and became the first female professor at East Anglia.

Already posted, though not yet commented on. Perhaps cos it was in wrong thread..... He never played at the WC... Yeah, though using the search function led me to DDT's original mention of this case in that thread.

I've previously wondered why Michael Schumacher's son wants to pursue a racing career, now his daughter takes up a slightly less dangerous sport, horse riding: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3048581/Michael-Schumacher-s-daughter-shows-impressive-riding-skills-horse-show.html Also, the article mentions that Schumacher's son was involved in a 100mph crash just last week.

A member of Churchill's Special Operations Executive, Bob Maloubier, is dead at 92: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/21/french-secret-agent-bob-maloubier-dies-aged-92-churchill He had a colorful time being an operative in France under the Nazis.

Already posted, though not yet commented on.

Commander of ISIS, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was seriously hurt in an air-strike last month and has not been in day-to-day control since then: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/21/isis-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-wounded-air-strike

The lady responsible for the above sign, Betty Willis, has signed off: http://www.8newsnow.com/story/28851893/betty-willis-designer-of-welcome-to-fabulous-las-vegas-sign-dies

Cher is active on Twitter (as I learned through the Kirk Kerkorian thread). She seems fine.

And now he's dead: http://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/PSL/Shoes-loses-battle-with-cancer-20150421

I double posted in pop stars thread--- sorry :-( SC I forgive you, but it's not the pop stars thread, it's the dead pop stars thread, so this news doesn't belong there /trolltrolltroll

Shimon Peres hospitalized after "feeling unwell": http://jpupdates.com/2015/04/20/shimon-peres-hospitalized-after-feeling-unwell/ He's still quite active, but he's also someone willing to work until death.

The founder of jazz label ESP-Disk, Bernard Stollman has died at 85 of colon cancer. http://pitchfork.com/news/59352-esp-disk-founder-bernard-stollman-has-died/ The label released a couple of classic jazz records in the 60s and 70s, for example, by Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman and Sun Ra (though I personally love the Pharoah Sanders records the most). And while I'm at it, Brian Couzens, the founder of classical music label Chandos has died at 82, but I have nothing to say about this: http://slippedisc.com/2015/04/sad-news-classical-label-founder-has-died/

His plastic surgery has now bankrupted him: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/pete-burns-declared-bankrupt-after-5556983

Thomas Fekete, guitarist of Surfer Blood has a rare form of cancer and is now looking for crowdfunding to pay for treatment: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/surfer-blood-guitarist-thomas-fekete-diagnosed-with-rare-cancer-20150420

The carnival continues: Bobby's aunt Tina Brown said that she's off life support: http://www.tmz.com/2015/04/20/bobbi-kristina-off-life-support-coma-tina-brown/ But the Houston family denies this and they have no idea why Tina Brown said it: http://www.tmz.com/2015/04/20/bobbi-kristina-still-on-life-support-houston-bobby-brown-update/ Her grandmother Cissy Houston says that there is irreversible brain damage: http://www.tmz.com/2015/04/20/cissy-houston-bobbi-kristina-brain-damage-irreversible-unresponsive-miracle-life-support/ Maybe the lesson here is not to read TMZ.

There might be more going on, he has leukemia:http://loudwire.com/behemoth-nergal-leukemia-diagnosis-burst-into-tears/ Initially, I decided against including him in my potential candidate list, because he appeared to be in a relatively uplifting mood during a couple of recent interviews, but maybe that wasn't the whole truth. With all due respect to Polish metal in general and Behemoth specifically, he would seem to have an angel's chance in hell of getting an obit. But you'd know better than I. SC My list is not just for the DDP, but for other pools on this site as well and somewhere, he'll definitely obit.

20th of April, 4:45 in the morning. Well, it looks like it's not going to share a birthday with Hitler.