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The Crown Prince rides a bike in honor of his mother, the queen, who is apparently also too frail to appear in public: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33951467

Frederick "Fritz" Payne, World War II veteran dies at 104: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/08/18/world-war-ii-fighter-ace-fritz-payne-dead-at-104-helped-us-allies-win-battle/ He decided the Battle of Guadalcanal by shooting down six Japanese airplanes. The obit says that this was a turning point in the Pacific campaign.

Ah, no wonder I couldn't google him. His name is spelt wrong in the DDP list! Also, is it time for a "chemotherapy causes cancer" conspiracy theory yet? Martin Crowe could join.

Indeed, I think it's because of the funny-sounding name.

Louis Stokes now also dead: http://fox8.com/2015/08/19/former-congressman-louis-stokes-has-died/ It's breaking news just now, so a qualifying obit will have to wait a little.

Aaand former U.S. Congressman Louis Stokes is dead: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/08/former_congressman_louis_stoke_1.html That was very quick! (What does it mean for Jimmy Carter?)

This one here is from the yahoo main pages: https://news.yahoo.com/video/presidents-wife-suvra-mukherjee-passes-125013970.html Obit-wise, this is a very interesting case for this "trial year" because your rules allow "foreign" obits like CNN and Fox News. But you didn't say that the obits from global news companies like yahoo need to come from uk pages, like the DDP does with reuters.uk. and Huffington Post.uk. So the india yahoo news obit above should already have counted. Still, I am a little surprised her death didn't appear in the UK press. I mean she was the "incumbent" first lady, not a former one. I am sure that Sonia Gandhi's death, for example, would get more publicity. Maybe the Bangkok bombings have drawn the attention away from India.

And dead: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/first-lady-suvra-mukherjee-passes-away/article7553413.ece

My pick Suvra Mukherjee, first lady of India, is dead... looking for an obit, will edit this post if i find it. She was born in 1940. Edit: Hmm, does this count? https://in.news.yahoo.com/president-pranab-mukherjee-s-wife-suvra-passes-away-063817819.html Or maybe this: https://screen.yahoo.com/president-pranab-mukherjees-wife-suvra-062500542.html I didn't know there were so many yahoo-pages... Editedit: There's also a latino-fox news obit, but not a fox news obit, hmm.... http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2015/08/18/suvra-mukherjee-india-first-lady-dies-at-74/

Former president of the German Football Association (DFB) and president of the VfB Stuttgart, Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder is dead at 82: http://archyes.com/ex-dfb-president-gerhard-mayer-vorfelder-is-dead/ He was also a regional politician of the conservative party whose national ambitions were probably canalised into football once he couldn't rise in that field any more.

February 13th, 2016. (I had a revelation yesterday that it would be the 12th, but that day was already taken). I also predict that it will be the third hit for the Deathlist that year, after Howard Marks and a surprise death.

she 102, he 97

I saw someone chose Egidius Braun for Shaun's new game, so thank you for the trust, but.... the other, younger guy with the sunburnt face indicative of alcholism, Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder is dead, at 82: http://archyes.com/ex-dfb-president-gerhard-mayer-vorfelder-is-dead/(quick link in english, better ones to come)

Now be a good reptile next time and attach said video. :-)I'm off to find it and see who this stiff is. SC (Edit: he went from a dancer to portraying a transsexual? A stunning transformation!) Your wish is my command:

Ah, finally a qualifying obit for Kylie Minogue's "Locomotion" background dancer Mitch Bartlett: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3198765/Kylie-Minogue-posts-heartfelt-message-Locomotion-backing-dancer-close-friend-Mitch-Bartlett-tragically-passes-away.html He also played transsexual prostitute Wanda in the TV series "Underbelly".

French Artist Alan Fertil dead after falling from his roof where he had installed his sunbed: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artist-alan-fertil-passed-away-in-tragic-accident-325298

So, did they break Sunny Van Bülow's record of 28 years in a permanent vegetative state?

Floyd Mayweather says that his decision to retire was also triggered by the deteriorating health of his uncle and former trainer, Roger Mayweather, also a former boxing world champion: http://www.badlefthook.com/2015/8/14/9153105/mayweather-rogers-deteriorating-health-has-influenced-my-decision-to

If you're already updating... George Cole gives 5 pts not 7, as on the front page. But it's correct in the scoreboard!

Biff Liff now stiff: http://variety.com/2015/legit/news/biff-life-dead-broadway-agent-1201570517/

Copyright troll lawyer Paul Duffy is dead at 55, reasons not yet declared: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/08/prenda-linked-copyright-trolling-lawyer-paul-duffy-dead-at-age-55/ He was a lawyer for the multimillion dollar company Prenda, which shamed porn downloaders into lawsuits and then trusted in their desire to settle instead of enduring the embarrassing lawsuit. Eventually, the company's business fell apart among its own legal problems. Hmm, now I know where the German copyright trolls with the exact same "business plan" got their ideas from...

For deathpooling reasons, let's hope Mr. Connery reads this.

Vice President of Lstar Capital. Not sure he's quite famous enough for DL purposes though. https://www.linkedin.com/in/bmseville He looks good for his age. Err, whatever age that is. Ah, we've found the new mascot!

Hmm, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's... maybe he actually has Dementia with Lewy bodies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia_with_Lewy_bodies

Fails to appear in court: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/14/lord-janner-to-appear-in-court-over-child-sex-abuse-charges The barrister says bringing him here would have a catastrophic impact on his health.