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We've had six "age-related" deaths so far, Cole, Macnee, King, Lee, O'Sullevan and Kerkorian. There are about 35 people on the list who were mainly chosen because they were old (i.e. no terminal cancer, no ALS, no "how can they still be alive??" cases like Gabor, Graham, Bhumibol). Six out of 35 is 17%, which is roughly the mortality rate of the average 90 year old man. The average age of the people picked for their age is in the low 90s, I guess, but there are a few women who, statistically, can be expected to live a little longer. So basically, with six age-related deaths, the list has reached the expected quota for age-related deaths. More age-related deaths would be a little lucky. P.S.: Though maybe the number of age-related picks on the list is closer to 30 which makes the six deaths so far quite a success.

Jake "The Snake" Roberts Javier Perez de Cuellar (I mean, why?) Ken Kercheval Chuck Berry Eddie Large Hosni Mubarak Henry Kissinger Prince Phillip Harper Lee Helmut Schmidt Bob Dole Chuck Berry Doris Day Bill Maynard George Bush Sr.

The recent wave of "What happens after Mugabe" articles in the international press seem to indicate that there is some kind of consensus that with Mugabe, it's a question of months, not years. So I guess he'll actually die within the next 23 months. Now that he's been so long on the list, I wouldn't replace him for the next year.

Last of the defendants in the Madoff case, Irwin Lipkin, now sentenced to a couple of months in prison: http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/irwin-lipkin-of-paramus-last-madoff-defendant-gets-6-months-in-prison-1.1386761 He could have faced up to 10 years but his apparently terrible health reduced the sentence.

Congrats, I guess... Edit: Likely a record year for the Death List, IF the low-hanging fruits actually drop this year.

Hey boss you got wrong link on wrong obit SC Ah, thanks, corrected...

Billy Sherrill, major figure in Country music as a producer and songwriter (for example, Tammy Wynette's Stand By Your Man) is dead at 78: http://pitchfork.com/news/60665-billy-sherrill-legendary-country-producer-has-died/

Manga voice actor, Masayuki Izumi, dies to an unspecified illness at 35: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-08-06/kamen-rider-555-actor-masayuki-izumi-passes-away/.91302 His best-known work was in the Kamen Rider 555 series.

Now that's actually a situation that could have been better for everyone with a simple dick pic.

The mob is coming closer: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/aug/05/walter-palmer-florida-home-vandalized-cecil-the-lion

Huh, something I didn't know, Johanna Quandt was a step-relative of Joseph Goebbels: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-01-27/nazi-goebbels-step-grandchildren-are-hidden-billionaires

My pick Johanna Quandt, matriarch of BMW, is dead: http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/bmw-johanna-quandt-ist-tot-a-1046916.html(link in German) I suspect international obits will come soon. Edit: Here's a Mirror obit: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/johanna-quandt-dead-billionaire-bmw-6200676 Note, she died two days ago.

Johanna Quandt, matriarch of german car company BMW, is dead: http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/bmw-johanna-quandt-ist-tot-a-1046916.html(link in german) One of Germany's richest people... Edit: Link in English and DDP-qualfying, but noone chose her, a bit of a miss (for me).

If she's found alive now we can safely say she'll smash several of her own world records! Cruel.... but funny...

Natalia Molchanova, the world's greatest freediver, is feared dead: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/04/free-diver-natalia-molchanova-feared-dead I guess, technically, it should have gone into the "missing" thread, but realistically not.

The manager, and partner, of 80's pin-up girl Samantha Fox, Myra Stratton, has died: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/08/04/myra-stratton-dead-sam-fox_n_7933474.html Hmm, I didn't know she made "the switch". Edit: Ah, if I had watched more foreign reality TV, I would have known...

I hope Carter survives Bush Sr., so that the next picture of the living presidents shows Bush Jr. surrounded by four democratic presidents.

Interesting, in 2007, Eminem was very fat, on painkillers and had an overdose: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/eminem-81-pound-weight-loss_55bf9364e4b06363d5a2c49f?

Peter Grad, producer and TV executive at Paramount Studios, 20th Century Fox Television and MTM Studios is dead at 75: http://www.thewrap.com/peter-grad-former-tv-executive-and-producer-dead-at-75/ His main hits were 'LA Law' and 'The Fall Guy'.

Vincent Marotta Sr., one of the co-founders of Mr. Coffee, and basically the inventor of the modern way to drink coffee, has died at 91: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mr-coffee-vincent-marotta-obituary_55c02195e4b06f8bedb5cf37 The company took off when Joe DiMaggio became their main promoter. Marotta was chairman and chief executive of Mr. Coffee until a leveraged buyout in 1987.

Frontman of the K-Pop band Broken Valentine, Van, has died of drowning: http://www.allkpop.com/article/2015/08/rock-band-broken-valentines-lead-vocalist-van-passes-away

Father of the leveraged buyout, Jerry Kohlberg, has died of cancer at 90: http://fortune.com/2015/08/03/private-equity-pioneer-jerry-kohlberg-passes-away/

DJ Derek has been seen three weeks ago, but is still officially missing: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/04/police-received-number-reported-dj-derek-sightings

Jimmy Snuka has had surgery for stomach cancer: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2538164-jimmy-snuka-diagnosed-with-stomach-cancer-wife-carole-reveals-to-bill-apter Is he important? I don't know... Edit: Apparently, yes, and he's had health problems in the past.

Reddit has now found out about Dick Dale's condition. Some people have seen him recently and describe his health. Will there be a kickstarter for him? http://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/3fjyg0/at_78_dick_dale_suffers_from_renal_failure/