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Blood cancer-stricken Christy Dignam says that "If I die, Aslan goes with me": http://www.goss.ie/2015/06/christy-dignam-when-i-die-aslan-goes-with-me/ The doctors apparently said that he's got "a little more than 12 months left to live". Interestingly, he cut back on his medication

Looking a bit too good for this forum: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3115271/Paul-Gascoigne-battled-drink-addiction-years-looks-healthy-trim-fit-trip-London-family.html I think it's the goatee that gives him the look of a bum. Also, he used to think that news reports on the Gaza strip were about him...

Germany's most famous gossip reporter Paul Sahner is dead at 70: http://www.huffingtonpost.de/2015/06/08/paul-sahner-gestorben_n_7532606.html (link in german) His speciality was to make his guests confess private secrets. His interview with then-german minister of defense Rudolf Scharping, half-naked at and in a swimming-pool, showing him kissing and embracing his aristocrat girlfriend, led to his (Scharping's) resignation.

Wilko Johnson's victory against cancer has brought back his depression, oh dear: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/celebrity/article4463478.ece

Now his former "partner" Regis Mijatovic, himself the boss of Playboy fashion, is dead after a shooting: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3111658/Cancer-stricken-designer-Christian-Audigier-devastated-Ed-Hardy-partner-ambushed-gunned-Mafia-hit-French-Riviera.html Here, "partner" probably means business partner.

She used all her powers on others and none on herself, what a good person.

After he got convicted, the verdict was overturned and now...the case is being taken up again: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765675000/Egyptian-court-revives-charges-against-Hosni-Mubarak-in-protest-deaths.html I guess this trial is very much indicative of the power struggle between the old military guard and the deposed government of the Halibut brotherhood.

I know Clive Derby-Lewis is somewhere else on this forum, but where?? Anyway, his cancer might "only" be stage IIIb, not IV: http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/derby-lewis-goes-from-cell-to-celebration-1.1868376#.VXQ1cs_tlBc

Celso Santebanes, a Brazilian who shot to national fame by trying to transform himself into a human "Ken"-doll, is dead at 20 after a battle with leukemia: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3113540/Brazilian-real-life-Ken-doll-spent-30-000-surgery-dies-five-month-battle-leukaemia.html

Nick Robinson has successful surgery, will start chemotherapy now: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/30/bbc-nick-robinson-successful-op-lung-tumour Nick Robinson's cancer is "worse than feared", though the prognosis is still "good": http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3113745/BBC-star-Nick-Robinson-tells-courageous-efforts-return-work-election-admits-battle-not-over.html

Now he's too old for sex.... that was his only reason to live, wasn't it? http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/love-islands-playboy-bunny-hannah-5838800

Snooker player Willie Thorne, also known as Mr. Maximum, has received a prostate cancer diagnosis: http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/other-sport/snooker/snooker-legend-willie-thorne-reveals-5837938 He also tried to kill himself because of his gambling debts.

Bill O'Herlihy, Irish journalist who also crossed over to the other side, dead at 76: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/versatile-journalist-bill-o-herlihy-dies-aged-76-1.2225731

First-class South African cricketer Mario Saliwa is dead at 31 apparently because he got stabbed: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/69128441/former-champion-bodybuilder-mr-big-justin-rys-dies

New Zealand champion body builder Justin Rys a.k.a. Mr Big, dies at 38: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/69128441/former-champion-bodybuilder-mr-big-justin-rys-dies His health decline had no obvious reason, but it's suspected to be the consequences of massive steroid use.

Indian actress Aarthi Agarwal dies after liposuction surgery: http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-telugu-actress-aarthi-agarwal-passes-away-due-to-liposuction-surgery-failure-2092962 Sadly, it's too hot here for me to discover the joke in there.

I actually can't even remember how I got here, but I suspect it also was because Ronnie Biggs, though I don't know how, either. It must have been in 2011 or 2012.

A legend in Germany for his portrayal of "Winnetou", the main native american character in Karl May's Wild West novels. I wonder if he was any kind of famous anywhere else...

Irish food critic Paolo Tullio dead at (most likely) 65: http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/food-and-wine-critic-paolo-tullio-passes-away-680395.html

Ok, I don't know much about the inner life of the Labour Party but I've been wondering why Tom Watson isn't the leader. The few times I watched him, he impressed me.

Seems to be confirmed. http://www.newsrt.co.uk/news/family-devastated-as-jamie-lea-loses-cancer-battle-3258333.html That will be an interesting case study of obitability. It now seems to me that there's a new "inspirational" cancer patient every week. Jamie Lea Jepson had been out of the news for 5 months, I suspect the national press has forgotten her by now. If not, I'm definitely going to create a "famous for being ill" theme team.

Business Korea, "Korea's Premier Business Portal", say that Lee Kun-Hee is showing signs of recovery. They base this statement on a recently released photo of the ailing patriarch: Hmm, judging from that photo, he can only be currently recovering if he had been dead for a while. There seems to be progress on several fronts in the battle against cancer. I guess very rich people can already significantly reduce their risk of cancer-related death with lots of money. I've also read that soon, the global number of cancer-related deaths will be surpassed by deaths from multi-resistant organisms.

Ah, there goes my unique hit!

Sadun Boro, the first Turk to sail the globe (yes, really) is dead at 87: http://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/527257--first-turk-to-sail-the-globe-passes-away

Indeed, it was the bottle: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/05/charles-kennedy-death-caused-by-alcoholism-family-says