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Barack Obama's aunt, Zeituni Onyango: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/09/zeituni-onyango-obama-aunt-who-lived-in-us-illegally-dies-at-61/

Meh... ok, then Barack Obama's aunt Zeituni Onyango, died Tuesday, which reminds me....

I just realized that Czar Nicolas II appears twice in this thread, once by me on page 7 and once on page 26. As a replacement, I offer Pol Pot.

998,649-998,655 Miles Davis John Coltrane Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington Nat King Cole Ella Fitzgerald

The House of Hohenstaufen, kings and emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, Sicily, Jerusalem and other things: Conrad III 1138-1152 Frederick Barbarossa 1152-1190 Henry VI 1190-1197 Philip of Swabia 1198-1208 Frederick II 1208-1250 Henry VII co-regent 1220-1235 Conrad IV co-regent and king 1237-1254 Conradin, king of Sicily 1254-1258/1268 Manfred, king of Sicily 1258-1266 Enzio, King of Sardinia 1238-1249 957,273-957,283

This gossip site speculates that she died because of a Scientology "diet": http://blindgossip.com/?p=61625#comments Yeah, I know, it's a gossip site, but a pretty good one.

149 UK victims of the East Asian tsunami: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4145219.stm 954,853-955,002

He has also had some depressive episodes recently. Why, is his dead pool team under performing? If that made him commit suicide in a swimming pool, there would be nice headlines... "Thorpe dead down in pool down under after underperforming dead pool makes him perform under water"... or something like that....

941,313-941,323 King Henry I, the Fowler of the Holy Roman Empire Emperor Otto the Great of the Holy Roman Empire Emperor Otto II of the Holy Roman Empire Emperor Otto III of the Holy Roman Empire Emperor St. Henry II of the Holy Roman Empire His wife Kunigunde of Luxembourg Empress Theophanu of the Byzantine Empire, wife of Otto II Empress Adelaide of Burgundy, second wife of Otto the Great Empress Eadgyth of England, first wife of Otto the Great Matilda of Ringelheim, wife of Henry I

Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe has infection in shoulder - could lose his arm: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/08/ian-thorpe-intensive-care-infection He strikes me as someone who can't live without his sport.

The first two deaths came out of nowhere.... Joao Havelange.

Two comedians are dead, and the religious fundamentalist still lives.... I guess it's the same refusal-to-go attitude in life that keeps fundamentalists from dying. They probably believe that if they die, the hippies win.

166-190 Czar Nikolaj II Czar Alexander III Czar Alexander II Czar Nikolaj I Czar Alexander I Czar Paul I Czarina Catherine II Czar Peter III Czarina Elisabeth II Czar Iwan VI Czarina Anna Czar Peter II Czarina Catherine I Czar Peter the Great Czar Iwan V Czar Alexej Czar Michail The five Romanov children of Nikolaj Nikolaj's brother Michail Nikolaj's wife Alexandra Rasputin

Ghostbusters III still "on track" despite Ramis' death: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/feb/26/harold-ramis-ghostbusters-3-on-track Maybe he'll appear as a ghost...

Flamenco guitarist Paco De Lucia dead at 66: http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/paco-de-lucia-dead-at-66-1.2551717

Today I saw a billboard here in Berlin, where he's going to perform in May ("first time in 12 years!"). It's very unlikely that he's close to death.

Julia Roberts' half-sister dies of apparent overdose: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20785343,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontent

This edition of Germany's most popular weekly magazine, Der Spiegel, had an article on the inventor of Pinyin, the latinized writing of Chinese, Zhou Youguang. He's 108 years old.

Huh...I just realized that I confused him with Bob Seger.

Hmm... considering that she made Hollywood history and is apparently the german actor/actress to receive the most Hollywood fame, she is virtually unknown in Germany today. She's almost from another dimension, a jewish german from before the Third Reich, in retirement for 60+ years.... I wonder if the current roster of german actors actually knows her at all. Compare that to Marlene Dietrich who never won an Oscar, yet is a legend, at least in Germany.

Huh, I got a digit wrong there, sorry...

I would guess that ex-US presidents literally get the best healthcare in the world. And that is enough to get them above the age of 90. Nixon died at 91, Reagan and Ford at 93. Carter is 89 and looking fine. Bush Sr. is at least good for another year. He might have health problems, but doesn't do bad for a 89-year old. Just look at Cheney who somehow lives on without a heartbeat and six (?) strokes. Something must have changed in the 80s about the life money can buy.

Jazz guitarist Jim Hall, dead at 83 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/11/jim-hall-dead-jazz-guitar-master-obituary_n_4424175.html

Indeed, their mother died at age 88, and their father died at age 95.

America's longest married couple celebrates their 81st wedding day: http://www.theguardi...inversary-video