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No, they won't. But the dam is breaking, maybe in 2029 and after. 2025 will rather see some complicated coalition government ot prevent the AfD. He's one of the AfD's more moderate faces. Other names in the party would have been more dramatic targets. Curious story. His condition seems under control. But the wording is still ambivalent.

I had a 24 hour period of some more detailed research, and there are SO many "meh" names around. Tasha Butts, former basketball player now coach, breast cancer: https://www.cbssports.com/womens-college-basketball/news/georgetown-supports-coach-tasha-butts-as-she-battles-breast-cancer-with-tashatough-social-media-trend/ Glenis Redmond, somewhat acclaimed poet whose multiple myeloma prognosis is coming to an end: https://eu.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/greenville/2023/08/16/academy-of-american-poets-awards-glenis-redmond-50000-what-to-know-poetry-greenville-poet-laureate/70464292007/ AnnaLynne McCord, former star of Beverly Hills 90210, has multiple personality disorder: https://www.wonderwall.com/entertainment/90210-alum-diagnosed-with-dissociative-identity-disorder-after-having-5-split-personalities-794543.gallery Bozeman commissioner I-Ho Pomeroy, glioblastoma, but the tumour has been removed: https://www.kbzk.com/news/local-news/bozeman-announces-resignation-of-i-ho-pomeroy-from-city-commission Norfolk artist Kim Keene whose stage IV breast cancer has returned: https://www.newsbreak.com/norfolk-va/3179424501160-norfolk-artist-battling-stage-4-breast-cancer-creates-nonprofit-to-help-patients Tracie Mills, "inspirational" woman from Rugby, founded an organisation, has terminal breast cancer: https://www.warwickshireworld.com/business/award-for-inspirational-rugby-woman-with-terminal-cancer-who-has-raised-more-than-ps115000-4357904 Bill Bergey, former NFL star, has jaw cancer: https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/bill-bergey-cancer-battle-crucial-catch-commanders-eagles

HUGE article about and with Sister Helen Prejean, the anti-death penatly-campaigning nun: https://www.thedailybeast.com/dead-man-walking-icon-sister-helen-prejean-i-came-alive-on-death-row 84 years old now, she sees death approaching, but there doesn't seem to be any health issues.

Conservatism has invited the nihilists into the House, in several different countries! And they are paying the price.

Congratulations, Book!!

Well done, Toast!

Obviously a prominent name for our german list... So... He had emergency heart surgery in 2022: https://www.promiflash.de/news/2022/06/15/ganz-heimlich-frank-farian-hatte-lebensrettende-herz-op.html He has a pig heart valve now: https://www.rnd.de/promis/frank-farian-operation-am-herzen-schweineherzklappe-eingesetzt-RSARJKFC4FFH3HZFR4FPQ6NWRE.html

You're in fifth place now. With a possible Jonnie Irwin joker back in hand, you might attack the top spot, if the rest goes right for you.

Yes, I've heard that opinion now a couple of times. Never started the short stories, maybe it's time.

Polish "legend" Colonel Otton Hulacki dies at 101: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-66972276

Finally finished Stephen King's IT after, I don't know how many months, 3-4? Guess it can only get better from here on forward, in the sense that there is one fewer brick to go through (and I have read his Dark Tower series and The Stand, so I've managed to get through three of pop culture's thickest bricks, so to say). Well, I think the quality of the book didn't warrant the length. It's not the 10-out-of-ten that quite a few fans say it is, IMO. The Stand also flowed much, much better. The story itself consists of many, many good parts though, but I think the whole book is a little less than the sum of its parts.

Apparently he died of heart disease, so it wasn't even the cancer that killed him, at least not directly.

So I watched the new "Encounters" series on Netflix. Four episodes of global UFO sightings. Reviews are okay, but the final episode is slightly too much "hippie world peace" stuff, which is why it got the worst reviews, I guess. But the episode explains it with the Japanese culture and their ability to absorb alien influences much better than the stricter christian/western world view. Anyway, I find it harder to believe that there is no "there" there. It reminds me of the conspiracy theory that the middle ages invented 300 years and that the years 600-900 didn't really exist. But then if you look at the whole world, it's impossible that the christian West invented these years because it throws the global timeline out of whack and there are just too many bits and pieces taken all together that give evidence to these years actually existing as we think they did. And that's why I am also extremely pro-Alien. Take all the bits and pieces together and there must be something there.

Oh, and just yesterday, this article came out telling he was in hospice: https://theguideliverpool.com/dj-legends-come-together-in-bucketlist-gig-for-ill-liverpool-actor-jake-abraham/ So, a very fast decline.

Guess I was wrong about the "not a weeks left kind of case". Daily Star would-be QO is out, too.

Damn, I should have known.

Elon Musk was at the Mexican border. Seems his chin has receded back into his throat. The reddit thread also had interesting information/rumours about his drug use. Supposedly, he takes highly effective hallucinogens, especially on the weekends, which is why his most outrageous ideas always come out on weekends.

Prince Mirwais Zahir of Afghanistan has died at 66: https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-185337

Richard Stallman, free software activist, has cancer, but it's manageable right now: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman https://news.itsfoss.com/richard-stallman-battling-cancer/

Cecilia Jimenez, the cleaning lady who "restored" a damaged painting to hilarious results, is now "almost" 93 years old, and they made a musical about her: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/29/monkey-christ-opera-hero-woman-spanish-fresco-cecilia-gimenez She survived Covid, but has dementia. But at that age, who hasnt.

I mean, some of these people cant imagine a world without them. So they never retire. Her "recovery" after shingles was a mirage. Her not retiring was not a sign of doing better again, but of simply being delusional.

ABC local news also tweeted it, it's true.

Yes, I was notified, I'll do it tomorrow, together with Chris Snow, ahem...

Ishwar Singh Rajput is probably refered to in this tweet: So the name was Ishwar Singh. There's an Indian politicna with that name, still alive. Dave Taylor died a month too late for me: https://members.kypress.com/articles/clarions-news-editor-kpa-board-member-dave-taylor-loses-battle-with-esophageal-cancer/ Richard Fox (2023) is the local poet from Worcester, Massachusetts. Still alive. Asel Badyrkovaovovitchistan is a Kyrgyz opera singer who was in a coma in 2020, but emerged alive: https://www.starhit.ru/novosti/pevitsa-asel-kadyirbekova-vyishla-iz-komyi-i-vyipisalas-iz-bolnitsyi-217910/ I suspect Arthur Neto is the Manaus prefect who got COVID mid 2020: https://g1.globo.com/am/amazonas/noticia/2020/06/30/arthur-virgilio-neto-prefeito-de-manaus-e-hospitalizado.ghtml

Well thank you for all the mentions of your hits above. This makes the job fairly easy! Anyway, I wanted to get this quick update in BEFORE the inevitable death of Chris Snow (which, honestly, is already a fact). Because right now, we have DDP and DbN in weird synchronicity that some teams have been waiting for months to cross the 100pt / 1000 pt mark, but haven't done so yet! And yes, it's Banana's teams that would both cross these benchmarks first. We're a little slow this year, but sometimes the job is simply to be the best in an average year. But then the year isn't over, is it? I think we've still got quite some developments to come. But for now, let's count the hits. Predictor opes with the slam dunk yahoo obit for Ruschell Boone. Daily Mail also obliged, though. So there was no reason to worry about the obit, but only Predictor risked it. Torva Messor scores a nice unique hit with Peter Newman. Canadian authors aren't exactly the most obitable, but the interesting biography and wide range of topics sealed the deal. Mike Yarwood is a hit for Toast and Pedro. I seem to recall some health issues that might have turned him into a more popular hit. But then you can't often find the space for these names, luckily the Death By Numbers has lots of space! Mangosothu Buthelezi is a unique hit for Cpt. Hemlock. He was ahead of the curve, as the health problems really only appeared in the course of this year. Giorgio Napolitano, in contrast, was behind his own curve for years, or something like that. 2023 was finally the year and quite a few people score. Zoleka Mandela is the next hit. The granddaughter of Nelson Mandela was an author in her own right. As far as I can tell, she wrote biographical feel-good books. Would she have found success without her relation? Probably not, but obit by proxy works here. She was a substitution hit for The Spinosaurus, and apparently I was the only one to pick her from the outset. Fresh from today's news, Dumbledore is dead, and also a hit. I'm not sure Michael Gambon was known for much else OUTSIDE of the UK. But within the UK, he was famous enough for the DeathList. Finally, David McCallum is a hit for two teams, BuffaloPhil and sam081. I have to leave the obituary writing for him to other people. I seem to recall that there was another picked name to die, but without obit. But if I haven't missed anything then this is the new scoreboard: Rank Team Score 1 Banana 992 2 gcreptile 924 3 Funeralopolis 875 4 RadGuy 812 5 JoeyRuss 798 6 Perhaps 772 7 msc 747 8 Grim Up North 704 9 Cpt. Chorizo 702 10 Summer in Transylvania 689 11 Salmon Mousse 683 12 Book 667 13 An Fear Beag 636 14 Toast 587 15 Death Impends 586 16 The Spinosaurus 573 17 Buffalo Phil 568 18 ThereWillBeDeaths7 557 19 wannamaker 541 20 The Daredevil 490 21 Joltin Joe 481 22 DeathBecomesThem 470 23 Gooseberry Crumble 469 23 DevonDeathTrip 469 25 Drol 450 26 Thatcher 440 27 Mr. Wonderful 429 28 TheUnknownMan 428 29 Predictor 425 30 TheOldLady 416 31 GuyFromFuture 415 32 Wormfarmer 412 33 Torva Messor 410 34 Sean 404 35 TheQuimReaper 398 35 YoungWillz 398 37 Cpt. Hemlock 396 38 Hell 395 39 tracy 374 40 MortalCaso 372 41 Charles De Gaulle 351 42 The Old Crem 344 43 Diego 340 44 John Key 327 45 Etushipushingupdaisies 325 46 Annami 321 47 Liz Lemon 298 48 chilean way 290 49 MariNisia 269 50 Nick 267 51 JoeMoneypenny 254 52 Mr. Custard 246 53 CalebH 237 54 Bibliogryphon 231 55 Pedro67 226 56 Lady Fiona 208 57 Great Uncle Bulgaria 204 58 Ghostofchristmaspast 167 59 etib80 166 60 sam081 153 61 Famous6Eva 147