gcreptile

Hm, yes, you're right. I can see it now on the phone. The mobile app seems better for this than the desktop version.

Legendary, actually legendary, Italian Opera singer Renata Scotto has died at 89: https://slippedisc.com/2023/08/sad-news-renata-scotto-has-died-at-89/

Kabosu's 2 month-long silence on instagram was interupted by her owner now thinking about putting her to sleep (translation?) - 4 days ago: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cv1GALUpj3R/?img_index=1 Yesterday, they were out though, but I think Kabosu doesn't really walk anymore: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cv7PjDupoHA/

Final match pick Asad Abbas has now died of his kidney failure: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2023/08/15/singer-asad-abbas-passes-away/

I always check her and Iris Apfel in tandem. Baddie Winkle is still alive, as far as I know. Her daughter (or granddaughter?) posted something not too long ago. She looks still okay. But yeah, she might have retired from flexing.

Good one. Yes, last year, there was a minor poet who slipped by (Guardian obit). I discovered it 4 months late or so, unmentioned on the forum, etc.... Sometimes these obits appear months late, you know how it goes. The Times/Telegraph deep state aristocrats are also a likely object of such a missed obit. I will, of course, check, for any missed hits before the year is up. I think that I also have to write something else next weekend. Nothing dramatic, but you know, I didn't sign up for this job for life.

Lawrence "Larry" Kirby, young survivor of the "Battle of Iwo Jima", and then author of the respective book that became that famous movie, dead at 99: https://www.eagletribune.com/news/larry-kirby-author-and-survivor-of-the-battle-of-iwo-jima-dies-at-99/article_7b6aeac4-009a-5ac2-95ed-07fd31aadadd.html

Peter Murphy's tour now cancelled: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/peter-murphy-drops-off-celebrating-david-bowie-tour-due-to-ill-health/ Peter Murphy is industrial A-List because he's the frontman of Bauhaus.

Eric Braeden declares himself cancer-free, somewhat setting himself up for a later surprise, maybe: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12407565/The-Young-Restless-star-Eric-Braeden-82-declares-cancer-free-damn-thing.html

Yeah, thought so when NYT showed up. Henry Kamm was a different case, because he was an NYT employee.

That's sad... Just two weeks ago he was "making progress" in his cancer recovery: https://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/articles/maple_leafs_rodion_amirov_reportedly_making_progress_in_cancer_recovery/s1_14825_39074657 A classic 50:50 gamble for deadpooling. I'm surprised so few people picked him, but then, I didn't myself.

There's a theory he buried her there for tax reasons, there exists a tax reduction for cemeteries.

Well, this is a winner.

I don't know if there is a reason. The question "Why?" is a little overrated, maybe... But then why did the universe decide to create life and consciousness? Some people will say, it's just chemicals and proteins, etc.... And eventually, you wonder why the universe exists at all. The lazy answer is that if it wouldn't exist, nobody would be asking the question. Maybe there is no why, maybe it's just "it is because it must be". An axiom.

Next try, Australian DJ Matt James, of Mashdn Kutcher (heh...), 33, has multiple myeloma: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12396323/Australian-DJ-Matt-James-33-Mashd-N-Kutcher-reveals-cancer-diagnosis-heartbreaking-announcement.html

Eh, already dead: https://abc7chicago.com/stevie-edwards-colon-cancer-fashion-designer-chicago-news/13644798/

Rapper and producer with Timbaland, Magoo, supposedly dead at 50: https://hiphopdx.com/news/magoo-died-age-50 I am not 100% convinced yet, but it seems likely.

Mary Louise McLaws, THE Australian Covid expert, has died at 70: https://www.smh.com.au/healthcare/epidemiologist-who-led-australia-through-covid-dies-aged-70-20230813-p5dw6r.html DDP pick for my B-team and in Death By Numbers. QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12402167/Mary-Louise-McLaws-Disease-expert-led-Australia-Covid-pandemic-dies-battle-illness.html

Simple poll (or even pool?): Which "Lil" is the next to die? My vote goes to Lil Skies.

Former chief of staff of South Carolina senator Strom Thurmond, Robert Short, dies at 89: https://www.postandcourier.com/news/strom-thurmonds-former-chief-of-staff-robert-duke-short-passes-away/article_42967e5c-394b-11ee-866a-cf04f1044282.html

Yes, and I might be heading for the "most hits" deduction.... So, I think the pool is not decided yet, though I'm not the only one with Kissinger! You don't have him, but you do have Bob Barker, who would however only a -7.

Henry Dickerson is a hit for two, as posted elsewhere. I wonder if I can now compensate for Henry Kissinger surviving the year, which is a -11 penalty (which only dawned on me last week).

I guess Henry Dickerson died 10 days too late to give me the win: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/beckley-native-henry-dickerson-dies-003800271.html

Minor Basketball player and somewhat more successful coach Henry Dickerson has died at 71: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/beckley-native-henry-dickerson-dies-003800271.html DDP pick.

Well done to the Michela Murgia pickers: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/11/italian-writer-and-campaigner-michela-murgia-dies-at-51 In terms of the competition, she's the Nick Hungerford for Funeralopolis.