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Kundera recieving a french Prix litteraire Château La Tour Carnet: https://serielimitee.lesechos.fr/art-de-vivre/vins-spiritueux/milan-kundera-honore-1773406 Surprisingly hard to find anything.

Cornwall eccentric Arthur Boyt, "known for eating roadkill", has died of cancer: https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-eccentric-famous-eating-roadkill-8590424

Because hardly anyone of these people is a celebrity.

God damnit....that guy actually killed 16 people (and himself).

Daily Mail obit is up.... so, Nick Hungerford scores.

It's possible that Francis was elected to counter the extremely bad image of the church during late John Paul II / whole reign of Benedict. But I can't imagine that the next one will be a conservative. Such ideological whiplash is not credible. They'll probably go for a symbolic moderate - and I don't think he'll be African, but Asian or some other unusual region USA/Australia, etc...

Alan Wilkie, Australia's first weatherman, has died at 94: https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/australias-first-weatherman-alan-wilkie-dies-aged-94/news-story/a1200e04ef7aa5f37e59e0aa8cb20c8d Slightly surprising, not a DDP pick, maybe a miss for the weathermen team (was that this year or last?).

Not dead (well, officially), but shared pick Malik Shabazz had a heart pump installed, and remains unresponsive in a coma:

Your very popular replacement name Nick Hungerford has died. Now we wait for an obit.

Looks like Nick Hungerford, the Nutmeg founder, died on the 6th: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/nick-hungerford-obituary?id=52427485 No obits so far except this one above, which is from tonight. He died in the USA.

Nick Hungerford died on the 6th: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/nick-hungerford-obituary?id=52427485 The legacy article is new... the news is just going out it seems.

Adrian Tan, president of the Singapore Law Society, has died of cancer at 57: https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/singapore/law-society-president-adrian-tan-dies-57-after-battle-cancer He was on my endless Cup lists that I eventually have to update.

Oh so that's why I haven't heard much of George Alagiah lately.

Update on Twitter:

Indeed! Had her on my longlist, but obits for councillors have been quite spotty recently.

Threads article on the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/06/mark-zuckerberg-uses-threads-to-say-elon-musk-twitter-has-missed-its-chance Zuckerberg is right that Twitter had its chance to turn into the 1bn people public conversation forum. As I said, the demand is there and something will come up. I think Zuckerberg has also come to realize that catering to right-wingers is a net loss, because there's always going to be a player more daring to go for them (Musk, in this case).

She posted something on Instagram: https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/496983/linda-nolan-heartbreaking-post-emotional-milestone/

I really like the new Olivia Rodrigo song: I have to listen to her more. She might be more than the new Disney star on the block with a 3 year shelf-life.

The obits are coming: https://www.al.com/news/2023/07/minnie-bruce-pratt-alabama-native-who-pushed-for-lgbtq-equality-dies-at-76.html Edit: Ah yes, DDP qualifying, though I still suspect the Guardian or even the morningstar: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/minnie-bruce-pratt-lesbian-poet-001218348.html

They want to perform a tracheostomy on Mat London while heart and lungs continue to be in critical condition: https://www.utusan.com.my/nasional/2023/07/mat-london-bakal-jalani-pembedahan-trakeostomi/ On the plus side, Mat London is now conscious. He can't speak though. Not sure if consciousness is actually a plus here.

Sure, good call.

Radical lesbian feminist and communist (these things seem to go hand in hand) Minnie Bruce Pratt has died at 76: https://minniebrucepratt.net/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_Bruce_Pratt

My joker has died: https://minniebrucepratt.net/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_Bruce_Pratt Obit still needs to come, it's fresh information. Edit: Agreed, Spade. She seems big in these circles. Maybe even a DDP qualifying obit.

Think deadpooling is now going back to 2010-ish kind of research? But there will be something else. It has to, the idea of a public forum, open to everyone is too attractive not to happen.

I assume he's still more obitable than the pancake painter... but I'm not 100% sure.