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88 "only", but routinely plagued with ill health. He's a bit on injury time.

The investigation following his tweets to take Tesla private concludes with him having to resign as chairman: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45696150

Lovely song, skillfully covered by Bill Murray.

Once a husband to Jane Fonda, that's how I knew him first from the German yellow press.

Kanye West now identifies as "Ye": https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/29/hear-ye-kanye-west-announces-name-change-ahead-of-snl Can a thread be renamed to a two-letter word?

Steve Smith, former player of Huddersfield Town also has this ball-against-the-head-caused dementia: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/steve-smith-latest-football-legend-13326981 Just to clarify, it's this Steve Smith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Smith_(footballer,_born_1946) Not the cricketer Steve Smith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Smith_(cricketer) Or the other cricketer Steve Smith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Smith_(cricketer) (huh, same link?) Or the ALS-stricken football player I picked in Death By Numbers: Not this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Smith_Sr. nor this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Smith_(wide_receiver,_born_1985) but this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Smith_(running_back)

In that administration it's tapes all the way down.

Author Fay Weldon blames the parents for those whiny, useless millenials: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/28/blame-parents-for-snowflake-millennials-says-author-fay-weldon 87 years old now. Edit: Though I see now, already on Biblio's radar

Mahatir Mohmaed is touring the UK, and has been a huge anti-semite apparently: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6215717/Anti-Semitic-Malaysian-Prime-Minister-given-feted-tour-Britain.html

"Death By selfie is on the rise": https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6218697/Death-selfie-rise-43-people-killed-year-taking-risky-snaps.html A trend you can't afford to miss!

Maurizio Zanfanti, "Italy's most famous lover" dies during sex at 63: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6214319/Italian-lothario-66-dies-having-sex-23-year-old-tourist.html?ito=social-facebook

Indian mud wrestler Ravi dies in the ring from a heart attack: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7365365/mud-wrestler-ravi-dies-heart-attack-collapse/

Fringe sources say al-Baghdadi has died of lung cancer, even fringier sources say he is suffering from lung cancer.

British DJ Hanna Wants has been battling breast cancer for the past 18 months: https://mixmag.net/read/hannah-wants-reveals-shes-been-battling-breast-cancer-for-past-18-months-news Edit: Also, can we change the title of this thread to soemthing with more than 3 letters? Disc Jockeys?

Australian Vietnam War photographer Derek Maitland has terminal cancer: https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2165928/vietnam-war-photographer-derek-maitland-crippling

Amy Chua, controversial Yale professor and author of "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" hospitalised for unknown reasons and canceling all teaching for the semester: https://abovethelaw.com/2018/09/controversial-yale-law-school-professor-hospitalized-out-for-the-semester/ Is it something really bad? Or maybe it has to do with her being under investigation for "grooming" young female law clerks for alleged Supreme Rapist Brett Kavanaugh?

Hospitalised for "a series of tests": https://punchng.com/south-africas-tutu-hospitalised/

Paul Curcio, producer of Metallica's Kill 'em All dead at 74: https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/paul-curcio-producer-of-metallicas-kill-em-all-has-died/

Christine and the Queens - Chris (album) On the one hand: Guardian-friendly gender pop On the other hand: a summer-fresh modern version of France Gall's "Ella, elle l'a" in album length. I advise listening to the french version, because her english is making me nervous. My candidate for best song of the year:

Hospitalised with a persistent fever: https://www.timesofisrael.com/90-year-old-founder-of-frances-far-right-national-front-hospitalized/

Scottish guitarist Dale Barclay of The Amazing Snakeheads dead at 33/34: https://www.clashmusic.com/news/reports-amazing-snakeheads-dale-barclay-has-died Well, saves me from wondering about the obitability. Edit: Well, he was recognized in the BBC music live blog: https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/evfwhn/live/czz5d4

She once said, two years ago or so, that she has trouble memorizing her roles. Though I guess it didn't turn out to be anything dramatic. I would let her dench me.

Well, then this is where this goes: Chuck Wepner is too ill too attend his own gala: https://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2018/09/chuck_wepner_cancels_appearance_at_roast_in_bayonn.html

Kathleen Blanco at some public event, suffering from severely orange skin, just like all those around her: https://eu.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2018/09/24/uls-public-policy-center-named-gov-kathleen-blanco/1410144002/

Finishes treatment for now, returnung to the booth: https://boston.cbslocal.com/2018/09/25/jerry-remy-remdawg-cancer-treatment-nesn-broadcast-booth-red-sox/