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Yes,also a last survivor for some rounds. Also, I picked both him and Tiwari in the Windy City Deadpool. It was sort of leading towards a 2-for-1.

But Le Duc Anh isn't dead yet!

Uuuhhhh... my nemesis of a thousand cup rounds... @msc: And the winner is not the one one would have thought... if true, but I choose to believe.

Oh well, they found him in the middle of a suicide attempt and rescued him, probably not without significant brain damage. As if that would change his outlook on life..

I guess it's more important in the preliminary stages than in the main act.

Some new members have a short period of posting every death they can find - I know, I had it myself. I was then followed by YoungWillz, SirCreep and Thatcher. It subsides after a while.. It might be the joy of research and a "fresh" topic.

Well, I was thinking of posting that myself... I don't mind posting the less notable deaths. I mean, it contributes to making this forum the no. 1 resource on ...Well, this.

Can you tell who is who?

Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins is NOT Taylor Swift's father, and also Billy Corgan doesn't exist, according to Billy Corgan: https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/07/billy-corgan-denies-being-taylor-swifts-dad-in-bizarre-instagram-post/

Posting this hospital picture of M. Karunanidhi here, so we can have the ND Tiwari / Karunanidhi face-off:

Nobuhiko Obayashi still making a movie and wants to do so for another 30 years: http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201807260008.html

He wants to get out of prison to meet his dying brother: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6003093/Yorkshire-Ripper-begs-jail-bosses-let-dying-brother.html

AP copy / paste - so no reason to worry on that front.

Croatian singer Oliver Dragojevic dead: https://www.total-croatia-news.com/news/30085-croatian-music-legend-oliver-dragojevic-71-has-died DDP pick

New York Times story on hospice patients who "perk up" before the end, usually only hours, but sometimes even months: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/well/the-mystery-of-end-of-life-rallies.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Somehow I missed that Katie Price plans to record an acoustic guitar charity album for her mother: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5924599/Katie-Price-announces-acoustic-guitar-charity-album-honour-terminally-ill-mother-Amy.html Her mother had a heart operation a week ago and supposedly has deteriorated a lot: https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/loose-women/1422691/katie-price-mum-amy-idiopathic-pulmonary-fibrosis-diagnosis-update-heart-operation-loose-women-watch But they also looked for electric bikes and are "upbeat", you never know with her...

Ian Stanley: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/golf/australian-golf-champion-ian-stanley-dies-following-a-long-battle-with-cancer/news-story/a94e810286a145c6839d009c148fa1ac

Kanye West's dad has stomach cancer: https://urbanislandz.com/2018/07/28/kanye-west-dad-diagnosed-stomach-cancer/

Two more Blockbuster stores closed last sunday, one store remains: https://www.newsweek.com/blockbuster-video-store-bend-oregon-now-last-one-existence-1022106 The article also quotes local Alaskan politician Santa Claus.

I wouldn't mind starting now, as I feel my prospective team is actually pretty good. However, it's made easy to look good because I have 9 members of my current main team on it, of whom I still expect great things. But I have three jokers ready as well. And a B-Team line-up with a couple of main team prospects. Prince Philipp has been in there for a week now.

Thomas Keneally interview for those who want to look behind the paywall (or get the free month): https://www.afr.com/brand/sophisticated-traveller/author-tom-keneally-on-his-love-of-cruising-and-the-sea-20180718-h12tp3 Doesn't yet look terminally ill, but his latest book is very heavy on death - from the snippets I can catch.

Man bites dog, a police dog, after stealing a tractor: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/28/world/offbeat-world/colorado-man-steals-tractor-bites-police-dog/#.W1y2Q9IzaUk

Oh, I didn't know he had Marfan's syndrome.

Interesting game. Well, my would-be pick was already taken by Sean.

A bit sad that "we" (as in mankind) have regressed to 115 when it comes to the age barrier. But I also believe that Tanaka is going to be around for a while.