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    I think it's fair as it stands (although to some extent I don't understand why the Belfast Telegraph isn't included, British rather than UK, I guess?). There is an element of skill in picking obituary worthy nationally in "Britain", I wouldn't want to see it opened up to first ladies of US governors and the like, or even this story about Gary Dahl, inventor of the Pet Rock, unless he was obit worthy in the UK. http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/03/27/gary-dahl-bay-area-inventor-pet-rock-dies/

    Guess there's no telling who gets an obit in this country *sigh* Gary Dahl made the BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/32150059

     

    I guess it also depends on the amount of real news on that day. On a slow news day, Little Jimmy Dickens gets his obit. Gary Dahl sounds like an "April's Fool Day" kind of obit.

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    Serbian far-right politician and possible recruiter of paramilitary forces during the Balkan Wars, Vojislav Seselj, has been ordered to return to prison from his cancer-related provisional release:

     

    http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-n-war-crimes-tribunal-orders-serb-nationalist-vojislav-seselj-back-to-detention-1427715609

     

    They say he has colon cancer that has spread to his liver, but then he also really doesn't want to return to prison.

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    One of, if not, THE most acclaimed contemporary german directors, Helmut Dietl, is dead at 70:

     

    http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/helmut-dietl-ist-tot-a-1026324.html(link in german)

     

    A hit for 2 DDP teams if there's a qualifying orbit. He had lung cancer but in late 2014 he said the tumour had shrunk. I saw him at an awards show and he still looked ok, though it was already suspicious that they gave him a lifetime achievement award.

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    Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich dies at 54:

    http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article11231360.html

     

    Apparently, it was a suicide by gunshot.

     

    But there might be a lot more behind the scenes:

    http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/jay-dropping

     

    Schweich was planning to run for governor, but the republicans tried to "smear" him by insinuating that Schweich was a jew. Anti-semitism seems to be a political factor in Missouri.

    Now, one of Schweich's spokesmen was also found dead in an apparent suicide:

    http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/spence-jackson-dead-tom-schweich

     

    The spokesman, Spence Jackson, was the first to call out one of Schweich's opponents for the above smear campaign. Very, very curious...

    It's an interesting story in many ways... this intra-party struggle for the nomination had almost split the republican party in Missouri.

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    BBC journalist Nick Robinson has a rare form of lung cancer:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/11443706/Nick-Robinsons-cancer-Timing-lousy-prognosis-good.html

     

    But apparently, the prognosis is good.

     

    Some people on twitter however think that the cancer is "karma" for his coverage of the Scottish independence vote:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11443421/Independence-activists-abuse-Nick-Robinson-after-his-tumour-operation-is-revealed.html

    Nick Robinson has successful surgery, will start chemotherapy now:

    http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/30/bbc-nick-robinson-successful-op-lung-tumour

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    I'm afraid not. That's "bbc.news.uk.com", not "bbc.co.uk/news". Only the latter is the real thing written by Auntie.

     

    Ah sorry...

     

    Although, when I google "Wim Ruska daily mail", not in the news but in a web search, I have an obituary from the daily mail as the second hit. But when I click on the link, there is no article there...

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    The Burnley Butcher, no, a Burnley butcher, not a serial killer, but one of Burnley's best-known Butchers, Stephen Birkins dies at 52:

     

    http://www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk/news/business/local-business/burnley-butcher-stephen-dies-aged-52-1-7179694

    Padding your post stats w this moving entry. A local butcher?

    I'll bet all the top butchers in Burnley have gone to theatres in Estonia.

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    Quite possible. After he closed his shop, he went on a cruise with his wife to Estonia:

    http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/burnley/11337202.Popular_Burnley_butcher_to_close_shop_as_he_battles_cancer/?ref=rss

     

    “I will be going on a cruise around Norway, Sweden and Estonia with Helen. We were going to go to the Caribbean but I can’t be out in the sun very long now.”

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    Don't know about the porridge, but I suppose avoiding men is a useful survival strategy. Dangerous lot, that.

     

    She's died, Jessie Gallan at 109. http://news.stv.tv/north/315288-scotlands-oldest-woman-jessie-gallan-dies-at-the-age-of-109/

     

    Maybe the secret to a long life is avoiding interviews.

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    I bet the pilot who crashed that plane in the Alps was gay. Not sure if that's related to the possible/likely suicide though...

    I have a shock announcement. He was a member of this forum

     

    Nice speculation, but unless it was a lurker, I can rule that out by a process of elimination. The age isn't right.

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