gcreptile
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Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the first space walk. The responsible kosmonaut Alexej Leonov is still alive, now 80.
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Rick Kackley, founder of "Bikers against cancer" dies at 61:
He had inoperable brain, lung and throat cancer.
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Another candidate from the world fo Cricket:
http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/apexchange/2015/03/17/cri--south-africa-rice.html
Former South African Captain Clive Rice has a procedure on a brain tumor. Initially, they thought it was inoperable and he was about to die, now they try to defeat it with lasers.
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Sounding a bit defeated here:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/67411133/martin-crowe-unmasked-on-living-with-cancer
"But I've stopped fighting the fight."
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He's back. He looks a little weak, in fact.
There's a rumour he had the flu. That could be. It must have been something a little embarassing to admit. Maybe measles or something that makes him appear less of a man.
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Japanese cartoonist Yoshihiro Tatsumi dead at 79:
http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-yoshihiro-tatsumi-20150315-story.html
His mangas marked a turning away from escapism, more towards gritty, realistic story-telling of the disillusionment of ordinary people.
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The minister who planned Mandela's funeral is now also dead:
It was a car crash.
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Clive James once again discussing how close he is to death:
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/mar/15/clive-james-interview-done-lot-since-my-death
He's apparently still very productive. Details on his health a bit further down. He was apparently recovering well, but recently there have been signs that the cancer is coming back.
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When I posted the news above, I was unaware that he had been in hospital for five months, only to return to his home, not even appearing in public. I think the next health crisis will finish him.
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I really should have made Sam my Joker. I mean, how much better could it be? He was in the third-best age bracket and with a 100% chance dead before 2016. It's the difference between 5th place and 24th. Though generally, I am satisfied with my picks. My first attempt at this was a bit rushed, I think I can do better next year.
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Bobby Christina's fiancé contemplates suicide "if Bobby Christina doesn't pull it through" according to his stepfather.
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Was the reasoning behind that: she's 88 so she must be potty?
Something about "Did she really want to publish that second book"? I don't quite understand it.
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Pontificates about his pontificate which, he believes, will be short:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/13/us-pope-anniversary-interview-idUSKBN0M91IP20150313
He could imagine abdicating like his predecessor though.
That's what that article writes: "he would be ready to resign like his predecessor rather than ruling for life." I have two thoughts about that.
- Good. Governments, like nappies, should be changed often and for the same reason.
- I hope he stays on for a few more years. He seems a decent bloke, as popes go.
I agree, for a pope he's relatively ok.
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If that deathteaser Gabor doesn't die this year:
I'll be amazed if she does actually, she is pretty much dead really but Von Anhalt will keep her 'alive' on her machines, he is already planning her 100th Birthday party in February 2017.
And her mother also got 100 years old.
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Pontificates about his pontificate which, he believes, will be short:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/13/us-pope-anniversary-interview-idUSKBN0M91IP20150313
He could imagine abdicating like his predecessor though.
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Investigation already closed, she's apparnetly mentally fine:
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Andrea Annear, part of Britain's first-ever married couple with Down's Syndrome, dead at 45:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/andrea-annear-wife-britains-first-5324752
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There are also rumours about a botox injection gone wrong, or that some powerful people in the background (ex-KGB) might try to topple Putin because his economic course has led to disaster.
By the way, I like that in the top 5 "Most read in news" in the Mirror they seem to have a special news category for "boobs" (which, of course, is at the top at the moment).
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I like his style...
He had the tweet already written and as he collapsed to the ground, his head hit the "send" button.
Obviously a big miss for the list. I wasn't aware that his health was bad enough to lead to such an early death. "Early onset-Alzheimers" can't be that bad alone, or can it? I've never read one of his books, but always wanted to. I've never known where to start...
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ISIS now killing the enemies within:
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/17435-isis-executes-one-of-its-sharia-judges
One of their judges, Abu Jaafar Al-Hattab, was killed for diverging from the core ideology. He was too "takfiri".
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Vic Harris, discoverer of Steve Davis dies at 69:
He (temporarily) survived a battle with cancer and needed to have his lung and an ear removed. He eventually died from complications with pneunomia.
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Now an official investigation of possible elder abuse has begun:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/12/harper-lee-elder-abuse-investigation-alabama-report
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Richard Glatzer, who wrote and directed the Oscar winning film Still Alice has died at 63 http://time.com/3741548/still-alice-director-richard-glatzer-dies/
This one is rather sad. Something else must be at play here cuz less than a year from diagnosis to death from ALS in a 63 year old seems quick. Anyways, RIP.
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I've read that the younger you are at the time of the diagnosis, the better is your prognosis. So Stephen Hawking has a normal life span, Joost van der Westhuizen is hanging on for now, and Richard Glatzer died relatively quickly.
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Martin Crowe
in DeathList Forum
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His partial resignation surprised me, considering his statements about how he envisiones the Cricket World Cup in 2019. Maybe he's a bit moody at the moment, somewhere between two stages of grief. It's reminding me of the Sam Simon of 2014. Sam had his animals, Martin has his cricket. He definitely has a couple of months left, and might end up on every non-theme team in 2016.