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March 2016: Nancy Reagan George Martin Keith Emerson Hilary Putnam Peter Maxwell Davies Rob Ford Johann Cruyff Garry Shandling Patty Duke Zaha Hadid Ronnie Corbett I thought November 1963 could be a contender, given JFK , CS Lewis and Aldous Huxley all died on the same day, but it looks like the only other really notable death that month was the Birdman of Alcatraz the day before.

Searched but can't see this anywhere... Candi Staton (You Got The Love and Young Hearts Run Free) has breast cancer and is starting chemotherapy tomorrow. https://news.sky.com/story/soul-singer-candi-staton-diagnosed-with-breast-cancer-11539587

Back in intensive care for a blood infection, recovering according to his spokesman.

Looks like it's 5 months between Andrew and Eliza Johnson over 1875-1876. Richard Nixon also died 10 months after Pat in 1994. I can certainly see HW beating that record.

Reuters now reporting she's actually died.

Barbara to seek 'comfort care' at home instead of additional medical treatment - reportedly suffering from COPD and congestive heart failure.

Given his status as a war hero, his prominence, and the outpouring of support from just about every major US politician, do you think we can expect him to lie in state in the Capitol? The last person to do so was Daniel Inouye, Senate President Pro Temp and another war hero, in 2012. Before that, the last non-President was Claude Pepper in 1989.

News just breaking that John McCain has a brain tumour. A glioblastoma, which according to Wikipedia, usually has a survival rate of 12-15 months with only 5% making it past 5 years. http://www.kshb.com/news/national/cnn-john-mccain-diagnosed-with-brain-cancer

First peace laureate to die in custody since Carl von Ossietzky in 1938.

Ajax midfielder Abdelhak Nouri has suffered "serious and permanent" brain damage after a cardiac arrhythmia a few days ago. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/07/13/ajax-confirm-abdelhak-nouri-has-suffered-serious-permanent-brain/

Now suffering from respiratory and renal failure, as well as septic shock. Family have also opted against a breathing tube to keep him alive. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-hospital-says-liu-xiaobo-is-suffering-organ-failure/2017/07/12/1464ca3e-66d4-11e7-94ab-5b1f0ff459df_story.html?utm_term=.2cfa596d072a

FARC leader Timochenko has suffered a stroke and is, according to some sources, in intensive care, a week after the group demilitarised. Reuters note he has a history of heart problems. http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-colombia-peace-timochenko-idUKKBN19N0XH?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Bild in Germany reporting that he's died at 87.

I'm not sure how quickly symptoms of eating disorders show up, but in 5 seasons of Veep she's never looked unhealthy, definitely not this gaunt, or that much older than she is. This seems to be her only public appearance in the last year or so which is quite worrying

Speaking of the Berlin attack, Andrei Karlov's assassination was big news for a couple of hours before Berlin overshadowed it.

Sufe Bradshaw, who's taking a season off from Veep for "personal reasons", turned up in a cast photo last month looking awful, leading to some speculation that she could be ill. She's 3rd from left and the youngest person there.

Done a search and can't see any mention of him on his forum, but this came up on my Facebook earlier. Would probably get obits in a few tabloids. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bailiff-dad-who-reached-fame-10282735

US Senator Thom Tillis has collapsed and been given CPR. https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-05-17/ap-newsalert-sen-thom-tillis-of-north-carolina-collapses-during-dc-race-gets-cpr-taken-away-in-ambulance

Swedish professor/statistician Hans Rosling has passed away following a battle with pancreatic cancer. He did a series of excellent Ted Talks and also did a documentary for BBC4 a few years ago, so a UK obit is probably coming soon. https://www.gapminder.org/news/sad-to-announce-hans-rosling-passed-away-this-morning/

Brunhilde Pomsel has died. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/brunhilde-pomsel-secretary-to-nazi-propaganda-minister-joseph-goebbels-dies-at-106/2017/01/29/ab645200-dcf6-11e6-ad42-f3375f271c9c_story.html?utm_term=.b33704a1758a

Publicist says she has died. https://twitter.com/APEntertainment/status/824340904748130306

TMZ reporting she's in a "grave condition" with family gathering to say goodbye. http://www.tmz.com/2017/01/25/mary-tyler-moore-grave-condition/

Zsa Zsa has now outlived her daughter. http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-ln-francesca-gabor-hilton-dead-20150106-story.html