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Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has been granted medical parole after he has been diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. Liu is 61 years old ; worth keeping an eye on him because the Chinese authorities won't anymore.

1920 - George P. Shultz, Fanny Waterman1921 - Monty Hall, Nexhmije Hoxha1922 - Dilip Kumar, Doris Day1923 - Henry Kissinger, Valentina Cortese1924 - Kenneth Kaunda, Lys Assia1925 - Mikis Theodorakis, June Whitfield1926 - Tony Bennett, Katie Boyle1927 - Harry Belafonte, Juliette Greco1928 - Tom Lehrer, Agnes Varda1929 - Milan Kundera, Violeta Chamorro

Haitian media reporting that former President René Préval has died from cardiac arrest at 74. He was President during the 2010 earthquake.

edit: beat me to it !

Al Jazeera reporting his death on their YT live stream

Former Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi has died at 95 http://www.corriere.it/politica/14_luglio_12/morto-carlo-azeglio-ciampi-presidente-orgoglio-ritrovato-sobrieta-2e689000-7ac6-11e6-a4f4-4d2467f05bee.shtml

Several unoffficial reports now stating he is dead. His daughter confirmed earlier today that he did have a brain haemorrhage. Fergananews, which initially reported on his hospitalization, is also reporting the same. If true, good news is that a tyrant is gone, bad news is that this will leave a huge power vacuum and maybe a bad outcome.

Back in hospital

BBC report on new leader being announced, but no information on Shekau who is in the DDP this year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36963711 Missing in action yet again? Some newspapers, citing military claims, are reporting that Abubakar Shekau was killed along with top commanders in a series of air strikes. There are conflictlictual reports: some media are reporting his death while others instead mention that he has been gravely wounded. This is the third time that his death was reported so caution is always good. http://www.independent.ie/world-news/africa/boko-haram-leader-abubakar-shekau-fatally-wounded-in-nigerian-army-air-strike-34987709.html Army tweet

1920 - Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Kate Murtagh 1921 - Jean of Luxembourg, Nexhmije Hoxha 1922 - Dilip Kumar, Rose Mofford 1923 - Peter Vaughan, Anne Jeffreys 1924 - Kenneth Kaunda, Rosamunde Pilcher 1925 - Mikis Theodorakis, Angela Lansbury 1926 - Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Jan Morris (counts as a female, right?) 1927 - Robert Guillaume, Simone Veil 1928 - Hosni Mubarak, Agnes Varda 1929 - Milan Kundera, Imelda Marcos

It took me 0.000000000000000000000001 seconds to 'consider' them; coincidentally their obit chances. SC Abbas is dead http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36709240

French media reporting Michael Cimino (directed The Deer Hunter) is dead. https://twitter.com/infos140/status/749332418411331621?lang=fr First English language obit http://variety.com/2016/film/people-news/michael-cimino-dead-dies-deer-hunter-heavens-gate-1201808052/

Seeing tweets that former French PM Michel Rocard has died at 85. Still no English article. https://twitter.com/leJDD/status/749297867144175621?lang=fr

reposting... 1920 - Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Kate Murtagh 1921 - Jean of Luxembourg, Nexhmije Hoxha 1922 - Dilip Kumar, Rose Mofford 1923 - Peter Vaughan, Anne Jeffreys 1924 - Kenneth Kaunda, Rosamunde Pilcher 1925 - Mikis Theodorakis, Barbara Bush 1926 - Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Irene Papas 1927 - Robert Guillaume, Juliette Greco 1928 - Hosni Mubarak, Agnes Varda 1929 - Milan Kundera, Imelda Marcos

1920 - Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Kate Murtagh 1921 - Jean of Luxembourg, Nexhmije Hoxha 1922 - Dilip Kumar, Rose Mofford 1923 - Peter Vaughan, Anne Jeffreys 1924 - Kenneth Kaunda, Rosamunde Pilcher 1925 - Mikis Theodorakis, Barbara Bush 1926 - Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Irene Papas 1927 - Robert Guillaume, Rosalynn Carter 1928 - Hosni Mubarak, Agnes Varda 1929 - Milan Kundera, Imelda Marcos