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Sidney turned 89 yesterday so I figured I'll make a thread, it's about time I think (if there is one already, be free to close this one because i can't find his name anywhere). So judged by his age I think he'll go like Lauren Bacall (stroke, heart attack).

He is a legendary American football coach and broadcaster. The game, “Madden”, is named after him. He has won 30 Emmy’s. Best selling author, famous for his commercials, and Super Bowl Champion. Will be 83 next year, always has been overweight, and has looked somewhat frail in recent pictures.

Not a real biggie but what the hey. I realize that for the British clientele of this most esteemable forum this person may seem to be small potatoes but Harry Reid the Democratic Minority Leader has had a mild stroke. Word is that he will survive and his fellow Democrats are using this health scare to launch their 2016 election platform (they like to plan ahead that way they have only the best candidates ) of course looking at photos of Senator Reid I would have thought him dead a long while back. Anywhoople the only link I could locate was through Voice of america, if it fails use the google engine okay? Harry Reid ready to say goodbye

Ray Illingworth, cricketer and former England captain, is now battling advanced esophageal cancer and wants the right to end his life.

As he made the Crowdsourced List I believe he should now have a thread.

Former prime minister in Norway in the period 1981-1986. Turns 90 in October and had cancer earlier, not sure about now, but could be good pick next year.

Secretary of State under President Richard Nixon. Born 1920.

Surprising to see that he doesn't already have a thread of his own so here is the Lionel Blair thread. Lionel turns 92 next Saturday so I think he def deserves a thread

His wheezing of late has been more pronounced. Either he's making some underhand statement about the continued need for tobacco money in F1 or his remarkable resiliance in the face of neck-down paralysis is finally melting. I remember a medically minded friend commenting when quadraplegic Curtis Mayfield made his last album that it'd better be good cos there wouldn't be another. Would those with more medical knowledge than me care to comment on long term survival for those injured to this extent?

On trial for war crimes, but claims to be in ill health...sounds like a ploy to me, especially as he's only 62, but you never know. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3865573.stm

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarissa_Eden Noticed there wasn't a thread for Clarissa Eden, the widow of Former UK Prime Minister Anthony Eden who was forced out of office in the 1950s over the controversial Suez Crisis. Now aged 96,I feel she is worthy of her own thread so here it is!

Its recently come to the attention of deathpoolers everywhere that Helen Reddy resides in a nursing home. It was announced that she had dementia back in 2015. With these revelations I think she is Reddy for a thread on the death list.

The David Prowse thread.

Rumours on social media in the past few days that he was in a bad way and now Rangers have confirmed that he has had an operation and that the family ‘have requested privacy at this time’. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56388907

Abdul Qadeer Khan, the Pakistani atomics expert, has prostate cancer. It is one of the more helpable forms of cancer, and supposedly he's getting the best medical treatment, but it's one to keep an eye on in the "Names" thread anyhow.

The Jimmy Greaves thread.

I predict that he will die and that many will be surprised. Glad to see he's on thee list

Maybe a thread only I'll post in but fuck it. As stated before on here, one of the funniest men of the past 50 years, Norm MacDonald, is a xans-addled gambling addict prone to breakdowns every time one of his projects gets cancelled early (which is every one of them). And now there's a lot of speculation he is seriously ill. This recent tweet of him plugging some gambling site on Twitter was responded to with endless gifs of zombies and Michael Jackson in" Thriller". This is what he looked like just three years ago:

The Valery Giscard d'Estaing thread.

Girls Aloud star reveals she has secondary Breast Cancer at age of 36. Horrible Horrible news. Considering it has spread I feel she warrants her own thread.

96 today. He is reportedly in frail condition. https://www.facebook.com/MikisTheodorakisMikesTheodorakes/posts/365859268244497

Yeah, he`s 73 - which I know is comparatively young by the standards of this site - but to be honest, don`t we all want him to die an excruciating death, i.e. being eaten alive by ants over a period of a week while chained to a tree and having his eyes gouged out ?? Or is this just wishful thinking ?? cheers, the authority.

Ok, someone who doesn't have their own thread and should, not only on notability but also on health. John Hume, Nobel Prize winner, was a leading Northern Irish politician (leader of the SDLP) and a key figure in the Good Friday Peace Agreement. He is also seriously ill now, having been diagnosed with dementia a number of years ago. He was able to get out and about to funerals and the like as recently as 2 years ago, but the first public seeds of his health really going downhill appeared when his wife had to make a statement on the death of Martin McGuinness earlier this year instead. Now, he is unable to attend screenings of films in his own honour. One to watch intently, and with a good deal of name relevance for updates, I give you this thread for 2 reasons. 1. He is an exceptionally Deathlist worthy name, and one whose health should be watched. And politicos/journos give a steady update on him being "badly ill", "if only he could see X" etc etc. 2. I stumble across health updates on him at least six times a year, and lose track of where to place them because updates on the man are in about 10 different threads now. So he gets his own. ...I'm going too guess there's a Peter Falk joke in 5...

Two ailing MTM alum in a row: Ed Asner in hospital for exhaustion. Hope he turns out fine; it seems that'll be the case.

Saw him tipped on the possibles for 2007 list. I thought he was beating cancer. Anyone know any more?