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23 minutes ago, drol said:

Both Kress and Béteille get their obits.


The Kress link wouldn't pass on Wikipedia as a reliable source. It looks like some kind of blog that just harvests information from social media. One of the giveaways being the incorrect use of English in the heading and the first line.

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On 17/06/2019 at 00:45, Ulitzer95 said:

George E. Felton, British computer scientist dead at 98.
Charles Wyrsch, Swiss painter dead at 98.
Jacob W. Gruber, American anthropologist dead at 98.

Felton memorial page. Probably suffered from Alzheimer's

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Arseny Mironov, Russian aeronautical engineer, dead at 101.

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Mironov got his obit. Another one who is less likely to get it is Armenian-Russian painter Valerik Apinian, dead back in June (28th June) at 69.

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26 minutes ago, Clorox Bleachman said:

 

185 days later, Miriam Rivera finally gets a round of obits.

 

Unnatural causes...

 

...they’re still vague as to what caused the delay and/or what inspired the editors to print the obit.  Just that they were unnatural.

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35 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

John Coffey, Ireland’s oldest professional hurler, dead at 101 according to edits.

 

All hurlers are nominally amateur as the GAA bans professionals; there are a few who live entirely off sponsorship and others with very very spurious jobs with sponsors.

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25 minutes ago, Cian said:

 

All hurlers are nominally amateur as the GAA bans professionals; there are a few who live entirely off sponsorship and others with very very spurious jobs with sponsors.

 

How are they paid then? Potato rations? 

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35 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

 

How are they paid then? Potato rations? 

 

Yes it is a little known fact that during the Irish Potato Famine the whole Irish Hurling League had to be suspended as the players refused to play as they were not receiving their wages.

 

Also if they ever committed an indiscretion they used to get fined through their wages and is where the expression 'a chip off the old block' originated.

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3 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

John Coffey, Ireland’s oldest professional hurler, dead at 101 according to edits.

Here you go.

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6 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

 

How are they paid then? Potato rations? 

Officially, they aren't paid at all. All voluntary, graceful amateur game (that's incredibly violent) and all that

 

Reality is they get expenses, grants and sponsors delivered to them if they're top level.

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Anonymous user has reported that popular DL pick Doug Supernaw has died via suicide.  Probably a hoax as there is nothing on his FB page.

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10 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Lord Northbourne aged 93. Crossbench hereditary peer. Retired from the House of Lords last September.

 

Oooh!  He could have gone in the Farmers thread.  :evil2:

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1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

Lord Northbourne  dead according to the Parliamentary website: https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/lords/retired-lords/

 

One of his ancestors was possibly the father of one of my illegitimate ancestors. 

I personally am not convinced.  I expect it was the butler, or one of the gardeners or stable boys.  :rolleyes:

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New Lost City Ramblers founder John Cohen, dead at 87.

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Iraqi football striker Faleh Abed Hajim, dead at 73.

American gay cartoonist The Hun (Bill Schmelig), dead at... who knows?

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American Hispanist Eric Woodfin Naylor, dead at 82.

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29 minutes ago, drol said:

American Hispanist Eric Woodfin Naylor, dead at 82.

Obituary.

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