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Lusitania isn't a bad name at all, she could choose to be Lucy or Tania.

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22 hours ago, Sinbabad said:

Lusitania was the ancient name of Portugal, maybe this woman was Portuguese or had Portuguese origins ?

 

I think you are right, her father's side of the family are of Goa Portuguese origin. The name makes a lot more sense now, thank you.

 

Back on topic, a cricketer named Brian Brain died recently.

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A former Bulgarian footballer named Ferario Spasov died in a traffic collision.

I guess his first name didn’t bring him luck…

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Jordan Pop-Jordanov or Pop-Jordanow (researchgate, wikidata) Macedonian nuclear physicist, WWII partisan, member of the Yugoslav Communist Party Central Committee, professional tennis player, expert on renewable energy and full member of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts has popped his clogs at 98.

 

Interesting that researchgate profile that goes from nuclear physics to sustainable energy, to ADHD, postpartum depression, climate change and stress.

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Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, former archbishop of Pontianak in the Philippines, dead at 87.

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More of a "fitting" name than a "what a name", but what would you call a 6'10 Canadian basketball player who dies aged 33? Chad Posthumus.

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On 01/10/2024 at 21:40, Spade_Cooley said:

Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, former archbishop of Pontianak in the Philippines, dead at 87.

Indonesia not Philippines. Pontianak is in Indonesian Borneo (aka Kalimantan) and the equator goes through the middle of the city.

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5 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said:

More of a "fitting" name than a "what a name", but what would you call a 6'10 Canadian basketball player who dies aged 33? Chad Posthumus.

According to my sources in Winnipeg, he died of a brain aneurysm which he suffered during training.

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2 minutes ago, Comped said:

According to my sources in Winnipeg, he died of a brain aneurysm which he suffered during training.

It's everywhere in the news, tell your sources to rest.

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3 minutes ago, drol said:

It's everywhere in the news, tell your sources to rest.

They keep texting me!

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19 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Clemson University baseball pitcher Drew Titsworth!


Of COURSE his uniform # is (.)(.)

“A right-hander with an unorthodox delivery” that could describe any one of us when confronted with those things…

 

https://clemsontigers.com/sports/baseball/roster/drew-titsworth/


 

 

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I hope whoever insisted on his number is proud with themselves because that's a damn fine idea they had there.

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Art Cashin, veteran Wall Street trader, dead at 83:

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/02/art-cashin-new-york-stock-exchange-fixture-for-decades-dies-at-age-83.html

 

Hope he cashed in all his options before. Somewhat famous but no Wikipedia page (so far), so I think he can go in this thread.

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5 hours ago, gcreptile said:

Art Cashin, veteran Wall Street trader, dead at 83:

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/02/art-cashin-new-york-stock-exchange-fixture-for-decades-dies-at-age-83.html

 

Hope he cashed in all his options before. Somewhat famous but no Wikipedia page (so far), so I think he can go in this thread.

Very surprised he didn't have a Wikipedia page during his lifetime considering he was a regular on network financial coverage and was high up in a major global financial institution... He got a pretty good package tonight on ABC World News for example.

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