Sir Creep 7,013 Posted May 1, 2018 I'll be honest I thought it a pretty innocuous post and link to another in the long list of lung cancers, even if he danced that dance 20 years ago. Hey, I'm not about to put the best finds out there the last few days before Cup rosters due....and thought this was nothing at all. Goes to show... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,119 Posted May 2, 2018 On 4/30/2018 at 11:21, gcreptile said: Fast track to Dignitas: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/apr/30/david-goodall-australia-oldest-scientist-to-end-own-life-in-switzerland Edit: Obviously easiest deadpooling points ever - too bad I already submitted everything. Maybe they aren't as easy as they seem, as doctors are threatening to stop him from going to Switzerland... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,013 Posted May 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Joey Russ said: Maybe they aren't as easy as they seem, as doctors are threatening to stop him from going to Switzerland... Their country has interesting laws if a physician can pull that off. Is this a real life Catch-22 playing out? "I'm not crazy" "Then why you wanna fly to Switzerland" "To kill myself' "You're crazy" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,247 Posted May 2, 2018 On 29/10/2017 at 05:57, CoffinLodger said: Cliff Watson is dead https://www.sportsnews.com.au/nrl/sharks-league-legend-cliff-watson-dies/431112 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted May 2, 2018 16 hours ago, Joey Russ said: Maybe they aren't as easy as they seem, as doctors are threatening to stop him from going to Switzerland... Taken the airplane: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-43957874 Will there be live updates? Edit: Though it seems upon closer reading that it's not explicitly stated that he has taken the plane, only that he has "bid farewell to fly". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 14,844 Posted May 2, 2018 1 hour ago, gcreptile said: Taken the airplane: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-43957874 Will there be live updates? Edit: Though it seems upon closer reading that it's not explicitly stated that he has taken the plane, only that he has "bid farewell to fly". @Cat O'Falk Your services are required 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted May 2, 2018 Well at least he was at the airport, and they say he booked a first class flight, so I guess he's actually on the plane. https://www.perthnow.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/wa-academic-david-goodall-first-class-flight-to-switzerland-to-end-life-ng-b88824316z Has it landed now? A plane from Perth to Bordeaux. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,013 Posted May 3, 2018 Would have been rich if plane dumped into the ocean. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,287 Posted May 3, 2018 12 hours ago, gcreptile said: Well at least he was at the airport, and they say he booked a first class flight, so I guess he's actually on the plane. https://www.perthnow.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/wa-academic-david-goodall-first-class-flight-to-switzerland-to-end-life-ng-b88824316z Has it landed now? A plane from Perth to Bordeaux. It's difficult to tell. There are no direct flights from Perth to Bordeaux but I found an article saying he was going via Singapore. If that's the case he would fly on to a major European capital and then take a flight to Bordeaux. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,013 Posted May 3, 2018 And once he gets there the laws of Switzerland don’t comport with his wishes. 104 isn’t a terminal illness any more than being born is (we all gonna die sometime). Where is the clinic that has said they’ll do this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,022 Posted May 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: And once he gets there the laws of Switzerland don’t comport with his wishes. 104 isn’t a terminal illness any more than being born is (we all gonna die sometime). Where is the clinic that has said they’ll do this? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,287 Posted May 3, 2018 39 minutes ago, Cat O'Falk said: It's difficult to tell. There are no direct flights from Perth to Bordeaux but I found an article saying he was going via Singapore. If that's the case he would fly on to a major European capital and then take a flight to Bordeaux. I read an article that suggests he was on flight SQ226 to Singapore which landed ahead of schedule. All immediate connecting flights to Europe have departed and landed. So unless he decided on a stopover in Singapore, he's on European soil. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,013 Posted May 6, 2018 On 5/1/2018 at 22:03, Sir Creep said: Their country has interesting laws if a physician can pull that off. Is this a real life Catch-22 playing out? "I'm not crazy" "Then why you wanna fly to Switzerland" "To kill myself' "You're crazy" And here we go....as predicted. “Australia's oldest scientist and renowned academic David Goodall, must be judged to be of sound mind before he can end his life with a voluntary assisted dying program in Switzerland next week.” But you see, there’s a Catch. Catch 22. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted May 7, 2018 Hawke's in hospital: "Australia's former prime minister Bob Hawke was admitted to a Sydney hospital on Monday night. Mr Hawke's spokeswoman said reports that he was suffering from pneumonia or a stroke were false. " … he has neither of those conditions," she said. A Labor representative told the ABC the 88-year-old former Labor leader is "fine" and "just in hospital for some minor tests, nothing serious". The representative said his condition was nothing more serious than "the 'wobbles'"." http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-07/former-prime-minister-bob-hawke-admitted-to-hospital/9736344 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coffee_and_candles 21 Posted May 7, 2018 Australian actress Cathy Godbold has died after suffering from a brain tumour for ten years. Must admit her name didn’t mean anything to me but I remember her dying on the beach in Home and Away with Blake back in the 90s. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5693751/Tragedy-Saddle-Club-Home-Away-actress-Cathy-Godbold-dies.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted May 9, 2018 David Goodall's "procedure" is scheduled for tomorrow: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-09/dr-david-goodall-has-no-hesitations-about-dying-in-switzerland/9744610 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted May 10, 2018 18 hours ago, gcreptile said: David Goodall's "procedure" is scheduled for tomorrow: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-09/dr-david-goodall-has-no-hesitations-about-dying-in-switzerland/9744610 Dead: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/world/europe/david-goodall-australia-scientist-dead.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr_T 254 Posted May 29, 2018 Sort of surprised she held on as long as she did, but the former host of Australia's version of "The Weakest Link", Cornelia Frances has died. http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/actor-cornelia-frances-dead-at-77/news-story/493593f5715a20c25ff14e70d8c96908 I think I posted a link about her here once before with the same photo as in the linked article, but is that a living corpse or what? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 584 Posted May 29, 2018 It was a diffetent picture you posted, one with her in a hospital bed with tubes in the nose. That photo though - eek, she looks mummified. Sad news. She was a great soap actress. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,119 Posted June 6, 2018 Tommy Raudonikis has beaten cancer, again... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,013 Posted June 7, 2018 5 hours ago, Joey Russ said: Tommy Raudonikis has beaten cancer, again... I had a real close eye on him in Feb/Mar Cup months, but his reports were trending steady to positive to I quit paying attention. I love when they say they beat C. I swear I gotta have a Theme Team along those lines. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,119 Posted June 7, 2018 I think this is third time he beat cancer iirc. I have the feeling that if it returns a fourth time though, he’s not going to make it out alive... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,013 Posted June 7, 2018 4 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: I think this is third time he beat cancer iirc. I have the feeling that if it returns a fourth time though, he’s not going to make it out alive... Which is why I haven't enough eye rolls for Hugh Jackman and his FIVE separate melanomas. Mmmm hmmm. Prolly had a mole removes 'oh..CANCER". Not to make light of it, but cmon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,119 Posted June 20, 2018 Anyone who is wondering if we’re ever going to hear from Stuart Fraser again after his original diagnosis before his death can learn that he’ll make an appearance on the Screaming Jets latest album. Not an update on his health mind, but it does allow us to know that he has been doing something since the benefit concert... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr_T 254 Posted June 20, 2018 News breaking in Australia on the death of legendary Australian golfer, Peter Thomson. https://www.news.com.au/sport/golf/aussie-golf-legend-peter-thomson-dead/news-story/f4d222b9b75ad9f735728ee9e1535da4 DDP points for 3 teams. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
