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Paul Bearer, on 25 Jan 2017 - 10:03 PM, said:

 

Ankou, on 25 Jan 2017 - 9:25 PM, said:

Hehehe. First time I'm first. The message popped up on CNN while I was watching the latest Trump silliness.

Ankou, on 25 Jan 2017 - 8:55 PM, said:

Mary Tyler Moore dead at 80

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/mary-tyler-moore-dead-age-80-article-1.2955361

While you were posting it here at 7.55, Drol posted it in her own thread at 7.24. :-)

 

Great way to ruin my achievement. I'll go and cry in a corner now. Thank you for that.

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Professor Sir Nigel Rodley, described by the BBC as one of the 'founding fathers' of the human rights movement has died at the age of 75.

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Rangers legend Billy Simpson passes away at the age of 87

 

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/rangers-legend-billy-simpson-passes-9703367

He probably won't get a DDP qualifying Obit as he wasn't Taiwanese or Mongolian, but was unfortunate enough to live in the northern part of England Britain which is now not allowed .

 

 

Calling Charon. Calling Charon.

 

Well done, old chap.

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Boom boom, shake de room :)

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Charon calls more Prod deaths than the Earl of Tyrconnell, kudos.

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Confirmed on Radio 5 in the 3am bulletin. Pancreatic cancer.

 

Great actor and while I know pancreatic cancer is basically a death sentence, I thought he'd got temporarily better - indeed, he said in late 2015 he was in remission.

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Former Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors, Christopher Bland, has died aged 78. No links yet.

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Former Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors, Christopher Bland, has died aged 78. No links yet.

 

 

Aye, rather appropriately for a man who was involved in the changing media industry for decades the first announcement came via his son's Twitter feed

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Former Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors, Christopher Bland, has died aged 78. No links yet.

His death is mentioned in a tweet that's embedded into this Telegraph article which reports the death of Alexander Chancellor.

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We're on a roll today-French Actress Emmanuelle Riva, star of Amour died yesterday in a Paris clinic aged 89.

 

http://www.itv.com/news/2017-01-28/emmanuelle-riva-dies-aged-89/

Yes, we knew it...

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Deaths are often reported or posted in the specific and the general thread. It's not an issue.

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