ALS/MND/other degenerative diseases

[Joey Russ 7,267]

I’ll admit Hagen was probably my biggest overlook for 2020 and I’ve never seriously considered him which might hurt my DDP chances. (He wasn’t even originally on my DBN team and I had to transfer him in to show how much I didn’t consider him). 

[Joey Russ 7,267]

Mirror obit

[Perhaps 1,429]

A new video from Doddie Weir's twitter for those who want to form-check. He mentions he's "struggling to breathe" but puts it down to a tight jersey he's wearing 

 

 

[gcreptile 11,078]

10 hours ago, msc said:

Would put Reptile top of the DDP. The one year he wasn't sweating over his exact 20 till the deadline...

Heh..  Usually my last-minute changes only make things worse.

My hardest decision was putting Pete Felton on. Again, seemingly a mistake.

Though my last decision this time, if I recall correctly, was the Sultan of Oman.

I wonder if I would have picked John Lewis, if he had announced his illness a day earlier...

 

Anyway, David Hagen's death, about 8 months after news of him being in hospice, is eerily similar to Fernando Ricksen's timeline.

Spade asked how long Ricksen lasted in hospice... it was 8 months.

[Perhaps 1,429]

On 06/06/2019 at 02:07, Skinny kiltrunner said:

Really good read on the American football player Rickey Dixon who has been living with ALS for about 5 years now.

 

http://www.oudaily.com/sports/concussions-consequence-and-conscience-ou-football-great-rickey-dixon-reflects/article_50eee032-72b9-11e9-ae7e-9b97f30572cd.html

 

Rickey Dixon dead at 53.

[YoungWillz 21,231]

On ‎09‎/‎07‎/‎2020 at 20:56, gcreptile said:

Two new tweets by Ady Barkan that demonstrate his steady decline:

 

 

Ugh, I hate this thread but if I gotta do what I gotta do....

 

Ady Barkan addressing the nation at the  Democratic National Convention tonight.

[Joey Russ 7,267]

2 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Ugh, I hate this thread but if I gotta do what I gotta do....

 

Ady Barkan addressing the nation at the  Democratic National Convention tonight.

Here he is: 

 

[gcreptile 11,078]

His speech seems to get the most attention of all of yesterday - certainly here in Germany...

 

...if he survives the year, I could imagine he is going to be a very popular pick.

[Spade_Cooley 9,637]

Billionaire ALS sufferer and 2019 DDP pick Suna Kirac has died. I'd assume she gets an FT QO in time.

[gcreptile 11,078]

Former Pittsburgh Steelers player Tunch Ilkin has ALS. I give him two years:

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/10/09/tunch-ilkin-diagnosed-with-als/

[gcreptile 11,078]

Moamen Zakaria - the Marian Cisovsky of 2025?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8726261/Mohamed-Salah-pays-tribute-Egypt-team-mate-Moamen-Zakaria-battling-motor-neurone-disease.html

[alt obits guy 3,385]

Christopher Pendergast, who was diagnosed with ALS decades ago and who was the driving force behind the ALS Ride for Life, has died. He was 71.

 

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/10/17/christopher-pendergast-als-obituary/

 

[Joey Russ 7,267]

Ice Bucket Challenge cofounder Pat Quinn dead at 37

[Youth in Asia 1,088]

4 hours ago, Joey Russ said:

Ice Bucket Challenge cofounder Pat Quinn dead at 37

That's a massive miss - no-one on DDP picked him

[MarcJWallace 270]

Report [in French] that the former Senegal international Papa Bouba Diop (42) died of the disease, he also had Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/L-ancien-international-senegalais-papa-bouba-diop-est-mort-a-42-ans/1200094

[arghton 6,877]

Singer, songwriter and musician Pave Maijanen's ALS has progressed pretty quickly to the point he can no longer talk and is in a wheelchair. He's known for his famous songs in the 1980s and downfall in the 1990s, especially for getting the last place in the 1992 eurovision song contest.

https://www.seiska.fi/Uutiset/Sairaus-vei-puhekyvyn-Neumann-ystavansa-Pave-Maijasen-kohtalosta-Vaikeinta-on-tajuta-ettei

He's also 70. One I recommend to put on some list.

[Toast 16,234]

Could we change the title of this thread to something less specific, so we can talk about people with MND, Parkinsons, Huntingtons and other similar diseases.

As it stands,  it's a bit like lumping all dementias as Alzheimers.

Degenerative diseases might suffice as an umbrella term.

 

[The Old Crem 3,637]

7 hours ago, Toast said:

Could we change the title of this thread to something less specific, so we can talk about people with MND, Parkinsons, Huntingtons and other similar diseases.

As it stands,  it's a bit like lumping all dementias as Alzheimers.

Degenerative diseases might suffice as an umbrella term.

 

Good idea.

Through ALS and MND are the same.

[arghton 6,877]

On 30/11/2020 at 16:24, arghton said:

Singer, songwriter and musician Pave Maijanen's ALS has progressed pretty quickly to the point he can no longer talk and is in a wheelchair. He's known for his famous songs in the 1980s and downfall in the 1990s, especially for getting the last place in the 1992 eurovision song contest.

https://www.seiska.fi/Uutiset/Sairaus-vei-puhekyvyn-Neumann-ystavansa-Pave-Maijasen-kohtalosta-Vaikeinta-on-tajuta-ettei

He's also 70. One I recommend to put on some list.

Dead at 70:

https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihdeuutiset/a/3ff35c29-ec75-49bf-bd16-e34573f2b5ee

[Joey Russ 7,267]

11 minutes ago, arghton said:

Dead at 70:

https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihdeuutiset/a/3ff35c29-ec75-49bf-bd16-e34573f2b5ee

Also a DDP pick. Good luck to whoever picked him though

[Toast 16,234]

I've got him in AltObits, wasn't sure if he'd be accepted but he was.  Wait and see now.

[gcreptile 11,078]

1 minute ago, Toast said:

I've got him in AltObits, wasn't sure if he'd be accepted but he was.  Wait and see now.

He has already received quality finnish obits and will definitely score. It just depends on when the game runners see it. If they don't, we will notify them.

[Death Impends 8,043]

On 12/01/2018 at 08:03, Predictor said:

To stay on-topic, an American TV-personality named Donna Britt has ALS. She is 59.

 

27 July 2017: http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_bd823cd8-7308-11e7-9136-1f344940e7d9.html

 

Donna Britt dead - https://www.katc.com/news/covering-louisiana/longtime-wafb-anchor-donna-britt-dies-following-battle-with-als

 

Picked in this year's Hares by Reptile.

[Sir Creep 7,071]

20 minutes ago, Death Impends said:

 

Donna Britt dead - https://www.katc.com/news/covering-louisiana/longtime-wafb-anchor-donna-britt-dies-following-battle-with-als

 

Picked in this year's Hares by Reptile.

 

"Britt ... retiring in 2018 after ... ALS stole her ability to deliver the news."

I dunno, seems she delivered some news just fine today.

[FunkedUp 16]

Pretty sure she didn’t deliver the news, she was the news.