Significant people's (not celebrities) deaths

I have to admit that I knew nothing of the case so it was a good entry point.

Shirley Williams, traitor to the English working class and Labour movement.

His “Goodbye to the Hill” was a tour de force of its time. I’ve actually read it twice. A cool dude. RIP.

Galen Weston

Bernie Madoff

Gone to the great pyramid scheme in the sky.

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Indeed

It was a great surname; made-off

well his first name is what he’ll be doing in hell

Walter Mondale

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There’s a name I hadn’t heard in a long time.

bat gone to heaven

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Bat out of hell was a masterpiece. Rest easy Jim and I hope you can see paradise by the dashboard light

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He wrote one or two for bonnie Tyler as well

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And Celine Dion. A colossus of the piano ballad genre.

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Christ theres a blast from the past. What year did he run?

An incredible songwriter

Total eclipse of the heart
Holding out for a hero
It’s all coming back to me now
The entire Bat out of Hell album
The entire Bat out of Hell 2
Never Forget

But my absolute favourite of his, an incredible triumph of lyrics and music

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84ish I think, regan took something like 50 in that election

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