Thanks mate
Maki Kaji, a university dropout who turned a numbers game into one of the world’s most popular logic puzzles and became known as the “Godfather of Sudoku,” died at his home in Tokyo on Aug. 10. He was 69.
His death was announced on Tuesday by the puzzle company he co-founded, Nikoli. The cause was bile duct cancer, the company said in a statement.
He’d have knocked a lot more out of it if he’d reversed the numbers to 96.
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Sean Lock, comedian.
Was he sick? Only mid-50s at a guess
Cancer.
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RIP.
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Kyle Anderson Darts player - 33
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Chunky O’Brien
Rodney Rice of RTE
Ron Bushy, drummer of the 60s acid rock band, Iron Butterfly, had departed for The Garden of Eden. RIP
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Pat Hume RIP
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Donncha O Dulaing. Likeable character. 88 was a good innings.
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I can remember as a young buck we joined him as he was doing the O’ Sullivan Beara walk passing at home. Around 92/93 I think. He had time for everyone that day. 2 seconds of the back of my noggin appeared on TV.
There was a great quote attributed to him at the time, more than likely untrue but it has stuck always in my head. “I’ve walked all over Ireland but I ran through Tipp town”.
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RIP, his wife only passed away last weekend, I think.
They mentioned that alright on the news report.
The voice of Sunday afternoons.
A staple of Saturday night radio for many years. RIP.
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Happy memories of drinking tae after mass of a Saturday evening with my grandfather and a few ould neighbours and they telling yarns and Donncha lashing out the tunes in the background.
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