Significant people's (not celebrities) deaths

This whole Mike Lynch AND his co-defendant thing is Final Destination type stuff.

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RIP Nell

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0821/1465962-nell-mccafferty/

It’s a bit odd tbh.

My own namesake.

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/an-absolute-gentleman-tributes-paid-33545836#amp-readmore-target

I’m coming up like a bastard mon! RIP.

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Clicked into that link and was struck by another article in the sidebar. Former RTE newsreader and government press secretary SeĆ”n Duignan won some Dublin journalists golf outing. He’s 87! No idea he was that age. Looking fit too.

Always liked her sultry vocals on this one. RIP.

The Eagles would have been much the poorer without JD’s creativity. A genuinely gifted singer songwriter and an absolute gent. Rest easy John David Souther.

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Good obit from the NYT

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/18/arts/music/jd-souther-dead.html?smid=url-share

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The whole thing stinks

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A storm completely isolated over the yatch of a powerful man with even more powerful enemies.

The Truman Show.

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I watched one of the bourne films yesterday so I’m in an excellent position to know that this was definitely a murder to silence a man who knew too much

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It would be interesting to get a Bayesian analysis of what happened the Bayesian

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Kris Kristofferson: the soldier turned star made a tough life into tender poetry Kris Kristofferson: the soldier turned star made a tough life into tender poetry | Kris Kristofferson | The Guardian

Lovely article

Dikembe Mutombo, NBA Hall of Famer and humanitarian, dies at 58 Dikembe Mutombo, NBA Hall of Famer and humanitarian, dies at 58 | NBA | The Guardian

And this.

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https://twitter.com/Ogra_SF/status/1840784005991424160?t=AI-nKJJrFZWajI3cYIg6fQ&s=19

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