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/

Itā€™s a bit odd tbh.

My own namesake.

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

Iā€™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. Heā€™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 JDā€™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 Iā€™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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