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Unfortunately Den.
Is it going to be one of those years for famous people dying?
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Raquel Welch 82...
BBC News - Raquel Welch: US actress and model dies at 82
BBC News - Raquel Welch: US actress and model dies at 82
Raquel Welch: US actress and model dies at 82
Golden Globe winner Welch has been credited with paving the way for action heroines in Hollywood.
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From my youth huge assets but now I think she was the same age as my MiL 
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The 'Is Henry Kissinger dead' Twitter account is tired of waiting for him to die
A Twitter account dedicated to tracking the death of Henry Kissinger seems to be getting pretty impatient. On Monday, Is Henry Kissinger Dead Yet? tweeted an update that the former Secretary of State was in fact not dead but added, "and I didn’t think this account would be such a long-term...
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Bizarrely, her son/daughter married Freddie Truman's son/daughter. I would have love to have been a fly on Freddie's wall when he found out...
'You're marrying the offspring of Raquel Welch? Her with the ginormous knockers? That Raquel Welch?'
'You're marrying the offspring of Raquel Welch? Her with the ginormous knockers? That Raquel Welch?'
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God bless him, I know a song about him...The 'Is Henry Kissinger dead' Twitter account is tired of waiting for him to die
A Twitter account dedicated to tracking the death of Henry Kissinger seems to be getting pretty impatient. On Monday, Is Henry Kissinger Dead Yet? tweeted an update that the former Secretary of State was in fact not dead but added, "and I didn’t think this account would be such a long-term...
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David Gilmour is the Grim Reaper!!! Somehow it all makes sense now...
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Very sad news, every football fan loved Motty.
BBC News - John Motson: Legendary commentator dies aged 77
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BBC News - John Motson: Legendary commentator dies aged 77
Legendary commentator Motson dies aged 77
Legendary football commentator John Motson, who had an illustrious 50-year career with the BBC, dies aged 77.
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RIPVery sad news, every football fan loved Motty.
BBC News - John Motson: Legendary commentator dies aged 77
Legendary commentator Motson dies aged 77
Legendary football commentator John Motson, who had an illustrious 50-year career with the BBC, dies aged 77.
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Every...?!?Very sad news, every football fan loved Motty.
BBC News - John Motson: Legendary commentator dies aged 77
Legendary commentator Motson dies aged 77
Legendary football commentator John Motson, who had an illustrious 50-year career with the BBC, dies aged 77.
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In the UK, for sure.
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Very powerful tribute...not many people one could make a statement like that about...
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Add Ryuichi Sakamoto to the list...
he was one third of Yellow Magic Orchestra, a kind of Japanese Kraftwerk...some great tunes.
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Japanese electronic music maestro dies
The award-winning composer and producer, whose fans included David Bowie, has died aged 71.
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he was one third of Yellow Magic Orchestra, a kind of Japanese Kraftwerk...some great tunes.
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I really liked the band Japan that he was in with David Sylvian. All my school friends were in love with David, he wore eye makeup, but we thought he was gorgeous! I think RS was also in Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence and he wrote the music for it.Add Ryuichi Sakamoto to the list...
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Japanese electronic music maestro dies
The award-winning composer and producer, whose fans included David Bowie, has died aged 71.www.bbc.co.uk
he was one third of Yellow Magic Orchestra, a kind of Japanese Kraftwerk...some great tunes.
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Add Ryuichi Sakamoto to the list...
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Japanese electronic music maestro dies
The award-winning composer and producer, whose fans included David Bowie, has died aged 71.www.bbc.co.uk
he was one third of Yellow Magic Orchestra, a kind of Japanese Kraftwerk...some great tunes.
This is very sad news.
On starting secondary school, one of my first records was his instrumental “riot in lagos” way ahead of its time.
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Yes he was. He also won an oscar for the Last Emporer. A talented bloke.
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A pedant writes:
Ryuichi Sakamoto certainly collaborated with David Sylvian a lot, but I don't think he was ever a member of Japan. I think the founding members were just David Sylvian and Steve Jansen (brothers, as it happens), plus Mick Karn; with Richard Barbieri and Rob Dean joining soon after.
I think I must have played this single 300 times between 1981 and 1984:
Sadly, MIck Karn (Andonis Michaelides), a really interesting bass player, died in 2011.