Notable Obituaries.

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That is tragic.

Lovely bloke, lovely couple.

So upsetting for her and the family.

Loved watching their meanderings up and down the canal network.
 
Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died aged 92. @ the Guardian

I read Two Billion Light Years of Solitude many moons ago in hospital recovering from a bad accident...although he translated Peanuts into Japanese i preferred the English version.
 
Lord Two Jags - The former British deputy prime minister John Prescott has died aged 86, his family has announced. The former trade union activist and ex-merchant seaman had Alzheimer’s and died “peacefully” surrounded by relatives at his care home, they said.

No idea why they'd 'air quote' the word peacefully, but i hope the old Union warrior was comfy at the end of it all.
 
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It was tne only thing about him that wasn't left. The bloke who egged him was protesting about how tne government ignored rural and farming issues iirc. Sounds familiar.
 
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