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Atilla Demirer died alone in his Housing Commision flat in June 2021. His body was discovered 4 months later.
His story however has much more to tell than these final facts. Quite uplifting.

It also highlights one of the grim consequences of COVID on the community.

Atilla died alone, and seemed to have no family. But a sex shop told a surprisingly different story​

Atilla died alone, and seemed to have no family. But a sex shop told a surprisingly different story

Atilla Demirer swiped in to his Sydney building in July 2021. There are no records of him leaving again before his body was found four months later. Was this just another case of fatal loneliness?
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Angelo Bruschini, guitarist with Massive Attack, has died. He was 62.

Bruschini, who was a driving force in developing the Bristol-originated group's unique sound and also the guitarist for art rock band The Blue Aeroplanes, revealed earlier this year he had been diagnosed with lung cancer.

He wrote at the time: "Twice now I have been told 'good luck' by specialists at the hospital over lung cancer, I think I'm f---ed!"
 

Aussie Lancelot de Mole was the first person known to have put forward a design for a tank, before WWI. Here is a tank in Britain in 1916. Image credit: AWM/H19323

Lancelot de Mole - Wikipedia

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Lancelot de Mole - Wikiwand

Lancelot Eldin "Lance" de Mole CBE was an Australian engineer and inventor.
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Lancelot Eldin de Mole [source: Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P09319.001]

Lance de Mole

Also Known As: Lancelot Eldin de Mole | Date of Birth: 13th March 1880 | Occupation: Inventor | Occupation: Engineer | Occupation: Public servant | Read the full record details for Person: Lance de Mole
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The Trouble With Harry: The premature exit of Harry Green - Comedy Chronicles - British Comedy Guide

Comedy Chronicles looks at the career of actor Harry Green and how his death during a live television play threw the production into chaos.
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Harry Green: Played Vaudeville as “George Washington Cohen”

Today is the birthday of Harry Green (Henry Blitzer, 1892-1958). Originally a lawyer, Green went into vaudeville as a comedian and magician in the years after World War One. A Jewish stereotype was…
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Harry Green | Actor, Writer, Soundtrack

Known for: Be Yourself!, The Light of Western Stars, A King in New York
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Wayne Kramer, whose explosive guitar playing with the influential Detroit band the MC5 in the late 1960s and early ’70s helped set the template for punk rock, died on Friday. He was 75.

His death was announced in a post on his official Instagram account, which said the cause was pancreatic cancer. It did not say where he died.

The MC5 (short for Motor City Five) formed in Lincoln Park, Mich., in 1965. Mr. Kramer and Fred (Sonic) Smith teamed to provide the twin-guitar attack that was at the heart of the band’s sound and the centerpiece of its notoriously loud and frenetic live performances.
 
Eric Moody - pilot of BA009

He always played down his role in what became known as the Jakarta Incident in 1982, joking with the Airline Ratings website in 2014: “When I learnt to fly in the ’50s, flying was dangerous and sex was safe. When I retired in the ’90s, that had gone the other way around."

The plane, flying over Java , lost power; his announcement has gone down in aviation folklore: “This is your captain speaking. We have a small problem and all four engines have stopped. We are all doing our damnedest to get them working again. I trust you are not in too much distress.”
 

That was a really hairy flight. It seems that at 37,000 feet the plane lost power to all engines. The cause was volcanic ash from an eruption.

So the plane turned into a glider. In 15 minutes the plane glided to 12,000 feet with all engines dead. What would happen next ? How were the last wills and testimonies going ?

They wern't needed that day. They managed to restart the motors and limped home. I suggest many people re evaluated their lives after that incident.

The story of British Airways Flight 9, the Boeing 747 that lost all four engines due to volcanic ash (yet it landed safely) - The Aviation Geek Club

The story of British Airways Flight 9, the Boeing 747 that lost all four engines due to volcanic ash (yet it landed safely)
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This is a better, more detailed story of that incident

Captain Moody’s wisdom: ‘the aeroplane might break any minute’ | Flight Safety Australia

Airmanship may sound old school but former British Airways captain Eric Moody argues it is just as important now as it was when he and his crew struggled to restart all 4 engines on his Boeing 747-200 in 1982. The City of Edinburgh had been cruising at 37,000 feet over the ocean on a June night w
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Doris Buffett - Wikipedia

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Warren Buffett's Sister Had The Ability To Give Away His Money At Her Discretion, Once Stating, 'My Brother Is Putting Up The Money, So We're Sort Of Limitless. Any Time I Run Out of Money, All I Have To Do Is Call Him'

Renowned investor Warren Buffett is often celebrated for his philanthropic endeavors. Yet, the vital role his older sister Doris Buffett played in these efforts is less recognized. A philanthropist in her own right, Doris Buffett dedicated her life to aiding those in need, aligning closely with...
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In 2006, when Warren Buffett announced his intention to donate the majority of his fortune to charity, he was inundated with requests for assistance. To manage this, he enlisted Doris's help. She took on this challenge with enthusiasm, establishing the Letters Foundation to provide financial aid to people facing unforeseen hardships.

Giving It All Away: The Doris Buffett Story

Doris Buffett has given away $100 million. Her brother is Warren Buffett, famous investor and billionaire. They discuss their tumultuous childhood and triumph in Giving It All Away.
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The book, written with her full cooperation, begins with her growing up as the primary target of an abusive mother’s rage, goes on to talk about her having to watch every penny to take care of her family as a young wife and mother, and how, years after becoming one of the first investors in an early Warren partnership and making a fortune, she found herself $2 million in debt and almost lost her home in the 1987 stock market crash. It’s a life of many trials from which she only gained greater strength and more magnanimity, a life in which she had been estranged from her three children and endured four horrific marriages and divorces.
 

John O'Brien (poet) - Wikipedia

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Australian Authors - John O'Brien (1878-1952)

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He wrote four books (two of which were published posthumously). O'Brien is best known for his first book of poetry, Around the Boree Log and Other Verses (1921). John O'Brien, made a significant contribution to Australian literature, one which is worthwhile celebrating.

John O'Brien Poet - John O'Brien Poet

John O’Brien Australian Author and Bush Poet Father Patrick Hartigan (1878-1952), also known as “John...
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“John O’Brien bears an honoured place on the scroll of Australia’s most popular versifiers”.

Around the Boree Log and Other Verses

“Around the Boree Log and Other Verses” is a wonderful collection of poems by Australian Poet Patrick Hartigan. This work celebrates the lives and mores of the outback pastoral folk that the author ministered when he was a peripatetic curate to the southern New South Wales and Riverina towns of...
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Juan Ignacio Rafaelo Lorenzo Trápaga y Esteban ((1957 – 7 May 2024), known professionally as Ignatius Jones was a Filipino-born Australian events director and journalist who previously fronted the band Jimmy and the Boys. From 1976 to 1982, the group pioneered the use of shock theatrics in Australia. By the end of the 1970s they were "one of the most popular live acts on the Australian scene" with Jones performing as lead vocalist and contortionist alongside Joylene Thornbird Hairmouth (born William O'Riordan) on keyboards and vocals as a kitcmsch transvestite.
 
Oscar-nominated documentary maker Morgan Spurlock, best known for his 2004 fast food film Super Size Me, has died at the age of 53.

Super Size Me saw Spurlock live on a diet of McDonald’s food for an entire month to test the health impact on his body.
 

That was an amazing documentary. If you haven't seen it check it out.

Long story short. Morgan Spurlock started his one month McDonalds diet in ripping health. Within 3 weeks of his self imposed diet his liver was failing possibly as a result of the 3 McDonald meals a day. The rest of his health also rapidly deteriorated.

No doctor of course would see a McDonalds diet as healthy. But no doctor could have believed that only 3 weeks of such a diet could cause such immediate damage. The Wiki on this story elaborates.

Super Size Me - Wikipedia

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There has been a media buzz about a young boy, Carlo Acutis, who is going to be canonized as a Saint by the Catholic Church.

Quite an amazing/inspiring life story for a 15 year old. When he was 13 he decided to research and create a website on the 171 miracles attributed to the Eucharist. In the Catholic tradition the communion host is believed to be change character as the body and blood of Christ not simply a representation. As part of his faith Carlo decided to create a website that explored the 171 incidents that showed the power of the Eucharist host that was more than a piece of bread.

Pope clears way for 'God's influencer' to become a saint

Carlo Acutis, who was born in London, is set to become the first millennial to be canonised.
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Gilbert Genesta - Wikipedia

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5 Magicians That Died During Their Performance - Magic Every Month

Royden Joseph Gilbert Genesta: In 1930, then famous magician Royden Joseph Gilbert Genesta had a famous special trick that attracted audiences far and wide; an escape trick. Genesta claimed the ability to escape any room to barrel or milk can in a matter of minutes before drowning. After a crowd...
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Dr. Vivian Hensely was a dentist from Australia; known for his eccentric behavior and loving adoration for his children. He invented a trick that gave the illusion he would swallow a rusty razor while in reality he dropped the razor down his sleeve. However, one day while performing the trick for his son, he accidentally dropped the razor down his throat, and was immediately taken to the emergency room. To absorb the blood, his wife made him eat cotton balls all the way to the hospital.

Lost Life By Swallowing Razor Blade - FATAL

After lying in hospital for four days with a rusty safety razor blade in his stomach, Mr. Vivian Hensley, a Lutwyche dentist ...
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Lutwyche, Queensland - Wikipedia

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90-year-old William Anders, a former NASA Astronaut and Major General with the U.S. Air Force was killed earlier today after his Beechcraft T-34 “Mentor” trainer aircraft reportedly crashed near his home on Orcas Island in Washington State. Anders was a member of the Apollo 8 crew during the Moon Mission in Dec 1968, and was known for his picture of Earth dubbed “Earthrise”.
 
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