Dead Pool 16th August 2020

This day seems to be quite a deadly one. Although I haven’t listed each occasion, there seems to have been quite a few plane crashes and numerous previous celebrity deaths on this day. So try not to travel today… Oh… Also apologies for the tardiness of this weeks issue, life got in the way again and my leading story had to be wiped because Brutha Trump went and died before I could tell you he was critically ill, so rewrites and more rewrites! 

Look Who You Could Have Had:

In Other News

Bollywood’s Sanjay Dutt has been diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer, reports claim. The 61-year-old star – who recently announced on Twitter that he is taking a break from work to focus on medical treatment – is said to be “devastated” by the heartbreaking diagnosis. It is thought that the Naam actor is jetting to America to start treatment right away. An insider told us: “Baba is devastated. He has little children. Fortunately, they are in Dubai right now with their mother. But breaking this awful news to them would be an ordeal.” The friend also added that Bombay native Sanjay is pretty shaken but trying to stay positive, as they added: “It is curable. He needs instant and rigorous treatment for which he leaves immediately.” The actor recently posted a statement on Twitter where he announced that he would be taking a “short break” from work. According to local media, Sanjay was taken to Mumbai’s Lilavati hospital on August 8th after complaining of breathlessness and chest discomfort. He later announced on Twitter that his test for COVID-19 was negative and he was discharged from the hospital on August 10th.  

Robert Trump, the younger brother of President Donald Trump, has died. The president visited his 72-year-old brother at a hospital in Manhattan on Friday, according to White House spokesman Judd Deere. Trump was already scheduled to visit his property in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Friday, so he’s not going out of his way. The White House did not immediately release details about why Robert Trump had been hospitalised, but officials said that he was seriously ill. Robert Trump was previously hospitalised in the Spring with an undisclosed serious condition. A senior administration official said Friday that the President “has a very good relationship with his brother and his brother is very special to him.” Robert Trump was a former top executive at the Trump Organisation. He was one of four other siblings to the President, including the late Fred Trump, Jr.  Robert Trump recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Trump family seeking to stop publication of a tell-all book by the president’s niece Mary titled “Too Much and Never Enough.” The president has said that Mary Trump’s book was a violation of a nondisclosure agreement she signed in connection to a financial settlement she received from the Trump family. Mary is the daughter of the brothers’ eldest sibling, Fred Trump Jr., who struggled with alcoholism and died in 1981 at the age of 43. No family members joined Fred Jr., who was known as Freddy, at the hospital on the night he died, Mary Trump said, adding that Donald Trump went to the movies with another sibling instead. And you thought your family has issues…  

Actress Alyssa Milano has said her hair is falling out as a result of coronavirus and urged people to wear face masks to stop the spread. The Charmed actress shared a video on Instagram in which she is brushing her hair, to demonstrate clumps of hair coming out. She said: “I just wanted to show you the amount of hair that is coming out of my head as a result of Covid.” She ends the video by showing the hair that has come out to the camera and said: “One brushing. This is my hair loss from Covid-19. Wear a damn mask.” Whilst not enough to make a merkin, one look at her ‘hair loss’ confirms she’s being overly dramatic. Milano has previously said she felt like she was dying while suffering from coronavirus. She revealed on Instagram that she has tested positive for Covid-19 antibodies after three earlier tests suggested she had not contracted the virus. She shared the message alongside an image of herself using breathing equipment after she fell ill in March. “I had never been this kind of sick,” she wrote. “Everything hurt. Loss of smell. It felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest. “I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t keep food in me. I lost 9 pounds in 2 weeks. I was confused. Low grade fever. And the headaches were horrible.” She added: “I also want you to know this illness is not a hoax.  

Simon Cowell is recovering from a six-hour surgery after breaking his back. The 60-year-old star was rushed to hospital last week after falling off his new electric bicycle in Malibu, California, and he has now emerged from a successful surgery but will require a few months to fully recover. A source told the New York Post’s Page Six: “It was a long surgery, they had to fuse his bones and implant a rod. But thank goodness he’s going to be okay and will have a few months of recovery.” Simon’s representatives previously confirmed he had broken his back in the fall. However, nobody checked on the bike and I’m sure all of you would like to know if its ok. At the time of writing, nobody is sure, but the said bike wasn’t all it seemed to be. The $21,500 machine is capable of 60mph and has a 20,000 watt motor, whereas the legal limit in the UK is 250w. So this is a tale of a man who thought he could handle a beast and it bit him.  

Antonio Banderas is celebrating a big birthday in a slightly different way this year. On Monday, the Spanish actor shared a post on social media in which he revealed he is recovering from a positive COVID-19 diagnosis. As it is also his 60th birthday, the Pain and Glory star accompanied the statement with what appears to be one of his own baby photos from some six decades ago. Banderas wrote in the post that he was doing well, aside from feeling more tired than normal, and that is confident that, by following medical advice, he’ll recover soon. He went on to add that he’s been making the most of the isolation, reading, writing, resting and making plans to commemorate his 60s — something he’s looking forward to and hopeful about. The actor was in the middle of filming the comedy Official Competition with Penélope Cruz earlier this year, when shooting was suspended in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

On This Day

  • 1819 – Peterloo Massacre: Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter’s Field, Manchester, England.  
  • 1858 – U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks. Nothing new there then… 
  • 1906 – The 8.2 Mw Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.  
  • 1930 – The first colour sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.  
  • 1946 – Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours.  
  • 1960 – Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300 m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.  

Deaths

  • 1888 – John Pemberton, American pharmacist & chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)  
  • 1899 – Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)  
  • 1938 – Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911)  
  • 1948 – Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (b. 1895)    
  • 1956 – Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1882) 
  • 1977 – Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (b. 1935)  
  • 2003 – Idi Amin, Ugandan politician and despot, 3rd President of Uganda (b. 1928)  
  • 2018 – Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)   
  • 2019 – Peter Fonda, American actor, director, and screenwriter. (b. 1940)

Last Week’s Birthdays

Taika Waititi (45), Steve Carell (58), James Cameron (66), Julie Newmar (87), Madonna (62), Jennifer Lawrence (30), Ben Affleck (48), Natasha Henstridge (46), Joe Jonas (31), Jim Dale (85), Tony Robinson (74), Mila Kunis (37), Halle Berry (54), Steve Martin (75), Joseph Marcell (72), Sarah Brightman (60), Cara Delevingne (28), Bruce Greenwood (64), Chris Hemsworth (37), Anna Gunn (52), Ian McDiarmid (76), Hulk Hogan (67), Antonio Banderas (60), and Rosanna Arquette (61).

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