Dead Pool 27th October 2024
Surprisingly nobody had Americas oldest person, so a few points missed out on there, and sadly we have lost Geoff Capes, a childhood hero to those of us of a certain age!
Look Who You Could Have Had:
- Michael Newman, 67, American lifeguard and actor (Baywatch), heart failure.
- Christine Boisson, 68, French actress (Emmanuelle, Identification of a Woman, Born for Hell), lung disease.
- Paul Di’Anno, 66, English heavy metal singer (Iron Maiden) and songwriter (“Running Free“).
- Elizabeth Francis, 115, American supercentenarian, oldest person in the United States.
- Geoff Capes, 75, British Olympic shot putter and strongman.
- Jack Jones, 86, American singer (“Wives and Lovers“, “Love Boat“) and actor (Over the Garden Wall), leukaemia.
- Jeri Taylor, 86, American television writer and producer (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager).
- Phil Lesh, 84, American musician (Grateful Dead) and songwriter (“Box of Rain“, “Truckin’“).
In Other News
Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood mogul whose alleged sexual misconduct fuelled the #MeToo movement and who was recently indicted on new charges, has chronic myeloid leukaemia. The Flying Monkeys say that Weinstein is undergoing treatment in prison at Rikers Island in New York. Chronic myeloid leukaemia is an uncommon form of cancer of the bone marrow, according to our medical expert, Dr F Monkey. In a statement on Monday night, Weinstein’s legal health care representative Craig Rothfeld said in part, “Out of respect for Mr. Weinstein’s privacy, we will offer no further comment.” The news of Weinstein’s diagnosis comes amid a myriad of health issues. Last month, he underwent emergency heart surgery to alleviate a significant amount of fluid in his lungs and heart. In July, he was hospitalised and tested positive for Covid-19 and double pneumonia. Tick tock Harvey, your time is up!!!
A 36-year-old surfer from Italy died after being impaled by a swordfish while surfing the waters in Indonesia. Giulia Manfrini, a surfer from Turin, was reportedly struck in the chest by a swordfish on Friday in the Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra Province, a popular surfing destination known for its beautiful waters and challenging waves. James Colston, who set up a travel agency with Manfrini, said on Instagram: “Even with the brave efforts of her partner, local resort staff and doctors, Giulia couldn’t be saved.” The swordfish “unexpectedly jumped towards Manfrini and pierced her chest”, said Lahmudin Siregar, acting head of the Mentawai Islands’ Disaster Management Agency. “The information we received from the Head of Southwest Siberut District was that an accident occurred with an Italian citizen while surfing,” Mr Siregar told the Flying Monkeys. The swordfish left a two-inch deep wound and although Manfrini was rushed to a nearby clinic, she died shortly after. Mr Colston called it “a freak accident” and said that “we believe she died doing what she loved, in a place that she loved”. “Giulia was the lifeblood of this company and her infectious enthusiasm for surf, snow and life will be remembered by all that came in contact with her,” he said. The news of her sudden death has left her 22,000 Instagram followers heartbroken, where she often shared her surfing adventures. Tributes poured in from her colleagues and Fabio Giulivi, the mayor of her hometown, Venaria Reale.
A funeral home in Poland has been forced to apologise after a corpse fell out of a hearse into traffic. Hades Funeral Services, the company transferring the corpse in the city of Stalowa Wola in south eastern Poland, said the incident was caused by an “unexpected technical failure” involving the vehicle’s lock. A man driving on Friday in Stalowa Wola first noticed a sheet on his car window before realising a body was lying on the road after the sheet slid down, according to reports in local media. Polish media reported the driver briefly worried he had hit the person. Local press published an image of the corpse lying on a white striped pedestrian crossing where it had tumbled out of the hearse. In a statement on their website shared on Saturday, Hades Funeral Services said: “It is with deep regret that we inform you that as a result of an unexpected technical failure of the electric tailgate lock in the hearse, during the transport of the body of the deceased, an unfortunate event occurred”. The funeral company said the incident “does not reflect the high standards of our company, our deep empathy towards the families of the deceased, and the respect we always show to the deceased” as they apologised to “all those who were disappointed and upset by this event.”
On This Day
- 1962 – By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.
- 1994 – Gliese 229B is the first exoplanet to be unquestionably identified.
- 2018 – Leicester City F.C. owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha dies in a helicopter crash along with four others after a Premier League match against West Ham United.
Deaths
- 939 – Æthelstan, English king.
- 1930 – Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1851).
- 1988 – Charles Hawtrey, English actor, singer, and pianist (b. 1914).
- 2013 – Lou Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (b. 1942)
The woman who ‘died and visited Hell’
A woman who was pronounced dead for 11 minutes has offered a vivid account of the afterlife, insisting that she’s seen both heaven and hell with her own eyes.
In 2019, Charlotte Holmes of Wichita, Kansas, was having a routine checkup with her cardiologist when her blood pressure suddenly spiked.
She was told that she was either having a stroke or was about to have a heart attack and so was rushed to hospital where she was placed on an intravenous drip.
As medical staff rushed to save her, she started describing beautiful flowers to her husband Danny, who was by her side throughout the ordeal.
“Well, I looked around, and I knew there were no flowers in that room,” Danny later told Christian chat show The 700 Club. “That’s when I knew she was not in this world.”
It turns out, Charlotte’ s heart had stopped. And for the next 11 minutes, she was clinically dead.
Speaking to the same TV show, Charlotte, who was then aged 68, recalled: “I could see Danny standing in the corner, I could see all the nurses around. Then I opened my eyes, I looked around at the beauty. I could see the trees, I could see the grass. And everything was swaying with the music, because everything in heaven worships God.”
She then stressed that she was unable to convey “what heaven looked like” because “it’s so above what we can even imagine by a million times, a million times”.
The great-grandmother claimed that she was led into heaven by angels, and stressed that she felt “no fear” only “pure joy”.
Then, she said, she began to recognise deceased family members, including her mother, father and sister.
“See, they didn’t look old, they didn’t look sick, none of them wore glasses,” she continued. “They looked like they were in their 30s. They looked wonderful.”
She then explained the shock she felt when, standing behind her mum and dad, she saw a blindingly bright light which she “knew” to be God. Alongside Him, she saw a toddler, whom “her Heavenly Father” informed her was her son.
“I lost that child,” she explained. “I was five-and-a-half months pregnant. I can remember them holding the baby up and saying, Charlotte, it’s a boy. Then he was gone.
“So when I saw this toddler, I said, ‘God, how is that possible?’ And he says, ‘They continue to grow in heaven’.”
Following this heartwarming reunion, Charlotte said God chose to show her one more thing: “the edge of hell.”
“I looked down, and the smell, and then rotten flesh – that’s what it smelled like – and then screams,” she recounted. “After seeing the beauty of heaven, the contrast to seeing hell is almost unbearable.” She continued: “And He says, ‘I show you this to tell you, if some of them do not change their ways, this is where they shall reside”.”
Then, she said she heard her father instruct her to “to go back and share” what she’d learnt. And, suddenly, she “felt herself being drawn back into her body” and was back in her hospital bed.
Charlotte made a full recovery and was released from hospital two weeks later, after which she did her utmost to share her story with as many people as possible.
“People need hope,” she said. “They want to know that there really is something out there, they want to know that everything’s OK.” She continued: “Heaven is more than you can imagine. I’m so grateful I can look you square in the eye and tell you for sure, heaven is real.”
Charlotte died four years later, at the age of 72, on 28 November, 2023. She was survived by Danny, their daughter, two grandkids and one great grandson.
Last Week’s Birthdays
John Cleese (85), Robert Picardo (71), Cary Elwes (62), Seth MacFarlane (51), Jon Heder (47), Roger Allam (71), Katy Perry (40), Nancy Cartwright (67), Glynis Barber (69), Kevin Kline (77), Charlie Vickers (32), F. Murray Abraham (85), Ryan Reynolds (48), Emilia Clarke (38), ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic (65), Derek Jacobi (86), Christopher Lloyd (86), Jeff Goldblum (72), Bob Odenkirk (62), Catherine Deneuve (81), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (49), Andrew Scott (48), Kim Kardashian (44), and Ken Watanabe (65).
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