Joe Patten, the Phantom of the Fox dies at 89.
Sir David Mackay, energy expert dies at 48.
Former Cubs (and others) pitcher Milt Pappas dies at 76. Just one more person who would’ve fit my theme but I didn’t have on my list.
I’m surprised I’m the first to post this. Grete Waitz the great marathon champion dead at 57 after a long bout with cancer that I never heard about.
He pitched the last no hitter by a Chicago Cub on September 2, 1972.
Good news for some Dopers. Fire up those Cohibas! Fidel Castro gives rare speech saying he will soon die.
He’s such a tease!
Actually, Carlos Zambrano pitched one against the Astros on September 14, 2008. The game was in Miller Park in Milwaukee.
And Jake Arrieta threw a no-hitter last season on August 30, 2015, en route to his Cy Young award.
Sorry. I failed to mention, “in Wrigley Field.”
I didn’t mean to come across nitpicky and pedantic. Apologies if it seemed so.
Patricio Aylwin dies at 97; Chilean president consolidated fragile democracy after Pinochet’s rule.
Cool Superdude. Hey! the Cubbies are 11 - 3. Best starting record since 1970, when I was going through puberty in the Left Field Bleachers. As George Will once said, being a Cubs fan prepares one for life.
Pax… Man!
Yeah, once a Cub fan always a Cub fan, and we know how to appreciate small successes.
Syracuse College Basketball Star, Pearl Washington, has gone to great Oyster Bed in the sky. 48 pts.
Unique pick for lel ?
Comedian Victoria Wood dead at 38 points.
Drag notfrommensa. He was only 52… 
very sad… he was on my list for 2017…
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The first since 2011, it appears, although several did note it then.
I’m pretty sure that drugs were involved. No reason, really, except that 45 year old women don’t normally drop dead without some medical problem or drugs being involved (and TMZ alleges a “possible overdose.” And TMZ is usually pretty accurate.