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ClassicsFan · Feb 26, 2021

Peter Gotti, former Gambino crime boss, dead at 81

Mobster Peter Gotti, the one-time Gambino crime boss and successor to brother John “Dapper Don” Gotti, died in North Carolina where he was serving time in federal prison. He was 81. Got…

nypost.com

ant-mac · Feb 26, 2021

ClassicsFan said:
Peter Gotti, former Gambino crime boss, dead at 81

Mobster Peter Gotti, the one-time Gambino crime boss and successor to brother John “Dapper Don” Gotti, died in North Carolina where he was serving time in federal prison. He was 81. Got…

nypost.com

So, he died of old age?

That's unusual.

Where mobsters are concerned, dying of natural causes normally means they end up face down in a pool of their own blood, riddled with bullets.

ClassicsFan · Feb 26, 2021

ant-mac said:
So, he died of old age?

That's unusual.

Where mobsters are concerned, dying of natural causes normally means they end up face down in a pool of their own blood, riddled with bullets.

No. He had been suffering from thyroid problems and was blind in one eye. He was also suffering from heart problems, dementia, and cancer.

ant-mac · Feb 26, 2021

ClassicsFan said:
No. He had been suffering from thyroid problems and was blind in one eye. He was also suffering from heart problems, dementia, and cancer.

That's why people die of old age...

My mother died of a combination of cancer and dementia at the age of 76.

ClassicsFan · Feb 27, 2021

Fred Segal dead at 87 after stellar career as iconic fashion purveyor

Representatives of the fashion icon confirmed his passing - of complications from a stroke - on Friday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

ClassicsFan · Feb 27, 2021

ant-mac said:
That's why people die of old age...

My mother died of a combination of cancer and dementia at the age of 76.

I'm sorry.

ant-mac · Feb 27, 2021

ClassicsFan said:
I'm sorry.

Whatever for?

I miss her, as one would expect, but in the end it was a relief for everyone concerned... especially her.

And it's something that'll happen to all of us, without exception.

ClassicsFan · Feb 28, 2021

ant-mac said:
Whatever for?

I miss her, as one would expect, but in the end it was a relief for everyone concerned... especially her.

And it's something that'll happen to all of us, without exception.

For the loss of your mother.

ClassicsFan · Feb 28, 2021

Coronation Street legend Johnny Briggs who played Mike Baldwin dead at 85

In a statement his family said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our father, Johnny Briggs"

www.mirror.co.uk

ant-mac · Feb 28, 2021

ClassicsFan said:
For the loss of your mother.

I know.

ClassicsFan · Mar 1, 2021

Chicago actress Erica Watson dies from COVID-19 complications

https://www.radio.com/wbbm780/news/local/chicago-actress-erica-watson-dies-from-covid-complications

The Seeker · Mar 1, 2021

ClassicsFan said:
Chicago actress Erica Watson dies from COVID-19 complications

https://www.radio.com/wbbm780/news/local/chicago-actress-erica-watson-dies-from-covid-complications

She was the same age as me, and born in the same city!