Whether it’s Taiwan, Korea, Japan, hell even our enemy China, I feel a certain kinship with other ESL teachers working in the Far East. Our common experience of moving across the world to teach is a bond we share and in many ways we are a giant community. So I always hate hearing about one of us falling prematurely to an unnatural end. RIP
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Damn, damn, damn!
First MF Doom, then DMX and now Biz Markie!!! 
What does 2021 have against criminally underrated hip hop pioneers??
Canadian Bruce Beach, Bunker Guy, has died.
RIP Mr. Hill
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Sad to hear that. ZZ Top had an iconic look, even if you weren’t familiar with their music.
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Came here because of it 
He was a bellwether for cool.
One of merengue’s greats
You came to Taiwan because of Dusty Hill?
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No, I came to Taiwan because of his decease.
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Time tripping again? 
You need more repression.
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Sean Lock, fantastic comedian
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Absolute legend.
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I’m hearing we’ve lost martial arts legend Sonny Chiba to COVID, but no English news sources yet.
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At the beginning of August 2021, Chiba became ill with COVID-19. Initially he was treated at home, but was hospitalized a few days later on 8 August when he developed pneumonia;[22][23] he died from complications on 19 August 2021, aged 82.[24][25][26] Chiba had not been vaccinated, according to his publicist.
Wiki, if it wasn’t too obvious.
I will never forget his instant classic hit… he will be missed…
… I have a pen … I have an apple…
Most unfortunately. Covid has taken another Japan legend.
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He wasn’t vaccinated. A very odd decision at 82.
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If you’ve been a martial arts legend in your lifetime … perhaps not.