GRU chief dead after 'long illness'.

[triron]

https://www.rt.com/news/444590-russia-gru-head-dead/

[dalton99a]

1. "The second top spy chief to pass away in just two years"

NEXT: "The third top spy chief to pass away in just three years"

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Reminds me of the "top Al Qaeda leader"

that got knocked off and was replaced by another one, and another, and another...

[dalton99a]

6. .

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Exactly that.

[mitch96]

2. "after 'long illness'."

yes, cough, cough.... long illness... cough.. Ahhh Chooputin......

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. The kind of illness you get from drinking tea with a dash of polonium?

[Sneederbunk]

5. Was he so sick that he fell out a window?

[Me.]

8. Was It Catchy

has Putin been infected?

[DFW]

9. It was a rare fatal disease

In English, it's known as "Gonnatalkitis." It is usually preceded by a warning bout of Knowtoomuchitis, which, though not in itself fatal, often leads to the fatal Gonnatalkitis if not treated with about forty years of isolation in an undisclosed location.