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R&B Singer D'Angelo Dead at 51

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D'Angelo, Neo-Soul Pioneer and 'Untitled (How Does It Feel)' Singer, Dies at 51

D'Angelo, the legendary R&B singer who helped pioneer the genre of music known as "neo-soul" and is known for such hits as "Lady," "Brown Sugar" and "Untitled (How Does It Feel?)," died Tuesday of cancer. He was 51.

The singer's family confirmed his death in a statement to Variety. "The shining star of our family has dimmed his light for us in this life…After a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer, we are heartbroken to announce that Michael D'Angelo Archer, known to his fans around the world as D'Angelo, has been called home, departing this life today, October 14th, 2025. We are saddened that he can only leave dear memories with his family, but we are eternally grateful for the legacy of extraordinarily moving music he leaves behind. We ask that you respect our privacy during this difficult time but invite you all join us in mourning his passing while also celebrating the gift of song that he has left for the world."




RIP.
 
Everyone dying young is now normalized.

Especially from cancer, Cancer "Research" has been going on for 100 plus years but we have no cure just new cancers. Funding these people to kill is us.
 
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Didn't know this until now
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Casisalive said:
Everyone dying young is now normalized.

Especially from cancer, Cancer "Research" has been going on for 100 plus years but we have no cure just new cancers. Funding these people to kill is us.
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Well, Russia is already working on the vaccines... And I hope they launch it soon.
 
nkarafo said:
Yes, i know, it's just that i see news like this about potential cancer cures every year since i started using the internet in 1999.

Yet people still die today.
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they exaggerate and lie to get funding

without funding you basically cannot exist in this research world
 
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Casisalive said:
Everyone dying young is now normalized.

Especially from cancer, Cancer "Research" has been going on for 100 plus years but we have no cure just new cancers. Funding these people to kill is us.
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I see we are going full on tinfoil hat conspiracy theories in threads about people passing away.
Great.
 
poppabk said:
I see we are going full on tinfoil hat conspiracy theories in threads about people passing away.
Great.
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Calling someone a "tinfoil hat conspiracy theorist" just doesn't hit like it used to a few years back. These days, it's more like you're saying that person actually thinks for themselves and questions what they hear instead of just blindly accepting everything and repeating it like a parrot whenever the topic comes up.

I didn't say anything that was not true, if what I said made you feel a certain way You should ask yourself why do I feel this way.

"Two angels dwell within us all one urges us toward truth, the other toward falsehood. The struggle between them is eternal."


Heimdall_Xtreme said:
Well, Russia is already working on the vaccines... And I hope they launch it soon.
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More vaccines, can't wait.
 
Casisalive said:
Calling someone a "tinfoil hat conspiracy theorist" just doesn't hit like it used to a few years back. These days, it's more like you're saying that person actually thinks for themselves and questions what they hear instead of just blindly accepting everything and repeating it like a parrot whenever the topic comes up.

I didn't say anything that was not true, if what I said made you feel a certain way You should ask yourself why do I feel this way.

"Two angels dwell within us all one urges us toward truth, the other toward falsehood. The struggle between them is eternal."




More vaccines, can't wait.
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Just because you think something doesn't make it so dude. Jesus christ. Flapping your gums in a thread about a mans passing.
 
Casisalive said:
Calling someone a "tinfoil hat conspiracy theorist" just doesn't hit like it used to a few years back. These days, it's more like you're saying that person actually thinks for themselves and questions what they hear instead of just blindly accepting everything and repeating it like a parrot whenever the topic comes up.

I didn't say anything that was not true, if what I said made you feel a certain way You should ask yourself why do I feel this way.

"Two angels dwell within us all one urges us toward truth, the other toward falsehood. The struggle between them is eternal."




More vaccines, can't wait.
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At least they paved the way for a cure.

Unlike others who don't want a cure for HIV.
 
diffusionx said:
they exaggerate and lie to get funding

without funding you basically cannot exist in this research world
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Misconduct happens but it's the exception and not the rule

Institutions investigate, papers get retracted and bad actors face consequences. The system catches it because peer review and replication demand transparency

Your take sounds like it dismisses millions of saved lives for a few bad examples.
 
poppabk said:
I see we are going full on tinfoil hat conspiracy theories in threads about people passing away.
Great.
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Pretty much. I mean I'm old enough (mid 50s) to know that when my older bro was a kid(1960s) getting leukemia was a death sentence but when I was a kid(1970s) you at least had a chance. These days most kids(80%) that have leukemia end up surviving. Yeah, no progress.(I'm being sarcastic) Then again I'm reminded, especially by reading this thread, that most people still think cancer is one disease (It's not, it's a class of diseases) and you absolutely can't convince them otherwise. My saying about this can be summed up as "It's a marathon not a sprint. We'll make progress one cancer at a time."
 
HRK69 said:
Replication issues in early lab work? Real, but the stuff that reliably pans out drives those plummeting death rates. If it was all lies for funding, we'd see zero progress and not millions alive today who wouldn't be

ACS 2025 stats: Cancer deaths down 34% since 91 thus saving 4.5M lives. That's real progress, not scams.
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Your reddit brain is assigning words to me I never said. I never said it was "all lies for funding", nor was I referring to the slow improvement in outcomes and progression of treatment. I was referring to the wild claims that we all see in the media about how we are so close to curing this or that and making major breakthroughs. Yes this is driven by charlatans and liars for funding, as well as mainstream attention.
 
Casisalive said:
Calling someone a "tinfoil hat conspiracy theorist" just doesn't hit like it used to a few years back. These days, it's more like you're saying that person actually thinks for themselves and questions what they hear instead of just blindly accepting everything and repeating it like a parrot whenever the topic comes up.

I didn't say anything that was not true, if what I said made you feel a certain way You should ask yourself why do I feel this way.

"Two angels dwell within us all one urges us toward truth, the other toward falsehood. The struggle between them is eternal."
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No it's hits harder - because things like 'they are putting microchips in the vaccine' barely register anymore - you have to believe you can detect the microchips with a spoon to get to tinfoil hat territory.
To think for yourself - you have to actually put in some thought. I mean what opinion do you think people are parroting in this thread.
"Such a shame that someone died so young, cancer sucks"
"Noooooo!!!, that's just what they want you to believe."
 
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diffusionx said:
Your reddit brain is assigning words to me I never said. I never said it was "all lies for funding", nor was I referring to the slow improvement in outcomes and progression of treatment. I was referring to the wild claims that we all see in the media about how we are so close to curing this or that and making major breakthroughs. Yes this is driven by charlatans and liars for funding, as well as mainstream attention
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Nice pivot. Started with 'researchers exaggerate and lie to survive,' now it's just 'media hype.' Classic tinfoil hat move: drop the conspiracy when called out, then accuse others of misreading you
 
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HRK69 said:
Nice pivot. Started with 'researchers exaggerate and lie to survive,' now it's just 'media hype.' Classic tinfoil hat move: drop the conspiracy when called out, then accuse others of misreading you
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I was responding to a post, that said, "news like this about potential cancer cures every year"

I was responding explicitly within the frame of that post. I don't understand what is wrong with you.
 
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diffusionx said:
I was responding to a post, that said, "news like this about potential cancer cures every year"

I was responding explicitly within the frame of that post. I don't understand what is wrong with you.
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First it was researchers lying to survive, then 'just media hype,' now suddenly it's only about one post's 'potential cures every year.'

Keep narrowing that tinfoil hat frame, eventually it'll fit perfectly with 'I never said any of that'
 
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diffusionx said:
Your reddit brain is assigning words to me I never said. I never said it was "all lies for funding", nor was I referring to the slow improvement in outcomes and progression of treatment. I was referring to the wild claims that we all see in the media about how we are so close to curing this or that and making major breakthroughs. Yes this is driven by charlatans and liars for funding, as well as mainstream attention.
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I think that is mainly just the media needing catchy headlines.
 
My mother inlaw is a 70 year old cancer researcher, she talked me around on a lot of the tin foil.

Two things;

1: the reason we don't have a cure yet is because funding comes almost exclusively from companies that profit from cancer... this is true, but it is also that cancer in itself is not one disease, it is many hundreds of unique diseases. Cancer is but an umbrella term for the common symptom of 2..

2. Some are not going to like this, but recently, Leading cancer research is now focussed on cancer being the follow on function of intracellular parasites. Several respected experts in her field have shifted their research entirely into anti-parasytics and genomic therapy, one of the most famous being Thon Seyfried recently talking about a mechanism now why parasite medications are working to reduce cancerous tumours.

It's unfortunate that conspiracy loons and anti vacxers yet again are jumping on the bandwagon about ivermectin and fenbendazole being some miracle cure, but in reality that is the tip of a very promising iceberg.

Parasites rely on the EXACT same energy pathway cancer cells do and these drugs don't care that cancer isn't a parasite.

She retired in 2025, but is still providing her expertise and research as a freelancer, it's a crazy field to listen to.
 
Nocty said:
1: the reason we don't have a cure yet is because funding comes almost exclusively from companies that profit from cancer... this is true, but it is also that cancer in itself is not one disease, it is many hundreds of unique diseases. Cancer is but an umbrella term for the common symptom of 2..
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I'm no doctor, but never made sense when people assume a cure for cancer is some kind of kingpin villain where if you topple the leader, then all other enemies die too.

Logically, it shouldnt take a genius to figure out a brain tumour isnt the same as a smoker's lung cancer. And neither of these are the same as colon cancer.

Nobody assumes one vaccine needle is a cure for all viruses or illnesses. But some reason a lot of people think if a scientist or pharma company can find a cure, it means that magic pill kills all cancers. And that it's also super easy to do.
 
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