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Brainworms Pt2 (Aaronvitch Dies) 🧵

Times columnist David Aaronovitch is found dead, weeks after the death of Dan Hodges.

Brainworms Pt2 (Aaronvitch Dies), part 1 of 3: Journalist and author David Aaronovitch Found Dead / Spokesperson confirms author's death aged 56 / By FREDERICK TREVES / 09:00, Thu, May 7, 2020 | UPDATED: 13:09, Thu, May 7, 2020 / [Photo: grey-haired man in dark sunglasses and a wavy-patterned blue shirt giving a thumbs-down] / David Aaronovitch when he wasn't dead
Brainworms Pt2 (Aaronvitch Dies), part 2 of 3: The popular columnist David Aaronovitch has been found dead in the early hours of the morning in his London home, sources close to the family can reveal. The circumstances of his death are not clear at this time but it is understood his passing was particularly agonising with witnesses reporting “piercing screams and bouts of loud gurgling”. The journalist’s well-known penchant for autoerotic asphyxiation meant that many neighbours dismissed the sounds as “just a normal Wednesday night for David”. / “We found him under a pile of leather jackets,” stated a constable that had recently come away from the scene. “It would appear that he had some sort of aneurysm, it is possible that he caught something from the jackets or maybe it is just coincidental that he was under them, but either way we have forensic scrubbing them all down.” / A regular writer for The Times, The Independent and The Guardian in 2001 he was also the winner of the Orwell Prize. A famous Marxist in his youth he soon grew up and was, and still is, a strong proponent of the Iraq war: writing many columns about “that scrummy Blair”, much to the chagrin of his then editor Seumas Milne who would often refer to him as “the hated Aaronovitch”. A fierce critic of Jeremy Corbyn, he was instrumental in revealing the former Labour leader’s involvement in the Warrington bombing. He also coined the phrase “lamebrains” a great put down for any Twitter spat. / Tributes to the late ‘journalist’ flooded Twitter with figures ranging from Hugh Jackman to Femi Oluwole paying their respects.
Brainworms Pt2 (Aaronvitch Dies), part 3 of 3: Limmy (@DaftLimmy): Had the pleasure of meeting David Aaronovitch at a charity do once. He was surprisingly down to earth, and VERY funny. 11:29 AM · May 7, 2020 · Twitter for Android / Hugh Jackman (@RealHughJackman): Just heard the terrible news about David Aaronovitch. He was as brave as any X-man and now he's an ex-man. RIP. 😭 😭 😭 12:01 PM · May 7, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone / Femi (@Femi_Sorry): #RIPDavidAaronovitch I met him at a sauna once. Very nice chap sad to see him go. Ps I’m not gay.” 12:04 PM · May 7, 2020 · Twitter for Android / Tributes on Twitter / This follows on from the mysterious death of Dan Hodges that is as yet unexplained. The police have stressed there is no reason to connect the two, as they share little other than their jobs and politics. / He is survived by his wife and three daughters.
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