Death of the oracle

(Nov. 2. 2010 added) a new entry updated below on Oct. 23. 2010 and newer entries coming soon below between 24. and 26. Oct. 2010!

*External link to the Japanese website
**External link to the website except written in Japanese

Paul the octopus (age 2), a prophet of the World Cup 2010 South Africa, has died in the morning Today (in German Time.)
His aquarium said that he would have died by natural causes, and his body would be cremated.
(See here* or here**. For more information about Paul, see this article.)

Goodbye, the oracle.

(Oct. 27. added) Diego Maradona, the former coach of Argentina national football team, said on Twitter in English, "I am happy your gone Psychic Octopus, it's your fault we lost the World Cup... " (see here** or here**.)
(産経新聞*による翻訳は「この予言タコ野郎、俺はお前が死んでうれしいよ。Ｗ杯で負けたのはお前のせいだ！」となっているが、「タコ野郎」は明らかに産経新聞の意訳である。)

How idiot you are! Maradona!
Argentina lost the World Cup not because of Paul but because of themselves; in fact Argentina was defeated also by Japan 1-0 Oct. 8** (in spite of the fact that Maradona had not been already its coach then.)