Today's Blind Items - The Friends

They knew each other. People are not making the connection, but it is right there in the open. Last year, prior to the mysterious death, they were hanging out together in public and were known to discuss their common interest at length. Their common shared interest is the billionaire. Both had long histories with the billionaire, although the one who died last year had a much longer history than the one who recently died. The one who recently died, also died under very mysterious circumstances. They both died of Putin specials. In between, was the former hockey player who as far as we can determine so far, didn't know the billionaire but died in the same manner as the others. The former hockey player did know the one who died just a couple of days earlier. It is unknown if he knew the one who died last year.