I loaded this into a table.

cksum death.html 
6146110 2556 death.html

mysql>select length(html_content), length(regexp_replace(html_content, '<div> <li style=.*<a href=.*', '' )) as test from html_data where id = 6;
+----------------------+------+
| length(html_content) | test |
+----------------------+------+
|                 2556 | 1876 |
+----------------------+------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

#
sed 's/<div> <li style=.*<a href=.*//g' death.html | wc -c
1876
sed 's/<div> <li style=.*<a href=.*//g' death.html > trimmed.html