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Edward Keating, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for his 9/11 photography, has died. He was 65. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/30/nyregion/edward-keating-dead.html (Behind paywall)

@WEP... It's good to see you here! But... Joanne Linville, who played a Romulan commander in a great Star Trek episode, died on June 20. She was 93 years old: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/joanne-linville-dead-star-trek-twilight-zone-1234971547/ You need a new woman for 1928. And... welcome aboard.

Edgar Iles, a former president of the Virgin Islands Olympic Committee, has died. He was 93. Iles had held the post for 25 years. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1113673/former-virgin-islands-noc-president-dies

Thelma Sutcliffe turned 115. There are 6 verified people of age 115+ now. (Tanaka-Randon-Dos Santos-da Santa Cruz-Juniewicz-Sutcliffe).

(Private Eye)

Taking stupid to a new level, anti-mask, anti-vaxxer Chris Saccoccia aka Chris Sky, gave out his telephone number at a rally and is upset when people call.

TVAM reporter Paul Reizin has died and Lorraine Kelly isn't happy: https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1498941/Lorraine-Kelly-Twitter-TVam-Paul-Reizin-dead-death-news-update-latest Became a small screen producer then an author. It took me nearly 20 minutes to find this thread!

Michael Tylo, US soap actor in possibly all the best known ones, particularly Young And The Restless, Guiding Light, dead at 73: https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/soap-alum-michael-tylo-passes-away-at-73/ Appeared as Alcade Luis Ramone in the early 1990s Zorro series. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0878951/

Avril Elgar gets the full Guardian Obituary treatment - hurrah! https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/sep/29/avril-elgar-obituary

Franz Trojan, legendary New German Wave drummer has died aged 64. https://www.n-tv.de/leute/Spider-Murphy-Gang-Drummer-Trojan-ist-tot-article22824183.html Trojan was a founding member of "Spider Murphy Gang", whose most famous song was "Skandal im Sperrbezirk" ("Scandal in restricted area" - Trust me, the German version can be shouted out more elegant.) He left the band in 1992 and broke off all contact with the other band members. Maybe one reason why his death was noticed two weeks later.

German right wing politician and physician Axel Gehrke has died aged 79: https://www.stern.de/gesellschaft/regional/afd-bundestagsabgeordneter-axel-gehrke-gestorben-30766964.html During the 1990s Gehrke served as professor for physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Hannover Medical School and as president of the German society for physical medicine and rehabilitation as well. Since 2017 he was member of the federal parliament "Bundestag" for the Euro-critic party "Alternative für Deutschland" ("Alternative for Germany), short AfD. His Wikipedia article says, we won't stand for re-election in September 2021.

Well, Nancy Stewart has apparently died:

Four time gold medallist between 1968 and 1984 in canoeing, Romanian Ivan Patzaichin has died aged 71: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ro&u=https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/ivan-patzaichin-a-murit-la-71-de-ani-3720967&prev=search&pto=aue A Scavenger Hunt miss.

German politician and member of this years DACH-List Kurt Biedenkopf died at 91 years: https://www.bild.de/politik/inland/politik-inland/ehemaliger-ministerpraesident-von-sachsen-kurt-biedenkopf-gestorben-77371234.bild.html This is hit No. 8, one more than DeathList.

And also a producer for several tv formats. A formating figure of German television.

Sir Richard Sutton one of the UKs richest men has been stabbed to death in his mansion.

Critical statement read and accepted. Now adding an "Austrian I have never heard of": Conservative poltitician Wolfgang Petrik, long-time member of the Vianna municipalty and state council (Gemeinderat und Landtag) has died : https://apps.derstandard.at/privacywall/story/2000123759028/langjaehriger-wiener-oevp-politiker-wolfgang-petrik-verstorben Apology offered!

Bahrain prime minister and prince Sheikh Khalifa dead at 84 years: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/bahrain-prime-minister-sheikh-khalifa-bin-salman-al-khalifa-dies-13516250

Aviation pioneer Max Ward, most famous for founding the Canadian airline Wardair in 1953, died at 98 years: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/max-ward-obituary-1.5788258 He was a member of both Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame and the Canadian Business Hall of Fame.

Iraqi Vice President (1979-2003) Izzat al Douri died at 78 years: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/saddam-hussein-s-aide-izzat-al-douri-dies-in-iraq/2019160

DEAD Drol was right, indeed only few hours.

Lawyer and business executive Alan Stephenson Boyd. who served as president of Amtrak and was appointed by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson to the position of United States Secretary of Transportation died at 98 years: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/us/alan-boyd-dead.html

Ageing Hollywood glamour puss Angie Dickinson turned 89 yesterday. Many Happy returns!

American Pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs, who spent two years working as pianist, arranger, and occasional composer for Woody Shaw's band. dies at 70 years: https://www.wbgo.org/post/onaje-allan-gumbs-pianist-whose-reach-spanned-soulful-and-smooth-dies-70#stream/0

Angie Dickinson out and about at a classic Hollywood film festival very recently.