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Ama Ata Aidoo, a twentieth-century Ghanaian author, poet and playwright, known for her place in history as the first published African female dramatist, died at 81 years: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Renowned-Ghanaian-writer-Prof-Ama-Ata-Aidoo-is-dead-1777163 She was also a fiction writer and received the 1992 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for her novel, Changes, and the Nelson Mandela Prize for her 1986 poetry collection, Someone Talking to Sometime.

Actor John Beasley died at 79 years: https://www.wowt.com/2023/05/30/omaha-actor-john-beasley-dies-79/

American writer of detective fiction John Dunning died a 81 years: https://denvergazette.com/obituaries/john-dunning-bibliophile-bookseller-antiquarian-dead-at-81/article_c9020f80-fb41-11ed-9591-23badf665550.html?fbclid=IwAR1TAHyu4shBEcD0HUihE8KYUSG7xbOKLpeU2qf1sOo03QcQ2CUpKv2282E He was best known for his mysteries featuring Cliff Janeway, an ex-policeman and bookseller from Denver, Colorado. He also published two non-fiction works that focus on the history of radio.

Indian businessman Micky Jagtiani, known for being the CEO and Chairman of the Landmark retail stores group, died at 70 years: https://www.arabianbusiness.com/culture-society/dubais-landmark-group-owner-micky-jagtiani-passes-away-at-age-70 He was inducted into the Forbes billionaire list in 2008 and was the sixteenth richest man in India at that time.

This time Sonny Rollins

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Slovenian modernist poet and author Veno Taufer, whose best- known works include Lead Stars and The Management of Nails, died at 90 years: https://siol.net/trendi/kultura/umrl-je-veno-taufer-607168 He is perhaps best known for a 1969 poetry volume entitled Exercises and Tasks.

Sad news and I will miss him. A great mime, the world is now a little poorer. RIP

Internationally known pianist Ingrid Haebler, who was admired for recordings she made from the 1950s until the 1980s, died at 93 years: https://www.sn.at/kultur/musik/die-pianistin-ingrid-haebler-ist-gestorben-138749791

Cartoonist Sam Gross, known for his contributions to Esquire, The New Yorker, and Cosmopolitan, died at 89 years: https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/05/08/sam-gross-rip/ Some of his published cartoons include: More Gross, An Elephant Is Soft and Mushy, Yand our Mother Is a Remarkable Woman.

Guitarist Jack Wilkins, who has played with artists like Stanley Turrentine and Jimmy Heath, died at 78 years: https://www.thejazzguitarlife.com/2023/05/06/rip-jack-wilkins-1944-2023/

Hard-throwing left-handed pitcher Vida Blue, who was selected to 6 All-Star games and was named American League MVP and Cy Young winner in 1971 with the Oakland Athletics, died at 73 years: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37546009/vida-blue-former-al-mvp-3-world-series-champ-dies He won three World Series Championships with the A's in the '70s and earned 209 victories while recording 2,175 strikeouts across his 18-year career.

Hit No. 7 for our DACH-List. Founder of the Beaux Arts Trio Menahem Pressler died at 99 years. He collaborated with the Emerson String Quartet for more than three decades. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/05/06/menahem-pressler-pianist-indiana-beaux-arts-trio-dies/

Actual picture of Michael J. Fox, who imo looks better than Meg Ryan by his side.

Actual picture of Roman Polanski posing with Samatha Geimer, who was raped by him when she was 13yr old. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-05-01/roman-polanski-samantha-geimer-photo-emmanuelle-seigner?consumer=googlenews For a 89 year old man he looks still pretty fine.