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Australian entrepreneur Geoffrey Edelsten, who is the founder of Allied Medical Group, died at 78 years: https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/flamboyant-businessman-geoffrey-edelsten-dead-at-78-c-3084120 He became the first private owner of a major Australian football team, the Sydney Swans Football Club, in July 1985.

Adult film actress Dakota Skye is now officially member of the "Club 27": https://avn.com/business/articles/video/dakota-skye-confirmed-dead-901310.html

German Architect Gottfried Böhm who designed many churches, museums, and civic centers in Germany, died at 101 years: https://www.zeit.de/news/2021-06/10/architekt-gottfried-boehm-gestorben He was passionate about urban planning, and his buildings included the St. Columba Church in Cologne, the Pilgrimage Church in Neviges, and the Bensburg Town Hall in Germany.

Confirmed now, he is dead: https://www.br.de/nachrichten/kultur/architekt-gottfried-boehm-gestorben,SZujxHo

Indian writer, poet and director Buddhadep Dasgupta, who won the National Film Award for Best Director twice: for Uttara in 2000 and Swapner Din in 2005, died at 77 years: https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/national-award-winning-bengali-director-buddhadeb-dasgupta-passes-away-7352084/

Happy 60th Birthday, Michael J. Fox!

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Third hit in our DACH-List. Austrian Poet Friedricke Mayröcker died at 96 years: https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/literatur-schriftstellerin-friederike-mayroecker-tot-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-210604-99-859067

As already mentioned in another thread Indian politician T.M. Kaliannan died at 100 years: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tm-kaliannan-last-surviving-member-of-constituent-assembly-no-more/article34669321.ece

Dutch astronomer Cornelis de Jager died at 100 years: https://www.texelsecourant.nl/nieuws/algemeen/205920/professor-kees-de-jager-overleden

Singer John Davis from Milli Vanilli died at 66 years from Covid: https://www.gala.de/stars/news/john-davis---66---trauer-um-verstorbenen--milli-vanilli--saenger-22449260.html

Australian soap veteran Lorrae Desmond, who is best known for playing Councillor Dean Gilroy on A Country Practice for over a decade, died at 91 years: https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/enormous-heart-lorrae-desmond-logie-winning-star-of-a-country-practice-dead-at-91-20210523-p57udr.html

People's votes showed what a terrible taste have jurys. Proud of Italy, Congratulations for that nice Rock song!!!

Egyptian comedian, actor, and singer Samir Ghanem, whose career spanned from the 1960s to the 1980s, died at 84 years after Covid-complications. https://www.arabnews.com/node/1861896/offbeat He was the host of an OTV show called An Hour With Samir Ghanem.

Retired Panamanian MLB second baseman Rennie Stennett, who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants, dies at 70 years: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2021/05/18/rennie-stennett-pirates-world-series-champion-dies-72/5147687001/

Actor Charles Grodin, who played a beleaguered grownup in Beethoven and Clifford, died at 86 years: https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1437924/Charles-Grodin-dead-death-Beethoven-movie-actor-author-talk-show-host-news-latest-update In 1993, he won the American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his role as Dave in Murray Blum. He was also great beside Robert De Niro in "Midnight Run".

Well, there are actually few more that are much better known worldwide than Paolo Conte. for example Eros Ramazotti, RAF, Al Bano, Zucchero, Gianna Nannini, Andrea Bocelli, Adriano Celentano,...

In that case we share the same taste of music Alice and also Anna Oxa are both my favourite singers in Italy.

Italian singer, songwriter and filmmaker Franco Battiato died at 76 years: https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/musica/2021/05/18/news/e_morto_franco_battiato-301522798/?ref=RHTP-BH-I300637120-P1-S1-F He was one of the most popular singer-songwriters in Italy and together with Alice he represented Italy at the ESC 1984

Arranger, educator, and beloved pianist Norman Simmons, who collaborated with such luminaries as Helen Humes, Sarah Vazghan and Anita O'Day, died at 91 years: https://www.wbgo.org/music/2021-05-13/norman-simmons-pianist-who-made-an-elegant-art-out-of-accompaniment-dies-at-91 He arranged Ramsey Lewis' "Wade in the Water" in 1966. It became a huge commercial hit for the two. And he also worked with the legendary Joe Williams.

Seamus Dean, perhaps most well known for his Guardian Fiction Prize-winning and Booker Prize-shortlisted debut novel Reading in the Dark (1996), died at 81 years: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-57101114 He is also notable for his poetry collections such as Gradual Wars (1972) as well as for such nonfiction works as A Short History of Irish Literature (1986).

Washington Redskins Quarterback Colt Brennan, who set a NCAA Division I record with 58 touchdown passes in a single season, died at 37 years: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/05/11/sources-hawaii-football-legend-colt-brennan-dead/

Really sad news. My teenage heart just shattered! His brother Barry also passed away with 52

The first Anglophone Prime Minister of Cameroon Simon Achidi Achu, who served from 1992 to 1996 died at 86 years: https://www.voaafrique.com/a/simon-achidi-achu-ancien-premier-ministre-camerounais-est-mort-aux-etats-unis/5878068.html He was a leading member of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement.