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He was a comedy genius who gave us Dick van Dyke Show and much more. RIP to my 12th hit.

American Jazz singer and pianist Freddy Cole, died at 88 years: https://syncopatedtimes.com/pianist-freddy-cole-has-died-at-88/ He was the brother of Nat King Cole and uncle of Natalie Cole.

Kelly Asbury, Director of the Academy Award-nominated Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron starring Matt Damon, died at 60 years: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/rip-kelly-asbury-director-of-shrek-2-and-spirit-stallion-of-the-cimarron-193729.html He also directed Shrek 2.

Confirmation: https://fox2now.com/news/st-louis-rapper-baby-huey-dead-at-31-after-being-shot-in-kinloch/

Ramon Revilla sr., best known for his more than five-decade career as a Filipino screen actor, died at 93 years: https://coconuts.co/manila/lifestyle/breaking-filipino-film-star-and-former-senator-ramon-revilla-sr-dies-at-93/ He had a second career as a politician, serving from 1992 to 2004 in the Senate of the Philippines.

American author of novels such as Love, Roger (1969) and The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1970) Charles Webb died at 81 years: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/06/22/charles-webb-novelist-found-fame-not-fortune-novel-graduate/ He was best known for his 1963 work, The Graduate, which was adapted into a popular 1967 film. His later novel, New Cardiff, was also turned into the 2003 film, Hope Springs.

David Perlman, award winning science journalist, died at 101 years: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/David-Perlman-award-winning-Chronicle-science-15353853.php

Actor and former Olympic swimmer Pedro Lima who's best known for playing Jasmim in the 2015 drama A Uma Hora Incerta, died at 49 years: https://www.time24.news/en/2020/06/actor-pedro-lima-found-dead-on-cascais-beach-it-was-missing-two-days-ago-portugal.html He also played Gabriel Ventura in the Portuguese telenovela Doce Tentação.

A great loss, after a long and respected career. The first time I saw him was in the best (imo) version of Les Miserables, where he played the innkeeper Thenardier. It was a 3 1/2 hour TV movie from 1978. His IMDb page shows he was in many more films than we usually think of. RIP, Sir!

American educator and debate coach Thomas Freeman died at 100 years: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/education/article/Texas-Southern-to-say-goodbye-to-longtime-debate-15343493.php Martin Luther King, Politician Barbara Jordan and actor Denzel Washington were some of his students.

Arturo Chaires, who played for Mexico in the World Cup 1962 and 1966, died at 83 years: https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/universal-deportes/futbol/chivas-fallece-arturo-chaires-miembro-del-campeonisimo

American racing driver (NASCAR) Vicki Wood, known as "the fastest woman in racing", dead at 101 years: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/sports/autoracing/vicki-wood-dead.html

Zimbabwean businessman and rugby player John Bredenkamp who was the founder of the Casalee Group, died at 79 years: https://news.pindula.co.zw/2020/06/18/just-in-john-bredenkamp-dies/ He was accused of wanting to spark the early retirement of Robert Mugabe.

Jean Kennedy, former ambassador to Ireland, died at 92 years: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/us/politics/jean-kennedy-smith-dead.html

After almost all centenarians on the official DL have died in the last months (Kirk, Javier Perez, Vera Lynn), we may need 2-3 new ones as a substitution for next years DL?! what about Capt. Tom Moore, Boris Pahor or Norman Lloyd, household names that are all obitable for sure if they survive this year end...

Jimmy Carter

1987: Ozzy Osbourne (1/31) 1989: Frank Bruno, Mike Ditka, Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, David Jenkins (5/32) 1990: Queen Elizabeth II, Peter Alliss, Mike Ditka, Rex Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Terry Waite (6/42)  1991: Leo Beenhakker (1/40)  1992: Shaun Ryder (1/37)  1993: Tony Bennett, Henry Kissinger, Ray Kennedy, George Lineker, Jerry Lee Lewis (5/56) 1994: Edmund White, Holly Johnson, Peter Shilton (3/50)  1995: Holly Johnson, Sean Connery (2/50)  1996: Mr T (1/50)  1997: (0/50)  1998: (0/50)  1999: Nick Leeson, Carly Simon (2/50)  2000: Louis Farrakhan (1/50) 2001: Desmond Tutu, Liza Minnelli (2/50)  2002: (0/50)  2003: (0/50)  2004: Pervez Musharraf (1/50)  2005: Hamed Karzai, Diego Maradona, Olivia de Havilland (3/50) 2006: Vera Lynn, Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1/50)  2007: Tim Johnson, Olivia de Havilland, Vera Lynn, Louis Farrakhan (3/50)  2008: Vera Lynn, Russell Watson, Hamed Karzai, Charles Taylor (3/50)  2009: Pierre Cardin (1/50)  2010: Olivia de Havilland, John Edrich, Frank Bough, Angela Lansbury (4/50)  2011: Olivia de Havilland, John Edrich, Ali Khamenei, Bob Dole, Dick Cheney, Pierre Cardin, Vera Lynn, Michael Douglas (7/50) 2012: Olivia de Havilland, Nigel Lawson, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, James Randi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (6 /50) 2013: Prince Philip, Olivia de Havilland, Vera Lynn, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger (4/50)  2014: Wilko Johnson, Olivia de Havilland, Prince Philip, Vera Lynn, James Randi, Dick Van Dyke, Tony Bennett, Ed Asner (7/50)  2015: Olivia de Havilland, Prince Philip, Leslie Phillips, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Jake Roberts, Vera Lynn (6/50) 2016: Olivia de Havilland, Prince Phillip, James Randi, Bob Dole, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Tommy Chong, Leslie Phillips, Vera Lynn, Sandy Gall, Desmond Tutu, Lester Piggott, Murray Walker, Jimmy Greaves, Paul Gascoigne (15/50)  2017: Vera Lynn, Prince Phillip, Pierre Cardin, Olivia de Haviland, Bob Dole, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Betty White, Nobby Stiles, Queen Elizabeth ll, Bob Barker, Ian St. John, David Prowse, Sandy Gall, Pope Benedict XVI, Desmond Tutu, Emperor Akihito (16/50)  2018: Olivia de Havilland, Prince Philip, Betty White, Linda Nolan, Pierre Cardin, Bob Dole, Bob Barker, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Vera Lynn, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Stanley Baxter, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Mel Brooks, Pope Benedict XVI, June Brown, Sean Connery, Louis Farrakhan, Ian St. John, Jimmy Greaves, Ronnie Wood, Olivia Newton-John, Joni Mitchell, Paul Gascoigne (25/50) 2019: Olivia de Havilland, Prince Philip, Vera Lynn, Jimmy Carter, Pierre Cardin, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Bob Barker, Murray Walker, Emperor Akihito, Betty White, June Brown, Alan Greenspan, Dick Van Dyke, Nobby Stiles, Barbara Walters, Harry Belafonte, Desmond Tutu, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Ed Asner, Vanessa Redgrave, Jimmy Greaves, Sidney Poitier, Cleo Laine, Loretta Lynn, Mikhail Gorbachev, Prunella Scales, Larry King, Tina Turner, Shane MacGowan (29/50) Updated for Vera Lynn

Hungarian water polo player Gyorgy Karpaty dead at 84 years: http://www.nemzetisport.hu/vizilabda/gyasz-elhunyt-a-haromszoros-olimpiai-bajnok-karpati-gyorgy-2767861 He won gold medal in 1952 tournament.

American biochemist and pharmacologist Marjorie G. Horning dead at 102 years: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?n=marjorie-horning&pid=196338018

Award-winning pakistani actress Sabiha Khanum, whose career has spanned more than forty years, died at 84 years: https://www.thenews.com.pk/amp/672608-famed-actress-sabiha-khanum-passes-away

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Indian cricketer Vasant Raiji dead at 100 years: https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/vasant-raiji-india-s-oldest-first-class-cricketer-passes-away-at-100/story-XzhQDmVygubfd8cL7y0CpM_amp.html

Former Prime minister of Gabon Emmanuel Issoze-Nhondet dead at 59 years: https://www.gabonmediatime.com/gabon-lancien-premier-ministre-issoze-ngondet-est-mort/

Estonian poet, playwright, and literary critic of the twentieth century Ain Kaleep died at 94 years: https://www.delfi.ee/news/paevauudised/eesti/94-aastasena-suri-ain-kaalep?id=90135721