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British Actress Mary Miller died at 90 years: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/jul/24/mary-miller-obituary
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Indian danseuse Amalia Shankar dead at 101 years: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/renowned-danseuse-amala-shankar-passes-away-in-kolkata-6521125/lite/
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American Football (And Other Yank 'sports')
TomTomTelekom replied to RadGuy's topic in DeathList extra-curricular
Football coach John Blake, who debuted in 1987 as a tight end and wide receiver coach for Tulsa, and made his head coaching debut in 1996 for Oklahoma, died at only 59 years: https://sports.yahoo.com/longtime-coach-john-blake-dies-174634095.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmRlLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAC7GOpkHrg0NtYF1j-ZIo4Ml_Ha7RR1FNaEce5Awb6EGI9FNvpFRHqT-4M4tFEiEljXullE8Wl5zQ9MuGr6HMrJJ3VLLPprU9Ox9jWaeBV8PJROCRkgXJxs6sciNR-u-25WP3pqOyKJjFuuWHvXvUX0iZEcFE3sozH_BjB4LpbM4 -
Civil rights activist and politician Charles Evers, who became the first African-American mayor in the state of Mississippi since the Reconstruction era in 1969, died at 97 years: https://yallpolitics.com/2020/07/22/civil-rights-leader-and-political-figure-charles-evers-passes-away-at-97/ He was named the Man of the Year by the NAACP in 1969 and spread the slogan, 'Hands that picked cotton can now pick the mayor.'
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Polish Roman Catholic Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski died at 80 years: https://www.nach-welt.com/kardinal-zenon-grocholewski-ist-tot-ein-enger-mitarbeiter-von-johannes-paul-ii-starb/
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C.T. Vivian, a lieutenant forDr. Martin Luther King jr. during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's, died at 95 years: https://www.ajc.com/news/ct-vivian-civil-rights-hero-and-intellectual-dead-at-95/2GOB7SU7MZDHJADH63LIKYHK6M/?outputType=amp/ He is also the author of Black Power and the American Myth, and founder of the C.T. Vivian Leadership Institute.
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Former Prime Minister of Somalia Hassan Farah died at 75 years: https://allafrica.com/stories/202007120063.html
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I dont believe that he will ever make it into the official DL. Although I honestly see no difference between him and other DL-worthy asian leaders like Bhumibol, Akihito, etc.
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Molecular biologist Flossie Wong-Staal, who was the first scientist to clone HIV and determine the gene's functions, died at 73 years: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/science/story/2020-07-09/flossie-wong-staal-obituary She co-founded iTherX Pharmaceuticals, which focuses on developing treatment for hepatitis C.
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Prime Minister of Ivory Coasts (2017-2020) Amadou Coulibaly dies at 61 years: https://www.reuters.com/article/ivorycoast-politics-primeminister/ivory-coasts-prime-minister-amadou-gon-coulibaly-dies-at-61-idUSL8N2EF5B5
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Former Florida governor Wayne Mixson dies at 98 years: https://eu.tallahassee.com/story/news/2020/07/08/former-florida-governor-wayne-mixson-dies/5397215002/
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Bolsonaro’s words 3 months ago......”I will not worry if I get it, it’s just a little cold”.......let’s see how much he worry’s now Mr Big man..I wonder how many other people he works with have picked it up from him, all them handshakes.....
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dead Ennio Morricone
TomTomTelekom replied to harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy's topic in DeathList Forum
Composer Ennio Morricone who contributed scores to over 500 films and TV series, including more than 60 award-winning movies, dead at 91 years: https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/leute/italienischer-komponist-und-oscar-preistraeger-ennio-morricone-ist-tot-71714016.bild.html He was primarily known for his work on Spaghetti westerns such as the Dollars Trilogy. -
Martha Rocha, first winner of Miss Brazil, died at 83 years after heart attack: https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2020/07/05/martha-rocha-1a-miss-brasil-morre-em-niteroi-no-rj.ghtml
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Jazz Bassist Cleveland Eaton dead at 80 years: https://www.al.com/news/2020/07/alabama-born-jazz-bassist-cleveland-eaton-dies-at-80.html?fbclid=IwAR1FJySWlc3PRi4qgdhedOCNGHJAttmkfo3UZimm4hiCvPi7FD1kIPhwq0w
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Award winning screenwriter Bettina Gilois (Bessie, Glory Road, McFarland) dead: https://deadline.com/2020/07/bettina-gilois-dies-award-winning-screenwriter-bessie-author-1202977744/
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Scott Erskine, killer sentenced to death for the brutal rape and murder of two young boys in 1993, died at 57 years: https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/07/03/2-condemned-san-quentin-inmates-die-of-apparent-covid-19-complications/
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Gamer Byron Bernstein, otherwise known as Reckful who gained popularity playing games like World of Warcraft and Heartstone on Twitch and YouTube, died at 31 years: https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/byron-reckful-bernstein-dies-at-31/ He had more than 250,000 subscribers on YouTube.
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Breaking News: His brother Georg Ratzinger died today, one week after Benedikt visited him: https://www.bild.de/politik/2020/politik/georg-ratzinger-ist-tot-papst-bruder-stirbt-nach-langer-krankheit-in-regensburg-71618458.bild.html
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Soul singerWillie Wright, whose self-released works achieved popularity long after the peak of his career, died at 80 years: https://pitchfork.com/news/willie-wright-american-soul-singer-and-songwriter-dead-at-80/
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Tony Bennett
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He was a comedy genius who gave us Dick van Dyke Show and much more. RIP to my 12th hit.
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The Fringes Of Fame/family Of The Famous
TomTomTelekom replied to maryportfuncity's topic in DeathList Forum
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.