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Bobby Ball, half of Cannon and Ball, dead aged 76 after testing positive for Covid. Obituaries: The Sun, Metro, Daily Mirror, Daily Star, Daily Mail, Daily Express, The Independent, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, BBC.

Miss America 1993, Leanza Cornett, has died aged 49 following brain injury as a result of a fall earlier this month. After pageants she gained a few acting/presenting credits (IMDb). Obituaries: The Sun, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail.

Don Mazankowski, former Canadian Finance Minister (1991-93) and Deputy PM (1986-93), has died aged 85.

Bruce Reid, Essendon club doctor, dead aged 74 - DDP pick.

Stan Kesler, American musician who wrote some of Elvis’ early material, has died aged 92. He also played bass on Jerry Lee Lewis’ Great Balls of Fire.

Dead. Obituaries: BBC, Daily Star, Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Daily Mail, The Sun, The Independent, The Guardian, The Telegraph.

Ming Cho Lee, Tony Award winning set designer and National Medal of Arts recipient, has died aged 90.

Kevin McCarra who has been missing a few times is now dead. Edit: The Guardian obituary.

Sophie Wilmès now in intensive care. Besides being the serving Foreign Minister, she also served as Belgium’s first female PM from October 2019 - October 2020. She’s aged 45.

Perhaps a slow news morning: Metro, Daily Star, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, The Sun, The Independent.

Dead.

Dead.

Toured doing The Glenn Miller Story in 2015 and seemed fit as a fiddle aged 78. Saying that a lot can change in 5 years.

Willem de Klerk, son of F.W, has died aged 53.

Looks like his breathing is very laboured.

Dead. Edit: Daily Mail, The Independent.

Kenzo Takada, Japanese-French designer, has died aged 81. Founder of the Kenzo fashion house. Edit: Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Daily Star, The Independent, Metro, Daily Express, The Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC.

Hospitalised.

Former NJ Governor Chris Christie positive. He had been in close proximity to Trump during debate prep.

US Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) has tested positive. Capitol Hill seems quite the hotbed.

I’d just keep in mind this was Boris Johnson the day he tested positive and we all know he ended up in the ICU on death’s door.

Congressional leaders receiving no updates. Eric Trump requesting prayers. Trump made no statement to the press as he boarded Marine One. A free schedule for the day and not one tweet in 17 hours? Immediate treatment with an experimental antibody injection (with potentially unknown side effects) after supposedly ‘mild’ symptoms. Moving to a hospital despite there being a fully equipped medical suite at the White House. As with the statements from Downing Street regards PM’s health, I think it is far more serious than they are letting on. Either way from being asymptomatic less than 17 hours ago to this point it’s a rapid change in situation.

Transferred to the Walter Reed Medical Centre to undergo tests. Expected to remain hospitalised for a few days.

John Jenkins (age 66), President of Notre Dame University, positive after attending SCOTUS announcement.

He skips the conference call he was supposed to be on today. Worse than they’re letting on? Reported now Trump plans to request VP Pence assume Presidential duties if symptoms worsen.