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José Delbo, Argentine born cartoonist and comic book artist who worked on Wonder Woman for DC and The Transformers for Marvel, has died aged 90.

Ian Lavender has died aged 77. He was the last surviving cast member of Dad’s Army. Obituaries: Daily Mirror, BBC, Daily Telegraph

Earl Cureton, who played with the Philadelphia 76ers (1980-1983), Chicago Bulls (1986-1987), and the Houston Rockets (1994) amongst others, has died aged 66. NBA Champion in ‘83 with the 76ers and ‘94 with the Rockets.

Barry John, fly-half who played for Wales (1966-1972) and the British Lions (1968-1971), has died aged 79. He was on the Welsh Team that won the 1971 Five Nations Championship and the British Lions squad in their successful 1971 tour against New Zealand. Another Welsh legend of the game, gone soon after JPR Williams. Obituaries: Daily Mirror, BBC, The Telegraph, The Sun, Metro, Guardian, The Times

Hage Geingob, third (and incumbent) President of Namibia serving since 2015, reportedly dead aged 82. Also served as Prime Minister from 1990-2002 and 2012-2015.

Aston Barrett, original bassist for Bob Marley & The Wailers, reportedly dead aged 77. Obituaries: The Sun

Christopher Priest, British sci-fi author, has died aged 80. He won the World Fantasy Award for The Prestige, which was later made into a film by Christopher Nolan.

Now the other Steve Brown, the lyricist, composer and record producer, has died. He worked on West End Musicals Spend Spend Spend and I Can’t Sing! The X Factor Musical. He composed many of the songs and jingles on loads of programmes such as Spitting Image in the 80s/90s, Dead Ringers and The Ant and Dec Show (including Wonkey Donkey).

Adele Springsteen has died.

Chita Rivera, American stage actress and dancer, has died aged 91. Ten time Tony Award Nominee, three time Tony Award Recipient (including a lifetime achievement award), she originated roles in broadway musicals such as West Side Story, Chicago and Kiss of the Spider Woman. Obituaries: The Guardian, Daily Mail, The Independent, Daily Mirror

Richard Howard (IMDb) has died aged 79. He appeared in Emmerdale as Vicar Bob Jerome from 1979-1981. Obituaries: The Sun

Rt Rev David Smith, Bishop of Bradford (1992-2002), has died aged 88.

James Cran, MP for Beverley and Holderness (1987-2005), revealed to have died aged 79 last year in a rather sad article about the emotional abuse he inflicted on his daughter.

Yep and I am starting to think the period has passed. It was on the Chronicle for the majority of yesterday, it was announced at the meeting of Full Council which has press attending, and if it was going to go up I’d have thought it would have been today. I didn’t pick him for DDP as I wasn’t convinced it’d get followed up. Nothing on the local news this evening.

Gary Street, rugby coach to the World Cup winning England Women squad remains hospitalised following a host of issues including a heart bypass, ‘massive’ stroke, lung infection, sepsis and a blood clot on the brain. He’s only 56.

Roger Donlon, Medal of Honor recipient, dead aged 89.

Evening Chronicle write up for former Cllr Jason Smith.

The Chronicle has it.

Charles Fried, former US Solicitor General (1985-1989), reportedly dead aged 88. Obituaries: The Independent

Frances Manners, The Dowager Duchess of Rutland, has died aged 86.

Charles Osgood, American news anchor and journalist, dead aged 91. Anchored CBS Sunday Morning and hosted a daily radio commentary The Osgood File. Also the narrator in the 2008 Horton Hears A Who! film. Obituaries: The Sun, The Independent, Daily Mail

Ryne Sandberg, baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies (1981) and the Chicago Cubs (1982-1994, 1996-1997), receiving treatment for metastatic prostate cancer.

Tommy Baldwin, who played for Arsenal (1962-1966) and Chelsea (1966-1974), amongst other teams, has died aged 78. Played for Chelsea in the 1967 FA Cup Final, and won with Chelsea at the 1970 FA Cup Final. He also won the Cup Winner’s Cup against Real Madrid in 1971. Obituaries: Daily Mail, The Sun, Daily Mirror

Dexter Scott King, American civil rights activist and son of Martin Luther King Jr., has died aged 62. Obituaries: BBC

Mentioned previously in this thread - Laurie Johnson reportedly dead aged 96.