Captain Hemlock

College baseball player Sang Ho Baek dies from complications from Tommy John surgery. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/19/sport/baseball-pitcher-dies-tommy-john-surgery-spt/index.html

Christiane Amanpour, who I played on my DDP theme team Our Top Story Tonight last year, has ovarian cancer. https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/14/media/christiane-amanpour-ovarian-cancer/index.html

Jim Fassel, who coached the New York Giants in their Super Bowl XXXV loss, dead at 71. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31587569/former-new-york-giants-head-coach-jim-fassel-dies-71

I’m really surprised that I was the only one to pick Maury Wills. He’s pushing 90 and is far better known than several younger picks in the World Series winners category.

Ukraine’s ambassador to Thailand Andrii Beshta dead at 44. https://nypost.com/2021/05/30/ukraines-ambassador-to-thailand-dies-suddenly-at-resort/

Supa Gates dies 7 weeks after being shot. https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-brooklyn-rapper-supa-gates-fatally-shot-20210530-7pzlib4bdfcaradypkab7hlznq-story.html

Dixie Lewis, daughter of author Michael Lewis and former MTV reporter Tabitha Soren, dead at 19. https://trib.al/2tDdZhO?fbclid=IwAR1WUXGmL4Ey0QKhkw3nefCEbXpTkz9F9nLq_r5Fw-Ul5sBgeU3s8pxcza0

Maybe an idea for a 2022 DDP theme team: ultra-marathoners 21 ultramarathon runners die after extreme weather besets high-altitude mountain race (msn.com)

Congresswoman Debbie Dingell underwent surgery for perforated ulcer. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2021/05/21/us-rep-debbie-dingell-hospitalized-emergency-surgery-ulcer-jaw-nsaids-opioids/5213221001/

Wow! Kudos to whoever picked Bruno Covas. A nice 23 point pick!

With Hank Aaron and Rachel Zoll dying, the first alphabetical and last alphabetical surnames died in the same year. I wonder if that’s the first time that’s happened.

Ohio based televangelist Ernest Angley dead at 99. https://www.cleveland.com/news/2021/05/pentacostal-televangelist-ernest-angley-dies-at-age-99.html

DDP obit https://uk.news.yahoo.com/news/lloyd-price-r-b-pioneer-003818332.html

Lucinda Williams suffered a stroke last November https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/lucinda-williams-stroke-1164015/amp/

Not really sure where to put this one as he was a sports team owner, but Byron "B.J." Seaman (whose name could have made for a hilarious DDP obit) dead at 97 https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/31360331/byron-seaman-founding-owner-calgary-flames-dies-97