alt obits guy

Xana Antunes, a business journalist and former editor at CNBC and the New York Post, has died. She was 55. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/28/xana-antunes-dies-editor-of-cnbc-quartz-new-york-post-fortune.html

Harry Harrison, an American radio personality and disc jockey for over 50 years, mostly in New York, has died. He was 89. https://wcbsfm.radio.com/blogs/joe-cingrana/remembering-harry-harrison-former-cbs-fm-dj

I do sleep and miss out on plenty of obits I check for, only to see someone else has posted. But that doesn't mean I don't intentionally try to beat the pack to the punch as often as I can.

Monique Van Vooren, a Belgian-American actress with credits mostly scattered in the 50s, 60s and early 70s, has died. She was 92. https://www.ragusaoggi.it/e-morta-monique-van-vooren-membro-e-sostenitrice-della-ibla-foundation-foto/ (Italian obit, English one to be substituted when available.)

Reed Mullin, the drummer for Corrosion of Conformity, has died. He was 53. https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/corrosion-of-conformity-drummer-reed-mullin-dead-at-53/

Keith Tharpe, a Georgia death row inmate whose execution was stopped by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2017, has died of natural causes while in prison. He was 61. https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/26/us/georgia-death-row-inmate-dies-racist-juror/index.html

Unidentified woman dies in Australia Day lamington eating contest. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-51259819

Not an A-list obit, but confirmation citing a Facebook source that Bob Shane has indeed died. https://bestclassicbands.com/bob-shane-obituary-kingston-trio-1-27-20/

Sophie Yazzie, a member of the Navajo Nation and one of the oldest surviving female World War II veterans, has died. She was 105. https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/26/us/female-navajo-veteran-dies-trnd/index.html

Nina Griscom, a model & entrepreneur who was in the movie 'At First Sight' opposite Val Kilmer, Nathan Lane and others and who appeared a handful of times as a judge on 'Iron Chef: America', has died of ALS. She was 65. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/26/obituaries/nina-griscom-dead.html (Behind paywall)

Michou, a noted French cabaret singer, has died. He was 88. https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/michou-mort_fr_5e2d96f3c5b67d8874b3efb5 (In French) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/style/michou-dead.html (Behind paywall)

Marsha Kramer, who played Margaret on Modern Family, has died. She was 74. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/marsha-kramer-dead-modern-family-actress-dies-at-74-1272847 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0469615/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Margaret Lion, a multiple Tony award-winning producer, including one collected as the lead producer of Hairspray, has died. Hairspray lead actor Harvey Fierstein confirmed Lion's death on Facebook. https://www.broadway.com/buzz/198235/margo-lion-tony-winning-lead-producer-of-hairspray-has-died/

An Indian man has died after being attacked by his razor-laden rooster on the way to a cockfight. (Another one for the Scrabble thread, perhaps. His name was Saripalli Chanavenkateshwaram Rao) https://globalnews.ca/news/6451511/indian-man-dies-cockfighting/

Kit Hood, the producer behind the Degrassi franchise, has died. He was 76. https://insideeko.com/kit-hood-death-kit-hood-obituary/