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Geoffrey Robinson (Australian Bishop) is a miss for me. I had him a couple of times over the years, most recently in 2019.

Geoffrey Robinson, a former Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, has died after a long battle with a terminal illness. He was 83. https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/bishop-robinson-returns-to-the-father-at-83/

Jeanne Lougheed, the widow of former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed, has died. She was 92. Peter Lougheed died in 2012 at age 84. https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/jeanne-lougheed-wife-of-peter-lougheed-dies-at-92-1.5246886

Daughter-in-law of racing billionaire JP McManus has died. Emma McManus was 40. She'd become ill while on holiday in Barbados. https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2020/12/31/racing-billionaire-jp-mcmanus-daughter-in-law-has-died/

Considered him for a couple of deadpools because he'd been hospitalized. Knew he'd either go within a couple of weeks or recover and be fine. That really was quick, though.

This really and truly is it for 2020.

Sent in my team last night (December 27th). Two rejections, both expected, and replaced without issue. Specific names will be revealed New Year's Day or shortly thereafter.

Michelle Mullane, a former host on BBC and XFM radio, has died. She was 50. Mullane had battled bowel cancer. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9092683/Michelle-Mullane-dies-age-50-BBC-radio-host-loses-battle-against-bowel-cancer-Christmas-Eve.html

Derek Aucoin becomes my first rejected 2020 AO Deadpool pick to die.

The nine month old daughter of CNN political reporter Andrew Kaczynski and Wall Street Journal journalist Rachel Louise Ensign, has died. Francesca Kaczynski had cancer. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9088357/CNNs-Andrew-Kaczynski-mourns-death-baby-daughter-Francesca-passed-away-cancer.html

Abdul Kader, a noted Bengali actor and someone I'd been looking at for at least one deadpool, has died. He had stage 4 cancer (none specified) and had tested positive for COVID-19. https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/abdul-kader-passes-away-2017497

Bob Newman, a local television legend in the Seattle area, who played numerous characters on the J.P. Patches show, died December 13th. He was 88. The J.P. Patches show ran from 1958 to 1981 and was broadcast live. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/obituaries/bob-newman-who-brought-laughter-to-children-on-j-p-patches-show-dies-at-88/

Destiny's Child singer Michelle Williams has revealed her father, Dennis Williams, has died. He was 68. https://www.essence.com/celebrity/michelle-williams-father-dead/

Ron Lurie, a former mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, has died. He was 79. He served as mayor from 1987 to 1991. https://www.ktnv.com/news/former-las-vegas-mayor-ron-lurie-has-died

Warren Connell, the former CEO of the Calgary Stampede, has died. He was 57. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-stampede-ceo-warren-connell-died-1.5850712

Joel Yanofsky, a two-time winner of the Quebec Writer's Federation Mavis Gallant Non-fiction Prize for the books Mordecai & Me: An Appreciation of a Kind and Bad Animals: A Father’s Accidental Education in Autism, has died. He was 65. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/award-winning-montreal-author-joel-yanofsky-has-died-at-65-1.5244380

Jeff Clayton, co-founder of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and who worked with Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Madonna and Count Basie, among others, has died. He was 65. https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/12/18/jazz-great-jeff-clayton-who-performed-with-sinatra-madonna-dies-at-65/

Walter Robinson Sr., a Tuskegee Airman and resident of the District of Columbia, died November 23rd, on his 100th birthday. https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/tuskegee-airman-dies-on-100th-birthday/2487055/

Frank Macon, one of only two original, remaining Tuskegee Airmen in Colorado, died November 22nd. He was 97. https://www.denverpost.com/2020/11/24/former-tuskegee-airman-frank-mason-dies-at-97/

Shirley Williams, the mother of American talk show host Wendy Williams, has died. https://madamenoire.com/1205354/wendy-williams-mother-shirley-williams-died/

Gangxta Ridd, a member of the first Samoan Hip Hop group Boo-Ya T.R.I.B.E., has died. The cause of death was COVID-19. The announcement was made by Ice-T. https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.59380/title.ice-t-reveals-boo-yaa-t-r-i-b-e-legend-gangxta-ridd-has-died-from-covid-19#

Ron Irwin, a former federal Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ambassador to Ireland, Consul General of Canada in Boston and mayor of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, has died. He was 84. https://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/former-sault-mayor-ron-irwin-dead-at-84-1.5218803

Jackie Saccoccio, an American female abstract artist, has died. She was 56. Her New York gallery, Van Doren Waxter, confirmed the news, saying that she had been battling cancer for the past five years. https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jackie-saccoccio-dead-abstractions-1234578300/

Victor Ponedelnik, who scored the winning goal for the USSR at the 1960 UEFA Euro, has died. He was the last surviving member from that squad. https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/L-ancien-attaquant-sovietique-viktor-ponedelnik-est-mort-a-83-ans/1202351 (French language obit)

Faye Fields, the CEO of Integrated Resource Technologies Inc. and a founding partner of the Washington Nationals baseball team, has died. Fields was also a former executive leader of Girl Scouts Nation's Capital. https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/12/04/nationals-founding-partner-faye-fields-dies.html