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(Not the first time this specific death type has been reported in the thread.) A 21-year-old woman has died in a go-kart accident in India after her hair became entangled in the wheel. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/india/india-go-kart-accident-intl-scli/index.html

Monica Roberts, a Transgender journalist & activist, has died. She was 58. Roberts founded the blog TransGriot in 2005, "which reported on issues pertaining to Black trans women and other trans women of color and documented the deaths of transgender victims, many of whom were misgendered in police and media reports". https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/10/09/trans-journalist-monica-roberts-founder-transgriot-dies/5939542002/

Jimmie Lee Solomon, a former Major League Baseball Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations and Executive Vice President of Baseball Development, has died. He was 86. https://www.mlb.com/news/jimmie-lee-solomon-dies-at-64

George Rainey, the oldest living Zulu king, has died. He was 89. https://www.brproud.com/news/oldest-zulu-king-george-rainey-has-died/

Maurice Edwards, a stage actor and director, has died of COVID-19. He was 97. https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Stage-Actor-and-Director-Maurice-Edwards-Has-Died-at-97-Due-to-COVID-19-20201009

Desiree S. Anzalone, the great granddaughter of Lucille Ball, has died. She was 31. Anzalone died of breast cancer. http://www.justjared.com/2020/10/09/lucille-balls-great-granddaughter-has-died-at-31-from-breast-cancer/

Pierre Kezdy, bassist for the punk band Naked Raygun, has died. He was 58. https://www.nme.com/news/music/naked-raygun-bassist-pierre-kezdy-has-died-2778442

Geoffrey Peddle, an Anglican Bishop and the leader of the Anglican Church in Eastern Newfoundland, has died. He was 57. No cause of death was given. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/anglican-bishop-geoffrey-peddle-obit-1.5756550

Erin Wall, a Canadian soprano who sang lead operatic roles around the world, has died. She was 44. Wall succumbed to cancer. https://www.cbc.ca/music/canadian-soprano-erin-wall-has-died-at-44-1.5757642

Kim Batiste, who played just over 250 games, mostly with the Philadelphia, the team for whom he got a game-winning in the first game of the 1993 NL championship series, has died. He was 52. Batiste died of complications following kidney surgery. https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/phillies-kim-batiste-died-1993-national-league-champions-obituary-20201008.html

(Also posted in the UK Singles Chart thread.) Brian 'Licorice' Locking, who played bass guitar with The Shadows in the sixties, has died. He was 82. https://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/grantham-musician-brian-licorice-locking-who-found-fame-with-the-shadows-has-died-9125699/

Ray Pennington, a country music songwriter known for writing the Waylon Jennings song "I'm a Ramblin' Man", and for founding the Step One Records label, has died. He was 86. Pennington was killed in a house fire. https://www.newschannel5.com/news/one-killed-in-house-fire-in-sumner-co

John Lamm, who as a photographer and writer, helped craft Road & Track magazine, has died. He was 76. https://sports.yahoo.com/john-lamm-man-defined-look-153000088.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABKJyVNZ693UQWZCqfEF6unG8HGrbIdmYJfX3TrcDUosAGmtYvHLRCF7n5eBg0AFTK5dwkxwIiOymiOggm_elKeRK_O-CfMBDRERgLyTJSLJeLgzQacE18XnbMhmVRQCUv7pFTpX7AjuZGSXx5A2oltIIGW91W4zOhibnR80Y1vK

Mario J. Molina, the 1995 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, has died. He was 77. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/357408

Gord Brooks, who played 70 NHL games split between St. Louis and Washington during a professional career of over a decade, mostly in the minor leagues, has died. He was 70. https://northviewfuneralchapel.com/tribute/details/102/Gord-Brooks/obituary.html

Wikipedia suggests 11, following the June 2019 death of Robert J.Friend. However, it appears clear that was an underestimation. Aside from those who've died since then, there are news items about surviving members that occasionally pop up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Airmen

That makes four people who played, at some point, for the Los Angeles Dodgers to have died since September 26th. (Jay Johnstone, Lou Johnson, Ron Perranoski and now Charlie Haeger).

Anthony Galindo, a one-time member of Menudo, has died following a suicide attempt. He was 41. https://www.en24.news/2020/10/anthony-galindo-ex-menudo-member-dies-after-suicide-attempt.html

Elmer Ross, who "served with the 332nd Composite Bomb Group of the Tuskegee Airmen, and completed his service in the Pacific Theater as a fireman in the Crash Station", has died. He was 91. Ross "continued to pursue his passion for flying by obtaining his private pilot's license and maintaining his bond with his beloved Tuskegee Airmen for as long as he could participate." https://www.daytondailynews.com/obituaries/ross-elmer/C3A62FL74VHJFA2EOLJX76IOPA/

Rudolph 'Val' Archer, a "member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen with ties to Atlanta" and "who had been documented as an original member of the famed 332nd Fighter Group and 100th Fighter Squadron spanning World War II, Korea and Vietnam", has died. https://www.11alive.com/article/news/national/military-news/tuskegee-airman-val-archer-dies/85-363e4a84-0d47-41b9-9716-e31c1e5be5ab

Chinese vlogger Lamu dies after her ex-husband allegedly doused her in gas/petrol and set fire to her as she was attempting to live stream. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-54380148

Karel Fiala, a Czech operatic tenor and actor, has died. He was 95. https://www.irozhlas.cz/zpravy-domov/zemrel-herec-karel-fiala-limonadovy-joe-karlin-umrti_2010031437_vtk (Czech language obit)

Levi Thornhill, a member of the Tuskgee Airmen, has died. He was two days shy of his 98th birthday. Extensive details of his service are included in the obit. https://cafriseabove.org/levi-thornhill/ That's four entries today, all of whom died in September.

Godfrey Miller, "the last surviving Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen from the World War II Era in Greater Cincinnati", has died. He was 94. https://www.phillytrib.com/obituaries/godfrey-miller-was-last-surviving-tuskegee-airmen-in-cincinnati/article_9b4b257f-daea-5c62-9cd2-dd057742e861.html