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Oscar Cruz, a Filipino prelate and LIngayen-Dagupan archbishop emeritus (1991-2009), has died. He was 95. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1327183/lingayen-dagupan-archbishop-emeritus-oscar-cruz-dies-at-85

Riley Gale, vocalist for the thrash metal band Power Trip, has died. He was 34. https://pitchfork.com/news/power-trips-riley-gale-has-died/

Mark Sertich, characterized as the world's oldest hockey player, has died. He was 99. https://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/obituaries/mark-sertich-wwii-army-veteran-and-world-s-oldest-hockey-player-dies-at-99-1.642574

The Express says he's dead, but I've not found another source to confirm it. https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1326350/kim-jong-un-dead-coma-north-korea-kim-yo-jong-takeover-kim-jong-un-health

Valentina Prudskova, a 1960 gold medalist and 1964 silver medalist in fencing, for Russia, has died. She was 81. https://iz.ru/1051763/2020-08-23/umerla-olimpiiskaia-chempionka-po-fekhtovaniiu-valentina-prudskova (Russian language obit)

Loretta "Mammie" Finley, the grandmother of Miley Cyrus and the mother-in-law of Billy Ray Cyrus, has died. She was 85. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8654485/Miley-Cyrus-pens-emotional-tribute-grandmother-Loretta-Mammie-Finley-death.html

Richard Cartridge, a veteran BBC presenter, has died. He was 72. Cartridge's death came just weeks after he left his position. Richard had joined BBC Radio Solent, the local station for Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight, in 1972. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8654201/BBC-Radio-veteran-Richard-Cartridge-dies-short-illness-aged-72.html

Randall “Randy” Craig Fleischer, Music Director of the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, has died. He was 61. https://www.ktuu.com/2020/08/22/music-director-of-anchorage-symphony-orchestra-dies-at-home/

Sir Ken Robinson, a best-selling author and popular TED Talk speaker, has died. He was 70. https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1326236/Sir-Ken-Robinson-dead-death-author-cancer-battle-age-news-latest-update

According to the article, the issue was licensing fees.

Wow, I'm still alive in the AO Deadpool, so to speak. Among those who had Frankie Banali. Didn't think Dale Hawerchuk would go that quick and this was an 'off-year' for me for Kamala. Had him, dropped him, re-added him and dropped him after last year.

Ron Tudor, an Australian music industry legend, has died. He was 96. Tudor began in the industry with W&G Records as a sales rep in 1956. He later founded his own label, Fable Records, in 1969. Tudor would hit paydirt in 1970 when his artists recorded their own version of international hits, following 'the Record Ban', where artists like the Beatles were removed from the airwaves. http://www.noise11.com/news/australian-music-industry-legend-ron-tudor-dies-aged-96-20200821

Frank Cullotta, a Chicago mobster and consultant for the movie Casino, has died. He was 81. Cullotta had COVID-19 and other underlying medical issues. https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/ex-mobster-frank-cullotta-crony-of-tony-spilotro-dies-in-las-vegas-2100017/

Todd Nance, the founding drummer for Widespread Panic, has died. He was 57. https://relix.com/news/detail/r-i-p-todd-nance-founding-drummer-of-widespread-panic/

Allan Fotheringham, a prolific Canadian journalist who wrote for the Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, National Post, Maclean's and Vancouver Sun, has died. He was 87. Fotheringham also appeared as a panelist on the Canadian news-related game show Front Page Challenge for a decade. The show ran from 1957 to 1995. Fotheringham was on the show from 1984 until it ended. He's the second notable Canadian journalist to die the past few days, with Richard Gwyn having passed over the weekend. https://theprovince.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-dr-foth-was-a-force-in-canadian-journalism/wcm/e4c71b4f-d6ff-4493-9182-0a0255dca0d4

Jacob Thomas, a Paralympic boccia player who competed at the 2012 London games and was a four-time British champion, has died. He was 25. https://www.bbc.com/sport/disability-sport/53801719

Ash Christian, a Texas filmmaker known for gay-centric films, has died. He was 35. Christian had over two dozen credits as producer/executive producer, including several films in pre or post production. Christian was also a character actor whose credits included two appearances in the Good Wife and one in the Good Fight as David Howell, as well as a role in the Tommy Lee Jones film Man of the House. https://dallasvoice.com/gay-texas-filmmaker-ash-christian-has-died/

Esther Morales, the sister of former Bolivian dictator Evo Morales, has died of COVID-19. She was 70. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/bolivia-esther-morales-evos-older-sister-passes-away-20200816-0002.html

Richard Gwyn, a prolific Canadian journalist who was a long-time columnist with the Toronto Star and authored several books, four of which were on first Canadian Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald, has died. He was 86. Gwyn had long battled Alzheimers. https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2020/08/15/longtime-star-columnist-richard-gwyn-86-set-the-standard-for-canadian-political-journalism.html

My mind must be 'Slipping Away'.

Dave Edmunds, the 1957 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year and the second-oldest living '500' starter, has died. He was 89. https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/57900-1957-indianapolis-500-rookie-of-the-year-edmunds-dies-at-89

Prince Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe has died. He was 79. He was a second cousin of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and in the U.S. at the time of his death. http://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-death-of-prince-waldemar-of.html

This one was almost completely off the radar. British wrestler Dave Kidney, who won the British featherweight title in 1959 (a disputed achievement) and is listed on Wikipedia as one of the ten oldest wrestlers to compete, died July 21st. He was 89. Kidney's last match was on January 28th, 2011. He would have been 80 at the time.

Walter Carrington, a former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, has died. He was 90. https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/408542-ex-u-s-ambassador-walter-carrington-is-dead.html

Louis Giambi, who was convicted of the 1982 Pine Hill Massacre, in which a Pine Hill couple and their three year old daughter were murdered in what turned out to be a case of mistaken identity, has died in prison. He was 83. https://nj1015.com/pine-hill-massacre-murderer-dies-in-prison/