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Lord Lester of Heme Hill has died. He was 84. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lord-lester-of-herne-hill-human-rights-lawyer-who-quit-lords-in-sex-scandal-dies-at-84-vmbqtkt8w

Salome Bey, Canada's First Lady of Blues, has died. She was 86. Bey had long been struggling with Alzheimer's. https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/salome-bey-obit-1.5680432 (Trivia: Bey is the first person to have a line - shared or solo - as part of the Northern Lights song 'Tears Are Not Enough', Canada's contribution to Ethiopian relief back in 1985, who has now died. Up until now, only chorus member Oscar Peterson and John Candy had passed. The song included the likes of Gordon Lightfoot, Burton Cummings, Anne Murray, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Bryan Adams and many others.)

Martin Birch, a producer for the likes of Iron Maiden, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Whitesnake and Deep Purple, has died. He was 71. https://www.thathashtagshow.com/2020/08/09/prolific-rock-and-metal-producer-martin-birch-dead-at-71/

Ben Vereen Jr., son of the Broadway legend, has died. He'd been missing for two weeks. No cause of death has been given. https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Ben-Vereens-Son-Ben-Vereen-Jr-Has-Died-20200809

Adam Comrie, a Canadian-born hockey player drafted by the Florida Panthers in 2008, whose professional career saw him play eight years in the minors before spending two seasons in Austria, carrying him through the 2019-20 campaign, has died. He was 30. https://www.syracuse.com/crunch/2020/08/former-syracuse-crunch-defenseman-adam-comrie-dies-at-age-30.html

On tonight's Jeopardy! show, which is part of the 2002 Million Dollar Invitational tournament they are re-running, the game's winner (who advanced in the tournament) was a former big winner named India Cooper. At show's end, a graphic noted she died on May 17th of this year. She was 67. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/Obituary/article/83477-obituary-india-cooper.html

Former Angels employee Eric Kay charged with fentanyl distribution in connection with Tyler Skaggs' death https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/angels/2020/08/07/eric-kay-angels-tyler-skaggs-fentanyl-indicted/3320948001/

Robert Gray, a 56-year-old known to many of his fellow poker players as "A-Game Rob," has died. He was 56. COVID-19 was the culprit. https://www.pokernews.com/news/2020/08/vegas-poker-player-robert-gray-dead-covid19-37753.htm

Frances Allen, the female IBM Fellow who had a long and storied career in the technology field, has died on her 88th birthday. https://www.ibm.com/blogs/research/2020/08/remembering-frances-allen/

Convicted sex offender charged in the death of pro poker player Susie Zhao. The badly burned body of the 33-year-old, also known as 'Suzie Q', was found July 13th. Jeffery Bernard Morris has been charged with first-degree, pre-meditated murder. https://nypost.com/2020/08/05/susie-zhao-murder-sex-offender-charged-in-death-of-poker-pro/

Dr. Hawa Abdi, a Somalian human rights activist, physician, author and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, has died. She was 73. https://www.horndiplomat.com/2020/08/05/somalias-humanitarian-icon-dr-hawa-abdi-dies/

Pat O'Day, a long-time Seattle-based deejay, concert promoter and race announcer who appeared in several documentaries, has died. He was 86. https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/seattle-dj-seafair-race-announcer-pat-oday-dies-86/37ZTDB6I2VAX7OMCGCGWOUGOTU/

Chicago-based rapper FBG Duck forgot to (duck). He was shot and killed. Age 26. https://abc7chicago.com/fbg-duck-dead-shot-2020/6353835/

Reni Santoni, a noted character actor whose long list of credits included Poppy on Seinfeld, has died. He was 81. https://thelifeandtimesofhollywood.com/actor-reni-santoni-dies-at-81-was-poppy-on-seinfeld-star-of-carl-reiners-enter-laughing-to-the-pawnbroker/

Tony Morris, the presenter of the ITV Granada Reports, has died. He was 57. (Also posted in the journalists thread.) https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2020-08-03/tributes-to-itv-granada-reports-presenter-tony-morris-who-has-died-aged-57

Ronald Bergan, an author of movie-related books, critic and the Guardian's film obituary writer, has died. He was 82. Bergan had been battling urosepsis. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jul/28/ronald-bergan-obituary

Tootie Robbins, who played 12 seasons in the NFL, mostly for the Arizona Cardinals as an offensive tackle. has died. He was 62. https://cardswire.usatoday.com/2020/08/03/former-cardinals-ol-tootie-robbins-has-died/

Leon Fleisher, a celebrated pianist who was just 16 when he debuted at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic, recording his first album at 25 as he delved into Franz Schubert compositions, has died. He was 92. https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2020/08/02/702978476/leon-fleisher-the-pianist-who-reinvented-himself-dies-at-92

Ryan Breaux, the brother of singer Frank Ocean, has died. Breaux's social media accounts had become a fixture of Frank Ocean fandom. https://www.clashmusic.com/news/frank-oceans-brother-ryan-breaux-has-died#.XycvXCUMCJQ.twitter

A couple of former Canadian MPs have died in recent days. Former Reform/Canadian Alliance/ Conservative MP Jim Abbott died on July 26th. He was 77. Today, news that former Bloc MP Bernard Cleary has died. He was 83. https://bc.ctvnews.ca/former-b-c-conservative-mp-james-abbott-dies-at-77-1.5042423 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/former-bloc-mp-bernard-cleary-has-died-1.5672305

Dale Hawerchuk dealing with cancer recurrence. https://globalnews.ca/news/7219226/dale-hawerchuk-cancer/

Bobby Prescott, a Panamanian-born player who appeared in 10 games for the Kansas City Athletics in 1961, has died. He was 89. https://panatimes.com/bobby-prescott-panamanian-major-leagues-baseball-player-dies-at-89

These deaths really now have been changed in the original list. I'd altered them in postings to the thread, but not saved them in the original list, which is now accurate to August 2nd, 2020.

Patti Karr, a stage and screen actress with an over 55-year career, has died. She was 88. https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Stage-and-Screen-Actor-Patti-Karr-Dies-at-88-20200802

Jamie Samuelsen, a Detroit broadcaster for over 20 years, has died. He was 48. Samuelsen died of colon cancer. https://www.wxyz.com/sports/longtime-detroit-broadcaster-jamie-samuelsen-passes-away-at-48