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Steve Dalkowski, a wild throwing minor league who was the inspiration for Nuke LaLoosh in Bull Durham, has died. He was 80. https://apnews.com/962f5c24d9727f2af6ce799d26cd035f

Grandma Lee, a senior citizen stand-up comedienne and finalist on the fourth season of America's Got Talent, has died. She was 85. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8255353/Americas-Got-Talent-comedian-Grandma-Lee-passes-away-85.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

World War II veteran Phiip Kahn, thought to be the oldest veteran in Nassau County, dies of coronavirus more than 100 years after his twin brother Samuel died from Spanish flu. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/23/us/100-year-old-covid-19-victim-twin-brother-flu-pandemic/index.html

Rich Hacker, who played 16 games with the Montreal Expos in 1971, coached for the St Louis Cardinals from 1986 to 1990 and for theToronto Blue Jays from 1991 to 1993, where he won two World Series, has died. He was 72. (Yes, three baseball deaths over two days.) https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/former-cardinals-coach-rich-hacker-a-new-athens-product-like-whitey-herzog-dies-at-72/article_e1c3d47d-7755-5d53-afcf-9458e858d930.html

Dan Walters, who played 84 games for the San Diego Padres over the 1992 and 1993 seasons before a career change saw him become a police officer, has died. He was 53. Walters was shot and paralyzed in 2003. His death is considered to have been in the line of duty. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/story/2020-04-23/dan-walters-padres-catcher-san-diego-police-dies

Bart Johnson, who pitched nearly 200 games with the Chicago White Sox from 1969 to 1977, compiling a 43-51 record before transitioning to a team scout, has died. He was 70. https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/white-sox/ct-chicago-white-sox-bart-johnson-20200424-3r45niux35fzhclyzs5f7kpnn4-story.html

Man who called Ohio's lockdown 'bullshit' dies from COVID-19. John McDaniel had let his feelings be known on social media before contracting the virus. https://crooksandliars.com/2020/04/man-who-called-ohios-lockdown-order

Allan Gotlieb, a former Canadian ambassador to the United States, has died. He was 92. Gotlieb held the position throughout Ronald Reagan's tenure as President. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-former-ambassador-and-public-servant-allan-gotlieb-dies-at-92/

Allan Gotlieb has died. Third hit for the list. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-former-ambassador-and-public-servant-allan-gotlieb-dies-at-92/

Innokenty Samokhvalov, a footballer in the Russian Premier League, has died. He was 22. Heart failure is the suspected cause of death. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52362978

Aileen Carroll, a federal Canadian politician and former Minister for International Cooperation, has died. She was 75. https://globalnews.ca/news/6842156/barrie-politician-aileen-carroll-dies/

At least ten people, including an RCMP officer, have been killed in a mass shooting in Portapique, Nova Scotia. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/rcmp-weapon-lockdown-portapique-1.5537598

Ranjit Chowdhry, who played Vikram in two episodes of the U.S. version of The Office, has died. He was 64. Chowdhury had a 35-year acting career that also saw him appear a handful of times in the series Cosby, as Singh, as well as in movies including It Could Happen to You, Girl 6 and Bollywood / Hollywood. https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/ranjit-chowdhry-the-office-dead-dies-1234584223/

Kenneth Gilbert, a noted Canadian harpsichordist, musicologist and teacher, has died. He was 88. Gilbert studied in his native Quebec before travelling to Paris on a Prix d’Europe scholarship to study with the organist Gaston Litaize. He taught at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec (1957-74), McGill University (1964-72), Laval University (1969-76) and at the Royal Flemish Conservatoire in Antwerp (1971-74), as well as giving numerous masterclasses and summer courses. https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/article/the-harpsichordist-kenneth-gilbert-has-died

Bob Hermann, one of the co-founders of the North American Soccer League and the soccer executive who launched the Hermann Trophy, given annually to the top college soccer players in the United States, has died. He was 97. Hermann helped create the National Professional Soccer League, a 10-team circuit in the U.S. and Toronto. After its inaugural 1967 season, the NPSL merged with the United Soccer Association and formed the North American Soccer League. The league folded in 1984. https://www.avpress.com/news/hermann-soccer-boss-who-helped-found-nasl-has-died/article_7bb022a0-8121-11ea-972c-6f90ba22aa1e.html

Ahmed Ismail Hussein Hudeidi, a founding father of modern Somali music, has died in London after contracting coronavirus. He was 91. Hudeidi was known the "king of oud". https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52280216?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cywd23g0g3wt/obituaries&link_location=live-reporting-story

George Woodhouse, one of the founding fathers of the Mail on Sunday, has died. He was 84. Woodhouse was hired in 1982 as managing editor, later becoming Executive Editor. He retired in 1996. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8233501/George-Woodhouse-Mail-Sunday-founding-member-dies-aged-84.html

Four family members of Bishop Gerald Glenn now battling coronavirus. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/4-family-members-virginia-bishop-who-died-coronavirus-now-battling-n1187076

Gary McSpadden, a member of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and a former member of the legendary country group the Oak Ridge Boys, has died. He was 77. https://tasteofcountry.com/gary-mcspadden-dead-dies-oak-ridge-boys/

Bobby Winkles, who managed and coached in the Major Leagues after having built Arizona State into a powerhouse baseball university, has died. He was 90. Winkles managed the Oakland A's and California Angels in the majors and had assorted coaching roles with the San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox and Montreal Expos. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29058840/ex-sun-devils-angels-manager-bobby-winkles-dies-90

Craig Gilbert, creator of the 1973 docuseries An American Family, recognized as the first ever reality series, has died. He was 94. The show introduced audiences to the first openly gay character, the family's eldest son. The show's patriarch, William Loud, died in 2018 and his death was acknowledged in this thread. https://www.advocate.com/television/2020/4/18/creator-tvs-first-gay-reality-show-american-family-has-died

Ken Curry, the last surviving Riley of the ill-fated Dieppe raid during World War II, has died. He was 97. Curry died Friday, nearly 78 years after storming the beach at German-held Dieppe as part of a Royal Hamilton Light Infantry regiment (the Rileys) of more than 580 soldiers. https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/17/the-last-surviving-riley-of-the-ill-fated-1942-dieppe-raid-has-died.html

Steve Cash, the voice behind YouTube's Talking Kitty Cat, has died. He was 40. His cause of death is listed as an apparent suicide. https://people.com/human-interest/steve-cash-youtube-star-dies-apparent-suicide/

Sam Clayton Jr., a member of the 1988 Jamaican bobsled team that competed at the Calgary Olympics and portrayed in the movie Cool Runnings, has died of coronavirus. He was 58. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sam-clayton-jr-dead-coroanvirus-jamaican-amaican-bobsled-team-cool-runnings-music-producer/

Ed Genson, a legendary Chicago attorney and deadpool favourite, has died. He was 78. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/15/21197447/ed-genson-dead-legendary-criminal-defense-attorney-represented-r-kelly-mobsters-obituary