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Pat Stapleton, who played nearly ten years in the NHL and was a member of Team Canada in the 1972 Summit Series, has died. He was 79. https://www.tsn.ca/summit-series-star-longtime-blackhawks-defenceman-pat-stapleton-dead-at-79-1.1464880

Michael McCarthy, a former Saturday Night Live writer, has died. He was 59. McCarthy becomes the second behind-the-scenes SNL name to die in recent times, following the death of music producer Hal Willner. https://thelaughbutton.com/michael-mccarthy-former-saturday-night-live-writer-has-died-at-59?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=thelaughbutton

Ernst Georg Schwill, who had a 12 year stint on the long-running German cop show Tatort, has died. He was 81. https://www.n-tv.de/leute/Ernst-Georg-Schwill-ist-tot-article21706207.html (German language obit)

Big Band leader and alto saxophonist Pat Longo died March 26th of the coronavirus. Being reported today (April 9th). https://www.afm47.org/press/final-note-pat-longo/

John Bucher, a jazz cornetist whose Speakeasy Jazz Babies group recorded the soundtrack to Woody Allen’s 1973 movie Sleeper, has died. https://syncopatedtimes.com/new-york-jazz-cornetist-john-bucher-has-died/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Pavel Petel, a YouTube personality and symbol for Russian Gays, has died in a car crash. The accident was caught on video. https://ananova.news/male-model-who-was-symbol-for-russian-gays-dies-in-crash/ Car crash video:

Peter Cory memorial: https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/18562/scc-s-cory-remembered-as-brave-and-compassionate-judge-who-protected-human-dignity-fairness Peter Cory obit: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/supreme-court-justice-peter-cory-dies-1.5528332

Further investigation reveals Timmy Brown the football player was also Timothy Brown the actor, who played Spearchucker Jones in about a half-dozen episodes of the TV series M*A*S*H. He was also in the 1970 movie, but playing a different character.

Peter Cory has reportedly died. No obits just yet.

Twitter reporting the death of former Canadian Supreme Court Justice Peter Cory at age 94. Edit: Peter Cory memorial: https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/18562/scc-s-cory-remembered-as-brave-and-compassionate-judge-who-protected-human-dignity-fairness

Timmy Brown, a former star running back and return specialist for the Philadelphia Eagles, has died. He was 82. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/eagles/2020/04/07/timmy-brown-philadelphia-eagles-actor-dies/2964042001/

Earl G. Graves Sr., the founder of Black Enterprise, a media company focused on black entrepreneurship and black businesses, has died. He was 85. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/us/earl-graves-black-enterprise-death-trnd/index.html

Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave in medically-induced coma after brain bleed. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/edmonton-oilers-colby-cave-coma-1.5525003

6ix9ine officially granted release from prison due to coronavirus and will serve the rest of his sentence at home. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/us/tekashi-6ix9ine-coronavirus-release-trnd/index.html

Ed Farmer, who played 11 years in the major leagues, including a two-and-a-half year stint with the Chicago White Sox, a team whose broadcast crew he would later join and spend 30 years with, has died. He was 70. https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/white-sox/ct-ed-farmer-chicago-white-sox-dies-20200402-7rjvytltyfccddlnrcchs57rvi-story.html

I hate to be the possible bearer of bad news, but would this be your Dale Tramp?: http://funeralinnovations.com/obituary/376545/Dale-Tramp/ If so, he didn't make it to the starting line. Date of death March 30th. (And if it's not him, it's one hell of a coincidence.)

As also noted in the Death by Jazz thread, Ellis Marsalis Jr., patriarch of the legendary music-making Marsalis family, has died from the coronavirus. He was 85. https://www.cnn.com/videos/entertainment/2020/04/02/ellis-marsalis-jr-new-orleans-jazz-legend-dies-coronavirus-ctn-vpx.cnn

Despite the death of Larry Eckhardt making things a little less lopsided, the point difference is sufficient for me to concede. I don't foresee a massive last-minute comeback.

Josef Neumann, who was stabbed multiple times in the New York Chanukah machete attack last year, has died. He was 72. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/30/us/hanukkah-stabbing-victim-dies/index.html

Bob Allison, staple on Detroit radio in the 1950s and the host of Bowling for Dollars in the 1970s, has died. He was 87. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/2020/03/25/bob-allison-detroit-radio-staple-bowling-dollars-host-dies-87/2913913001/

J.R. Shaw, the founder of Canadian media empire Shaw Communications, has died. He was 85. https://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/shaw-communications-announces-the-death-of-founder-jr-shaw/

Albert Uderzo QO: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/24/asterix-creator-albert-uderzo-dies-at-92 I remember reading Asterix in elementary school. I seem to recall ithey were in the back of the class (in one year or another) and available for perusing during indoor recess.

Harvard president Lawrence S. Bacow and his wife, Adele Fleet Bacow, has tested positive. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/us/harvard-president-wife-coronavirus-positive-test-trnd/index.html

Robert H. Scarborough paid obit: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/arlington-va/robert-scarborough-9093787

Daniel Edward Pilarczyk, the former Archbishop of Cincinnati, has died. He was 85. https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/03/22/archbishop-pilarczyk-dead-led-cincinnati-archdiocese-quarter-century/567274002/