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Glyn Pardoe, a Manchester City legend and coach, has died. He was 73. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/glyn-pardoe-dead-manchester-city-legend-a4450366.html

Jimmy Cobb English obit: https://www.npr.org/2020/05/25/845814061/jimmy-cobb-the-pulse-of-kind-of-blue-dies-at-91

Jimmy Cobb, the legendary drummer who played on the Miles Davis album Kind of Blue, has died. He was 91. https://www.nu.nl/muziek/6053414/drummer-van-miles-davis-formatie-jimmy-cobb-91-overleden.html (Dutch language obit, awaiting an English one.)

Les Anthony, the chauffeur of John Lennon's psychedelic Rolls Royce, has died. He was 86. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11701235/john-lennons-chauffeur-dies-86/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebarweb

An unverified claim if ever there was one. Oba Samuel Afolabi, the Onilua of Ilua in Kajola Local Government Area of Oyo State and its oldest monarch, has died. It's being asserted he was 141. It gets better. According to the obit, he's BELIEVED to be the oldest king in Oyo State. But I guess they're not sure. https://www.voiceairmedia.com/2020/05/oyo-oldest-monarch-has-died.html

Douglas Tyndall Wright, a civil engineer and the president of the University of Waterloo from 1981 to 1993, has died. He was 92. https://www.kitchenertoday.com/local-news/former-uw-president-and-vice-chancellor-passes-away-2372357

Amber-Lee Friis, a Miss Universe New Zealand finalist, has died. She was 23. Friis finished as a finalist during the 2018 pageant, which determines who will represent the country at the Miss Universe pageant. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/05/22/miss-universe-new-zealand-finalist-amber-lee-friis-dies-23/5248524002/

Steven Hanford, drummer for the American punk rock band Poison Idea, has died. He was 50. https://www.wweek.com/music/2020/05/21/poison-idea-drummer-steven-hanford-has-died/

(Also posted in the Hugh Hefner thread) Dick Rosenzweig, a six decade-long Playboy executive and co-founder of several arts-related organizations in the U.S, has died. He was 84. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dick-rosenzweig-dead-longtime-playboy-executive-was-84-1295559

(Also posted in the How Long Until We're Dickless? thread) Dick Rosenzweig, a six decade-long Playboy executive and co-founder of several arts-related organizations in the U.S, has died. He was 84. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dick-rosenzweig-dead-longtime-playboy-executive-was-84-1295559

I guess I'm not familiar with Swedish Dicks.

Frankline Ndifor, a Cameroon pastor who 'healed' COVID-19 sufferers by laying his hands on them has...well, you can probably figure it out. He's died of coronavirus. Ndifor was 39. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8335123/Cameroon-pastor-healed-coronavirus-sufferers-laying-hands-dies-Covid-19.html

Charles Lippincott, a Hollywood film publicist best known for promoting the film Star Wars: A New Hope, has died. He was 80. Lippincott suffered a heart attack last week that hospitalized him. https://variety.com/2020/film/news/charles-lippincott-star-wars-a-new-hope-publicist-dead-dies-1234612584/

Michael Tumelty, the Herald's classical music critic, has died. He was 73. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18464911.michael-tumelty-heralds-influential-critic-classical-music-dies-aged-73/

Adolfo Nicolas, a former Superior General of the Society of Jesus aka the Jesuits, has died. He was 84. https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/05/20/former-jesuit-superior-general-adolfo-nicolas-has-died-tokyo

Hagen Mills, an actor who had a handful of credits, most notably in a 2016 episode of the American comedy series Baskets, has died in an attempted murder-suicide. He was 29. https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1154071/actor-hagen-mills-dead-at-29-in-attempted-murder-suicide

Willie K was a strikeout for me. Had him last year and dropped him. I don't imagine too many others picked him, but I also don't know if he was a solo. Regardless, congrats.

Lenny Levitt, a journalist and author who was a decades-long thorn in the side of the NYPD with his tackling of police corruption, personality clashes and incompetence within the department, has died after a two-year cancer struggle. He was 79. https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-leonard-levitt-nypd-reporter-20200518-xmz2nenjtrbbrmn54mwpiugezu-story.html

Bill Olner, former Nuneaton MP, has died. He was 78. While it's noted he tested positive for COVID-19 and had underlying health issues, no cause of death has yet been given. https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/tragic-death-former-nuneaton-mp-18272462

Journalist Ward Harkavy, a long-time contributor to the Village Voice, among other publications, has died of the coronavirus. He was 72. https://www.villagevoice.com/2020/05/17/ward-harkavy-1947-2020/

Winona Littleheart, one of the Fabulous Moolah's stable of wrestlers who found work in both the NWA and WWF, has died. She was believed to have been 64. https://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/former-moolah-stable-wrestler-winona-littleheart-passes-away-310666

Ken Osmond obit: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/ken-osmond-dead-leave-it-to-beaver-eddie-haskell-dies-actor-1234609639/

Denny DeMarchi, a Canadian musician who was a member of the band Alias and later worked with the Cranberries, among others, has died. He was 57. https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/canadian-musician-denny-demarchi-loses-battle-with-cancer-1.12428391

Twitter is reporting the death of Kevin Chamberlin, who played Bertram on the TV series Jessie, at age 56. Chamberlin is the second cast member of the show - which ran from 2011 to 2015 - to die. Last year, series co-star Cameron Boyce died suddenly at age 20.

American blues legend Lucky Peterson has died. He was 55. https://www.rockandbluesmuse.com/2020/05/17/american-blues-legend-lucky-peterson-dies-at-55/