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    Art For Death's Sake

    Peter Rockwell, a sculptor and son of the legendary artist Norman Rockwell, has died. He was 83. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2020/02/15/peter-rockwell-sculptor-and-son-of-famous-artist-dies.html
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    Gangster, Gangster

    Terry Marriott Sr., whose 50+ year rap sheet included more than 30 convictions and re-entering the crime world after the murder of his son, has died. He was 70. https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/local/terry-marriott-sr-patriarch-of-halifax-crime-family-dies-at-age-70-410916/
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    Journalists

    Anne Kingston, a former columnist for the National Post, author & magazine writer, has died. She was 62. https://nationalpost.com/news/anne-kingston-passionate-writer-who-skewered-modern-culture-and-highlighted-violence-against-women-has-died
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    Widow(er) Shopping

    Joy Valderrama Abbott, the widow of Broadway legend George Abbott, has died. She was 88. Abbott died at age 107 in 1995. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/obituaries/article240167268.html
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    People Who Are Dead According To Wikipedia...

    Jacques Mehler obit: https://www.uu.nl/en/news/obituary-jacques-mehler
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    Art For Death's Sake

    Bonnie MacLean, an American artist who designed psychedelic posters for artists like The Who and Jefferson Airplane, has died. She was 80. https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2020/02/poster-artist-bonnie-maclean-dead.html
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    Rag Traders

    Wendell Rodricks, a noted Indian designer, has died. He was 59. https://in.news.yahoo.com/fashion-designer-activist-wendell-rodricks-140911871.html
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    Philanthropists

    Anne Marion, a Texas oil & ranching heiress whose philanthropic work included founding the Georgia O'Keeffe museum, has died. She was 81. https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/02/12/founder-georgia-okeeffe-museum-anne-marion-passes-away/
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    University Presidents?

    Betty Siegel, a former president of Kennesaw State University and an author, has died. She was 89. https://www.mdjonline.com/news/beloved-former-president-of-ksu-dr-betty-siegel-has-died/article_f1d45d28-4db1-11ea-812e-bb380424a7b5.html
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    Hollywood Possibilities

    Ann E. Todd, a child actress for worked steadily from the late 1930s to the early 1950s, including a regular role on the Stu Erwin show from 1950 to 1953, has died. She was 88. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?pid=195376075 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002896/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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    Hollywood Possibilities

    Ron McLarty, a character actor with credits running from the late 1970s to the mid 2010s, including a regular role on the Robert Urich TV series Spenser: For Hire, has died. He was 72. https://turnto10.com/news/local/east-providence-actor-author-ron-mclarty-dies-at-72 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0572261/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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    British Character Actors

    Raphael Coleman obit: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/10935266/nanny-mcphee-actor-raphael-coleman-collapses-and-dies-aged-25/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=sunmaintwitter&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1581362373
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    Magic Johnson, And Other Basketball Players

    Bill Robinson, a Canadian basketball great who played for the country at the 1976 Olympics and as part of the national team from 1970 to 1977, has died. He was 71. https://www.vicnews.com/news/canadian-basketball-legend-bill-robinson-dead-at-71/
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    University Presidents?

    DeBow Freed, who served as president of Ohio Northern University for 20 years and the University of Findlay for seven years, has died. He was 94. https://www.limaohio.com/news/396453/dr-debow-freed-former-onu-and-findlay-president-dies-at-94
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    Ice Hockey Players

    Larry Popein, who played 402 NHL games between 1954-55 and 1960-61 with the New York Rangers, then returned to play 47 more in 1967-68 with the Oakland Seals, has died. He was 89. Popein later served as an assistant general manager with Vancouver Canucks from 1974 to 1986 before joining the Calgary Flames as a scout. https://www.nhl.com/flames/news/popein-remembered-for-invaluable-contributions/c-314774892
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    Baseball

    Angel Echevarria, who played 328 games in the Major Leagues from 1996 to 2002, mostly with the Colorado Rockies, has died. He was 48. Echevarria had fallen ill...and then had fallen physically, the latter being the causal factor in his death. http://connecticut.news12.com/story/41676316/exmlb-player-and-bridgeport-native-angel-echevarria-dies-at-48
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    Baseball

    My collection only starts in the mid-1970s. Nice picture.
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    Baseball

    Gil Coan, the third-oldest living Major League Baseball player at the time of his death, has died. He was 97. Coan played 918 games in the majors, mostly with the Washington Senators. Coan died three months after his wife, to whom he'd been married for 78 years. https://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20200205/brevard-baseball-legend-gil-coan-passes-away
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    Ice Hockey Players

    Brian Glennie, who played 572 games in the NHL between 1969 and 1979, over 550 of them with the Toronto Maple Leafs, has died. He was 73. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/maple-leafs-legend-brian-glennie-passes-away-age-73/
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    World's Oldest

    Dorothy McClements, who surely must hold the record for oldest person living in the same residence their entire life, has died. She was 110 and an unvalidated supercentenarian. https://devito-salvadorefh.com/book-of-memories/4094363/McClements-M, Dorothy/index.php https://gerontology.wikia.org/wiki/Dorothy_McClements
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    Foreign Personalities, From Stage, Screen, Politics And Life

    I'm still waiting for Left Shark to go on tour with Backpack Kid, who became famous when Perry hosted Saturday Night Live a couple of years ago.
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    University Presidents?

    John DiBaggio, president of the University of Connecticut from 1970-85, president of Michigan State University from 1985-92 and president of Tufts University from 1992-2001, has died. He was 87. https://wwmt.com/news/state/michigan-state-universitys-17th-president-john-dibiaggio-dies
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    The 4th death of 2020

    Voted Tom Smith last time...literally about an hour before Kirk Douglas' death announcement. Voted for Smith again. Let's see how fast someone else dies, this time.
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    Kirk Douglas

    Kirk Douglas has died at the age of 103. https://people.com/movies/kirk-douglas-dead/?fbclid=IwAR3Ml3402XzqZHsl993uE8f5nFDCYBqcTiUsNMZrxfLhtkauXorKibhw3aQ
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    The 3rd Death of 2020

    Tom Smith this time around.
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