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Eden Pastora, a Nicaraguan politician and former guerrilla tied to the Sandinistas, has died from COVID-19. He was 83. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-nicaraguan-revolutionary-eden-pastora-dies-at-83/

Vicki Wood, one of the first female NASCAR drivers, has died. She was 101. Wood set speed records for women at Daytona International Speedway and Atlanta National Speedway. She competed with men, but retired in 1963 when drivers threatened to strike if she was allowed to continue competing. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/sports/autoracing/vicki-wood-dead.html (Behind paywall) https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/vicki-wood-1919-2020-record-setting-woman-nascar-driver/

Hubert Gagnon, who voiced Homer Simpson for the French-Canadian market, has died. He was 73. Gagnon voiced Homer en francais for 27 years. https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/09/canadian-homer-simpson-voiceover-dies-cancer-aged-73-12827391/

John B. Murray, an Australian writer/producer/director and distributor perhaps best known for directing the film the Naked Bunyip, has died. He was 88. https://www.if.com.au/vale-john-b-murray-cinema-pioneer/

Isis Clarke-Reid, Jamaica’s first track and field star, has died after a brief illness. She was 100. Clarke-Reid represented Jamaica at 100m, 200m, and the 80m low hurdles. She first represented the country at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games when she was only 19 and when Jamaica competed under the British colonial flag. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20200612/jas-pioneering-track-star-isis-clarke-reid-dies-100

Pierre Nkurunziza’s mother Domtillie Minani died a day after he did. She was 81 and had coronavirus. https://zwnews.com/burundi-late-president-nkurunziza-mother-dies-of-covid-19-sister-successors-critically-ill-in-icu/

William Sessions, a former Director of the FBI, has died. He was 90. https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Bill-Sessions-Former-prosecutor-judge-and-FBI-15336506.php

Nanci Ryder, a publicist who battled ALS and who has been mentioned in several threads the past few years, has died. She was 67. A DDP pick, too. https://people.com/movies/hollywood-publicist-nanci-ryder-dies-als/

Christopher Onyanga Aparr, Uganda's permanent representative to the UN, has died. https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Uganda-s-permanent-representative-to-the-UN-in-Geneva-dies/688334-5574470-dp1mgcz/index.html

Lonnie Wheeler, who worked or collaborated on more than a dozen sports books, most notably the autobiography of Hank Aaron, has died. He was 68. Wheeler had spent years struggling with muscular dystrophy-like conditions. https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/lonnie-wheeler-author-more-dozen-books-died-210347080--spt.html?src=rss

Mazie Warren, one of the last remaining Tuskegee Airmen, died Memorial Day (May 25th). He was 101. Warren spent four years with the U.S. Army Air Corps as a corporal radio technician at the Tuskegee Army Flying School. https://taskandpurpose.com/unsung-heroes/tuskegee-airmen-mazie-warren-obituary

Claudell Washington obit: https://www.tsn.ca/two-time-all-star-outfielder-claudell-washington-dead-at-65-1.1484754

Swedish police believe they've figured out who killed Olof Palme. They've identified Stig Engström (deceased) as the person they think assassinated the Prime Minister in 1986. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8405323/Sweden-reveal-results-1986-Olof-Palme-murder-investigation.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline

Dick Johnson, a long-time Chicago news anchor, has died. He was 66. Johnson died of a respiratory ailment which he'd been battling for over 2.5 months. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/6/9/21285706/dick-johnson-wmaq-nbc5-news-anchor

Clayton Bailey, a pioneer of the 1970s 'Nut Art' movement and the Port Costa Sky Cam, has died. He was 81. He'd suffered a stroke in 2019 and steadily deteriorated from that point. https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/clayton-bailey-pioneer-of-nut-art-and-the-port-costa-sky-cam-has-died

Patrick Tadina, the longest continuously serving Ranger in the Vietnam War, has died. He was 77. https://www.stripes.com/news/patrick-tadina-vietnam-war-s-longest-continuously-serving-ranger-dies-at-77-1.632005

Mike Stock offers apology to Greg Gilbert. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8399011/Kylie-Minogue-songwriter-Mike-Stock-issues-apology-fans-Twitter-row-cancer-sufferer.html

Sara Chapman, the wife of BBC Radio 5 presenter Mark Chapman, has died after a long illness. She was 44. https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/11804899/bbc-mark-chapman-wife-dies/

Reche Caldwell, a former wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers, New England Patriots and Washington Redskins, has died during a robbery attempt. He was 41. Caldwell was the would-be victim of the robbery attempt and died en route to hospital after being shot at least twice. https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/06/07/reche-caldwell-killed-41?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sinow&xid=socialflow_twitter_si&utm_source=twitter.com

Andree Champagne, a Canadian actress and later politician, who served as an MP from 1984 to 1993 and as a Senator from 2005 to 2014, has died. She was 80. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/actress-and-politician-andrée-champagne-has-died-at-80-1.4973184

His mother Kitty Neeson has died. She was in her 90s. https://ballymenadaily.com/local-news/liam-neesons-mother-kitty-neeson-has-died/

Bishop James Murray, the third Bishop of the Diocese of Kalamazoo, has died. He was 87. https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2020/06/bishop-james-murray-dies-at-87-served-michigan-diocese-for-nine-years/

John Luk Jok, a South Sudanese government minister, has died. He was 68. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/ea/South-Sudan-s-East-African-Affairs-minister-dies--official/4552908-5569298-e38g3hz/index.html

Jimmy Capps obit: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/jimmy-capps-grand-ole-opry-guitar-dead-obit-1009029/

Arnold Hendrick, creator of RPG Darklands, has died. He was 69. https://www.pcgamer.com/arnold-hendrick-creator-of-influential-90s-rpg-darklands-has-died/