alt obits guy

Fred Silverman, a legendary TV executive producer of shows including All in the Family, Soap and Hill Street Blues, has died. He was 82. https://deadline.com/2020/01/fred-silverman-dies-legendary-tv-executive-producer-was-82-1202847035/

It's a reboot of my Chris Doleman post. I'm among those who had John Andretti. No bonus points as more than three people picked him.

The one regret I have with this year's DDP is removing Andretti from last year's list. Found out a couple of weeks ago he'd stopped tweeting/retweeting at the end of October and was someone who'd previously regularly been on Twitter. I suspect the illness had become too much for him to care about social media.

Fotima Mirzokulova, an unverified claimant from Tajikistan as the 'world's oldest woman', has died. She was (allegedly) 126 years old. Her specific birthdate has been presented as March 13, 1893. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7942273/Worlds-oldest-woman-claimed-born-1893-dies-aged-127-Tajikistan.html (Also got obits from the Sun and the Mirror)

Natasha Stuart, a contestant on the Voice Australia 2019, has died. She was 43. Stuart had battled breast cancer the past 18 months. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7942155/The-Voice-contestant-Natasha-Stuart-dies-breast-cancer-age-43.html

Ramon Aviles, who played all but one of his 117 Major League games with the Philadelphia Phillies between 1979 and 1981, has died. He was 68. https://www.citizensvoice.com/sports/mickey-jeter-joe-d-among-railriders-2020-bobbleheads-1.2588749 (Obituary is after the link's main story. Only current English language obit)

Narciso Elvira, who played four games with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1990, has been shot and killed in Mexico. He was 52. Elvira's 20-year-old son suffered the same fate. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51293965

Marj Dusay, who at various times was a cast member of Santa Barbara, All My Children and Guiding Light, has died. She was 83. Dusay also had a handful of appearances on Capitol and Days of Our Lives. Sitcom-wise, she had a recurring role on the Facts of Life as Blair's mother. https://www.thewrap.com/soap-opera-actress-marj-dusay-all-my-children-dead-dies-83/

Took nearly a month, but I'm finally on the board. I'm among those who had Chris Doleman. No bonus points as more than three people picked him.

Xana Antunes, a business journalist and former editor at CNBC and the New York Post, has died. She was 55. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/28/xana-antunes-dies-editor-of-cnbc-quartz-new-york-post-fortune.html

Harry Harrison, an American radio personality and disc jockey for over 50 years, mostly in New York, has died. He was 89. https://wcbsfm.radio.com/blogs/joe-cingrana/remembering-harry-harrison-former-cbs-fm-dj

I do sleep and miss out on plenty of obits I check for, only to see someone else has posted. But that doesn't mean I don't intentionally try to beat the pack to the punch as often as I can.

Monique Van Vooren, a Belgian-American actress with credits mostly scattered in the 50s, 60s and early 70s, has died. She was 92. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/monique-van-vooren-dead-actress-tarzan-she-devil-batman-dies-at-92-1274182

Reed Mullin, the drummer for Corrosion of Conformity, has died. He was 53. https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/corrosion-of-conformity-drummer-reed-mullin-dead-at-53/

Keith Tharpe, a Georgia death row inmate whose execution was stopped by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2017, has died of natural causes while in prison. He was 61. https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/26/us/georgia-death-row-inmate-dies-racist-juror/index.html

Unidentified woman dies in Australia Day lamington eating contest. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-51259819

Not an A-list obit, but confirmation citing a Facebook source that Bob Shane has indeed died. https://bestclassicbands.com/bob-shane-obituary-kingston-trio-1-27-20/

Sophie Yazzie, a member of the Navajo Nation and one of the oldest surviving female World War II veterans, has died. She was 105. https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/26/us/female-navajo-veteran-dies-trnd/index.html

Nina Griscom, a model & entrepreneur who was in the movie 'At First Sight' opposite Val Kilmer, Nathan Lane and others and who appeared a handful of times as a judge on 'Iron Chef: America', has died of ALS. She was 65. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/26/obituaries/nina-griscom-dead.html (Behind paywall)

Michou, a noted French cabaret singer, has died. He was 88. https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/michou-mort_fr_5e2d96f3c5b67d8874b3efb5 (In French) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/style/michou-dead.html (Behind paywall)

Marsha Kramer, who played Margaret on Modern Family, has died. She was 74. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/marsha-kramer-dead-modern-family-actress-dies-at-74-1272847 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0469615/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Margaret Lion, a multiple Tony award-winning producer, including one collected as the lead producer of Hairspray, has died. Hairspray lead actor Harvey Fierstein confirmed Lion's death on Facebook. https://www.broadway.com/buzz/198235/margo-lion-tony-winning-lead-producer-of-hairspray-has-died/

An Indian man has died after being attacked by his razor-laden rooster on the way to a cockfight. (Another one for the Scrabble thread, perhaps. His name was Saripalli Chanavenkateshwaram Rao) https://globalnews.ca/news/6451511/indian-man-dies-cockfighting/

Kit Hood, the producer behind the Degrassi franchise, has died. He was 76. https://insideeko.com/kit-hood-death-kit-hood-obituary/

Mark Yeary, a pianist and long-time member of Merle Haggard's backing band the Strangers, has died. He was 67. https://theboot.com/mark-yeary-merle-haggard-piano-dead-dies/