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Jonathan Kelly, an Irish folk rock singer of the late 1960s and early 1970s, has died. He was 72. Kelly continued to record until his death. https://www.hotpress.com/music/irish-folk-rock-hero-jonathan-kelly-aka-jon-ledingham-died-22814242

Dick Lucas, one of the starters on the 1960 Philadelphia Eagles championship team, has died. He was 86. (Cross-posted in the How Long Until We're Dickless thread. Could've also been included in Notable Coronavirus Victims thread.) https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/former-eagles-end-dick-lucas-dies-from-covid-19-at-86/ar-BB13utIc?li=BBnbfcL

Dick Lucas, one of the starters on the 1960 Philadelphia Eagles championship team, has died. He was 86. (Cross-posted in the American Football Players thread. Could've also been included in Notable Coronavirus Victims thread.) https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/former-eagles-end-dick-lucas-dies-from-covid-19-at-86/ar-BB13utIc?li=BBnbfcL

Richie Cole, an alto sax jazz master and composer who had recorded over 50 albums with a host of notables, including the Manhattan Transfer, Tom Waits and Nancy Wilson, has died. He was 72. https://jazzbuffalo.org/2020/05/02/alto-sax-master-richie-cole-has-died-at-the-age-of-72/

Algerian singer Hamid Cheriet, better known by the name Idir and who gained international fame in the 1970s for his lullaby "A Vava Inouva", has died. He was 70. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52519851?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/middle_east&link_location=live-reporting-story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qcSdqc7QYo

Matt Keough, who pitched 215 games in the Major Leagues, most with the Oakland A's for whom he was currently working as a special assistant, has died. He was 64. His cause of death was not disclosed. Keough started 175 of those games and was part of the A's1980 '5 aces rotation' that saw each member complete an unusually high number of games. During that season, Keough started 32 of 34 games pitched and completed 20 of them. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29127902/former-pitcher-executive-matt-keough-dies-64

Former Stanford University president Donald Kennedy died of coronavirus on April 21st. He was 88. https://news.stanford.edu/2020/04/21/donald-kennedy-stanfords-eighth-president-dead-88/

Bobby Lee Verdugo, one of the leaders of the 1968 East Los Angeles high school walkout to protest discrimination and dropout rates among Mexican American students, has died. He was 69. https://apnews.com/ffcb528ee8474a01e2a058d122752327?utm_medium=APWestRegion&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter

Indian journalist Gulshan Ewing has died of coronavirus while in residential care. She was 92. Ewing edited two of India's most popular publications. Nobel laureate VS Naipaul describes her as "India's most famous female editor". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-52451737

Juan Vlasco, an animator with Marvel beginning in the late 1990s, died April 24th from complications arising from appendicitis surgery in Mexico. http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news/juan-vlasco-rip/

John Lafia, who co-wrote the screenplay for Child's Play and Child's Play 2, has died by suicide. He was 63. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8281057/Childs-Play-screenwriter-John-Lafia-dead-63-suicide.html#i-2cb08aa50fdb117

I've been all over the place with the pool the last few days. Aside from the Michael Sullivan hit, Jill Gascoine has been on my long list for years and came close to making it, but never did. Irrfan Khan was a strikeout. Had him last year and dropped him. However, I do get a hit with Sam Lloyd (here and in the DDP).

Ashley Ross aka Ms. Minnie, co-star of reality series Little Women: Atlanta, has died in a hit-and-run accident. She was 34. https://hiphopwired.com/858968/little-women-atlanta-star-ashley-ms-minnie-ross-killed-in-hit-and-run-accident/

After what seems like a long dry spell for me, I get a hit with Michael Robinson, the footballer-turned-broadcaster.

Michael Robinson, the ex-Liverpool star player and TV presenter, has died of cancer. He was 61. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/11496008/michael-robinson-dead-61-liverpool/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=sunmaintwitter&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1588060451

Henri Kichka, one of Belgium's last Holocaust survivors and who spoke to the BBC this past January about his experiences, has died of the coronavirus. He was 94. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52433656

Joe Pedicino, who was an Altanta-based wrestling show host and later a WCW on-air personality, died April 12th. He was 70. His death looks to have been announced early last week without much fanfare. http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2020/04/20/22806446.html

Richard Hake, who worked for three decades in New York public radio as a host, reporter, and producer, has died. He was 51. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2020-04-25/richard-hake-longtime-new-york-city-radio-host-dies-at-51

Jorge Camara, a former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has died. He was 84. Camara had studied journalism in Mexico before he made his way to Hollywood. On the reccomendation of the former HPFA president, Miguel deZarraga, Camara became a member of the organization. He recently served as the board's chairman. https://deadline.com/2020/04/jorge-camara-dies-past-president-chairman-of-the-board-of-the-hollywood-foreign-press-association-1202917877/

James Beggs, a NASA administrator in the 1980s who had a key role in promoting the space shuttle program before his resignation following the 1986 Challenger disaster, has died. He was 94. https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/10922808-181/james-beggs-nasa-administrator-in

Jerry Bishop a Los Angeles deejay and the long-time announcer for Judge Judy, has died. He was 84. https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/jerry-bishop-judge-judy-announcer-dead-84-los-angeles-radio-1234589597/

Twitter reporting the death of Ayatollah Ebrahim Amini at age 94. Link to an Iranian site, but waiting for an English obit.

Gene Dynarski, who appeared in both Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation, has died. He was 86. Dynarski was a character actor with a 40 year career, whose many other credits included a pair of Seinfeld episodes. In Star Trek, he played Ben in Mudd's Women and Krodak in the Mark of Gideon. In ST: TNG he played Commander Orfil Quinteros in 11001001. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8255159/Seinfeld-actor-Gene-Dynarski-dies-aged-86-Los-Angeles-rehabilitation-centre.html

Rob Gibbs, who worked at Pixar Animation Studios for 22 years as a writer, director and story artist, has died. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/rob-gibbs-pixar-director-and-story-artist-has-died-190234.html

Jace Prescott, the older brother of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, has died. He was 31. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/brother-of-cowboys-dak-prescott-dies-team-announces/