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Ceybil Jefferies, a vocalist known as Sweet Sable and whose wheelhouse was 1990s R&B and house music, has died of coronvavirus. https://www.vibe.com/2020/04/vocalist-ceybil-jefferies-sweet-sable-died-from-coronavirus-obituary

New York Post sports photographer Anthony Causi dies of the coronavirus. He was 48. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/article-new-york-post-sports-photographer-anthony-causi-dies-at-48-from-covid/

Obit for Jacqueline Cruz-Towns, Karl Anthony Towns' mother https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29030877/mother-timberwolves-star-karl-anthony-towns-dies-due-complications-coronavirus

Prunella Scales, just a hunch.

Comedian Tim Brooke-Taylor has died of the coronavirus. He was 79. A unique DDP pick, too. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52262490

Ted Evans, a former Australian Treasury secretary, whose two decade-long efforts helped guide the country through economic growth, has died. He was 79. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/former-treasury-secretary-ted-evans-dead-at-79-20200412-p54j70.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1586686179

Diane Rodriguez, a celebrated stage artist who had been part of the artistic staff of Center Theater Group in Los Angeles for nearly a quarter-century, has died. She was 68. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-04-11/diane-rodriguez-dies-theater-actress-director-writer

Arne Wilhelmsen, a co-founder and long-time board of directors member of Royal Caribbean Cruises, has died. He was 90. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-12/royal-caribbean-cruises-co-founder-arne-wilhelmsen-dies-at-90

Virginia Savage McAlester, an author, architectural historian and preservationist, has died after a long battle with myelofibrosis. She was 76. https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/architecture/2020/04/10/virginia-savage-mcalester-best-selling-author-and-queen-of-dallas-preservation-dies-at-76/

Kristin Jacobs, a Florida state representative, has died after a battle with colon cancer. She was 60. https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-kristin-jacobs-obituary-20200411-cchct6s5endqngfdhrcb7q23ze-story.html

Gus Rodriguez, a prolific Mexican producer and gamer, has died. He was 59. Rodriguez was best known for the Mexican show Nintendomania, which ran between 1995 and 2000. https://www.explica.co/gus-rodriguez-the-legendary-screenwriter-producer-and-gamer-has-died/ https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Rodríguez

Pete Retzlaff, a legendary Philadelphia Eagles player, part of their 1960 championship team and who held numerous franchise records when he retired in 1966, has died. He was 88. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/eagles/2020/04/10/philadelphia-eagles-great-pete-retzlaff-dies-at-88/2975225001/

Up and coming Welsh boxer Mohammed Hashim dies in car crash. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-52244508

Travis Nelsen, the drummer for the band Okkervil River between 2003 and 2011, has died. No cause of death has been given. Nelsen played on three of Okkervil’s full length studio albums. https://www.nme.com/news/music/travis-nelsen-longtime-okkervil-river-drummer-dies-2644911

Henry Graff paid obit: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=henry-graff&pid=195908600

Twitter reporting the death of Dame Jocelyn Barrow, the first Black woman governor of the BBC, at age 90.

Charlotte Figi, a 13-year-old girl who was afflicted with a catastrophic type of epilepsy and who inspired the CBD (cannabinoids) movement for medical use, has died of pneumonia. She was also likely COVID-19 positive. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/08/health/charlotte-figi-cbd-marijuana-dies/index.html

Gordon Stuckless, the man at the centre of the Maple Leaf Gardens sexual abuse scandal, has died. He was in his early 70s. Stuckless had pleaded guilty to over 100 charges and was initially been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison in 2016 for his crimes. That sentence was lengthened in 2019. He was released on compassionate grounds in January of this year and into a halfway home. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/maple-leaf-gardens-abuser-gordon-stuckless-has-died/ar-BB12pvmj?ocid=st2 https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/maple-leaf-gardens-sex-scandal

Jean Little, an iconic Canadian children's author who published over 50 books, has died. She was 88. She was named a member of the Order of Canada in 1993. https://www.cbc.ca/books/children-s-author-jean-little-dead-at-88-1.5524491

Pat Stapleton, who played nearly ten years in the NHL and was a member of Team Canada in the 1972 Summit Series, has died. He was 79. https://www.tsn.ca/summit-series-star-longtime-blackhawks-defenceman-pat-stapleton-dead-at-79-1.1464880

Michael McCarthy, a former Saturday Night Live writer, has died. He was 59. McCarthy becomes the second behind-the-scenes SNL name to die in recent times, following the death of music producer Hal Willner. https://thelaughbutton.com/michael-mccarthy-former-saturday-night-live-writer-has-died-at-59?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=thelaughbutton

Ernst Georg Schwill, who had a 12 year stint on the long-running German cop show Tatort, has died. He was 81. https://www.n-tv.de/leute/Ernst-Georg-Schwill-ist-tot-article21706207.html (German language obit)

Big Band leader and alto saxophonist Pat Longo died March 26th of the coronavirus. Being reported today (April 9th). https://www.afm47.org/press/final-note-pat-longo/

John Bucher, a jazz cornetist whose Speakeasy Jazz Babies group recorded the soundtrack to Woody Allen’s 1973 movie Sleeper, has died. https://syncopatedtimes.com/new-york-jazz-cornetist-john-bucher-has-died/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Pavel Petel, a YouTube personality and symbol for Russian Gays, has died in a car crash. The accident was caught on video. https://ananova.news/male-model-who-was-symbol-for-russian-gays-dies-in-crash/ Car crash video: