alt obits guy

Jacques Menard, a former chancellor of Concordia University and prolific businessman who once helmed the Bank of Montreal, has died. He was 74. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-businessman-and-philanthropist-jacques-ménard-has-died-at-the-age-of-74-1.4798303

John McGlohon, a World War II veteran who took iconic pictures of the Hiroshima bomb mushroom cloud while flying his B-29 bomber, has died. He was 96. https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/john-mcglohon-asheboro-wwii-veteran-dies-96-hiroshima-bomb-photo-mushroom-cloud-world-war-2-retired-fire-chief/83-5616ab63-9f14-4568-bd21-f7b4727e8287

Frank H. T. Rhodes, who served as president of Cornell University from 1977 to 1995, has died. He was 93. https://www.14850.com/020412528-cornell-rhodes/

Gene Reynolds, the co-creator of M*A*S*H, has died. He was 96. Unique DDP pick, as well. https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/gene-reynolds-dead-dies-mash-lou-grant-1203493159/

Though he was actually an Indian politician well known enough for his own Wikipedia entry, I still couldn't think of a more appropriate thread than this one to report on the death of Kommareddy Surender Reddy. https://www.newindianexpress.com/topic/Kommareddy_Surender_Reddy

Andrew Brough, a singer-songwriter-guitarist and member of the New Zealand band Straitjacket fits, has died. http://www.noise11.com/news/andrew-brough-of-straightjacket-fits-has-died-20200204

J. Scott, a member of A$AP Mob, has died. https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8550020/asap-mob-j-scott-dead?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Phil Rizzo, a long-time Washigton Nationals senior advisor and the father of the team's general manager Mike Rizzo, has died. He was 90. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28614672/phil-rizzo-ace-scout-nationals-senior-adviser-dies-90

Roger Landry, a former president and publisher of La Presse newspaper, among other business and political endeavours he undertook, has died. He was 86. https://montrealgazette.com/business/local-business/former-la-presse-publisher-roger-d-landry-dies-at-86

Twitter reporting the death of prolific suspense novelist Mary Higgins Clark at age 92. A DDP pick, too. Edit: Mary Higgins Clark obit: https://apnews.com/74fd23c000ad16c2fc13b893516e336b

Joe Vandever Sr., one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers during World War II, has died. He was 96. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2020/01/31/navajo-code-talker-joe-vandever-sr-dies-96/1460044001/

Jake MacDonald. author of books including "Houseboat Chronicles: Notes from a Life in Shield Country", which won the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction in 2002, has died after a fall. He was 70. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/award-winning-writer-jake-macdonald-dies-1.5447611

Ed Stroud, a guitarist who worked on albums by Outkast and TLC, has died. He was 57. https://www.ajc.com/blog/music/stroud-atlanta-guitarist-outkast-tlc-songs-has-died/WYzBKLhqvnG4KINUZ2pN5J/

(In Casey Kasem American Top 40 voice) And the hits just keep on coming. I had Lucien Barbarin in the pool. I submitted an obit from the New Orleans ABC affiliate, which should suffice. Daily Double for all who had John Andretti and he, as his date of death appears to be today.

Twitter reporting the death of jazz trombonist Lucien Barbarin.

Meredith Etherington-Smith, a British fashion and art journalist, has died. She was either 73 or 74. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/meredith-etherington-smith-obituary-mfpmvllpb

Georges-Hilaire Dupont, the Dean of French Bishops, has died. He was 100. https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/saint-hilaire-du-harcouet-50600/sud-manche-le-doyen-des-eveques-est-decede-6714275 (French obit)

Admittedly, it's hard to forget about Charlie's Angels. I suppose, regarding Scooby Doo, you could've responded 'Where are you?"

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