alt obits guy

Harold Bloom, an American literary critic, iconic Yale professor and author, has died. He was 89. https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2019/10/14/sterling-professor-harold-bloom-dies-at-89/

Should be picked up by the major sources soon, but here's an English obit. https://sputniknews.com/russia/201910111077022232-soviet-cosmonaut-alexei-leonov-dies-at-85/

Marshall Efron, who did voice, particularly in the early 1980s for shows like 'The Smurfs' and 'Transformers' and whose career also saw him with roles in the acclaimed film 'Bang the Drum Slowly' and the humourous PBS TV series 'The American Dream Machine', has died. He was 81. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/marshall-efron-witty-star-of-great-american-dream-machine-dies-at-81/2019/10/09/4816b5e2-ea97-11e9-9306-47cb0324fd44_story.html

Jill Freedman, a photographer and author of several books whose works were featured in many exhibitions, has died. She was 79. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/arts/jill-freedman-dead.html

Shane Richmond, son of NBA Hall of Farmer Mitch Richmond, has died at age 20. https://www.sacbee.com/sports/article235935862.html

(Two more horses have died since then, including one this past weekend. https://www.foxnews.com/sports/racing-accident-claims-23rd-horse-at-santa-anita-track Edit: You can add a 24th horse death. https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/24th-Horse-Dies-at-Santa-Anita-Since-Dec-26-510102131.html 25th death: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/25th-Horse-Death-at-Santa-Anita-Since-December-510186001.html 26th death: https://ktla.com/2019/05/26/another-horse-dies-at-santa-anita-26-thoroughbreds-have-died-at-the-track-since-dec-26/ 27th death: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/27th-santa-anita-horse-dies_n_5cf96e15e4b06af8b5058536 28th and 29th deaths: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Santa-Anita-Sees-28th-Horse-Death-Track-Denies-Request-to-Halt-Racing-511047972.html 30th death: https://www.espn.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/27032501/30th-horse-dies-santa-anita-trainer-banned 31st death: https://abc7.com/sports/31st-horse-dies-at-santa-anita-park-since-dec-26-/5548297/ 32nd death (first of the fall meet): https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/28/us/santa-anita-horse-death-emtech/index.html ) 33rd death: https://abc7.com/sports/33rd-horse-dies-at-santa-anita-park-since-december/5597343/

Now that Ginger Baker is no more, back with Barbara Walters

Andy Etchebarren, a two-time World Series-winning catcher who played 948 games over the span of a decade, has died. He was 76. https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-etchebarren-obit-20191006-oej5d32drnbnxew7zhxdjl2an4-story.html

Donating $2.1 million to the University of Ottawa. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/alex-trebek-donation-university-ottawa-1.5310576

Bob Tufts, a relief pitcher who played parts of three Major League Baseball seasons, two with Kansas City and one with San Francisco, has died. He was 63.

Twitter chatter and Instagram reporting the death of Cassandra Waldon, one of the original Big Brother U.S. housemates. (Instagram account is that of BB U.S. host Julie Chen.)

Nobody objected the first time. Had they, I'd have reconsidered. Doing a quick search, I've actually posted multiple sports owners to this thread without issue. I will take it under advisement and reconsider the next time one croaks.

John Buchanan, a former Canadian Senator and Premier of Nova Scotia, has died. He was 88. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/john-buchanan-death-1.5308804

He's a businessperson. I also put the co-owner of the Calgary Flames in this thread last (?) year. Could've gone in American Football Players or this one.

Roger Taillibert, who designed Parc des Princes in Paris and Olympic Stadium in Montreal, has died. He was 93. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/roger-taillibert-who-designed-montreal-s-olympic-stadium-has-died-at-93-1.4622789

Mikayla Martin, a Canadian ski cross racer, has died in a mountain biking accident. She was 22. https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/canadian-ski-cross-racer-dies-in-mountain-biking-accident-in-squamish-b-c-1.4621278

Someday he'll pay the price, I know.

Bill Bidwill, the current owner of the Arizona Cardinals NFL football club, has died. He was 88. https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nfl/news/bill-bidwill-longtime-cardinals-owner-dies-at-88/1wfy65jw0ukqb1p0b19w688jr6

Richard Brunelle, a former guitarist with the band Morbid Angel, has died. He was 55. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/r-p-richard-brunelle-former-195658977.html

BBC journalist Hanna Yusuf has died at age 27. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/sep/30/tributes-paid-after-bbc-journalist-hanna-yusufs-death-at-27

Jessye Norman, a legendary opera singer and four-time Grammy winner, has died. She was 74. https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-and-culture/2019/9/30/20892324/jessye-norman-dead-at-74-opera-star

Oriales Rubio, the mother of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, has died. She was 88. https://floridapolitics.com/archives/307026-marco-rubios-mother-oriales-rubio-has-died

David Akers-Jones, a former Chief Secretary for Administration and Governor of Hong Kong, has died. He was 92. https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/30/ex-colonial-chief-sec-hong-kong-david-akers-jones-dies-aged-92/

Kornel Morawiecki, senior parliamentary speaker in the Polish government and the father of that country's current Prime Minister, has died. He was 78. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/polish-prime-ministers-father-dies-at-age-78/2019/09/30/018c8eea-e37a-11e9-b0a6-3d03721b85ef_story.html

I wonder if he has tiger blood, too.