alt obits guy

Angel Echevarria, who played 328 games in the Major Leagues from 1996 to 2002, mostly with the Colorado Rockies, has died. He was 48. Echevarria had fallen ill...and then had fallen physically, the latter being the causal factor in his death. http://connecticut.news12.com/story/41676316/exmlb-player-and-bridgeport-native-angel-echevarria-dies-at-48

My collection only starts in the mid-1970s. Nice picture.

Gil Coan, the third-oldest living Major League Baseball player at the time of his death, has died. He was 97. Coan played 918 games in the majors, mostly with the Washington Senators. Coan died three months after his wife, to whom he'd been married for 78 years. https://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20200205/brevard-baseball-legend-gil-coan-passes-away

Brian Glennie, who played 572 games in the NHL between 1969 and 1979, over 550 of them with the Toronto Maple Leafs, has died. He was 73. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/maple-leafs-legend-brian-glennie-passes-away-age-73/

Dorothy McClements, who surely must hold the record for oldest person living in the same residence their entire life, has died. She was 110 and an unvalidated supercentenarian. https://devito-salvadorefh.com/book-of-memories/4094363/McClements-M, Dorothy/index.php https://gerontology.wikia.org/wiki/Dorothy_McClements

I'm still waiting for Left Shark to go on tour with Backpack Kid, who became famous when Perry hosted Saturday Night Live a couple of years ago.

John DiBaggio, president of the University of Connecticut from 1970-85, president of Michigan State University from 1985-92 and president of Tufts University from 1992-2001, has died. He was 87. https://wwmt.com/news/state/michigan-state-universitys-17th-president-john-dibiaggio-dies

Voted Tom Smith last time...literally about an hour before Kirk Douglas' death announcement. Voted for Smith again. Let's see how fast someone else dies, this time.

Kirk Douglas has died at the age of 103. https://people.com/movies/kirk-douglas-dead/?fbclid=IwAR3Ml3402XzqZHsl993uE8f5nFDCYBqcTiUsNMZrxfLhtkauXorKibhw3aQ

Tom Smith this time around.

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.