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An Indian man has died after being attacked by his razor-laden rooster on the way to a cockfight. (Another one for the Scrabble thread, perhaps. His name was Saripalli Chanavenkateshwaram Rao) https://globalnews.ca/news/6451511/indian-man-dies-cockfighting/

Kit Hood, the producer behind the Degrassi franchise, has died. He was 76. https://insideeko.com/kit-hood-death-kit-hood-obituary/

Mark Yeary, a pianist and long-time member of Merle Haggard's backing band the Strangers, has died. He was 67. https://theboot.com/mark-yeary-merle-haggard-piano-dead-dies/

George Herbert (Bert) Walker, a former U.S. ambassador to Hungary, has died. He was 88. Walker, a retired chairman and CEO of the Stifel, Nicolaus and Co. brokerage firm as well, was a cousin to both George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, the latter of whom appointed him to the ambassadorial position. https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/obituaries/g-h-bert-walker-iii-civic-leader-brokerage-executive-and/article_5e173826-8098-523f-87cb-42c596d66f45.html

Truett McKeehan cause of death was accidental overdose of fentanyl and amphetamines. https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/22/entertainment/tobymac-son-truett-overdose-trnd/index.html

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Bobby Kay, born Romeo Cormier, who wrestled largely in Canadian territories, has died. He was 70. Mostly he appeared under that name but had a run in the NWA Toronto territory as Terry Kay. He was often paired with brother Rudy Kay (Jean-Louis Cormier), though he also held the NWA Canadian TV title as a singles competitor. Other siblings included Leo Burke (Leonce Cormier) and the Beast (Yvon Cormier). https://411mania.com/wrestling/bobby-kay-passes-away-at-the-age-of-70/

Brice Armstrong, a voice actor and the narrator of the Dragon Ball Z anime series, has died. He was 84. https://people.com/tv/dragon-ball-z-narrator-brice-armstrong-dies/

If it helps, I believe he lives on the west coast. Updates can seem later for anyone who lives in the Eastern time zone (like me), let alone the UK.

Thanks. I don't visit the Facebook page, I just stick with the website and e-mail updates.

Wouldn't worry about it, I see welt.de carried the obit. I supposed Hulka could be sick. No updates since the January 12th hit and we never did get a general e-mail announcing the official 2019 results, including the youngest hit of the year.

Watching the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame announcement special and couldn't help notice sportswriter Peter Gammons was sounding quite hoarse. He's only 74. It could just be a head cold or maybe something more?

New Zealander actor Levi Holley is selling his possessions to pay for his brain cancer treatment. And given the Australian Open is on, how about Rod Laver?

Bill Ray, a photographer best known for his work in Life magazine, has died. He was 84. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/jan/20/life-magazine-photographer-bill-ray-in-pictures?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Tweet

Raymond Juan Morato aka DJ Hollywood, an American MC and deejay, has died. He was 65. (Death included here but alternately could've been listed in the (C)rappers thread.) https://deaddeath.com/dj-hollywood-death-obituary-dj-hollywood-has-died/

Social media reporting the death of Australian author and blogger Steph Bowe at age 25. She was diagnosed last February with T-cell acute lymphoblastic lymphoma. https://twitter.com/AGeekwithaHat/status/1219170163691360256/photo/1 Edit: Death confirmed: https://publishing.artshub.com.au/news-article/news/writing-and-publishing/staff-writer/vale-steph-bowe-author-of-girl-saves-boy-259601

Herbert W. Chilstrom, the first Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, has died. He was 89. https://www.elca.org/News-and-Events/8019

Norma Michaels, an American character actress who had sporadic credits from the 1950s to the 2000s, then more steady work through 2018, has died. She was 95. Michaels appeared in seven episodes of 'King of Queens' and was a regular on the short-lived 'Mind of Mencia', among other credits. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7898069/King-Queens-actress-Norma-Michaels-died-95-following-six-decade-career-business.html

Gary Starkweather, who invented the laser printer while employed at Xerox, Died December 26th. He was 81. https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/20/01/16/0059245/gary-starkweather-inventor-of-the-laser-printer-dies-at-81

George Nicolau, who arbitrated two cases in the 1980s where he found collusion among Major League baseball owners against free agents, died January 2nd. He was 94. The cases were settled for $280 million in 1990. https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/george-nicolau-arbitrator-major-league-baseball-collusion-cases-dead-94/EDQVH6FHBJHHHJ3URWKWUHJRBY/

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Thank you.

Pretty much right there with you, with 2 picks selected twice, 1 selected thrice and 1 selected four times.

Albert Cohen, a musicologist at Stanford whose specialty was French Baroque, died December 31st. He was 90. His daughter, Eva Denise Cohen, died the same day of septic shock. She was 54. https://slippedisc.com/2020/01/musicologist-and-daughter-die-on-same-day/