alt obits guy

"Miguel", known as the 'the Lisbon Patient', the world's oldest known person with HIV, has died. He was 100. https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/oldest-known-person-with-hiv-dies-at-100-1.4641250

Valerie Lundeen Ely, the wife of actor Ron Ely, has allegedly died at the hands of their son, Cameron. https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/16/us/actor-ron-ely-homicide-investigation-trnd/index.html

American boxer Patrick Day has died from injuries sustained in a fight. He was 27. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/16/patrick-day-charles-conwell-open-letter

Once more for Barbara Walters.

Written in French and mostly behind a paywall, but confirmation of the death of Lorand Gaspar nonetheless. https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/culture-idees/151019/la-disparition-en-tapinois-du-grand-poete-lorand-gaspar

Beverly Sackler, co-owner of Purdue Pharma, makers of OxyContin, has died. She was the widow of Purdue Pharma's co-founder, Raymond Sackler. https://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/beverly-sackler-an-owner-of-purdue-pharma-dies

Detroit Red Wings senior vice president Jim Devellano undergoes brain surgery. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/27847107/red-wings-executive-jim-devellano-undergoes-brain-surgery

Three-year-old daughter of Hamilton star Miguel Cervantes has died. She'd suffered from a severe form of childhood epilepsy. https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/parenting/2019/10/14/hamilton-broadway-star-miguel-cervantes-daughter-dies-severe-epilepsy/3976208002/

Sam Bobrick, creater of TV's 'Saved by the Bell', among other shows, has died. He was 87. Bobrick had a long career in Hollywood, working on shows like Get Smart and the Andy Griffith Show. https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/10/r-i-p-sam-bobrick/

Twitter chatter reporting the death of Kate Braverman, writer of short stories, fiction and poetry. A list of her works: https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/braverman-kate-1950 Edit: confirmed https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2019-10-14/kate-braverman-poet-author-obituary

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