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    The Cardinals Of The Roman Catholic Church

    never mind
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    Foreign Personalities, From Stage, Screen, Politics And Life

    Debatable, particularly since this person wasn't frail...she went from healthy to dead in an instant. A matter of either accepting threads both as good or narrowing this thread's scope to avoid overlap.
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    Foreign Personalities, From Stage, Screen, Politics And Life

    South African Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy Bavelile Hlongwa dies in car accident. She was 38. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-mines/south-africas-deputy-mines-minister-dies-in-car-accident-idUSKCN1VZ04M
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    Presenters

    Hits a little close to home. Same high school graduating class. Didn't know him, but had at least one class with his doppleganger brother, a year his elder .
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    Law And Order

    I. Beverly Lake Jr., a former North Carolina Chief Justice, has died. He was 85. https://www.wunc.org/post/former-chief-justice-who-pushed-innocence-process-dies
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    The Fringes Of Fame/family Of The Famous

    Juanita Abernathy, widow of civic rights activist Ralph David Abernathy, has died. She was 89. https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/juanita-abernathy-widow-of-ralph-david-abernathy-has-died-at-age-89/985727777
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    Foreign Personalities, From Stage, Screen, Politics And Life

    Akilisi Pōhiva, the current Tongan Prime Minister, has died. He was 78. A unique DDP pick, too. https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-national/tongan-prime-minister-dies
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    Ideas and Possibilities for 2020

    Aaron Carter diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, manic depression and anxiety. https://etcanada.com/news/504478/aaron-carter-reveals-hes-been-diganosed-with-schizophrenia-bipolar-disorder-manic-depression-and-anxiety/
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    Magic Johnson, And Other Basketball Players

    Fred McLeod, the Cleveland Cavaliers' announcer, has died. He was 67. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27585108/cavs-play-play-announcer-mcleod-dies-67
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    The Dutch

    Diet Eman, a Dutch resistance fighter who helped saved Jews, downed Allied pilots and other enemies of the German government, has died. She was 99. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/diet-eman-dutch-resistance-fighter-who-found-shelter-jews-has-died-99-180973066/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=201901909-daily-responsive&spMailingID=40608935&spUserID=OTAyNTEyNTkyMDA3S0&spJobID=1600909280&spReportId=MTYwMDkwOTI4MAS2
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    World War II Veterans

    Henry Ochsner, a World War II veteran and Screaming Eagle, has died. He was 96. Ochsnar participated in the D-Day Normandy invasion. In 2017 Ochsner and nine other veterans were awarded France's National Order of the Legion of Honor during a ceremony at Los Angeles National Cemetery. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/wwii-screaming-eagle-veteran-henry-ochsner-dies-96-65473500?cid=social_twitter_abcn
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    Businesspeople, Investors, CEO's

    Joan Johnson, co-founder of Johnson Products Company, makers of Ultra Sheen and Afro Sheen, has died. She was 89. https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/09/us/joan-johnson-death-obit-trnd/index.html
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    Play School - Play Away - Childrens TV

    Rod Coneybeare, a puppeteer and the voices of Rusty the Rooster and Jerome the Giraffe on the TV show The Friendly Giant, has died. He was 89. (Sigh, more of my childhood gone.) https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-coneybeare-cbc-friendly-giant-1.5275900
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    Play School - Play Away - Childrens TV

    Updating the Muppets guest thread to reflect the death of Valerie Harper in late August.
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    The 2019 Deathlist Cup

    I'd had Chris Duncan the two months I was in the competition. A solo in February and one of three people to have him in March. He disappeared from the Deathlist Cup after that.
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    Alt Obituaries Deadpool

    Well, that negates the pick I had who was about to surpass Nadia Toffa in age, anyway. Still with two names younger than Duncan...who I did have in the 2013 AO Deadpool. Along with Robert Mugabe and Valerie Harper, that's three hits in the last week from lists past.
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    The 9th Death of 2019

    Try Barbara Walters one more time.
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    World War II Veterans

    General Sir Hugh Beach, a World War II veteran who undertook an entire reorganization of the British volunteer reserves, has died. He was 96. A unique DDP pick, too. QO: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/09/05/general-sir-hugh-beach-soldier-decorated-d-day-went-carry-radical/
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    Academic Footnotes

    Desmond Morton, a noted historian and McGill University professor emeritus, has died. He was 81. Morton authored 40 books on Canadian history. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/desmond-morton-historian-1.5271672
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    Authors Last A Long Time, But....

    Dorothea Benton Frank, best-selling author of the book 'Queen Bee', has died. She was 67. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2019/09/04/dorothea-benton-frank-best-selling-author-queen-bee-dies-67/2216466001/
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    The Fringes Of Fame/family Of The Famous

    The son of Cafu, former Brazilian captain and two-time World Cup winner, has died. Danilo Feliciano de Moraes was 30. https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/05/football/cafu-son-dead-football-brazil-sptl-intil/index.html
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    Golf: The 19th Hole

    Beverly Lewis, the first female PGA captain and a former BBC commentator & PGA Master Professional, has died. She was 71. https://www.golf-monthly.co.uk/news/pgas-first-female-captain-beverly-lewis-dies-aged-71-185426
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    Dead Pop Stars

    Jimmy Johnson, a top session musician and member of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, has died. He was 76. Second music-related Jimmy Johnson to die in the past couple of months, with the same-named Styx guitar tech dying in late July. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jimmy-johnson-obituary-880678/
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    Country For Old Men (And Women)

    Unnamed so far. Apparently, she was driving one of the other cars in the three-car crash.
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    Mohamed Morsi

    Son Abdullah Morsi dead of a heart attack at 25. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/05/son-former-egyptian-president-mohamed-morsi-abdullah-dies-25
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