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Jack Hilton, who flew more than 100 missions across Europe and later went on to train hundreds of other men to fly, has died. He was 99. https://globalnews.ca/news/5041093/alberta-wwii-veteran-jack-hilton-dies/

William Powers, a former University of Texas at Austin president, has died. He was 72. https://www.kut.org/post/former-ut-austin-president-william-powers-dies-72

Asa Brebner, a guitarist for several punk bands, including the Modern Lovers, has died. He was 65. https://vanyaland.com/2019/03/10/boston-music-scene-luminary-asa-brebner-has-died-at-the-age-of-65/

Mike Watterson obit: https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/the-man-who-brought-world-snooker-championship-to-sheffield-mike-watterson-dies-aged-76-1-9641169

Jed Allan, a long-time fixture on the soap opera Days of Our Lives, has died. He was 84. http://www.hollywoodnewsdaily.com/14816/days-star-jed-allan-dead

Johnny Thompson, a legendary Las Vegas magician who worked under the stage name 'The Great Tomsoni', has died. He was 84. https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/johnny-thompson-a-las-vegas-magic-legend-dies-at-84-1614551/

Jiang Liu, chairman, president & co-founder of China Trends and a pioneer in the Chinese fashion media scene, has died. He was 62. https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/news-bites/the-godfather-of-chinese-fashion-publishing-has-died-at-62?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Wally Yamaguchi, who managed the faction Kaientai in the late 1990s, has died. He was 60. https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2019/03/wally-yamaguchi-651810/

Carmine Persico, a storied New York mobster and longtime Colombo family boss, has died. He was 85. https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-metro-mob-boss-carmine-persico-dies-in-prison-20190307-story.html

Daniel Rudisha, a 1968 Olympic silver medalist for Kenya in the 4×400-meter relay and the father of David Rudisha, himself a two-time Olympic 800-meter champion, has died. He was 73. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/03/07/more-sports/track-field/olympic-silver-medalist-daniel-rudisha-father-david-dies-73/#.XIJeRaB7mUk

Shoreham Airshow pilot Andrew Hill acquitted in the deaths of 11 men in connection to the explosion of his ex-military jet on August 22nd, 2015. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-47495885?ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=english_regions&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_england

Mesrob II Mutafyan of Constantinople, a Turkish religious leader and Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople from 1998 to 2016, has died. He was 62. https://www.dailysabah.com/minorities/2019/03/08/turkeys-armenian-orthodox-patriarch-mesrob-mutafyan-dies-in-istanbul

Abdirahman Hosh Jibril, the Somali Minister for Constitution, has died while in the UAE. https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2019/Mar/162610/somali_minister_constitution_dies_in_uae.aspx

Dave Noyes, trombonist for the rock/jazz/funk band Rustic Overtones, has died. He was 45. https://www.pressherald.com/2019/03/07/rustic-overtones-trombonist-dave-noyes-dies-unexpectedly-at-45/

Marshall Brodien, who played Wizzo the Wizard on WGN's 'The Bozo Show', has died. Brodien was diagnosed with Alzheimers in 2007. https://wgntv.com/2019/03/08/marshall-brodien-who-played-wizzo-the-wizard-on-the-bozo-show-has-died/

Joseph Boardman, the former President & Chief Executive Officer of Amtrak, has died. He was 70. I guess it's all a Boardman for the express train to heaven. https://www.progressiverailroading.com/amtrak/news/Former-Amtrak-CEO-Boardman-dies--57002

Paul Manafort sentenced to 47 months in prison. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/mar/07/trump-manafort-trial-sentence-news-latest-live-updates-us-politics-today

Patrick Lane, who won the Governor General's Literary Award for poetry in 1978 and made an officer of the Order of Canada in 2014, has died. He was 79. https://www.cbc.ca/books/patrick-lane-award-winning-canadian-poet-and-novelist-dead-at-79-1.5047773

A man who was both intelligent and sensational.

Jerry Horner, a former principal violinist with the Pittsburgh, Dallas, and Houston symphonies, has died. https://www.thestrad.com/news/violist-jerry-horner-has-died-/8695.article

Jerry Merryman, one of the inventors of the electronic calculator, is no longer a merry man, as he has died. He was 86. Merryman was also the first person to realize that 07734 flipped upside down spells 'hello'. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-05/-brilliant-man-who-was-an-inventor-of-the-calculator-dies

Doris Long, the world's oldest abseiler, has died. She was 101. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-47457440

Robert DeProspero, who headed Ronald Reagan's Secret Service detail following the assassination attempt, has died. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/robert-deprospero-secret-service-officer-who-led-reagans-security-detail-after-assassination-attempt-dies-at-80/2019/03/05/d572e3d4-3f02-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html?utm_term=.176979d0b546 (behind paywall)

Indeed, he was a Firestarter.

Ogden Reid, a former six-term U.S. House of Representative member from New York who served both as a Democrat & Republic and who is also a former United States ambassador to Israel, has died. He was 93. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/03/obituaries/ogden-reid-dead.html