alt obits guy

And another name off to cross off my Deathlist Cup team.

Jeraldine Saunders, whose1974 book 'The Love Boats', about her experience as the first female cruise director of a major line, was used as the basis for the long-running American TV series 'The Love Boat', has died. She was 96. https://deadline.com/2019/02/jeraldine-saunders-dies-love-boat-1202565334/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075529/

Manager confirms death of Mark Hollis. https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-hollis-talk-talk-reportedly-died-aged-64-2453863

Returns to Raw to a standing ovation. Announces he's in remission and that he's back.

UK newspapers acknowledging reports of Hollis' death. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/25/mark-hollis-lead-singer-of-talk-talk-dies-at-age-64-reports-say

Victor J. Banis, an American writer who was part of the first wave of west coast gay writing, has died. He was 82. https://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/news/02/24/author-victor-j-banis-has-died/

Mark Bramble, a three-time Tony Award nominee for his work as a librettist for the musical comedies 'Barnum' & '42nd Street' and as a director of a 2001 revival of 42nd Street', has died. He was 68. https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-ob-mark-bramble-20190222-story.html

Antoine Gizenga, the former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has died. He was 93. (Only French obits currently. Will continue looking for an English one.) https://actualite.cd/2019/02/24/urgent-antoine-gizenga-est-decede

Venezuelan lawmaker Freddy Superlano reportedly poisoned. Headline says 'It's a GRAVE situation'. Guess we'll see if the figurative becomes literal. https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1091573/Venezuela-news-latest-freddy-superlano-colombia-juan-guaido-carlos-salinas

Robin Burgess, the former Chief Executive of CN Group, has died. He was 68. https://radiotoday.co.uk/2019/02/former-cn-group-chief-executive-robin-burgess-dies/

https://www.wsmv.com/news/todd-milsap-son-of-country-music-star-ronnie-milsap-dies/article_82bd1938-37b5-11e9-9d9a-c7134fd2ab27.html

Kelly Clarkson says her estranged father died months ago. https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a26447574/kelly-clarkson-father-dead/

Ross Lowell an award-winning director, cinematographer & author and the man who invented gaffer tape, has died. He was 92. https://www.diyphotography.net/ross-lowell-founder-of-lowel-light-and-gaffer-tape-inventor-dies-at-92/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaffer_tape

Former Ghanaian Minister of Education Lee Ocran has died. https://www.ghanacelebrities.com/2019/02/22/breaking-news-former-education-minister-lee-ocran-is-dead/

Nick Cafardo, a long time sports journalist for the Boston Globe has died while covering baseball's spring training. He was 62. http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26048827/nick-cafardo-long-boston-globe-baseball-writer-dies-62

Congratulations to Sir Creep with his solo for Vinny Vella and to the quartet of Deceased Hose, Grin Reaper, OldLady, and Toast for picking Peter Tork.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6730277/Monkees-singer-Peter-Tork-dies-age-77-diagnosed-rare-tongue-cancer-10-years-ago.html

Ron Schwartz, believed to be the oldest man in Wisconsin, has died. He was 108. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2019/02/20/possibly-oldest-wisconsin-man-who-turned-108-last-week-has-died/2915335002/ http://gerontology.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_oldest_living_men_in_the_United_States

Obit behind firewall but URL confirms it: https://www.hoosiertimes.com/herald_times_online/obituaries/george-springer/article_5a4a5610-97ef-5496-bd8f-4ba572fad136.html

QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6722229/Former-Dodgers-great-Don-Newcombe-died-92.html

Peter Cosgrove, who photographed more than 100 space shuttle launches, has died. He was 84. Note he is not to be confused with the same-named former Governor General of Australia. https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/peter-cosgrove-nasa-100-space-shuttle-1.5025029

Congratulations!

Could've sworn they were the same guy (given they share a name & age proximity), with the deceased Mr. Horowitz having gone through an ideological transformation. You are correct, though. I guess the gentleman who died - and whose show I used to watch - retired from public life awhile ago. Thanks for the clarification.

David Horowitz, a one-time consumer advocate and host of the syndicated TV series 'Fight Back! with David Horowitz' who'd later swing 180 degrees and become a conservative journalist and founder & president of the think tank 'the David Horowitz Freedom Center', has died. He was 81. (A unique DDP pick, too.) https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/David-Horowitz-passes-away-81-506025941.html https://www.davidhorowitzfreedomcenter.org/

Don Braggs, a 1960 Olympic gold medalist in pole vaulting for the United States, has died. He was 83. http://aroundtherings.com/site/A__75746/Title__Olympic-Pole-Vault-Champion-Don-Bragg-83/292/Articles