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Vince Gill missed the CMAs due to hospitalization. https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/cma-awards/vince-gill-missed-the-2018-cma-awards-because-he-was-hospitalized/ar-BBPKGHs?ocid=spartandhp

Caroline Rose Hunt, heiress and hotelier of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, has died. She was 95. Hunt was, at one time, the wealthiest woman in the U.S. https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2018/11/14/dallas-hotelier-philanthropist-caroline-rose-hunt.html

Barry Rand, a former CEO of Avis, has died. He was 74. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/13/obituaries/barry-rand-dead.html

Igor Luchenok dead https://www.tvr.by/eng/news/kultura/ushel_iz_zhizni_legendarnyy_kompozitor_narodnyy_artist_belarusi_igor_luchenok/

Igor Luchenok, a composer and People's Artist of Belarus, has died. He was 80. https://www.tvr.by/eng/news/kultura/ushel_iz_zhizni_legendarnyy_kompozitor_narodnyy_artist_belarusi_igor_luchenok/

David Pearson, a NASCAR Hall of Famer who amassed 105 victories, has died. He was 83. https://www.wspa.com/sports/nascar-hall-of-famer-spartanburg-native-david-pearson-dies-at-83/1592173371

Roger Hoy, who played in the Football League with Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace, Luton Town and Cardiff City, has died. He was 71. https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2018/november/former-player-roger-hoy-passes-away-aged-71/

Eddie Foy III, a one-time Hollywood casting director for shows including Happy Days, Mork & Mindy and I Dream of Jeannie, has died. He was 83. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2018/11/08/hollywood-eddie-foy-iii-cheers-happy-days-mork-and-mindy-dream-jeanie-denison-iowa/1931812002/

Ken Howell, who pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s, has died. He was 57. https://dodgers.mlblogs.com/influential-former-dodger-reliever-and-coach-ken-howell-passes-away-d99c042c979c

Animal whisperer says she's talking to dead Irish horse. The animal died after a race on Tuesday, in Australia. https://www.irishpost.com/news/animal-whisperer-claims-shes-talking-dead-irish-horse-cliffsofmoher-161736

One of the dead in the California shooting identified as the niece of actress Tamera Mowry-Housley of 'Sister Sister' fame. https://www.wsbtv.com/news/national/hot-topics/actress-tamera-mowry-housley-husband-trying-to-locate-niece-after-thousand-oaks-shooting/869150994

Bob Naegele Jr., the founding owner of the Minnesota Wild NHL franchise, has died. He was 78. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/founding-wild-owner-naegele-dies-cancer-78/

Robert Symons, the CEO of the United Kingdom subsidiary of American power company PPL Corp., has died. He was 64. https://www.mcall.com/business/mc-biz-ppl-executive-death-20181107-story.html

Wallace Triplett, a legendary Detroit Lions player and the first black person to play in the NFL, has died. He was 92. https://www.detroitlions.com/news/lions-legend-wally-triplett-passes-away-at-age-92

Francis Lai, who won a 1971 Oscar for Best Original Score for Love Story, has died. He was 86. https://manchikoni.com/composer-and-musician-francis-lai-oscar-winner-in-1970-died-at-86/ A unique DDP pick.

Dead https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/obituary-former-parti-quebecois-leader-bernard-landry

RIP "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." (Mark Twain)

He appears to have never been drafted. Barring free agency signing, I guess it was the WHA or nothing.

Donna Axum, Miss America 1964, has died. She was 76. https://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2018/11/05/donna-axum-whitworth-miss-america-in-dies-at-76

Thank you. Yes, just read the e-mail alert. Congratulations to all.

Twice I've replied to recent comments regarding Big Brother UK, noting I knew someone in this year's house, but being evasive as to who. With the finale having come and gone, I'm revealing it to be Cameron Cole, who won.

Keith Christiansen, who was a member of the 1972 U.S. silver medal-winning hockey team, has died. He was 74. https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/hockey/4524629-bulldog-great-keith-huffer-christensen-dies-hospital

Unconfirmed reports (Twitter chatter) that noted sociologist & Harvard Professor of Sociology and Public Policy Devah Pager has died at age 47.

It's been quiet times for me in the AO Deadpool, but that may be about to change. I had South Korean actor Shin Seong-Il (aka Shin Sung-Il). He's received an obit in the Chosun Ilbo, a major Korean daily newspaper, which I've submitted for consideration. Nothing official yet. I posted an English translation of the obit in 'Foreign Personalities...' thread. Edit: Confirmed and a solo.

Rik Vanlessen, a co-pilot to Steve Matterne who was competing in the Condroz Rally, has died. He was 52. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/motorsport/7651648/co-pilot-of-steve-matterne-has-died-in-the-sixth-stage-of-the-condroz-rally-after-hitting-pot-hole/