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Everything posted by alt obits guy
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Enrique Verastegui, a renown Peruvian poet who also produced incursions in narrative, essays, theater, mathematics, painting and critique, has died. He was 68. https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Peruvian-Rebel-Poet-Enrique-Verastegui-Dead-at-68-20180728-0012.html
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Golf: The 19th Hole
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Ian Stanley, an Australian golfer whose greatest successes came in Europe and his home country, has died. He was 69. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/golf/australian-golf-champion-ian-stanley-dies-following-a-long-battle-with-cancer/news-story/a94e810286a145c6839d009c148fa1ac -
John Richards, the Harvard- and Stanford-educated former chairman of Potlach Corp., an American diversified forest products company with nearly 1,000 employees, has died. He was 81. http://www.cdapress.com/local_news/20180728/timber_titan_john_richards_dies_at_81
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Howard Felsher, who was a producer & later executive producer during the original decade-long run of the game show 'Family Feud', among other behind-the-scenes quiz show credits, has died. He was 90. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/01/obituaries/howard-felsher-game-show-whiz-who-overcame-scandal-dies-at-90.html
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Helped unveil Bremner Square on July 26th. No mention of his health. https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/gallery/bremner-square-leeds-united-elland-14956257
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Authors Last A Long Time, But....
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https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-soviet-author-dissident-voinovich-dies/29395188.html (Whatever link I find first, I use. Preferably English but not always the case.) -
Authors Last A Long Time, But....
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Vladimir Voinovich, a Russian writer, poet, playwright and journalist, as well as a former Soviet dissident, has died. He was 85. https://iz.ru/771760/2018-07-28/umer-pisatel-vladimir-voinovich (Russian language site) -
African Leaders - Despots and Democratic
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Asombi Bojang, mother of ousted Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh, has died in exile in Equatorial Guinea. https://freedomnewspaper.com/2018/07/27/gambia-breaking-news-dictator-jammehs-mum-asombi-bojang-dies-in-exile-in-equatorial-guinea/ -
Authors Last A Long Time, But....
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Mel Rosen, who wrote numerous crossword puzzle books , including 'The Compleat Cruciverbalist', and who was published over a dozen times in the New York Times, has died. He was 76 or 77. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/crosswords/mel-rosen-1941-2018.html (obituary written by New York Times crossword puzzle guru Will Shortz) -
Country For Old Men (And Women)
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Internationally renown bluegrass singer-songwriter Pete Goble has died at age 86. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/death-of-john-pete-goble-internationally-recognized-bluegrass-songwriter-and-singer-300687642.html -
William Loud, the patriarch on 'An American Family', filmed in 1971 and aired in 1973 as one of the earliest reality TV series, has died. He was 97. https://deadline.com/2018/07/william-loud-dies-father-of-one-of-first-reality-tv-families-was-97-1202434800/
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I'm posting to post because I find the names interesting enough and worthy of inclusion. If people read it they do. If they don't, they don't. It's not a matter of readership or an audience. I'm happy for the responses people give, but I have no sleepless nights if I don't get replies to my posts or my community reputation isn't advancing at a certain pace. Conversely, I have virtually no interest in any of the Death List extra-curricular topics that seem to occupy some people's time. What I have noticed in at least one person does take an interest in my posts because many of the names get added to the Wikipedia 'Deaths in 2018' page, essential reading for any deadpool player, Deathlist participant or not. Whomever that is, I thank them for their efforts at including the names on that page. That's probably the closest I get to having a goal here aside from providing content.
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Eating candy is the longevity secret of world's oldest man Masazo Nonaka, who just turned 113. https://www.newsweek.com/man-confirmed-worlds-oldest-living-man-celebrates-another-birthday-1041120
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Bill Street, the former president of Brown-Forman, one of the largest American-owned companies in the spirits and wine business, has died. He was 79. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2018/07/26/past-brown-forman-president-bill-street-dies-after-cancer/842306002/
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Forrest Kaelin, the dead of Kentucky horse trainers who'd been employed in that profession longer than anyone else at Churchill Downs at the time of his retirement, has died. He was 83. https://www.horseracingnation.com/news/Kaelin_dean_of_Kentucky_trainers_dies_at_83
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American Football Players
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Bob Petrino Sr., a legendary Montana football coach elected to several state Halls of Fame and the father of former player & university head coach Bobby Petrino, has died. He was 81. http://montanasports.com/frontier/carroll-college/2018/07/26/hall-of-fame-football-coach-bob-petrino-sr-passes-away-at-81/ -
Adem Demaci, a human rights defender and Kosovo dissident, has died. He was 82. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/07/26/human-rights-defender-and-kosovo-dissident-adem-demaci-dies.html
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Given it appears not to have been a snowboarding accident or medical (heart condition, etc.), drug overdose is a reasonable bet. However, the question would then become if it was accidental or intentional.
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Authors Last A Long Time, But....
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Clara Sereni, an Italian writer of Jewish descent and the author of several books, has died. She was 71. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.repubblica.it/robinson/2018/07/26/news/e_morta_clara_sereni-202732453/&prev=search -
Joel Fischer the Chairman and CEO of Vogue Tyre, has died. He was 89. Fischer retired in 1997 but continued on as Chairman & CEO. http://www.moderntiredealer.com/news/730644/vogue-tyre-chairman-and-ceo-joel-fischer-has-died
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Ellie Soutter, a bronze medalist British snowboarder for Team GB at the 2017 Youth Olympic Winter Festival and tipped for a spot on the 2022 Winter Olympics team, has died on her 18th birthday. https://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-sports/44971634
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Ronnie 'Oni' Edwards, a member of the YouTube channel 'The Game Theorists', which boasts over 10.6 million followers, has died by his own hands. https://kotaku.com/ronnie-oni-edwards-a-member-of-popular-youtube-chann-1827871645
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Martyn Callaghan, the CEO of St. Leonard's Hospice in York, has died. https://www.hospiceuk.org/about-hospice-care/media-centre/ehospice/details/tributes-pour-in-for-st-leonard-s-hospice-ceo?secured=false
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Rex Tasker, who worked for 32 years at the National Film Board of Canada as a producer, director & film editor, tackling numerous projects including 1967 Best Documentary Feature Oscar nominee "Helicopter Canada', has died. He was 84 or 85. http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20180726.93404599/BDAStory/BDA/deaths
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Alena Duerk, the first woman to rise to the rank of admiral in the Navy, who spent her career in the Navy's nursing corps and was first deployed overseas during World War II into the Pacific Theatre aboard the USS Benevolence hospital ship in 1945, has died. She was 98. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/07/25/first-woman-promoted-navy-admiral-dies-98.html