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Sam Esposito, who played in the 1959 World Series for the Chicago White Sox before becoming a celebrated North Carolina state basketball coach, has died. He was 81. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/ct-spt-white-sox-sam-esposito-obit-20180710-story.html
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Harriett Lake, a noted Florida philanthropist who donated millions to favoured causes, has died. She was 96. http://www.wesh.com/article/celebrated-philanthropist-harriett-lake-dies-at-96/22108279
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Zsa Zsa, the 2018 winner of the 'World's Ugliest Dog' contest, has gone to the great kennel in the sky. https://www.today.com/pets/zsa-zsa-winner-world-s-ugliest-dog-contest-has-died-t132837
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Former UCLA basketball star Billy Knight posted a suicide video before taking his own life. He was 39. http://www.tmz.com/2018/07/10/ucla-billy-knight-found-dead-at-39/
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Dennis Creffield, a British artist commissioned to draw every cathedral in England, died June 26th. He was 87. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jul/10/dennis-creffield-obituary
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Carlo Benetton, co-founder of the Benetton clothing empire, has died. He was 74. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/fashion_luxury/2018/07/10/carlo-benetton-dies-aged-74_9451b843-a5d2-402f-bf62-f1ff1dbc8a0a.html
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Authors Last A Long Time, But....
alt obits guy replied to maryportfuncity's topic in DeathList Forum
Widow Liu Xia has left China. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/10/liu-xia-nobel-laureates-widow-allowed-to-leave-china-for-europe -
Noel Bracks, a former a vice-chairman of the Australian Jockey Club and a past president & life member of the NSW Racehorse Owners Association, has died. He was 85. https://cupsbetting.com/racing-administrator-noel-bracks-dies/10639
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Sam Chisholm, a New Zealand-born media executive also well known in Australia, has died. He was 78. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5936563/Television-legend-Logie-Hall-Famer-Sam-Chisholm-dead-78-short-fight-illness.html
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Krista Carle, who went public about harassment in the RCMP, has died. She was 53. Carle is said to have taken her own life. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/krista-carle-dead-1.4740130
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Lindo Giacopuzzi, the last surviving member of the LAPD 'Gangster Squad', has died. He was 102. https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Historic-Treasure-Last-Surviving-Member-LAPD-Gangster-Squad-Dies-487710901.html
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Magic Johnson, And Other Basketball Players
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Couldn't find any reference to the heart attack when it occurred. Could be there was none. -
Kimishige Ishizaka, an immunologist and co-discoverer of the antibody class 'Immunoglobulin E', has died. He was 92. https://www.newswise.com/articles/kimishige-ishizaka,-distinguished-immunologist-who-guided-growth-of-nascent-la-jolla-institute,-dies
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Jamaican jazz singer musician Suzanne Couch has died following a two-year battle with stage 4 breast cancer. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20180709/couch-battled-stage-four-breast-cancer-two-years
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Magic Johnson, And Other Basketball Players
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Lonnie Shelton, a decade-long NBA player who suited up for Seattle as part of the 1979 championship squad, has died. He was 62. https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/nba/lonnie-shelton-starter-for-sonics-1979-nba-title-winners-dies-at-age-62/ -
Summer Olympic Deaths/Dead Medallists
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Terry Todd, a former powerlifter & Olympic weightlifter and creator of the Arnold Strongman Classic, has died. He was 80. https://barbend.com/terry-todd-obituary/ -
James 'Jim' Wells, a civil rights activist and member of the 'Friendship 9' protest group, has died. He was 77. https://www.heraldonline.com/latest-news/article214550175.html
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Authors Last A Long Time, But....
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According to a Facebook post, Marion Woodman, an author and Jungian analyst, has died. She was 90. http://harrisfuneralhome.ca/obits.php?id=1924 -
Minimalists (and other classical composers/musicians)
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British composer Olly Knussen has died at the age of 66. http://slippedisc.com/2018/07/death-of-a-vital-british-composer-66/ -
Confirmation: http://abc7chicago.com/society/clinton-ghent-host-of-chicagos-soul-train-dies-at-78/3729508/
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Me neither, though it either didn't air where I lived or just never watched it. Confirmation of Ghent as a host can be found here: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-09-01/entertainment/ct-mov-0902-chicago-closeup-20110902_1_hippest-trip-don-cornelius-soul-train
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According to Twitter chatter, Clinton Ghent, a choreographer and the original host of the pre-Don Cornelius, local Chicago version of 'Soul Train', has died. He was 78.
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Dawn Sturgess dead http://news.met.police.uk/news/update-woman-dies-following-exposure-to-nerve-agent-in-amesbury-313621
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Robert D. Ray, a former five-term Iowa governor, has died. He was 89. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2018/07/08/bob-ray-obituary-iowa-governor-robert-ray-dies/998099001/
