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Helen Place, a BBC 5 radio journalist, has died after a short illness. Place had been with the network since 2005. https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/11/bbc-radio-5-live-journalist-helen-place-dies-after-short-and-sudden-illness/

Karl Tremblay, the lead singer of the Quebec folk-rock band les Cowboys Fringants, has died. He was 47. Tremblay had announced in 2022 he'd been diagnosed with cancer. Weakened by the disease, Tremblay and the group pressed ahead with a final tour this summer. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/les-cowboys-fringants-karl-tremblay-1.7029633

Cechmanek also played four seasons in the National Hockey League in between years-long stints plying his trade in the Czech pro leagues and also in Germany.

And another Senator (like the entry above) has died. Dave Stenhouse, who pitched for three years in the 1960s for the Washington Senators, mostly out of the rotation, has died. He was 90. Stenhouse's son Mike also made the Major Leagues, playing parts of five seasons in the early 1980s for various teams. https://www.abc6.com/former-major-leaguer-brown-baseball-coach-dave-stenhouse-dies-at-90/

Donald Shebib, director of the much lauded 1970 Canadian film "Goin' Down the Road", has died. He was 85. Shebib was working with the CBC prior to making the film, which won numerous awards in Canada. https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-shebib-canadian-film-1.7020573

John Bailey, a Hollywood cinematographer by trade and the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 2017 to 2019, has died. He was 81. Bailey's credits included 'Ordinary People', 'The Big Chill' and 'Groundhog Day'. https://variety.com/2023/film/obituaries-people-news/john-bailey-dead-academy-president-cinematographer-1235787930/

I've been asleep in the DDP for awhile. Ruffo is my joker. Only three others had him in that capacity, all behind me.

Ontario indie wrestler Rob Thomson, who under the name 'Rob Rage' wrestled over the past decade in a number of local promotions, has died. He was 41. Thomson was participating in a cancer fundraiser show when he suffered cardiac arrest. https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/ontario-s-rob-thomson-rob-rage-passes-away-aged-41

Richard Moll was offered a role on the 2023 series reboot with John Larroquette, but turned it down. Larroquette would appear to be the last standing original cast member amongst those who stayed with the show beyond the first season.

Elizabeth Gray, a former host of the CBC radio shows As It Happens and Cross-Country Checkup, has died. She was 86. Gray had a decades-long career in journalism. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/elizabeth-gray-obituary-1.7007786

Pete Ladd, who pitched in over 200 games combined for the Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers and Seattle Mariners between 1979 and 1986, has died. He was 67. Ladd's career pinnacle was when he helped advanced the Brewers to the 1982 World Series, taking over as closer from an injured Rollie Fingers. https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2023/10/21/milwaukee-brewers-relief-pitcher-closer-pete-ladd-has-died-1982-world-series-team/71274313007/

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Langfuhr, Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who defined the phrase 'out to stud' as a sire of 75 stakes winners, 5 champions and progeny earnings of over $119 million, has died at age 31. https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/canadian-champion-langfuhr-passes-away-at-lanes-end/

Jim Lee, the Premier of the province of Prince Edward Island from 1981 to 1986 and a provincial politician (MLA) from 1975 to 1986, has died. He was 86. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-premier-jim-lee-1.6992952

Jim Poole, a relief pitcher for several teams who played 431 games in the 1990s, has died. He was 57. Poole, a Georgia Tech Hall of Famer, had been battling ALS. https://ramblinwreck.com/georgia-tech-mourns-the-loss-of-jim-poole/

Comer is a goner.

Raynald Blais, a Canadian MP from the Bloc Quebecois party who served between 2004 and 2011, has died. He was 69. https://euro.dayfr.com/trends/921702.html

Tony Atlas is actually not even fully retired. His last match (the only one for 2023) was in May.

Chris Snow goes into cardiac arrest, suffers 'catastrophic brain injury' https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/38506447/flames-exec-chris-snow-als-suffers-brain-injury

Metroland Media Group (not to be confused with metro.co.uk or Métro Media) will seek bankruptcy protection, ends print editions of community papers. https://www.cp24.com/news/metroland-ends-print-editions-of-community-papers-keeps-regional-dailies-1.6563042

Métro Media (not to be confused with metro.co.uk) to declare bankruptcy, permanently ends local coverage in Montreal and Quebec City. https://globalnews.ca/news/9967552/metro-media-to-declare-bankruptcy/

Henry Boucha, who had a stellar couple of years on the U.S.National and Olympic teams, but an NHL career cut short by an eye injury, has died. He was 72. In the National Hockey league, he played a combined 247 games with Detroit, Minnesota and Kansas City/Colorado. He also played a year in the WHA with the league's Minnesota franchise. Boucha, himself, was from that state. https://www.startribune.com/henry-boucha-minnesota-hockey-legend-dies-at-72-warroad/600305656/

Claude Cormier, an award-winning Quebec landscape architect whose projects have revitalized public spaces across North America, has died. He was 63. About four years ago, Cormier was diagnosed with lung cancer, kidney cancer, as well as a rare form of lymphoma. Examples of his work are shown in the obit below. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/claude-cormier-renowned-quebec-landscape-architect-dies-at-63-1.6563370

Barry Steenkamp, the father of slain South African model Reeva Steenkamp, killed by former Paralympics star Oscar Pistorius, has died. He was 80 https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/reeva-steenkamps-dad-dies-at-the-age-of-80/

Tiago Eugénio, a YouTube 'star' who spent 80 days in a coma following a car crash, has died at age 28. He had 8,000 followers on YT (161,000 on Instagram), which is apparently good enough for a QO. https://metro.co.uk/2023/09/15/tiago-eugenio-dead-car-crash-youtube-influencer-19503658/?ito=socialmetrouktwitter