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    Boxing Clever?

    Dave Hilton Sr., a boxer and the patriarch of the boxing Hilton family, which included five boys who had in-ring careers, has died. He was 82. Hilton had a 71-1 amateur record. His sons included Matthew, a one-time IBF Junior Middleweight Champion, as well as Dave Jr. and Alex, who each also had successful careers. https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2023/07/28/dave-hilton-pere-est-decede (French language obit.)
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    Ice Hockey Players

    Wayne Maxner, who played 62 games for the Boston Bruins over the 1964-65 and 1965-66 seasons, later becoming a coach in Canadian Major Junior for the Windsor Spitfires before coaching the NHL's Detroit Red Wings during the 1980-81 and 1981-82 seasons, has died. He was 80. https://london.ctvnews.ca/former-london-knights-coach-passed-away-1.6497460
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    Hollywood Possibilities

    Twitter account of Criterion Daily, a cinema-related site, reporting the death of actress Lelia Goldoni at age 86. Goldoni 's career spanned nearly seven decades. She appeared in movies including 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore' and 'The Italian Job', in addition to having numerous TV movie and episodic credits.
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    Journalists

    Iain Ferguson, a former Daily Record and Sunday Mail journalist, has died. His niece, former first minister Nicola Sturgeon, has paid tribute to him. https://news.stv.tv/west-central/nicola-sturgeon-pays-tribute-to-former-daily-record-journalist-uncle-iain-ferguson-who-died-after-illness
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    Sheikh Down

    Shekih Saeed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the brother of the current UAE President, has died. He was 57 or 58. https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/uae-president-mourns-his-brother-sheikh-saeed-bin-zayed
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    Journalists

    Pat Carney, a pioneering Canadian female journalist and later Senator, has died. She was 88. https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/former-senator-mp-journalist-pat-carney-is-dead-at-the-age-of-88-1.6495727
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    Dance

    Ethel Bruneau, a tap dancing legend from Montreal, has died. She was 87. Bruneau was originally from Harlem, but settled in Montreal in 1953. She made appearances at Carnegie Hall and the Ed Sullivan show. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-s-tap-dancing-queen-ethel-bruneau-has-died-1.6494070
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    Bodybuilders

    Justyn Vicky, an Indonesian bodybuilder and fitness influencer, has died. He was 33. Vicky died in a freak accident when a 210kg weight fell on his neck at the gym. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/viral-videos/shocking-video-bodybuilder-justyn-vicky-breaks-his-neck-while-trying-to-lift-210-kg-weight-dies/videoshow/102055172.cms
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    Dying Bigots

    It could, but this one proved true. Richard Lynn death acknowledgement: https://www.unz.com/jtaylor/richard-lynn-a-wonderful-man-and-a-great-scientist/
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    Reality TV

    Anna "Chickadee" Cardwell diagnosis is terminal. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/celebrity/cancer-is-terminal-for-tv-star-28-famous-faces-who-ve-fought-the-disease/ss-BB1cFdLR?
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    The 10th Death of 2023

    Bob Newhart. Wife's death three months ago must be taking a toll.
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    The Fringes Of Fame/family Of The Famous

    Annette O'Malley, the wife of former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Peter O'Malley, has died. She was 81. O'Malley was also the daughter-in-law of Walter O'Malley, who'd owned the team before his son took over in 1979, when the elder O'Malley died. https://apnews.com/article/annette-omalley-dies-dodgers-2a948107f3b6505d4b1661e60be7861a
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    The Fringes Of Fame/family Of The Famous

    Patricia Holland, wife of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Apostle Jeffery R. Holland, has died. She was 81. https://ksltv.com/569498/patricia-holland-wife-of-jeffery-r-holland-dies-at-81/
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    Dying Bigots

    Twitter reporting the death of Richard Lynn, a psychologist and self-described 'scientific racist', who advocated for a genetic relationship between race and intelligence. Lynn's tenure at Ulster University was revoked in 2018 due to his views. https://twitter.com/jollyheretic/status/1682044822620880901/photo/1
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    The Welsh

    Ted Owens, one of the last surviving Welsh D-Day Veterans has died, He was 98. Owens was wounded multiple times in battle. He would have turned 99 on August 12th. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c25g970weyro
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    Somewhere Over The Rainbow

    Steve Pieters, an openly gay cleric and AIDS activist whose interview on the PTL Club gave its conservative Christian audience a differing viewpoint on homosexuality and prompted Tammy Faye Bakker to ask he be treated with compassion, has died. He was 70. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/us/steve-pieters-dead.html
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    Political Frailty

    Tommie Broadwater Jr, a former State Senator from Maryland who was later convicted of food stamp fraud, has died. He was 81. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/07/19/tommie-broadwater-prince-georges-dead/
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    Tuskegee Airmen

    Homer Hogues, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen who served in the US military as an airplane mechanic and attained the enlisted rank of staff sergeant, died June 27th. He was 96. Hogues' death came two days after that of his wife. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/us/tuskegee-airmen-homer-hogues-death/index.html
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    Wrestlers/actors

    Iron Sheik cause of death revealed to be cardiac arrest. https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1344308/iron-sheik-death-certificate-reveals-died-cardiac-arrest/?utm_source=twitter
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    The deaD of 2023

    Kevin Mitnick, an American computer security consultant, author and convicted hacker, has died. He was 59. Mitnick died after a 14-month battle with pancreatic cancer. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/kevin-mitnick-11371668
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    Magic Johnson, And Other Basketball Players

    Lew Perkins, a 1960s college basketball player who rose through the administration ranks to eventually become the athletic director at the University of Kansas and at Wichita State, has died. He was 78. https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/former-kansas-wichita-state-ad-222926291.html
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    Academy Award Winners

    Sue Marx, who won the 1988 Oscar for 'Best Documentary Short' for her film 'Young at Heart', which chronicled the relationship between her father and his second wife, both artists and each a widower/widow, has died. She was 92. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/07/17/sue-marx-oscar-winning-filmmaker-dies-at-92/70422900007/
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    Businesspeople, Investors, CEO's

    Fred Wagman, the president of the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1996 and 1997, has died. He was 86. https://www.cjme.com/2023/07/19/former-roughriders-president-wagman-dead-at-86/
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    Minimalists (and other classical composers/musicians)

    Driver found guilty of all three charges in the hit-and run death of Boris Brott: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/arsenije-lojovic-found-guilty-1.6908908
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    Hollywood Possibilities

    Robert Lieberman, whose directing credits included D3: The Mighty Ducks and episodes of TV series such as Thirtysomething, The X-Files and Dexter, has died. He was 75. Lieberman died July 1st. His death was being reported July 17th. https://people.com/director-robert-lieberman-dead-75-7562339
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