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Former ESPN producer Barry Sacks has died. He was 63. Sacks was also an adjunct professor at Quinnipiac University. https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/barry-sacks-espn-producer-quinnipiac-professor-17780077.php

Jim Beaver posted on Google Groups for years (and may still) in the alt.obituaries group. Widower of Cecily Adams (Star Trek: Voyager, among other credits).

Jerrold Schecter, a former Time magazine Moscow bureau chief, has died. He was 90. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/02/10/jerrold-schecter-time-magazine-dead/

Bed, Bath & Beyond Canada closing all 54 stores. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bed-bath-beyond-canada-going-out-of-business-closing-54-stores-1.6745092

Paul Martha, who played safety in the league for seven years, later becoming an executive with the Pittsburgh Steelers (and NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins), has died. He was 80. https://www.si.com/nhl/penguins/news/former-pittsburgh-penguins-executive-paul-martha-passes-away

Rolf Harris, once again.

Lee Moder, a comic book artist and co-creator of Stargirl, has died. He was 53. https://deadline.com/2023/02/lee-moder-dead-comic-book-artist-stargirl-1235253685/

Mendelson Joe cause of death: medically-assisted suicide. https://exclaim.ca/music/article/mendelson_joe_canadian_singer-songwriter_visual_artist_and_activist_dies_at_78

Tonya Knight, a former Ms. International champion who had appeared on the Mr. Olympia stage, has died. She was 56. Knight died of cancer. https://fitnessvolt.com/tonya-knight-obituary/

Charlie Norris, who wrestled under his own name as well as the monikers 'Thunderblood' and 'Chief Lightfoot', has died. He was 59. Norris was mostly active in the 1990s, but aside from 1993 only worked sporadically. https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2023/02/06/thunderblood-charlie-norris-dead-at-59/

Arnold Schulman, a two-time Oscar nominee for 'Goodbye Columbus' and 'Love with the Proper Stranger', has died. He was 97. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/arnold-schulman-dead-goodbye-columbus-1235318174/

Rolf Harris

Denne H. Freeman, who worked as a sports journalist for the Associated Press for 32 years, has died. He was 86. He was with AP from 1967 to 1999. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/former-ap-sports-writer-denne-h-freeman-dies-at-86/2023/02/04/aa5dfbf2-a4cf-11ed-8b47-9863fda8e494_story.html

Roberto Ongpin, who served as Trade Minister in the Ferdinand Marcos Philippine government, has died. He was 86. https://politics.com.ph/2023/02/05/marcos-ex-trade-minister-roberto-ongpin-dies-86/

Melinda Dillon QO: https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/03/melinda-dillon-dead-a-christmas-story-actress-dead-aged-83-18221586/

Bodies of Armani Kelly, Montoya Givens and Dante Wicker found: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2023/02/02/bodies-of-missing-rapper-two-friends-found-in-highland-park-apartment-building/69868150007/

Irene Cara cause of death determined to be high blood pressure and high cholesterol. https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/02/flashdance-fame-singer-irene-cara-died-death-cause-high-blood-pressure-cholesterol/

Carin Goldberg, a graphic designer who worked on a number of album covers, including Madonna's self-titled debut LP, died January 19th. She was 69. https://www.stereogum.com/2212460/carin-goldberg-graphic-designer-for-classic-albums-and-books-dead-at-69/news/

Dinnie Greenway, an equestrian trailblazer in London, Ontario, who was riding horses into her late 90s, has died. She was 102. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/london-equestrian-trailblazer-dinnie-greenway-passes-away-at-102-1.6733095

Marcel Desautels, who gave $100 million to post-secondary schools across Canada, has died. He was 88. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/marcel-desautels-obituary-philanthropist-manitoba-1.6732900

Scott Forrest Collins, a convicted murderer who was on California's death row until last September, when he was moved from San Quentin to California Correctional Institution, has died. He was 51 or 52. He was convicted for the execution-style death of a man in 1992. https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-murderer-scott-forrest-collins-removed-death-row-september-dies-prison

Inge Kaul, an adjunct professor at the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany, has died. She was 78 or 79. Kaul advised governmental, multilateral and non-profit organizations on policy options. She had several books published. https://hdr.undp.org/content/memory-dr-inge-kaul-1944-2023

Simone Bär, a German casting director who fulfilled the role for that country's 2022 epic "All Quiet on the Western Front", a film nominated for 9 Oscars, has died. She was 57. Bär was prolific as a casting director for both English and German productions for more than 30 years. Although she wasn't among the Oscar nominees, she did get an Emmy nomination in 2022 for her work on "Inventing Anna". https://www.screendaily.com/news/casting-director-simone-bär-dies-aged-57/5178507.article

Mike Cardinal, a member of the Alberta legislature from 1989 to 2008 who served in various cabinet roles for much of his time as an MLA, has died. He was 81. https://rabble.ca/indigenous/mike-cardinal-influential-minister-in-ralph-kleins-cabinet-dies-at-81/

Wes Ridlon, who served as a local sheriff in Maine subsequent to his policing career, one which earned him the kudos of Time Magazine's 'Policeman of the Year' in 1972, has died. He was 90. https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/community/retired-maine-sheriff-named-1972-times-magazine-policeman-of-the-year-has-died-wesley-wes-ridlon/97-617178b0-e721-4323-b3a0-cdc4500753a3