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Carolyn Grace, the world's only female Spitfire pilot, has died in a car crash. She was 70. Her husband, Nick, died in a car crash in 1988. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/07/worlds-female-spitfire-pilot-dies-car-crash/

Hy Kloc, a former Democratic Idaho State Representative, has died. He was 75. https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/news/2022-12-07/former-boise-lawmaker-hy-kloc-dies-at-75

Peter Cooper, a Nashville singer, journalist and Country Hall of Fame executive, has died. He was 52. https://variety.com/2022/music/obituaries-people-news/peter-cooper-dead-country-nashville-journalist-singer-hall-fame-1235453101/

Jule Campbell, the founding editor of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, died November 19th. She was 96. Her death was being reported on December 7th. She worked at Glamour prior to her stint at SI Swimsuit. https://swimsuit.si.com/swimnews/si-swimsuit-founding-editor-jule-campbell-has-died

George Newall, the co-creator of Schoolhouse Rock, the iconic American cartoons that aired during 1970s Saturday mornings, has died. He was 88. https://www.tvinsider.com/1072856/schoolhouse-rock-creator-george-newall-dead/

Gary Friedkin, who had a sporadic acting career between 1981 and 2016, with roles in the Chevy Chase film 'Under the Rainbow' and as Clarence the cook in three episodes of Happy Days, has died. He was 70. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/mahoningmatters/name/gary-friedkin-obituary?id=38312964

Rubby Opio Aweri, a Supreme Court judge in Uganda, has died. He was 69. https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/supreme-court-judge-rubby-opio-aweri-dies-at-69-4046198

Jim Stewart, the co-founder of Stax records, has died. He was 92. https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/12/06/jim-stewart-obituary-stax-records-rock-n-roll-hall-of-fame-memphis-music-history/69702156007/

Norm Pattiz, the founder of the original Westwood One, as well as PodcastOne and a member of the National Radio Hall of Fame, has died. He was 79. Another name once associated with American Top 40 and Casey Kasem. https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/223798/westwood-one-podcastone-founder-norm-pattiz-dies-a

Barry Fraser, the former head scout of the Edmonton Oilers, has died. He was 82. Fraser was with the Oilers from 1979 through 2000 and is credited with drafting key players who'd be part of the club's early 1980s dynasty. https://oilersnation.com/news/barry-fraser-former-edmonton-oilers-head-scout-who-helped-build-dynasty-dies-at-82

Pat Courtney, a former bassist for the late 1970s Irish band Sacre Bleu, has died. His death comes less than a year after that of lead singer Ak Kennedy, who disappeared (and a had a missing persons report, as a result) filed before his death. https://www.hotpress.com/music/former-sacre-bleu-bass-player-pat-courtney-has-died-22941839

Ursula Hayden, who was the iconic Babe the Farmer's Daughter in GLOW back in the early 1990s, has died. She was 56. https://wrestlingheadlines.com/glow-trademark-owner-ursula-hayden-babe-the-farmers-daughter-passes-away-at-56/?utm_source=twitter

Yes, it was only a few months ago Emilio Delgado passed. He looked even more frail than McGrath on the 50th anniversary show. He wore a hat, likely to hide he'd gone bald from cancer treatments. And, speaking of bald, yes Orman was younger than the other two. The show's third (excluding unaired pilot episode) and most enduring Gordon is 78. His last credit was 2020.

This one hurts, as it was a part of my childhood dating back to some of its earliest years. Bob McGrath, who went by "Bob" on the show, was an original Sesame Street cast member. The show debuted in late 1969. McGrath was a regular through 2016, when two other long-time cast members and he did not have their contracts renewed. Nonetheless, McGrath returned for the 50th anniversary show in November 2019, where he shared one segment with Loretta Long, aka Susan, who was also an original cast member and who remained on the show until 2017. He was frail, at that point.

He's the host of the American version of the Masked Singer, which has put him in the spotlight, given the show's success.

Quentin Oliver Lee, best known for his role as the Phantom in the US tour of “The Phantom of the Opera” and an off-Broadway role in “Oratorio for Living Things,” has died. He was 34. Lee had battled colon cancer for the past several months. https://nypost.com/2022/12/02/broadway-star-quentin-oliver-lee-dead-at-34/

Mamie King-Chalmers, who was one of three Black people forced to brace themselves against a building while being blasted with water from a firehose in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963, has died. She was 81. A photo of the scene was snapped by Charles Moore and appeared in Life magazine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/mamie-king-chalmers-woman-in-civil-rights-photo-dies-at-81/2022/12/02/551516dc-729b-11ed-867c-8ec695e4afcd_story.html

Sal Durante, who caught Roger Maris' record-breaking 61st home run, has died. He was 80. The home run broke Babe Ruth's Major League single-season record. Durante was 19 when he nabbed the ball. His death was announced by Roger Maris Jr. https://www.silive.com/sports/2022/12/sal-durante-the-si-resident-who-found-the-limelight-after-catching-roger-maris-61st-homer-has-died.html

David Ray Griffin, a retired professor of philosophy of religion and theology and a 9/11 conspiracy theorist, has died. He was 83. https://www.voltairenet.org/article218471.html

Another "last of a country's WW II fighters" death, this one with better documentation: Sgt. Horacio Castilleja Albarrán, whom Mexico’s Defense Department says was the last veteran from the relatively small contingent that fought in World War II from that country, has died. He was 98. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/last-of-mexicos-world-war-ii-veterans-dies-at-age-98/2022/12/01/578d3542-71cf-11ed-867c-8ec695e4afcd_story.html

Pierce Allman, a young reporter for WFAA-TV Dallas who crossed paths with Lee Harvey Oswald immediately after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, has died. He was 88. https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/pierce-allman-wfaa-reporter-encountered-lee-harvey-oswald-after-jfk-assassination-dead-88-years-old/287-25a96f3c-875c-447f-8f95-4ee87919b388

William Rice, a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal for his service with the Tuskegee Airmen, flying in a P-51 Mustang as a Red Tail Fighter with the 332nd Fighter Group in Europe during World War II, has died days before his 99th birthday. https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pa-tuskegee-airman-dies-carey-20221201-tvypm6mlsfaavku5zvtm3njzuq-story.html

Graeme Decarie, a noted Montreal historian and radio commentator, who had been chair of the history department at Concordia University, has died. He was 89. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-historian-speaker-graeme-decarie-has-died-1.6176993

Canadian TikTok creator Megha Thakur has died. She was 21. Her most viral TikTok had over 10 million views and was one of her teaching people how to move their butt after a commenter requested a tutorial. https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/megha-thakur-tiktok-dies

Grace Gillan, the wife of Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan, has died. She was 67. https://blabbermouth.net/news/deep-purples-ian-gillan-mourns-death-of-his-wife