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Bart Bryant, a three-time PGA tour winner, has died. He was 59. Bryant died when a truck slammed into his SUV. https://wset.com/news/nation-world/pro-golfer-bart-bryant-dies-after-suv-slams-into-his-truck-in-florida-who-has-beaten-tiger-woods-pga-tour-commissioner-jay-monahan-construction-us-open-golf-sports-news-ben-hogan-award-golf-writers-association-of-america-tournaments-auburndale-par-clubs

Is voicing Darth Vader in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series starring Ewan McGregor. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/02/entertainment/james-earl-jones-darth-vader/index.html

Ron Rice, the creator of Hawaiian Tropic sunscreen, has died. He was 81. https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2022/06/01/ron-rice-asheville-native-and-hawaiian-tropic-sunscreen-creator-dies/7460698001/

Paul Vance, a songwriter and horse owner who penned the song Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini, has died. He was 92. Vance's death was reported prematurely in 2006 and discussed in the Deathlist Forum at the time. Among the other songs he wrote or co-wrote was Playground in My Mind by Clint Holmes. His son, Philip, was the child vocalist on the song. Philip Vance died in 2009. https://harnesslink.com/usa/paul-vance-songwriter-and-horse-owner-dies-at-92/

Also did a lot of game shows, notably incarnations of Pyramid. Saw a picture of him from not that long ago. His transformation mirrored that of his Trapper John co-star Pernell Roberts, in terms of how Roberts looked on Bonanza vs Trapper John. Siebert, once tall with a full head of hair, had become bald & portly.

Sidhu Moose Wala, a Punjabi-language rapper who grew up in Canada but returned to India to earn an electrical engineering degree, has died. He was 28. Wala's slaying - he was shot - is believed to be the result of an "inter-gang rivalry.". Wala, who was also an actor with a couple of noted credits in India, had joined the Indian National Congress party last year. He had contested the Punjab state elections in 2022, but lost to a rival politician. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sidhu-moose-wala-dead-1.6470189

Part of the impressive cast of 'Field of Dreams'. Great movie, but make sure you've got a box of tissues handy.

The mother of pro wrestler Lex Luger has died.

Billy Young, the last survivor of the Sandakan camp, a prisoner of war camp in Borneo, has died. He was 96. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-20/billy-young-last-survivor-of-sandakan-camp-dies-from-covid-19/101086708?_gl=1*8e76d0*_ga*OTg3NDM0MjY3LjE2NDk4MjQ0MjE.*_ga_P5YBFN1DK1*MTY1MzI2ODQwNS4xOC4xLjE2NTMyNjg0MjcuMA

Recent photo of Mick Foley and Terry Funk.

Bernard Wright was also the only child of Roberta Flack.

Gerald Corrigan, the former chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, has died. He was 80. https://www.wsj.com/articles/gerald-corrigan-led-new-york-fed-during-wall-street-turmoil-11652995290

John Aylward, a veteran actor with dozens of roles to his credit, but perhaps best known as Dr. Donald Anspaugh in ER, has died. He was 75. https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/entertainment/john-aylward-dead/index.html

Cecily Littleton a scientist & horticulturalist and the great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin, died April 14th. She was 95. Her death is being reported on May 18th. https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/cecily-littleton-obituary-somerville-philadelphia-scientist-20220518.html?utm_source=t.co&cid=Daily+News+Twitter+Account&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Daily+News+Twitter+Account

Benjamin Moore Jr., a member of the gospel group Blind Boys of Alabama, has died. He was 80. https://www.musictimes.com/articles/85016/20220518/benjamin-moore-jr-tragic-cause-death-blind-boys-alabama-singer.htm

Sean Shanahan, who played 40 NHL with a combined three teams in the 1970s and four more in the WHA, has died. He was 71. https://www.remembering.ca/obituary/sean-shanahan-1085217611

Every now and then I get to shake the pool up a little. I had Marnie Schulenburg. She is a solo and, thus, a 25 point hit. (20+5)

Marnie Schulenburg is a 'List of the Missed' pick, having been selected in 2021, but not this year.

One of my March Deathlist Cup picks, Marnie Schulenburg, has died. (Her death was also noted in 'The Dead of 2022' thread.) I'd picked her because she had stage 4 breast cancer and hadn't posted on Instagram since January 1st. Subsequently, she posted once, just after Mother's Day (North American Mother's Day, May 8th). It was implied she'd been hospitalized prior to being able to visit her mother & her daughter. She explicitly stated she needed a portable oxygen machine to make the trip.

Frankie Rex, one half of the alternative duo the FMs, has died. They were 37. Rex was an up-and-coming trans-masc singer. Cause of death was an apparent fentanyl poisoning. https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/frankie-rex-dead-the-fms-obit-1235072562/

Robert Vlasic, who grew his family's east side Detroit food business into a national brand, has died. He was 96. Vlasic relied on gentle humour to sell his pickles. He was also the board chairman of Campbell Soup Co. from 1988 to 1993. https://www.freep.com/story/money/2022/05/11/robert-vlasic-who-built-famil-into-iconic-brand-dies-96/9717635002/

Maurice Lindsay, the former Rugby Football League chief executive and president, has died. He was 81. https://www.totalrl.com/former-rfl-chief-executive-and-wigan-warriors-chairman-maurice-lindsay-dies-aged-81/

Ruth Knelman, the 2nd oldest verified living person in Minnesota and 15th oldest verified person living in the U.S., has died. She was just shy of her 112th birthday. https://www.fox9.com/news/111-year-old-minnesotan-dies-just-before-turning-112?taid=6283052a89369800010b2f01&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter https://gerontology.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_oldest_living_people_in_the_United_States

Karl Pister, a former chancellor at UC Santa Cruz and a former dean at UC Berkeley, has died. He was 96. Pister devoted more than 70 years to the university. https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/05/16/former-uc-santa-cruz-chancellor-berkeley-dean-karl-pister-has-died/

Peter Nicholas, the co-founder of Boston Scientific, a company with a multi-billion revenue stream that manufactures medical devices, has died. He was 80. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-16/peter-nicholas-co-founder-of-boston-scientific-dies-at-80?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=business