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Emmett C. Burns Jr., who served 20 years in the Maryland General Assembly, has died. He was 81. https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/former-maryland-state-delegate-emmett-c-burns-jr-dies-at-the-age-of-81

Annie Flanders, the founding editor of Details magazine, which chronicled Downtown Manhattan in the 1980s, has died. She was 82. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/business/media/annie-flanders-dead.html

Jim Li, a New York immigration lawyer and one of the 1989 Tianamen Square protestors, has died. He was 66. Li was allegedly stabbed to death by a client. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/16/us/queens-immigration-lawyer-dies-after-alleged-stabbing/index.html

(As reported elsewhere) John Korty, a prolific TV movie director and the 1978 Academy Award winner for 'Best Documentary, Features', has died. He was 85. Korty's feature length credits include 'Go Ask Alice' and 'The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'. He won his Oscar for 'Who are the DeBolts? and Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?', about a couple who adopted 19 war orphans with various physical disabilities. https://sfist.com/2022/03/16/oscar-winning-marin-county-filmmaker-john-korty-has-died-at-age-85/

Dennis Gonzalez, a Dallas jazz trumpeter and teacher, has died. He was 67. https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/music/2022/03/16/dennis-gonzalez-dallas-trumpeter-and-teacher-dies-at-67/

Vic Fazio, a former California congressman who represented Sacramento for 20 years, from 1979 to 1999, has died. He was 79. https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article259481989.html

Barbara Morrison, a legendary Los Angeles-based jazz vocalist, has died. She was 72. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-03-16/barbara-morrison-la-jazz-blues-legend-dies

Mish Michaels, a long-time Boston reporter and meteorologist, has died. She was 53. https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/03/16/family-mourns-death-of-boston-meteorologist-mish-michaels/

Merri Dee, a former broadcaster and director of communications at WGN-TV Chicago, has died. She was 85. Dee spent over four decades in Chicago broadcasting, most of them with WGN. https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/former-wgn-tv-anchor-reporter-merri-dee-dies-at-86/

Harvey Thomas, a former Billy Graham Crusade director, has died. He was 82. From 1960-1975, Thomas produced Billy Graham’s rallies around the world before moving back to the United Kingdom. https://www.keepthefaith.co.uk/2022/03/14/former-billy-graham-crusade-director-harvey-thomas-passes-away/

Lauro Cavazos, a former U.S. Secretary of Education under Ronald Reagan and George W.H. Bush and former president of Texas Tech, has died. He was 95. A DDP unique, as well. https://www.kcbd.com/2022/03/16/former-texas-tech-president-education-secretary-lauro-cavazos-jr-passes-away-95/

Leslie Cohen, long a fixture in the New York City LGBTQ+ community and one of four women who opened Sahara, a legendary upscale women’s club, in the 1970s, has died. http://gomag.com/article/150756-2/

Randy Holland, a former Delaware Supreme Court Justice, has died. He was 75. https://delawarebusinesstimes.com/news/former-justice-randy-holland-dies/?utm_content=201339401&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-2778767905

Marilyn Miglin, a noted Chicago luxury beauty products entrepreneur and Home Shopping Network presenter, has died. She was 83. Miglin's husband, real estate mogul Lee Miglin, was murdered in 1997 by Andrew Cunanan, the same man responsible for the murder of Gianni Versace. https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-beauty-mogul-marilyn-miglin-has-died-at-the-age-of-83/?taid=6231a00be9b021000123071d&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

Barbara Maier Gustern, a Broadway vocal coach who had once coached rock singer Debbie Harry and the cast of the 2019 Broadway revival of the musical “Oklahoma!, has died. She was 87. Gustern was the victim of an unprovoked attack in the New York City subway system. She sustain head injuries from which she's now succumbed. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/16/us/new-york-city-broadway-vocalist-dead/index.html

Patrick Osakwe, a former Nigerian Senator, has died. He was 73. https://thewillnigeria.com/news/former-nigerian-senator-patrick-osakwe-is-dead/

Gareth Knight, an author and highly influential 20th century occultist, died March 1st (according to this blog). He was 91. Knight was also known by the name Basil Wilby. https://www.nickfarrell.it/gareth-knight-has-died/

Tanya Hart, the niece of pro wrestler Bret 'the Hitman' Hart, has died. She was 37. Tanya Hart was the daughter of Smith Hart, eldest of the Hart brothers. He died in 2017 after battling cancer. No cause of death has yet been given. https://www.monstersandcritics.com/celebrity/tanya-hart-bret-hart-and-hart-family-mourn-family-member-who-dies-at-37/

Gary Gresdal, who played two games for the WHA's Quebec Nordiques in 1975-76 as part of a dozen-year professional career, has died. He was 75. https://lougheedfuneralhomes.com/book-of-memories/4878733/Gresdal-Gary/index.php

WWE posts a graphic at the start of Raw that Scott Hall / Razor Ramon has died.

Barry Bailey, guitarist with the Atlanta Rhythm section, has died. He was 73. https://ultimateclassicrock.com/barry-bailey-atlanta-rhythm-section-dead/

Alan Massengale, a former ESPN anchor and long-time KCBS Los Angeles broadcaster, has died. He was 63. https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/33494830/former-espn-anchor-los-angeles-broadcasting-legend-alan-massengale-dies-63

William Hurt has died at the age of 71. https://deadline.com/2022/03/william-hurt-dies-oscar-winning-actor-was-71-1234977307/

Pete St. John, an Irish folk singer-songwriter who wrote The Fields of Athenry, has died. He was 90. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60722042