alt obits guy

Stephen J. Lawrence, who composed over 300 songs for Sesame Street, has died. He was 82. https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/stephen-j-lawrence-dead-1235015151/

Maxine McNair, the last surviving parent of any of the four Black girls killed in the 1963 Alabama church bombing, has died. She was 93. https://apnews.com/article/religion-alabama-bombings-birmingham-ad0434ff10e1f6fb065b05c2456f2551?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=AP

Clifton Brooks Sr., the last surviving Tuskegee Airman from West Virginia, has died. He was 99. Brooks served in the U.S. Air Force as a cryptologist during World War II. https://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/clifton-brooks-sr-west-virginias-last-tuskegee-airmen-dies-at-99/article_78f8b59e-6730-11ec-8789-77cba145c43a.html

Jim Toy, an LGBTQ activist and Michigan's first openly gay man, has died. He was 91. https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2022/01/michigans-first-openly-gay-man-prominent-ann-arbor-lgbtq-activist-dies-at-91.html

Joe Comuzzi, a former Liberal MP and Cabinet minister who later crossed the floor to become a PC party member, has died. He was 88. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/former-liberal-cabinet-minister-joe-comuzzi-dies-age-88-1.6302347

Larry Biittner, who played over 1,200 combined Major League games with the Washington Senators, Texas Rangers, Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds from 1970 to 1973, has died. He was 75. https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2022/1/2/22863913/larry-biittner-former-cubs-outfielder-passed-away

Austrian Holocaust survivor Gertrude Pressburger, who became involved in her country's 2016 election, warning about hatred and exclusion, has died. She was 94. Pressburger was persecuted despite her family having converted from Judaism to Catholicism in the 1930s. https://weartv.com/news/nation-world/austrian-holocaust-survivor-mrs-gertrude-dies-at-94

Penny Jackson Ragsdale, the wife of singer Ray Stevens, has died. She was 78. Ragsdale had been fighting a long battle with cancer. http://www.cmt.com/news/1840306/ray-stevens-wife-penny-jackson-ragsdale-dies/

Robert Holland Jr., the first Black CEO of Ben & Jerry's, has died. He was 81. https://www.blackenterprise.com/robert-holland-jr-first-black-ceo-of-ben-jerrys-has-died-at-81/?utm_content=buffer52d1a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Stephen Swank, the father of actress Hilary Swank, died in October 2021. Hilary returned to social media on January 1st, 2022 to provide the update. https://234radio.com/hilary-swank-returns-to-social-media-to-reveal-that-her-beloved-father-stephen-michael-has-died/

To the very end, I hoped I'd get a QO for Philipp Mickenbecker. Alas, it was not meant to be. Fade to Black 2022 team: 1. Russell Bishop (joker) 2. George Alagiah 3. Ronnie Atkins 4. Jana Bennett 5. Tony Brown 6. Gary Burgess 7. (Baron) Frank Field 8. Janey Godfrey 9. Deborah James 10. Tim Keller 11. Dan Lacey 12. Linda Nolan 13. Tom Parker 14. George Perez 15. Cornelius Price 16. Tom Smith 17. Peter Tobin 18. Gianluca Vialli 19. James Whale 20. Slick Woods

Rejected picks: Tony Brown Ignace Guede-Gba (who died December 29th) Deborah James Dan Lacey Dame Clare Marx Nightbirde (Jane Marczewski) Gerald Pizzuto Jr. Cornelius Price Natty Wailer Nancy Worley (who died December 29th) Rejected replacement pick: Miguel Van Damme And I also needed a replacement for Billy Turner, who was accepted but died December 31st.

I'll say 10.

Guess I have to find a replacement for the Alt Obits pool.

James Whale

Richard Patten, a former Ontario provincial parliamentary member, twice a part of the provincial Cabinet, who served the riding of Ottawa Centre from 1987 to 1990 and again from 1995 to 2007, has died. He was 79. https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/former-ottawa-mpp-richard-patten-dead-at-79-1.5724547

Now that she's died, I can say Nancy Worley was one of my picks for 2022 that got rejected.

Ten rejected picks. One rejected replacement pick. All good now. Will reveal the disallowed selections early in the New Year.

Sent in my team this morning. Expecting multiple rejections, even with avoiding sending obvious non-starters.

Star Trek 'In Memoriam' for 2021. Includes names that were and weren't noted in the Deathlist. https://www.dailystartreknews.com/read/star-trek-in-memoriam-2021-remembering-those-weve-lost-this-year

Oui, ca semble que moi, aussi, des choix interessants sont souvent rejetes. Quand-meme, je continue a chercher des noms moins connu.

Il y a encore quatre jours pour decider.

I guess I can cross him off my (work-in-progress) list and eliminate one would-be rejected pick.

Candy Palmater, a noted Canadian stand-up comic, radio and television personality, has died. She was 53. Palmater came late to the media industry, having previously worked as a lawyer. Most recently, she was co-host of a six-episode podcast series about race and mental health. https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-comedian-candy-palmater-obit-1.6298371

Bob McCammon, who spent more than a decade as a minor league player before transitioning to a coach, eventually leading the Philadelphia Flyers in 1978-79 and again from 1981-82 through 1983-84 before a four-year stint with the Vancouver Canucks from 1987-88 through 1990-91, has died. He was 80. McCammon was also an assistant with the Edmonton Oilers in 1985-86 and again from 1995-96 through 1997-98. https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/former-canucks-coach-bob-mccammon-was-one-of-the-characters-of-the-game