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Jacques Delisle, the first ever Canadian judge convicted of murder, has died. He was 89. Delisle was convicted in the shooting death of his physically disabled wife in 2009. He was imprisoned in 2012, but released in 2021 and a retrial ordered by the Justice Minister at the time. He accepted a plea bargain and served an extra day in jail. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/former-judge-jacques-delisle-death-1.7291304

Charlie Brill and she were married for over 64 years.

From about a month ago: Man sentenced to prison after pleading no contest to charges of criminally negligent homicide and abuse of a corpse, that of Dennis Day. Daniel Burda was a live-in handyman whom Day was trying to evict. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-sentenced-4-years-death-original-mickey-mouse-club-cast-member-rcna161315 (A couple of other entries in this thread from 2019 speak about Day's body being found.)

Duane Thomas, a former NFL running back and key member of the Dallas Cowboys' first ever Super Bowl championship team, has died. He was 77. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/duane-thomas-dies-former-cowboys-running-back-super-bowl-champion-was-77/

Facebook reporting the death of Jim Umbarger, a pitcher who played three years in the 1970s, mostly for the Texas Rangers. https://www.facebook.com/groups/238999221854/

Jay Kanter dead: https://deadline.com/2024/08/jay-kanter-dead-film-producer-agent-1236033308/

Patti Yasutake, who played the recurring role of Nurse Alyssa Ogawa on Star Trek: The Next Generation, has died. She was 70. https://neptunesociety.com/obituaries/sherman-oaks-ca/patricia-yasutake-11927218

People wanted to know Samson Burke's date of birth. They were unnecessarily going through birth record sites. I recognized the name as that of a pro wrestler. I provided his date of birth and name at birth, answering both of those questions. That source also had no date of death. It's a very good one for having up-to-date wrestling information, as can be shown by the information on its home page. https://www.wrestlingdata.com/ I also provided the name of a wrestling writer who, if you'd bothered to find anything out about, would know is an old school, investigative journalist in the wrestling industry. I've cited his articles more than once for obits. And while Wikipedia is no guarantee for accurate information, there are enough people who take an interest in lists of "World's oldest" - including plenty who post in the Deathlist Forums - that a public death notice for Mr. Burke would've surely been incorporated into that Wikipedia page's info. I don't know what you're missing from the info I posted.

Samuel Burke aka Solomon Burke was born April 8th, 1929 in Montreal, Quebec. Aside from bodybuilding, he was also a long-time pro wrestler. https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=8002 He is listed as being still alive on the "List of oldest surviving professional wrestlers" Wikipedia page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_surviving_professional_wrestlers I suspect he is alive. Had he died, a wrestling journalist like Greg Oliver would've written about it.

Barbara Howar confronting Anita Bryant on her views: Other Barbara Howar interviews available on YouTube: Elton John, Liza Minnelli and Patti LuPone.

Barbara Howar, a New York Times best-selling author, television interviewer and Washington socialite, has died. She was 89. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/05/books/barbara-howar-dead.html

Tom Pritchard, Australia's last Rat of Tobruk, has died. He was 102. https://7news.com.au/sunrise/tom-pritchard-australias-last-rat-of-tobruk-dead-at-102-c-15603580

June Walker Rogers, a Broadway performer, playwright and author who worked with the likes of Dick Van Dyke, Hal Linden and Tony Bennett, died July 8th. She was 97. Her death was being reported on August 3rd. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/june-walker-rogers-dead-broadway-playwright-author-1235965768/

Raymond Desfossés, one of Quebec's most notorious gangsters, has died. He was 73. Desfossés, a former influential leader in the West End Gang is reported to have died of natural causes at a palliative-care home. Last year, he completed an 18-year sentence for cocaine smuggling and hiring a professional hit man to kill six people between 1980 and 2001. https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/former-west-end-gang-leader-raymond-desfosses-73-has-died

Joe Turpin, who was featured on the big screens of the 80th anniversary of D-Day commemorations and who was the face of a Blind Veterans UK awareness campaign, has died. He was 98. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/portsmouth-news/20240730/281685440110182

Joyce Brabner, a comic book writer, editor and publisher, and the widow of Harvey Pekar, has died. She was 72. https://bleedingcool.com/comics/joyce-brabner-comic-book-writer-editor-publisher-has-died-at-72/

Jim Weber, the long-time play-by-play announcer for the minor league Toledo Mud Hens, has died. He was 78. Weber called over 6,000 consecutive games for the team. https://www.13abc.com/2024/08/02/mud-hens-longtime-announcer-jim-weber-dies/

Dmitri Filimonov, who played 30 games with the Ottawa Senators in 1993-94 but spent the bulk of his professional career in his native Russia, has died. He was 52. https://www.bladeofsteel.com/nhl/news/former-nhl-defenceman-dmitri-filimonov-passes-away-at-young-age

Andre Juillard, known for his work on the comic strip "Blake et Mortimer", has died. He was 76. https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/08/01/la-mort-d-andre-juillard-maitre-discret-de-la-bande-dessinee_6263896_3382.html (French language obit)

Constantin Ionescu, a Romanian grandmaster, has died. He was 69. https://frsah.ro/2024/07/31/marele-maestru-constantin-ionescu-s-a-stins-din-viata/ (Romanian language obit.) Here is a depiction of a 1986 match between Ionescu and Krum Georgiev (the name before this one in the thread). Both had their deaths announced yesterday (July 31st). https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1458881

Randal Malone, who appeared in dozens of low budget movies and as a "film star" on the 1990s MTV dating show "Singled Out", has died. He was 66. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/randal-malone-dead-singled-out-1235963770/

Hailey Merkt, who appeared as a contestant on season 21 of "The Bachelor", has died. She was 31. Merkt had long been battling leukemia. https://www.wtnh.com/news/national/former-bachelor-contestant-hailey-merkt-dead-at-31-after-cancer-battle/

Norma Padgett Upshaw, a White woman who falsely accused four Black men of rape in the Jim Crow-era South in 1949, has died. She was 92. The group came to be called the “Groveland Four”. In 2019, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued full posthumous pardons to the four. https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/31/us/groveland-four-jim-crow-exonerated/index.html

Krum Georgiev, a Bulgarian grandmaster, has died. He was 66. https://fakti.bg/en/sport/901206-chess-player-krum-georgiev-died

Ismail Haniyeh QO: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ck7g0g4mk4zo