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Business appears to be picking up for me. Among the octet who had Greg Gilbert. I also had Bernard Tapie, who won't generate bonus points. Still, it will be interesting to see who had him.

A controversial figure, to be sure, but fought until the end. Un homme d'affaires inoubliable.

Reverend Gregory Lucey, former president of Spring Hill College, has died. He was 88. https://www.wkrg.com/mobile-county/former-president-of-spring-hill-college-dies/

Claire Van Ummersen, a former president of Cleveland State University, has died. She was 86. Van Ummersen died in a car crash in Massachusetts. https://www.cleveland19.com/2021/09/30/former-cleveland-state-university-president-dies-car-accident/

Ed Beauvais, the co-founder and former CEO of America West Airlines, has died. He was 84. His oldest son Mark and he were behind the company's 1981 birth. The name disappeared in 2005 after a merger with US Airways. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2021/10/01/ed-beauvais-co-founder-and-former-ceo-america-west-airlines-dies-84/5959075001/

Anne Jolliffe, Australia's first female animator, died in mid-September. She was 87. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/anne-jolliffe-australias-first-woman-animator-dies-at-87-208710.html

Tom Carroll, who played 64 games over three years, but holds the New York Yankees record for the youngest person to appear in a World Series, has died. He was 85. Carroll was 19 when he was used as a pinch runner in the 1955 baseball classic. https://www.mlb.com/news/tom-carroll-youngest-yankee-to-appear-in-world-series-dies-at-85

Another Tik Tok "star" has had their pendulum stop. Katelyn Ballman, known as "itskateeeebee", has died. She was 27. There is speculation she may have died by suicide. https://gmspors.com/tiktok-star-katelyn-ballman-known-as-itskatieeeebee-dies-at-27/

Never mind.

Carl Moore, the co-founder of the Bristol Motor Speedway, has died. He was 91. Along with Larry Carrier and R.G. Pope, Moore launched the speedway in 1961. It welcomed the NASCAR Cup series that year. https://www.speedsport.com/nascar/nascar-cup-series/bristol-motor-speedway-co-founder-carl-moore-91/

Edgar Iles, a former president of the Virgin Islands Olympic Committee, has died. He was 93. Iles had held the post for 25 years. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1113673/former-virgin-islands-noc-president-dies

Edward Keating, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for his 9/11 photography, has died. He was 65. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/30/nyregion/edward-keating-dead.html (Behind paywall)

Philip Owen, a former mayor of Vancouver (B.C.), has died. He was 88. Owen was the mayor from 1993 to 2002. His political career had begun back in 1978. He was a member of the Order of Canada. https://vancouversun.com/news/former-vancouver-mayor-philip-owen-dies

Eberhard Jüngel, the leading Protestant theologian to emerge out of Stalinist East Germany, has died. He was 86. Jüngel’s work overshadowed in some ways by his peers and colleagues, including future Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger. He was also unsuccessful in popularizing the phrase "It's a Jüngel out there", causing him to fall short in two areas. https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2021/september/died-eberhard-juengel-theology-trinity-god-cross-speakable.html

Natabay Tinsiew, an Eritrean man claiming to be the oldest person to have ever lived, has died. He claimed to be 127. His family wants the Guinness Book of Records to declare him as such. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10041737/Eritrean-man-dies-age-127-family-claims.html

Dave Komansky, a former CEO of Merrill Lynch, has died. He was 82. Komansky rose to the rank in 1996 and held the position until 2003, when he was forced out. https://nypost.com/2021/09/28/former-merrill-lynch-ceo-dave-komansky-dead-at-82/

Gabriel Salazar, a Tik Tok star and influence rwith over 1.8 million followers, has died following a car crash. He was 18. https://news.yahoo.com/gabriel-salazar-tiktok-star-1-112459103.html?soc_src=community&soc_trk=tw

Myron Dewey, a journalist and filmmaker who documented Native American resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline, has died. He was 49. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2021/09/29/native-american-filmmaker-myron-dewey-dakota-access-pipeline-dead-car-crash/5924024001/

John Clunies-Ross, who ruled over the Cocos Islands for 30 years in a fifedom where he was employer, landlord, teacher and law enforcement, has died. He was 93. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10047345/John-Clunies-Ross-died-age-93-ruled-Cocos-Islands-fiefdom-30-years.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Ed Mason, a radio voice in Alberta for nearly 50 years, almost 40 on CHQT and 630 CHED, has died. He was 75. https://globalnews.ca/news/8230351/ed-mason-dies-630-ched/

Sadly not surprising. Had stopped tweeting around September 1st. For someone who regularly posted their thoughts and retweeted others, it was a foreshadowing of his impending demise.

James Mathewson, the longest-serving President Pro Tem of the Missouri Senate, has died. He was 83. Mathewson served in the state Senate from 1980 to 2005, retiring because of term limits. https://abc17news.com/news/2021/09/28/former-missouri-senate-leader-james-mathewson-dies/

Ann Breault, a former province of New Brunswick Cabinet minister, has died. She was 82. Breault held several portfolios during her nearly 12-year term, including health and community services; municipalities, culture and housing; and income assistance. https://www.country94.ca/2021/09/28/former-mla-ann-breault-has-died/

Nick Oza, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who was known for an immersive style of photography, producing stark images of resilience and triumph in the face of natural and man-made adversity, has died. He was 57. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona-republic/2021/09/28/nick-oza-arizona-republic-photographer-and-pulitzer-prize-winner-dies/5893454001/

Playboy Pete Huge, an indie pro wrestler in various Minnesota-based promotions with over 160 matches to his credit from 2000 to 2016, has died. He was 41. https://www.fox9.com/news/wrestler-from-south-minneapolis-dies-at-41