alt obits guy

Dick Karner, a drummer for the Salty Dogs Jazz Band in the mid-1950s, has died. He was 85. https://syncopatedtimes.com/dick-karner-drummer-with-the-salty-dog-jb-has-died/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Original_Salty_Dogs_Jazz_Band

Reggie Warren, an original member of the R&B group Troop, has died. He was 52. The group charted three Hot 100 hits in the early 1990s, the most successful of which, 'All I Do Is Think Of You', peaked at #47. https://www.tmz.com/2021/03/14/troop-rb-group-singer-reggie-warren-dead-dies/

Oldest living person in Canada gets COVID-19 vaccine. Phyllis Ridgway, a British-born Canadian, is 114-years-old and the 14th oldest validated person in the world. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/canadas-oldest-person-vaccine-1.5949168

Barbara Walters

Sally Grossman, the widow of one-time Bob Dylan manager Albert Grossman and who appeared on the cover of Dylan's Bringing it All Back Home album, has died. She was 81. https://bestclassicbands.com/sally-grossman-obituary-widow-albert-grossman-3-12-21/

Terrence (Terry) McVerry, a former U.S. district judge who'd also served in the state legislature, has died. He was 77. https://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2021/03/10/Terrence-F-McVerry-obituary/stories/202103100191 I guess that makes him McVerry dead.

Ken Quin, the father of top WWE women's wrestler Becky Lynch, has died. Lynch is currently on maternity leave after giving birth to a daughter. Fellow WWE wrestler Seth Rollins is the father. https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2021/3/11/22326183/becky-lynch-father-dead-tribute-parent

Eugene Hughes, the president of Wichita State University from 1993 to 1998, has died. https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews/news/2021/03-march/hughes_story_4.php

Marianne Carus, an editor, publisher, education reformer and founder of Cricket magazine, has died. She was 92. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/85788-obituary-marianne-carus.html

John Polkinghorne, a physicist and president of Queen's College from 1989 to 1996, has died. He was 90. https://queens.shorthandstories.com/college-announcement-john-polkinghorne/

Luis Palau is a hit for me. I've sent in a Toronto Star obituary. Edit: He's a solo.

Luis Palau has died.

Twitter reporting the death of noted British horror film director Norman J. Warren, the man behind such films as Satan's Slave, Inseminoid, Prey and Terror.

Norm Sherry, who played close to 200 games with the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets combined but whose advice to a then-struggling Sandy Koufax help set his then-teammate up for a Hall of Fame career, has died. He was 89. Sherry's brother Larry was also a Major Leaguer.

Brian 'the Colonel' Robinson, who was the draftsman for the 'Crime of the Century', a theft of 6,800 gold ingots, diamonds and cash, has died penniless. He was 78. Robinson was cheated out of his share of the haul. He also spent 25 years in prison. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/6798366/brains-behind-26million-brinks-mat-bullion-robbery-dies-penniless/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=scottishsuntwitter&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1615325550

Lou Ottens, the man who invented the cassette tape, has died. He was 94. https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/lou-ottens-1926-2021-was-de-uitvinder-van-het-cassettebandje-maar-vond-de-cd-beter~bc9c01b0/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FlQxfcoZiu5%3Famp%3D1 (Dutch language obit)

Steve Ortmayer, a special teams coach and football operations director during two stints with the Raiders, has died. Ortmayer helped the club to two Super Bowl wins during his tenure with the organization. https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-issue-statement-on-the-passing-of-steve-ortmayer

Roger Mudd, a well-respected, veteran CBS correspondent, has died. He was 93. A DDP 'list of the missed' entry, picked as recently as 2020. https://www.wdbj7.com/2021/03/09/journalist-roger-mudd-dead-at-93/

Rheal Cormier, who pitched 683 games in the Major Leagues cumulatively for St. Louis, Boston, Montreal, Philadelphia and Cincinnati in a career that spanned from 1991 to 2007, has died. He was 53. Cormier was a member of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. He died of cancer. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/former-montreal-expos-pitcher-rhéal-cormier-has-died-at-age-53-1.5338638

Lars-Goran Petrov is a hit for me. I've sent in the NME (New Music Express) obit, which should be sufficient. At least two other people had him, maybe more.

Richard Marriott, Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, 1996-2005, High Sheriff of Humberside 1991-92, and squire of Boynton Hall, near Bridlington, died February 22nd. He was 90. https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2021/03/richard-marriott-1930-2021.html

Not quite an astronaut, but Allan McDonald, who directed the booster rocket project at NASA contractor Morton Thiokol and who was at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the ill-fated launch of the Challenger in 1986, has died. He was 83. https://www.npr.org/2021/03/07/974534021/remembering-allan-mcdonald-he-refused-to-approve-challenger-launch-exposed-cover?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20210307

Bhaskar Menon, the founding chairman and CEO at EMI Music Worldwide, who worked with everyone from the Beatles to Tina Turner to Queen and the Rolling Stones and who is credited with breaking Pink Floyd in the U.S., has died. He was 86. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bhaskar-menon-legendary-emi-and-capitol-records-head-dies-at-86

Which doesn't negate what I wrote, which didn't conclude he was still alive. It only stated Wikipedia has listed him, once more, as being a member of the living.

Wikipedia has now removed the death date from his entry and he is listed, once more, as being alive.