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    Authors Last A Long Time, But....

    Patricia Nell Warren, the author of the 1974 New York Times best seller 'The Front Runner', has died. She was 82. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/02/author-around-wonderful-woman-patricia-nell-warren-finishes-race/
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    Time Added

    Mick Kennedy, a hall of fame midfielder for Portsmouth and who played for a number of other teams, has died. He was 57. https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/portsmouth-mourn-death-of-hall-of-fame-midfielder-kennedy-1-8804663
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    Philanthropists

    Jack Hough, a Florida-based philanthropist who headed up MSE Branded Foods for 23 years, was president of the Wall Street Club, a member of Rotary Club of Gainesville and a founding director of the Chattachoochee Bank of Georgia, has died. He was 73. Hough was the shooting victim of what's believed to have been an attempted robbery or carjacking. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6684893/Philanthropist-fatally-shot-car-outside-CVS-waited-wife-inside.html
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    Wrestlers/actors

    My laughing emoji is tempered a little by the fact that I'm only about a half-dozen years younger than Sir Creep and old enough to remember when Bellomo actually won matches on WWF TV.
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    Deadio Times

    I remember hearing an outtake a few years ago where Casey swore. Might have been this one. Quite out of character (the public persona one) for the ever-so-polished Kasem, whether he was doing the countdown or the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon.
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    Wrestlers/actors

    Salvatore Bellomo, a former NWA, WWF and ECW wrestler, has died. He was 67. Bellomo's career began in 1973 and was in the ring as recently as October 2018. https://lastwordonprowrestling.com/2019/02/09/former-wwf-and-ecw-star-salvatore-bellomo-passes-away-at-67/
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    Businesspeople, Investors, CEO's

    Ron W. Miller, the former President & CEO of The Walt Disney Company, has died. He was 85. https://wdwnt.com/2019/02/ron-w-miller-former-disney-president-and-ceo-dead-at-85/
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    Art For Death's Sake

    Robert Ryman, a minimalist painter best know for abstract and white-on-white paintings, has died. He was 88. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/09/obituaries/robert-ryman-minimalist-painter-dies.html?smid=tw-nytimesarts&smtyp=cur
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    The Fringes Of Fame/family Of The Famous

    Dr. Oz's father, Mustafa Oz, has reportedly died at age 94. http://www.anews.com.tr/turkey/2019/02/09/father-of-dr-oz-dies-aged-94-in-istanbul
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    Songwriters

    Lonnie Simmons, a producer, songwriter and record label executive best known for his role in the emergence of The Gap Band, has died. https://www.soultracks.com/story-lonnie-simmons-dies
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    Time Added

    Fernando Clavijo, a member of the 1994 U.S. FIFA World Cup team, has died. He was 63. https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2019/02/09/19/00/20190209-news-mnt-usa-world-cup-veteran-fernando-clavijo-passes-away
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    Time Added

    Fred Pickering, a former Blackburn Rovers star who also playd with Birmingham and Blackpool, has died. He was 78. https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/17421593.former-blackburn-rovers-star-fred-pickering-78-dies/
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    Life In Prison

    Geoffrey Hutton, who was only a couple of months into a life sentence for killing a debt collector, has died in prison. He was 39. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-47183566
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    People Who Are Dead According To Wikipedia...

    Obituary for Ayub Ogada (just to conclude this item. Already acknowledged elsewhere of multiple sources confirming the death) https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001311785/curtain-falls-on-legendary-musician-ayub-ogada
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    Reality TV

    Ron Bellan, who appeared on the reality TV show 'Survive the Hunt' following a 25-year stint in the navy, has died. He was 49. https://www.guns.com/news/2019/02/08/tv-host-ammo-company-ceo-navy-seal-vet-ron-bellan-has-died
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    Alt Obituaries Deadpool

    Walter Munk has died. Congratulations on the hit. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/World-Renowned-Oceanographer-Walter-Munk-Dies-at-101-505598621.html
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    The Dead of 2019

    Walter Munk, a world renown oceanographer and the founder of the University of California at San Diego, has died. He was 101. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/World-Renowned-Oceanographer-Walter-Munk-Dies-at-101-505598621.html
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    Authors Last A Long Time, But....

    Jan Wahl, who authored over 120 books, most notably children's books, has died. He was 85 (according to Wikipedia) or 87 (according to the New York Times obituary). https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/obituaries/jan-wahl-dies.html
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    People Who Are Dead According To Wikipedia...

    Obituary for Mable Lee https://www.ebony.com/news/famed-tap-dancer-mable-lee-dies-at-97/?utm_content=still&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com
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    Academic Footnotes

    John Tyler Bonner, who trained at Harvard and was later long associated with Princeton, chairing its Biology Department on three separate occasions, has died. He was 98. Currently, I can find a blog acknowledging his death, but no proper obit. https://freethoughtblogs.com/fierceroller/?p=5608 Edit: Obit: https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/02/15/microbiologist-john-bonner-leading-expert-cellular-slime-molds-dies-98
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    Voice Actors

    Kinryu Arimoto, a voice-over artist known for One Piece's Whitebeard and Ginrei Kuchiki in Bleach, has died. He was 78. https://metro.co.uk/2019/02/08/voice-actor-behind-one-pieces-whitebeard-dies-aged-78-following-cancer-battle-8483471/
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    Time Added

    Heidi Mohr, a German footballer who was the top scorer in the Bundesliga for five consecutive years from 1991 to 1995 and voted Europe's 'Footballer of the Century' in 1999, has died. She was 51. Currently, only German-language sites reporting. https://www.abendblatt.de/sport/fussball/article216398605/Krebstod-mit-51-Trauer-um-Jahrhundertspielerin-Heidi-Mohr.html
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    Presenters

    Arthur Murphy, the RTE 'Mailbag' presenter, has died. He was 90. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/rté-mailbag-presenter-arthur-murphy-dies-aged-90-1.3786963
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    People Who Are Dead According To Wikipedia...

    Obituary for Gerald English: https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/news/gerald-english-has-died/
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    The 2019 Deathlist Cup

    See if this one is any better: https://sports.yahoo.com/frank-robinson-hall-famer-mlbs-first-black-manager-dies-83-192855868.html'
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