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Alan Abel, a writer and noted hoaxer, has (for real) died. He was 94. https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Hoaxer-Alan-Abel-dies-this-time-for-real-13237965.php

Marilyn Strauss, a 1978 Tony Award winner for best producer/best play for the Irish drama 'Da', has died. She was 91. https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article218501415.html

Tommy Best has died https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/16883425.tommy-best-hereford-united-striker-dies/

Clay Riddell, the billionaire co-owner of the NHL's Calgary Flames, has died. He was 81. Riddell is the second person to own/co-own or have owned/co-owned the franchise to die this year. Former owner Sonia Scurfield passed away in June. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/clay-riddell-passed-away-flames-owner-1.4825932

Released from hospital after a three month stay. https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/hollywood-news/f-dot-ri-dot-en-dot-ds-actor-matthew-perry-is-finally-home-after-being-hospitalised-for-three-months

Randy Edwards, of 'Swamp People', believed to have died in a car crash. He was 35. https://www.wafb.com/2018/09/16/swamp-people-randy-edwards-dies-car-crash-sources-say/

Now confirmed https://www.nation.co.ke/news/africa/Malawian-diplomat-and-poet-David-Rubadiri-dies/1066-4761404-jm32jez/index.html

Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff dealing with health & financial issues. A GoFundMe account has been set up to keep his house out of foreclosure & cover CTE-related medical bills. https://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2018/0915/645825/wwe-hall-of-famer-needing-gofundme-campaign-to-save-his-house/

Beverly Bentley, the former wife of Norman Mailer, has died at age 88. Bentley also had a sporadic acting career with about 15 credits. https://t2conline.com/beverly-bentley-mailer-saw-it-all-my-dear-from-the-beginning-of-tv-to-miles-davis-and-through-norman-mailer/

Thad Mumford, a noted African-American TV writer for shows like 'M*A*S*H' and 'The Electric Company,' has died. He was 67. For M*A*S*H, anyway, he always worked with Dan Wilcox. A number of their scripts were put into production. https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/thad-mumford-dead-dies-african-american-writer-mash-1202942657/

He had lots of credits. Was in 'The Godfather Part II' and the mini-series 'Rich Man, Poor Man -- Book II', among other things. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0232194/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Peter Donat, who played agent Mulder's father on 'the X-Files', has died. He was 90. https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/peter-donat-dead-dies-agent-mulder-father-the-x-files-1202943293/

Unconfirmed reports David Rubadiri, a Malawian poet, playwright, novelist & diplomat who, as a writer, was at Makerere University Kampala at the same time V.S. Naipaul was the writer-in-residence, has died at age 88.

Abdullah Wase, the Nigerian ambassador to Qatar, has died. https://insightlinks.net/2018/09/15/nigerias-ambassador-to-qatar-dies/

Sir William Kerr Fraser, former Principal and Chancellor at the University of Glasgow, has died. He was 89. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-45521171

Tax court rules Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte was not entitled to write off his 2009 trip to the International Space Station as a business expense and that the $42 million cost was a taxable benefit. https://globalnews.ca/news/4451263/tax-court-rules-guy-lalibertes-2009-space-trip-was-a-taxable-benefit/

Peter Clifton finally got an obit. https://www.smh.com.au/national/filmmaker-close-to-absolute-icons-of-rock-20180822-p4zyyn.html

I see an obituary was finally printed a couple of weeks ago, confirming his death. https://www.smh.com.au/national/filmmaker-close-to-absolute-icons-of-rock-20180822-p4zyyn.html

Academic Rita Jitendra died in mid-sentence during a live TV interview. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7240712/horrifying-moment-woman-dies-during-live-tv-broadcast-moments-after-saying-shed-love-to-die-while-working/

Kulsoom Nawaz dead https://www.geo.tv/latest/210764-begum-kulsoom-nawaz-passes-away

Now confirmed: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/clarence-brandley-dies-66/

Ex-lover Oscar Hoare, also a close friend of Prince Charles and married, has died. He was 73. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6153061/SEBASTIAN-SHAKESPEARE-Dianas-debonair-lover-Oliver-Hoare-dies-aged-73.html

William Gomis, a former footballer for Saint-Etienne in the French association, has died. He was 19. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/7218940/william-gomis-saint-etienne-dead-19/

Herbert Pepperdine, the last man out after the 1958 Springhill mine disaster which claimed the lives of 75 of the 175 men present when an underground earthquake hit, has died. He was 95. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/last-man-out-after-springhill-mine-disaster-dead-at-95-1.4816384

Former Chinese businessman and entrepreneur Lai Changxing, the founder & Chairman of Yuanhua Group, who is serving life imprisonment for smuggling, has reportedly died at age 59. Official channels have yet to confirm. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=https://info.51.ca/news/canada/2018-09/683609.html&prev=search