alt obits guy

John 'Swisher' Mitchell, brother of former U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, has died. He was 91. https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/07/25/john-swisher-mitchell-celebrated-waterville-athlete-and-coach-dies-at-91/

Maryon Pittman Allen, a former U.S. Senator for Alabama and journalist, has died. She was 92. https://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/07/former_us_senator_journalist_m.html

Guy Molinari, a former U.S. House of Representatives member and borough president of Staten Island, has died. He was 89. http://www.ny1.com/nyc/staten-island/news/2018/07/25/former-congressman-and-staten-island-borough-president-guy-molinari-dies

György Szepesi, a legendary Hungarian radio personality, journalist and sports executive, has died. He was 96. https://hungarytoday.hu/legendary-sport-reporter-gyorgy-szepesi-has-died-at-age-96/

College players are the lower threshold for me, no high school football coaches necessary. By the way, also picked up by ESPN. http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/24186108/maine-black-bears-football-player-darius-minor-collapses-dies-campus-workout Post whore? Hmm. Current alt.obits guy post totals: 541 Post-totals of virtually everybody else: higher

Bruce Grant, the son of former Minnesota Vikings coach Bud Grant, has died. He was 57. https://kstp.com/news/bruce-grant-son-of-bud-grant-dies-from-brain-cancer-vikings/5002025/

Delroy Scott, a Jamaican footballer and midfielder who played for the national team between 1965 and 1969, representing the country at a series of World Cup qualifiers, has died. He was 71. https://www.sportsmax.tv/index.php/football/regional/item/14167-jamaican-midfielder-delroy-mutty-scott-dead-at-71

Demo recording of 16-year-old David (Jones) Bowie to go on auction block. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-monday-edition-1.4757768/bandmate-finds-recording-of-16-year-old-david-bowie-in-breadbasket-1.4757770

Darius Minor, a freshman at the University of Maine, has died. He was 18. https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/umaine-football-player-who-died-had-yet-to-play-a-college-game/97-577117171

Orrin Hatch...at least until he found out and had to prove he wasn't. http://uk.businessinsider.com/orrin-hatch-tweeted-google-not-dead-2018-7

Mark Sebba, the former CEO of Net-A-Porter.com, a London-based online clothing company, has died. He was 69. https://www.theindustry.fashion/former-net-a-porter-ceo-mark-sebba-dies-at-the-age-of-69/?platform=hootsuite

Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, a researcher & activist who helped uncover documents proving World War II Japanese internment camps were borne out of racism and not necessity, has died. She was 92. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-aiko-herzig-yoshinaga-obituary-20180723-story.html

It was a judgement call. She's a socialite which, to me, has never been a proper occupation. She's also an ex-model, which can carry with it certain presumptions. I did look for a models thread in which I'd have been happy to include her. Thought about the 'Fringes' one but she does have her proper fame. The alternative / safe bet would've been 'The Dead of 2018'. A subjective decision on my part.

Florindo 'Flo' Fabrizio, a Democrat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, has died. He was 73. http://www.goerie.com/news/20180724/flo-fabrizio-erie-political-stalwart-dies-at-73

Audreus, aka Audrey Young, a setter at the Guardian for more than 50 years, has died. She was 96. https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/crossword-blog/2018/jul/16/crossword-blog-why-solvers-adored-the-late-audreuss-puzzles Guardian profile of Audreus from January 2013: https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/crossword-blog/2013/jan/10/crossword-blog-meet-setter-audreus

Isabel Nawe, a Polish-born soprano who starred in 'Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin', aka the 'Berlin State Opera', from 1970 to the mid-1990s, has died. She was 75. http://slippedisc.com/2018/07/berlins-polish-opera-star-has-died-at-75/

Lucy Birley, aka Lucy Ferry, a former model, British socialite and ex-wife of Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry, has died. She was 58. http://www.tv3.ie/xpose/article/entertainment-news/272403/Bryan-Ferrys-exwife-Lucy-Birley-dies-aged-58

Oksana Shachko, co-founder of the protest group FEMEN, has died. She was 31. Shachko reportedly committed suicide. https://www.rferl.org/a/femen-activist-shachko-found-dead-in-paris-suicide-suspected/29386587.html

Manny Ycaza, a Hall of Fame jockey and winner of the 1964 Belmont Stakes riding Quadrangle, has died. He was 80. http://www.espn.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/24124379/hall-fame-jockey-manny-ycaza-dies-80

Mitch Chortkoff, a journalist who covered the Los Angeles Lakers for more than 50 years for a cross-section of newspapers, has died. He was 78. http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24140849/long-los-angeles-lakers-reporter-mitch-chortkoff-dies-78

Saait Magiet, a former SA allrounder whose career was adversely affected by apartheid, died July 16th. He was 66. http://kwese.espn.com/cricket/story/_/id/24119306/south-african-allrounder-saait-maajiet-dies-66

Barbara Kennedy-Dixon, the Atlantic Coast Conference's all-time scoring & rebounding leader who later became a long-time Clemson administrator, has died. She was 58. http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/24177518/acc-all-leading-women-scorer-barbara-kennedy-dixon-dies

Her former personal manager, Dan Cleary, died July 8th at age 89. Obituary came out July 23rd. Repped many others as well, as per the obit. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dan-cleary-dead-olivia-newton-john-personal-manager-was-89-1128213

Both revolved around Zappa people. Hers got Zappa-ed out of existence.

Hatidza Mehmedovic, who headed the Mothers of Srebrenica association comprising relatives of the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, has died. She was 65. https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/23/opinions/angelina-jolie-srebrenica-opinion-intl/index.html