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Steve Pieters, an openly gay cleric and AIDS activist whose interview on the PTL Club gave its conservative Christian audience a differing viewpoint on homosexuality and prompted Tammy Faye Bakker to ask he be treated with compassion, has died. He was 70. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/us/steve-pieters-dead.html

Tommie Broadwater Jr, a former State Senator from Maryland who was later convicted of food stamp fraud, has died. He was 81. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/07/19/tommie-broadwater-prince-georges-dead/

Homer Hogues, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen who served in the US military as an airplane mechanic and attained the enlisted rank of staff sergeant, died June 27th. He was 96. Hogues' death came two days after that of his wife. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/us/tuskegee-airmen-homer-hogues-death/index.html

Iron Sheik cause of death revealed to be cardiac arrest. https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1344308/iron-sheik-death-certificate-reveals-died-cardiac-arrest/?utm_source=twitter

Kevin Mitnick, an American computer security consultant, author and convicted hacker, has died. He was 59. Mitnick died after a 14-month battle with pancreatic cancer. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/kevin-mitnick-11371668

Lew Perkins, a 1960s college basketball player who rose through the administration ranks to eventually become the athletic director at the University of Kansas and at Wichita State, has died. He was 78. https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/former-kansas-wichita-state-ad-222926291.html

Sue Marx, who won the 1988 Oscar for 'Best Documentary Short' for her film 'Young at Heart', which chronicled the relationship between her father and his second wife, both artists and each a widower/widow, has died. She was 92. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/07/17/sue-marx-oscar-winning-filmmaker-dies-at-92/70422900007/

Fred Wagman, the president of the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1996 and 1997, has died. He was 86. https://www.cjme.com/2023/07/19/former-roughriders-president-wagman-dead-at-86/

Driver found guilty of all three charges in the hit-and run death of Boris Brott: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/arsenije-lojovic-found-guilty-1.6908908

Robert Lieberman, whose directing credits included D3: The Mighty Ducks and episodes of TV series such as Thirtysomething, The X-Files and Dexter, has died. He was 75. Lieberman died July 1st. His death was being reported July 17th. https://people.com/director-robert-lieberman-dead-75-7562339

Harriet Choice, a pioneering jazz critic and one of the founders of the Jazz Institute of Chicago, has died. She was 82. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-harriet-choice-appreciation-kogan-0718-20230717-hkyoaqsakfbv7fujqpvmm4accu-story.html (Behind paywall)

The Rev. Canon Dr. Mary Medcof, a Canadian priest who helped form the International Anglican Women's Network, has died. She was 88. https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2023/07/the-revd-canon-dr-mary-alice-medcof-4-march-1935-13-july-2023.aspx

Norman Rees, who travelled the globe as a reporter for ITV, has died. He was 84. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jul/18/norman-rees-obituary

Atlanta YouTube 'star' and influencer Annabelle Ham has died at age 22. She had attended a bachelorette party in Alabama before going missing. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12311619/Annabelle-Ham-dies-suddenly-aged-22-tributes-flood-light-world.html

Bill MacMillan, who played a combined 446 NHL games with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Atlanta Flames and New York Islanders between 1970-71 and 1976-77, has died. He was 80. MacMillan won a Stanley Cup in 1980 as an assistant coach with the Islanders. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-billy-macmillan-dies-1.6908331

Gerda Hnatyshyn, the widow of former Governor General of Canada Ray Hnatyshyn, has died. She was 87 or 88. https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/2023/message-governor-general-following-death-ms-gerda-hnatyshyn

Former pick Oommen Chandy dies. https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/senior-congress-leader-and-former-kerala-chief-minister-oommen-chandy-passes-away-1238088.html

Oommen Chandy, an Indian politician and popular deadpool pick, has died. He was 79. https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/senior-congress-leader-and-former-kerala-chief-minister-oommen-chandy-passes-away-1238088.html

Had Cheri Pies last month and dropped her. Not that it would make much difference at this point.

LOL. It was as much amusement as anger. My posting came a minute after the first one, which is to say it was being posted as I was writing my version up. I edited my version to acknowledge the late entry and got an angry reaction. So, tit for tat, because I felt like it in the moment, I returned the favour.

(As also noted above) Lisa Marie Presley cause of death determined to be small bowel obstruction. https://www.tmz.com/2023/07/13/lisa-marie-presley-cause-of-death-small-bowel-obstruction/

Malik Shabazz improving and off respirator. Critical, but stable: https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/07/13/reverend-dr-malik-shabazz-improving-after-suffering-heart-attack-in-metro-detroit/

C.R. Roberts, a legendary USC player whose pro career saw him play in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers and the CFL with the Toronto Argonauts, has died. He was 87. https://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/story/2023-07-12/c-r-roberts-usc-texas-football-died-87

Sita Dahal dead: https://www.nepallivetoday.com/2023/07/12/sita-dahal-wife-of-prime-minister-prachanda-passes-away/ (Apparently failed her check-up)

Peter Kowalsky, a former vocalist with several hardcore and metalcore bands, including Remembering Never, Ether Coven, Until the End and xBISHOPx, has died. Nicknamed 'Mean Pete', he was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer in 2020. https://loudwire.com/remembering-never-ether-coven-vocalist-peter-kowalsky-dead/