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Bonnie Joan 'BJ' Johannssen, the mother of Beth Chapman, the late co-star of the reality series Dog the Bounty Hunter, has died. She was 82. https://dogthebountyhunternews.wordpress.com/2023/01/11/dog-the-bounty-hunter-star-beth-chapmans-mother-has-died/

Lesego Motsumi, a former Botswana Minister of Health, has died. She was 58. Motsumi died in a house fire. https://www.mmegi.bw/news/bdp-mourns-motsumi/news

One less Pearl Harbor survivor now. Frank Emond, who was a Chief Warrant Officer when the attack happened, has died. He was 104. https://weartv.com/news/local/pearl-harbor-survivor-from-pensacola-dies-at-age-104

Jesus Toral Lopez, who went by the ring name Black Warrior and worked in the AAA and CMLL Mexican promotions, has died. He was 54. https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1162556/former-aaa-and-cmll-luchador-black-warrior-passes-away/

Mrs. Superstar Billy Graham asks for your prayers as he deals with very serious health issues. https://wrestlingnews.co/wwe-news/superstar-billy-grahams-wife-asks-for-prayers-as-he-deals-with-very-serious-health-issues

Jack Bender, a long-time newspaper cartoonist and, later in life, was one of the animators of the comic strip Alley Oop, has died. He was 91. https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/01/08/jack-bender-rip/

Bernard Kalb obit: https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/01/08/bernard-kalb-journalist-dies/ (behind paywall)

Paudie Palmer, a sports broadcaster with C103 County Sound in Cork, Ireland, has died. He was 66. Palmer was the victim of a hit-and-run. https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/01/08/cork-sports-broadcaster-paudie-palmer-dies-after-hit-and-run-incident/

Asia LaFlora, a Tik Tok content creator and influencer known as theylovesadity, and who had over 500,000 followers, has died. She was 18. LaFlora died by suicide. She was known for her body positivity content. https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/who-theylovesadity-tiktok-tributes-pour-body-positivity-influencer-dies-suicide

Johnny Powers, a Canadian wrestler whose career spanned 20 years, from the early 1960s to the early 1980s, has died. He was 79. Powers, who was born Dennis Waters, held several titles for the NWA and NWF, and worked in a number of territories during his career. https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2023/01/07/johnny-powers-dead-at-79/

Sam Fenech, an Australian drag racing driver, has died. He was 55. Fenech was killed in what is being described as a horrific crash. https://7news.com.au/sport/motorsport/father-of-three-drag-racing-driver-sam-fenech-55-killed-in-horrific-crash-lost-for-words-c-9384873

Martin Fabi, a punter in the Canadian Football League in the early-to-mid1960s with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Montreal Alouettes who set a single-game punt and punt yards record in 1963, has died. He was 80. https://leaderpost.com/sports/football/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders/former-saskatchewan-roughriders-punter-martin-fabi-dies-at-80

Scottish rugby great Ken Scotland has died. He was 86. https://www.scotsman.com/sport/rugby-union/ken-scotland-a-giant-of-scottish-rugby-who-revolutionised-full-back-play-dies-at-86-3978291

Victoria Lee, a rising mixed martial arts fighter, has died. She was 18. Lee died December 26th, according to an Instagram post by her older sister. https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2023/01/mma-news-victoria-lee-one-championship-star-dies

Twitter reporting the death of 2017 honourary Academy Award winner Owen Roizman at age 86. Roizman, who was a five-time Oscar nominee, was an American cinematographer whose many credits included the French Connection, the Exorcist, Network, Absence of Malice and Taps. Edit: LA Times obit: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-01-07/owen-roizman-the-french-connection-and-the-exorcist-cinematographer-dies-at-86

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Taylor Lewis, an alumnus of Teen Mom 2, has died. She was 29. Her remains were found at a North Carolina hotel. Police are reportedly investigating as a possible homicide. https://etcanada.com/news/956780/teen-mom-2-alum-taylor-lewis-dies-at-29-sister-says-police-investigating-possible-homicide/

Morphe Cosmetics is closing all its U.S. locations. The company, founded in 2008 and once valued at $2 billion, had been partnered with YouTube fashion influencers Jeffree Star and James Charles, among others, whose fame has turned to infamy, for various reasons. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/morphe-cosmetics-closes-us-retail-stores-employee-shock-rcna64309

Dennis Davis, a World War II Aussie veteran and one of the last survivors of the Rats of Tobruk, has died. He was 102. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11126017/One-Australias-surviving-Rats-Tobruk-Dennis-Davis-dies-aged-102.html

Richard Chapin, a Nebraska radio executive who later became the first broadcaster to serve as chairman of the National Association of Broadcasters, has died. He was 99. https://radioink.com/2023/01/06/richard-chapin-kfor-executive-former-nab-chair-dies-at-99/

Gordy Harmon, a founding member of the American R&B/pop act The Whispers, has died. He was 79. The act formed in the early 1960s. He was there until 1973. They charted regularly in the U.S. in the 70s and 80s, with 1987's Rock Steady their biggest hit, peaking at #7. https://abc7.com/gordy-harmon-the-whispers-rb-music-obituary/12660553/

Played Jim Peterson in a handful of episodes of Who's the Boss. Was also in one of the lesser episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Mark Capps, a Grammy Award-winning recording engineer, has died. He was 54. Capps was killed by a SWAT time while brandishing a weapon. https://variety.com/2023/music/news/nashville-recording-engineer-shot-killed-police-swat-mark-capps-1235480406/

Immy Nunn, a deaf Tik Tok star with more than 723,000 followers, has died. She was 25. No cause of death has yet been given. https://limpingchicken.com/2023/01/05/tributes-paid-to-deaf-tiktoker-immy-nunn-who-has-died-aged-25/

Richard Bernal, a former Jamaican ambassador to the United States, has died. Bernal collapsed and died while walking with his wife. https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20230104/ambassador-richard-bernal-has-died