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Carrie Robbins, a costumer designer for dozens of Broadway shows, has died. She was 81.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/theater/carrie-robbins-dead.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytobits
(behind paywall)
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Michael Cuscuna, a legendary Grammy Award-winning producer who produced hundreds of jazz reissues and studio sessions during his career, has died. He was 75. Cuscuna was also the co-founder of Mosaic Records.
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Bob Cole, the Hall of Fame play-by-play broadcaster long associated with Hockey Night in Canada, has died. He was 90.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/bob-cole-obituary-1.7184556
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8 hours ago, FinalChapter said:
Mike Pinder being reported dead, per his son on FacebookMike Pinder's death now being picked up by mainstream publications: https://www.nme.com/news/music/moody-blues-founder-mike-pinder-dies-age-82-3750634
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Al Shaver, the play-by-play voice of the now-defunct Minnesota North Stars, has died. He was 96. Shaver helmed the teams broadcasts for their entire 26-year run.
https://www.startribune.com/al-shaver-obituary-north-stars-radio-announcer-dies/600361339/
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Meg Bennett, who wrote for numerous American soap operas and appeared in the Young and the Restless and Santa Barbara, has died. She was 75.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-04-21/soap-opera-star-meg-bennett-dies
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2 hours ago, YoungWillz said:Irish heroin dealer, HIV+ and child abuser Tony Felloni reportedly dead:
All his kids ended up on heroin as did many Irish citizens because of him.
Edit: https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/tony-king-scum-felloni-dies-32651984
Appropriate surname, given a felony is a serious criminal offense in American jurisprudence parlance.
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Al Zinck, who promoted wrestling in Canada's maritimes, primarily in the 1970s and into the early 1980s, died April 7th. He was 91.
https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2024/04/07/maritimes-promoter-al-zinck-dead-at-91/
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Helen Cummine, the last living sibling of all-time National Hockey League great Gordie Howe, has died. She was 90. Cummine was the youngest of the nine Howe brothers and sisters.
https://www.nhl.com/news/gordie-howes-last-living-sibling-helen-cummine-dies-at-90
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10 hours ago, edm88 said:That makes two recently announced Major Leaguers who died months ago. with Ron Bryant (another 20-game winner, like Peterson) having been the other.
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Ron Weiner, a Daytime Emmy-winning director for Donahue, has died. He was 93.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ron-weiner-dead-donahue-director-1235873462/
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Fritz Peterson, a pitcher who played more than a decade with three teams combined, mostly with the New York Yankees, between 1966 and 1976, has died. He was 82. Peterson' was infamously known for having traded families with former teammate Mike Kekich in the early 1970s. Both reconstituted marriages ended in divorce.
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Gary Shaw, a boxing promoter who ran his own company and promoted several Hall of Fame boxers, including Shane Mosley and the late Diego Corrales, has died. He was 79.
https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/39921410/prominent-boxing-promoter-gary-shaw-dies-age-79
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Unidentified 21-year-old skier dies trying to jump over highway.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/21-year-skier-dies-high-risk-stunt-jump/story?id=109123538
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Reform party drops candidate Tommy Cawkwell due to inactivity. Turns out, he was permanently inactive.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/reform-uk-mortified-dropped-inactive-125334140.html
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Nicholas Folwell, a baritone who spent 40 years at the English National Opera, has died. He was 70.
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Wilevis Brito, a model who competed in Miss Venezuela, has died. She was 24. Brito recently underwent a procedure to fix a 'small lump. on her top lip.
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Indy Nijjar, who competed on the reality series 'Come Dine With Me', in 2011, has died. He was 50.
https://metro.co.uk/2024/04/11/channel-4s-come-dine-star-indy-nijjar-dies-aged-50-20632138/
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Park Boram, a K-Pop singer about to celebrate 10 years in the business, has died. She was 30.
https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/park-boram-k-pop-singer-songwriter-obituary-1235654493/
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1 hour ago, MarcJWallace said:Akebono, a sumo wrestler turned professional wrestler who memorably faced The Big Show in a sumo match at WrestleMania 21 in 2005, has died aged 54 according to Dave Meltzer.
Akebono obit: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/04/11/sumo/former-yokozuna-akebono-dies/
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Bart Durham, a noted personal injury lawyer in the Nashville, Tennessee area who founded his eponymous firm nearly 50 years ago and whose face was on hundreds of billboards, TV screens and newspapers, has died. He was 89.
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Richard Leibner, prominent talent agent who transformed the TV news business by guiding the careers of broadcast journalists Dan Rather, Diane Sawyer, Mike Wallace, Andy Rooney and Norah O’Donnell, has died. He was 85.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/richard-leibner-dead-agent-news-anchors-1235870295/
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Bob Labonte, a NASCAR two-time car owner champion and crew chief in the Busch Series and the father of drivers Bobby and Terry Labonte, has died. He was 90.
https://myfox8.com/sports/nascar-motorsports/nascar-legend-bob-labonte-dies/
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Nathan Templeton, a reporter for Channel 7 Sunrise, has died. He was 44. Templeton was walking his dog when he suffered a medical episode.
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Sue Johnson, a world renowned psychologist, best selling author, professor, and researcher, and the creator of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), has died. She was 76.
https://drsuejohnson.com/in-remembrance-of-dr-sue-johnson/