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Dead celebrities of 2024


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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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PostPosted: Nov 10 2024 08:35 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Greek winemaker and former Thessaloniki mayor Yiannis Boutaris, dead of undisclosed causes at 82.
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jprime
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Location: Southern Ontario
PostPosted: Nov 11 2024 02:57 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Legendary multiple award-winning children's folk singer-songwriter Ella Jenkins, dead Saturday at 100.
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jprime
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PostPosted: Nov 11 2024 09:39 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Veteran jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson, dead Saturday of undisclosed causes at 98.

College Football Hall Of Fame University Of South Carolina & Los Angeles Rams coach John Robinson, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead of complications from pneumonia at 89.
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jprime
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PostPosted: Nov 12 2024 05:28 pm Reply with quote Back to top

German-born British painter Frank Auerbach, dead at 93.

Former British Colombia premier and Canadian ambassador to Germany John Horgan, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead of recurrent thyroid cancer at 65.

German six-time track cycling world champion Michael Hubner, not to be confused with the eponymous also-German retired footballer, dead at 65.
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jprime
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PostPosted: Nov 12 2024 05:58 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Greek shipping & energy magnate Vardis J. Vardinoyannis, a family friend to the Kennedys, dead at 90 twenty-two days shy of his birthday.
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jprime
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PostPosted: Nov 12 2024 09:34 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Former Notre Dame Fighting Irish coach Gerry Faust, dead of undisclosed causes at 89.

South Korean actor and model Song Jae-rim, dead of undisclosed causes at 39.
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jprime
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PostPosted: Nov 13 2024 05:22 am Reply with quote Back to top

Three-time NCAA shot put champion and Olympic bronze & gold medalist Dallas Long, dead of undisclosed causes at 84.
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jprime
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PostPosted: Nov 13 2024 04:53 pm Reply with quote Back to top

British actor Timothy West, CBE, husband to retired actress Prunella Scales and known for his performances in Shakespeare plays and for playing Winston Churchill in three different productions, dead in his sleep at 90.

Irish singer-songwriter and former Granny's Intentions frontman Johnny Duhan, drowned at 74.
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jprime
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PostPosted: Nov 13 2024 09:57 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Longtime Associated Press editor R. Larry Hobbs, dead in his sleep of natural causes at 83.

Canadian musician Dave McHugh, known for his kind demeanor and positive outlook, dead at 57 (birth date unknown).

Russian TV chef and editor-turned-London restaurateur Alexei Zimin, a vocal opponent of the Ukraine war, dead of causes yet unknown at 52 (birth date unknown).
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jprime
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PostPosted: Nov 14 2024 05:12 am Reply with quote Back to top

Prominent conservative lawyer Ted Olson, widower to conservative legal analyst Barbara Olson (nee Bracher) and not to be confused with the eponymous baseballer, dead of a stroke at 84.
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PostPosted: Nov 14 2024 05:14 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Former New York Giants running back Charlie Evans, not to be confused with the eponymous also-late Australian rules footballer, dead on the 4th of undisclosed causes at 76.

Retired Associated Press German-language service head Ulrich "Uli" Renz, who previously covered the Auschwitz leader trials, dead Monday of undisclosed causes at 90.
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jprime
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PostPosted: Nov 14 2024 10:34 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Record producer, songwriter and arranger Shel Talmy, known for his collaborations with British artists, dead of complications from a stroke at 87.
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PostPosted: Nov 15 2024 04:53 am Reply with quote Back to top

Former South Sydney Rabbitohs player Eric Robinson, father to former AFL Winger Ricky Walford and not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead at 82.

Japanese princess Yuriko Mikasa, sister-in-law to also-late wartime Emperor Hirohito and hitherto the eldest member of the imperial family, dead possibly of pneumonia at 101.
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PostPosted: Nov 15 2024 03:47 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Australian dancer, artist, performer and choreographer Eileen Kramer, hitherto the country's oldest in the business, dead at 110.
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PostPosted: Nov 15 2024 09:08 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Canadian realist painter Tom Forrestall (note the second "l"), dead at 88.
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PostPosted: Nov 15 2024 10:41 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Canadian radio host, public speaker and eponymous band leader Rita Carrey, sister to actor-comedian Jim Carrey, dead at 68 (birth date unknown).
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PostPosted: Nov 16 2024 03:40 am Reply with quote Back to top

Retired Major League Baseball outfielder Al "The Bull" Ferrara II, dead of undisclosed causes at 84 one and a quarter months shy of his birthday.
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PostPosted: Nov 16 2024 02:59 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Irish comedian, actor and singer Jon Kenny, dead of heart failure and lung cancer at 66 a little under a month shy of his birthday.

Norwegian billionaire real estate developer Olav Thon, dead of undisclosed causes at 101.
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PostPosted: Nov 16 2024 09:30 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Hungarian (later Romanian)-born gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi, who mentored such Olympians as Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton, dead of undisclosed causes at 82.
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PostPosted: Nov 17 2024 04:32 pm Reply with quote Back to top

German 11th-generation prominent banker and Albert And Barbara Von Metzler Foundation founder Friedrich Von Metzler, dead at 81.
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Veteran journalist and business executive J. Reginald "Reg" Murphy, who survived a 1974 kidnapping, dead on the 9th at 90.
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PostPosted: Nov 17 2024 05:52 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Russian acclaimed ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov, dead from a five-storey plunge at 39.
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jprime
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PostPosted: Nov 18 2024 05:00 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Former Chatham County, Georgia district attorney Spencer Lawton, Jr., who worked to expand the rights of crime victims and prosecuted a Savannah killing made famous by the book, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, dead Wednesday of undisclosed causes at 81.

Actor Paul Teal, best known for his role as Josh Avery on One Tree Hill, dead Friday at 35.

Boston Clique Club founder Herlda Senhouse, hitherto America's second-oldest resident, dead Saturday in her sleep at 113.

French singer, trumpeter & composer Charles Dumont, best known for writing Edith Piaf's "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" and not to be confused with the eponymous also-late politician, dead following a long illness at 95.
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PostPosted: Nov 18 2024 09:59 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Japanese pioneering poet and translator Shuntaro Tanikawa, son of also-late philosopher Tetsuzo Tanikawa and father to composer Kensaku Tanikawa, dead Wednesday of old age at 92 a little over a month shy of his birthday.

Welsh drummer Dennis Bryon, best known for his 1974-1980 stint with The Bee Gees and one of only two drummers ever to have five songs in the top ten Billboard chart simultaneously (Ringo Starr being the first), dead Thursday at 75.

Australian child actor-turned-drummer and record producer F. Colin "Smiley" Petersen, The Bee Gees' original timekeeper, dead at 78.
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PostPosted: Nov 19 2024 05:48 am Reply with quote Back to top

Europe On 5 Dollars A Day series author and eponymous travel guide brand founder Arthur Frommer, dead of complications from pneumonia at 95.

Former Chicago Bulls forward and 3-time NBA All-Star Bob "Butterbean" Love, not to be confused with the eponymous also-late Australian rules footballer or British lawn bowler, dead after a long battle with cancer at 81 twenty days shy of his birthday.
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