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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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Legendary boxer-turned coach Tommy Brooks, who coached Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and the Klitschko brothers, dead Tuesday following a battle with cancer at 71.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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British prolific award-winning children's author Allan Ahlberg, widower to also-British also-children's author Janet Ahlberg (nee Hall), dead sometime in the last month at 87.
Lakewood Church, Houston co-founder Dolores "(Mama) Dodie" Osteen (nee Pilgrim), widow to fellow co-founder John Osteen and mother to televangelist Joel Osteen, dead of natural causes at 91 (birth date unknown).
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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Canadian Cecile Dionne, the second-last surviving of the Dionne quintuplets, the first to all survive past infancy (particularly impressive for the 1930s), dead following a long illness at 91.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Five-time Grammy- and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award-winning conjuto & Tejano accordionist Leonardo "Flaco" Jimenez, who expanded the popularity of both and son of also-late pioneer of the former Santiago Jimenez, dead of causes yet unknown at 86.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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Grammy-winning country legend Jeannie Seely, dead of complications from an intestinal infection at 85.
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AJ Fox
Title: HylianFox
Joined: Jun 26 2009
Location: Calatia
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I know it's not good to speak ill of the dead, and that Syd himself is/was a huge fan, but Hulk Hogan really was a piece of shit
Good riddance
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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Retired professional boxer Rahaman Ali, born Rudolph Clay, younger brother to boxing legend Muhammad Ali, himself born Cassius Clay, Jr., dead of undisclosed causes at 82.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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FC Tuscon Women player-turned-coach Kelly Pierce, dead suddenly of a cardiac arrest at 43 (birth date unknown).
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Indian cricketer Priyajit Ghosh, dead suddenly of a heart attack at 22 (birth date unknown).
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Actress Loni Anderson, best known for her role as Jennifer Marlowe on WKRP In Cincinnati and ex-wife to also-late actor-filmmaker Burt Reynolds, dead of metastatic uterine leiomyosarcoma at 79 two days shy of her birthday.
Irish-born Canadian former fashion model, Ontario lieutenant-governor and businesswoman Hilary Weston (nee Frayne), CM, CVO, OOnt, widow to also-late British-born Canadian billionaire W.G. Galen Weston, Sr. and mother to former Selfridges Group chairwoman Alannah Weston and George Weston Limited CEO & Loblaw Companies chairman W. Galen G. Weston, Jr., dead at 83.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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Junkyard frontman David Roach, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead Friday of squamous cell carcinoma at 59 (birth date unknown).
British broadcasting legend M. James Whale, MBE, dead after a 25-year battle with kidney cancer at 74.
South Korean actor Song Young-kyu, best known for his role as Chief Choi in 2019's Extreme Job, dead of causes yet unknown at 55.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Veteran singer Jane Morgan, widow to film producer Jerry Weintraub and not to be confused with the eponymous actress or Irish artist, dead in her sleep at 101.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Criminal defense attorney, SCUBA diver and shipwreck explorer Joe Mazraani, dead a week ago of causes yet unknown at 48 (birth date unknown).
Brazilian-born GD Caldelas goalkeeper Jeferson Merli, drowned Saturday at 27 (birth date unknown).
2004 Champions League-winning Porto captain Jorge Costa Almeida, dead of a cardiac arrest at 53 two and a third months shy of his birthday.
British singer Terry "Superlungs" Reid, not to be confused with the eponymous Australian rugby union player, dead of complications from cancer at 75 three and a quarter months shy of his birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Irish prolific documentary filmmaker George Morrison, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead at 102 three months less a day shy of his birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Actress Kelley Mack (nee Klebenow), best known for her role as Addy in season 9 of The Walking Dead and sister to actor Parker Mack (see above), dead Saturday after battling glioma at 33.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Jane Etta Pitt, mother to actor W. Brad Pitt, Jr., dead of causes yet unknown at 84 (birth date unknown).
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Rising surf star Kolby Aipa, grandson to double Hall Of Fame surf legend and eponymous surf company founder Ben Aipa, dead of an injury sustained in a freak accident at 20 (birth date unknown).
Talent agent Brandon Blackstock, former stepson to country legend Reba McIntyre and ex-husband to original American Idol Kelly Clarkson, dead after a battle with melanoma at 48 (birth date unknown).
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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First & third Romanian elected president Ion Illescu, dead Tuesday of lung cancer at 95.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Irish-born attorney Robert Dunne (note the "e"), son of also-late business tycoon Ben Dunne and not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead a week ago at 50 (birth date unknown).
Actor Jon Miyahara, best known for his role as Brett Kobashigawa on Superstore, dead sometime in the last two days (conflicting sources) at 83 one or two days shy of his birthday (today).
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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Irish stage & screen actor Frank Grimes, best known for his role as Barry Connor on Coronation Street and not to be confused with any of his fictitious eponymites, dead a week ago after a very short illness at 78.
Congressional Space Medal Of Honor-winning retired astronaut Jim Lovell, best known for leading the Apollo 13 mission, immortalized by Tom Hanks in the eponymous 1995 film and not to be confused with the eponymous also-late British World War I veteran or politician, dead at 97.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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British veteran TV actor Ray Brooks, dead after a short illness at 86.
Japanese soccer legend-turned-politician Kunishige Kamamoto, dead of pneumonia at 81.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
Posts: 6939
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Founding Derek And The Dominos keyboardist & vocalist Bobby Whitlock, dead after a brief illness at 77.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
Posts: 6939
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Australian title-winning surfer and footballer Jackson Graham, not to be confused with the eponymous also-late Army Corps Of Engineers major general, dead suddenly Wednesday at 22.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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Dorothy Marie Stone (maiden name unknown), mother to actress Sharon Stone, dead sometime in May at 91 (birth date unknown).
Veteran stock car driver Robbie Brewer, dead over the weekend of injuries sustained in a crash precipitated by a mid-race medical emergency at 53 (birth date unknown).
Italian musician Luigi Di Sarno, dead of botulism linked to broccoli at 52 (birth date unknown).
Rapper Tevin "T-"Hood, shot dead in his home at 33 (birth date unknown).
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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Italian orienteering athlete Mattia Debertolis, dead of undisclosed causes at 29 (birth date unknown).
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