Acclaimed fiction writer Anthony Veasna So, dead of undisclosed causes at 28 (birth date unknown).

South Korean award-winning director Kim Ki-duk, dead of COVID-19 at 59 nine days shy of his birthday.

Actress Dame Barbara Windsor, best known for her role as Peggy Mitchell on EastEnders, dead at 83.

King World Productions board member Richard "Richie" King, Sr., second-born of founder Charles King, dead at 79 (birth date unknown).

Country music legend Charley Pride, the genre's first Black superstar and Hall Of Fame inductee, dead of complications from COVID-19 at 86.

Actress Carol Sutton, not be confused with the eponymous late journalist or artist, dead of complications from COVID-19 at 76 (birth date unknown).

Estefan Enterprises president Frank Amadeo, dead suddenly of a heart attack at 57 (birth date unknown).

Former New York Yankees infielder Phil Linz, famous for the 1964 "harmonica flap", dead Wednesday of health issues stemming from a 2015 stroke at 81.

Current Silm Jim recipe creator Alonso "Lon" T. Adams II, dead two weekends ago of COVID-19 at 95.

Former University of Illinois-Chicago basketball coach Jimmy Collins, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead at 74.

Former Quebec Nordiques and Colorado Avalanche general manager Pierre Lacroix, dead at 72.

MI6 agent-turned-spy novelist David Cromwell, alias John le Carre, dead of pneumonia at 89.

DirectX co-developer Eric Engstrom, dead on the 1st of complications from an injury at 55.

Tony-winning Broadway legend Ann Reinking, dead at 71.

Telemundo 47 news anchor Edgardo Del Villar, dead Sunday of brain cancer at 51 (birth date unknown).

Grampa Fuddy wrote:

Before this thread closes for the year, there was a death from July that went unmentioned. Children's author Joanna Cole, best known for The Magic School Bus series passed away July 12th at 75.

It was of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and she was a month shy of her birthday.

Love As Laughter frontman Sam Jayne, dead of causes yet unknown at 46 (birth date unknown).

Breeders' Cup Classic & Queen's Plate champion and Canadian Horse Racing Hall Of Famer Awesome Again, father of fellow Breeders' Cup Classic champion Ghostzapper and Breeders' Cup Juvenile champion Wilko, dead at 26.

Former Baltimore Ravens Running Back Lorenzo Taliaferro, dead supposedly of a heart attack at 28 a week shy of his birthday.

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe elder Jesse "Jay" Taken Alive, who championed many of his people's causes, dead Monday of COVID-19 at 65 (birth date unknown).

English actor Jeremy Bulloch, best known for his role as Boba Fett in the original Star Wars trilogy, dead of complications from Parkinson's at 75.

P. S. That's the same way my maternal grandfather died.

Legendary Minnesota sports anchor Tom Hanneman, dead at an undisclosed age (birth date unknown).

Oscar-winning production designer Peter Lamont, best known for his work on the James Bond films and with James Cameron, dead at 91.

Minnesota State Senator Jerry Relph, dead of complications from COVID-19 at 76.

P-Squared Management Enterprises co-founder Devon Dalio, son of billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio, killed Thursday in a car crash at 42.

NFL Hall Of Fame linebacker Kevin Greene, dead of undisclosed causes at 58.

Roxette* drummer Pelle Alsing, dead at 60 (birth date unknown).

Grammy-winning country star Kay Toinette (K. T.) Oslin, the first woman ever to win Song Of The Year at the Country Music Awards, dead of causes yet unknown at 78.

*They made the third-worst video of 1991.