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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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Canadian D-Day veteran Art Boon, dead on the 12th at 98 exactly eight months shy of his birthday.
Memory-training specialist, magician and author Harry Lorayne, who frequently guested on Johnny Carson's edition of The Tonight Show, dead Friday of undisclosed causes at 96 a little under a month shy of his birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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ABBA guitarist Lasse Wellander, dead Friday after a battle with cancer at 70 (birth date unknown).
The Alan Parsons Project guitarist Ian Bairnson, who also performed on albums by Kate Bush, dead Friday after a battle with dementia at 69 a little under four months shy of his birthday.
Transylvanian-born American D-Day veteran Ben Ferencz, hitherto the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, who previously documented atrocities of Nazi labor and concentration camps, dead Friday at 103.
Oscar-nominated actor Michael Lerner, brother and uncle to also-actors Ken Lerner and Sam Lerner, respectively, and not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead at 81 two and a half months shy of his birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Lotus drummer Charles "Chuck" Morris, Sr., drowned along with his son, Charles "Charley" Morris, Jr., as early as the 16th at 46 (birth date unknown) and 20 (birth date unknown), respectively.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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Eight-time Daytime Emmy-nominated actress Elizabeth Hubbard, who earned said nominations for her role as Lucinda Walsh on As The World Turns, dead Saturday at 89 eight and a half months shy of her birthday.
Mexican singer-songwriter and Mi Camino Es Amarte telenovela actor Julian Figueroa, son of late also-singer-songwriter & actor Joan Sebastian, born Jose Figueroa, Sr., and Miss Costa Rica 1978 Maribel Guardia (nee Garcia), dead of a violent heart attack at 27 twenty-five days shy of his birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Longtime multiple award-winning Will Eisner Hall Of Fame MAD Magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee, dead of multiple organ failure at 102.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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British convicted murderer and crime author Anne Perry, born Juliet Hulme, the former of which inspired 1994's Heavenly Creatures, dead Monday of a heart attack suffered four months ago at 84 six and three-fifth months shy of her birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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South Korean model-turned-actress Jung Chae-yul, dead at 26 (birth date unknown).
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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British fashion designer Dame Mary Quant, best known for inventing the miniskirt and hotpants, dead at 93.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car racer Justin Owen, killed Saturday in a crash at 26 (birth date unknown).
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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African-Italian volleyball player Julia Ituma, dead from a six-story fall at 18 a little under six months shy of her birthday.
Former Indian Parliamentarian and convicted kidnapper & torturer Atiq(ue) Ahmed, shot dead along with with his brother, Ashraf Ahmed, at 60 a little under four months shy of his birthday and an undisclosed age (birth date unknown), respectively.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Austrian-born Holocaust survivor and bridal industry pioneer Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter, whose shop became the setting for Say Yes To The Dress in 2007, dead on the 29th of an intestinal blockage at 99 (birth date unknown).
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Canadian author and Order Of Canada recipient Joan Clark, dead Tuesday at 88 six months and a day shy of her birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Belgian billionaire philanthropist, art collector and entrepreneur Baroness Myriam "Mimi" Ullens De Schooten Whettnall (nee Lechien), shot dead by her stepson on the 29th at 70 five and four-fifth months shy of her birthday.
Former Real Betis star Luis Marquez, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead after a long battle with cancer at 51 (birth date unknown).
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Former NFL & XFL defensive lineman Chris Smith, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead of causes yet unknown at 31.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Severino "Sam" Russo, husband to Canadian wrongful shooting victim and youth anti-violence advocate Louise Russo, dead Friday at 65 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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Astro member, actor, dancer and model Moon Bin, dead of causes yet unknown at 25.
Irish hiking legend Noel Hanna, who summited Mount Everest 10 times, dead of possible hypoxia at 56 (birth date unknown).
And a moment of silence for the five-entry-strong post that was lost when the forums shit the bed last night.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Hall Of Fame former San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dave Wilcox, dead of undisclosed causes at 80.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Original Dallas Cowboys halfback Don McIlhenny, dead Tuesday after a 10-year battle with Alzheimer's at 88 a little over seven months shy of his birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Kokomo City star Rasheeda "Koko Da Doll" Williams, shot dead Tuesday at 35 (birth date unknown).
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Legendary CHFI host Don Daynard, dead at 88 an unknown amount of time shy of his birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Tony-winning Australian comedian J. Barry Humphries, best known for his persona as Dame Edna Everage, dead of complications following hip surgery at 89.
Founding Pop Group singer Mark Stewart, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead at 62 three and two-third months shy of his birthday.
Tanzanian-born Pakistani zoo elephant Noor Jehan, not to be confused with the eponymous late singer-actress, dead of a wide range of health problems at 17 (birth date unknown).
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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USS Arizona survivor H. Ken Potts, dead at 102.
Rambahadur Limbu, hitherto the last surviving Gurkha recipient of Britain's Victoria Cross, dead at 83 two and a half months shy of his birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Canadian World War II veteran and For King And Country author Angus Hamilton, dead on the 15th at 100 three days shy of his birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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English actor Dale Meeks, best known for his role as Simon Meredith on Emmerdale, dead at 48 thirteen days shy of his birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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British former title-winning ballroom dancer-turned-Emmy-nominated Strictly Come Dancing & Dancing With The Stars head judge and eponymous dance academy owner Len Goodman, dead Saturday of bone cancer at 78 three days shy of his birthday (tomorrow).
1948 Olympic bronze medalist long jumper Herb Douglas, dead Saturday at 101.
Pakistani-born Toronto Sun columnist and author Tarek Fatah, dead of cancer at 73 a little under seven months shy of his birthday.
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