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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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World War II veteran Hershel W. "Woody" Williams, hitherto the war's last surviving Medal Of Honor recipient, dead at 98 a little over three months shy of his birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Hells Angels Oakland chapter founder and longtime chieftain Ralph Hubert "Sonny" Barger, who eventually crafted the organization into something bigger and more profitable, dead after a long battle with cancer at 83 three and a third months shy of his birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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Minecraft content creator Alexander "Technoblade" (last name unknown), dead following an extended battle with stage four cancer at 23.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Longtime Calgary Flames organist Willy Joosen, dead at an undisclosed age (birth date unknown).
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Retired prolific veteran actor Joe Turkel, dead Monday at 94 two and a half weeks shy of his birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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You, Me And The Big C host, journalist, educator and charity campaigner Dame Deborah James, not to be confused with either of her notable eponymites, dead Tuesday of bowel cancer at 40 a little over three months shy of her birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Hewlett-Packard contract administrator Linda Kramer, wife to Aerosmith* drummer Joey Kramer, dead on the 22nd of causes yet unknown at 55 (birth date unknown).
Retired prolific veteran harmonica soloist Tommy Morgan, who contributed to the scores of hundreds of films and TV shows, dead on the 23rd at 89 five and a third months shy of his birthday.
*They co-made the second-best video of 1986 and made the third-best video of 1990 and the second-best video of 1993.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
Posts: 6324
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Woodstock poster designer Arnold Skolnick, dead on the 15th of respiratory failure at 85.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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Acclaimed Olivier-, Emmy-, International Emmy- & two-time Tony-winning British theater and film director Peter Brook, dead at 97.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Julia Budzinski, daughter of Toronto Blue Jays first base coach Mark "Bud" Budzinski, dead in a tubing accident at 17 (birth date unknown).
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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Canadian artist David Blackwood, known for his etchings of Newfoundland life, dead Saturday following an unspecified long illness at 80 a little over four months shy of his birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Cardinal "Dom" Claudio Hummes, a strong advocate for the poor and a close friend of Pope Francis, dead following a long illness at 87 a little over 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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Canadian historian Irving Abella, who wrote of the country's refusal of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust, dead following a long illness the day after turning 82.
Canadian broadcasting legend Patrick Watson, not to be confused with the eponymous musician, dead at 92 five and three-fifth months shy of his birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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World War II veteran Bradford Freeman, not to be confused with the eponymous businessman and conservative political fundraiser, hitherto the last surviving member of Easy Company, AKA the Band Of Brothers, dead Sunday at 97 (birth date unknown).
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Former Denver Broncos player Greg Grimes, killed Sunday in a nightclub shooting at 32 (birth date unknown).
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Former VECO Corporation CEO Bill Allen, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, who was a key figure in an Alaska corruption scandal, dead on the 29th at 85.
International Cinematographer's Guild National Executive Board member and Active Engagement Committee co-chair E. Gunnar Mortensen, dead Monday in a motorcycle accident at 39 (birth date unknown).
Prolific former NHL defenseman Bryan Marchment, dead suddenly of undisclosed causes at 53.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Recess co-founder William Friend, husband to actress and fellow co-founder Bevin Prince, dead Sunday of a lightning strike at 33 (birth date unknown).
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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Founding Nazareth guitarist and former eponymous band leader Manny Charlton, dead Tuesday of undisclosed causes at 80 twenty days shy of his birthday.
Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki (nee Kazuo) "Kazumasa" Takahashi, drowned Monday helping to save three lives at 60 three months shy of his birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Legendary Multiple Golden Globe-, Emmy- and Oscar-winning actor James Caan, best known for his role as Sonny Corleone in The Godfather, dead of a heart attack and coronary artery disease at 82.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Songwriter and beloved music educator Reggie Andrews, dead on the 23rd of undisclosed causes at 74.
Cuban-born top Los Angeles Dodgers Mexico talent scout and one-time actor Mike Brito, dead of undisclosed causes at 87 (birth date unknown).
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Actor Lenny Von Dohlen, best known for his roles in Electric Dreams and on Twin Peaks, dead Tuesday of undisclosed causes at 63 five and three-fifth months shy of his birthday.
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, the country's longest-serving leader and grandson of also-former prime minister Nobusuke Kishi, shot dead at 67 two and two-fifth months shy of his birthday.
World War II veteran and retired also-veteran Emmy-nominated comedic actor Larry Storch, best known for his roles on F Troop and Tennessee Tuxedo And His Tales, dead at 99.
Longtime former Angolan president Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, one of Africa's longest-serving rulers who fought the continent’s longest civil war and turned his country into a major oil producer, as well as one of the world’s poorest and most corrupt nations, dead following a long illness at 79 one and three-fifth months shy of his birthday.
Veteran Emmy-nominated actor Gregory Itzin, best known for his role as President Charles Logan on 24, dead of undisclosed causes at 74.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Actor G. Tony Sirico, Jr., best known for his role as Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri on The Sopranos, dead of undisclosed causes at 79 three weeks shy of his birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Former Mexican president Luis Echeverria, the country's first head of state to be formally accused of criminal wrongdoing, dead of undisclosed causes at 100.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
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Longtime barber, Metro City Councilman and Tennessee State University trustee Vernon Winfrey, father to media mogul Oprah Winfrey, dead at 89 (birth date unknown).
All-SEC cornerback Jimmy Williams, not to be confused with the eponymous coach or also-cornerback, dead of undisclosed causes at 43.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
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Navy veteran-turned-also-veteran character actor and A Boy And His Dog director L.Q. Jones, born Justice Ellis McQueen, best known for his appearances in the films of Sam Peckinpah, dead at 94 a month and a third shy of his birthday.
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