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[Dannyalcatraz]

Sam Gross has died.

Sam Gross – RIP – The Daily Cartoonist

www.dailycartoonist.com

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Heather Armstrong has committed suicide.

Heather Armstrong, Blogger Known as ‘Dooce,’ Dies at 47

Heather Brooke Armstrong, the writer known as “Dooce” who gained popularity in the early days of blogging, died Tuesday. She was 47. Her family announced her death in an Instagram post on Wednesday. Her boyfriend, Pete Ashdown, told the Associated Press she died by suicide. “She had a relapse...

www.yahoo.com

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Jacklyn Zeman of General Hospital died yesterday. She was 70.

 

[freyar]

Stanley Deser, noted for theoretical research on gravity, died April 21 at the age of 92. He was most famous for work with Arnowitt and Misner re-writing Einstein's theory in what is now known as "ADM" form. ADM formalism is often used in quantum gravity but is also very helpful for setting up numerical computations of general relativity. Among other honors, he was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. NYT obit (paywalled)

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Doyle Brunson has died.

Poker icon Doyle Brunson dies at 89 years old

A legend of the game, Brunson's influence on poker as a player and an author is unsurpassed.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Hriston]

Prominent Sudanese singer Shaden Gardood was killed in crossfire between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Omdurman city Friday.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Fantasy Artist Russ Nicholson has passed

Farewell, Russ Nicholson

We salute a legend of British fantasy plus we speak to Tabletop Minions' Adam Loper and you can win a copy of James Wallis' excellent new book on the recent history of tabletop games, Everybody Wins..

wyrdscience.substack.com

Edit to add another article

Russ Nicholson death: How did the British illustrator die? cause of death and obituary

British illustrator Russ Nicholson, who is best recognized for his fantasy black-and-white artwork has passed away. Let's see how did the artist die

medicotopics.com

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Wrestler Superstar Billy Graham died today. He was 79.

 

[J.Quondam]

Andy Rourke, bass guitarist for The Smiths, has passed.

Bass guitarist Andy Rourke of The Smiths, one of Britain's most influential bands, dies at 59

Andy Rourke, bass guitarist of The Smiths, one of the most influential British bands of the 1980s, has died after a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer, his former bandmate Johnny Marr said Friday. He was 59. In a lengthy post on Instagram, guitarist and songwriter Marr paid tribute to...

apnews.com

 

[billd91]

NFL Hall of Fame, Jim Brown, has died.

All-time NFL great and social activist Jim Brown dies aged 87

Jim Brown, the NFL star who retired at the peak of his career to become an actor as well as a prominent civil rights advocate during the 1960s, has died

www.theguardian.com