IN REMEMBRANCE--2023 AD

[GrayLinnorm]

Singer Coco Lee committed suicide. She was 48.

 

[Hriston]

Victoria Amelina, Ukrainian writer, died on Saturday as a result of injuries from a Russian strike on a restaurant in Kramatorsk last week, which killed 13 people. She was 37.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Grammy winning musician Peter Nero died July 6. He was 89.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Guitarist George Tickner, a founding member of Journey died; he was 76.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Ventriloquist Jimmy Weldon, who did voices for Hanna-Barbera (most notably Yacky Doodle), died July 6. He was 99.

 

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James W. Lewis, Suspect in the 1982 Tylenol Murders, Dies at 76

Mr. Lewis was convicted of extortion after he sent a letter to Johnson & Johnson demanding $1 million to “stop the killing.” He was never charged with the deaths of seven people from cyanide-laced Tylenol.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Mikala Jones has died.

Hawaiian surfing star Mikala Jones dies at 44 after surfing accident in Indonesia

Jones was surfing off the coast of Indonesia on Sunday when his surfboard fin cut his femoral artery.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Billy White Jr. has died.

Billy White Jr., Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction cross logo artist, has died

White was initially tapped by Axl Rose to design a tattoo, which eventually became the iconic album artwork.

consequence.net

 

[billd91]

Milan Kundera, Czech novelist, has died at 94.

Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Lightness of Being author dies aged 94

The Czech novelist found himself silenced by the communist regime at home, but achieved international fame with playfully philosophical fiction

www.theguardian.com

 

[Hriston]

Mutulu Shakur, black liberation activist and longtime political prisoner, has died from cancer at the age of 72, just seven months after his release on parole and nearly 37 years in prison.