Comedian Tom Patrick O’Connor, and the Veteran Game Show Host, Dead at 81
Tom Patrick O'Connor was born on 31 October 1939, and he died on 18 July 2021. He was an English comedian, television presenter, and actor.
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Judith Keating, Canadian New Brunswick Senator ‘tireless advocate,’ has died at 64
Judith Keating was a lawyer and constitutional expert who spent several decades as a senior civil servant in New Brunswick, including as a legal adviser to the premier. She was also the first woman to be the deputy minister of…
WWE Hall of Famer Paul Orndorff dead at the age of 71
Travis, the pro wrestler Paul Orndorff, son, announced his father’s death on social media on Monday, July 12, 2021. He wrote, “It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of my father, Paul Parlette Orndorff Jr. He is…
Van Heflin Vanderbilt’s first black quarterback dead at 62
Van Heflin, the first Black quarterback to consistently start for Vanderbilt, died Friday after suffering a heart attack. Vanderbilt athletic director Candice Lee made the announced Heflin’s death on Twitter. “Van was Vanderbilt’s first Black quarterback to start, breaking the…
Patrick John Dominica’s first Prime Minister Died at age 83
Patrick John became the first Prime Minister of Dominica on 3 November 1978 when the country was granted independence from Britain. Patrick Roland John was born on 7 January 1938 and 6 July 2021. Prior is coming premier, then prime minister Patrick John…
85-year-old Robert Downey Sr. Countercultural filmmaker, died
Robert Downey Sr., the accomplished countercultural filmmaker, actor, and father of superstar Robert Downey Jr., has died. He was 85.Downey Jr. wrote on Instagram that his father died late Tuesday in his sleep at home in New York. He had…
Donald Rumsfeld, former US secretary of defense, dead at 88
Donald Rumsfeld, the acerbic architect of the Iraq war and a master Washington power player who served as US secretary of defense for two presidents, has died at the age of 88. The pugnacious businessman, bureaucrat, and former lawmaker helped…
Dead at 77 Ottawa Rabbi Reuven Bulka. He leaves a legacy of kindness behind
Rabbi Reuven Bulka died Sunday morning in New York City, where he had moved to spend time with his five children after being diagnosed with advanced-stage pancreatic and liver cancer in January. Bulka was the Rabbi, and then rabbi emeritus,…
John Langley, the creator and executive producer of Cops, died today at 78
John Langley died on Saturday of an apparent heart attack in Baja, Mexico; his representatives told Variety. According to the outlet, Langley was competing in the Coast to Coast Ensenada-San Felipe 250 off-road race. TMZ adds that his son Zak was…
Jill St. Louis, Newshound, animal lover, former CP bureau chief dead at 66
VANCOUVER — Jill St. Louis, a former Vancouver bureau chief at The Canadian Press who thrived in a fast-breaking news environment and was a friend to anything with four legs, has died after a battle with metastatic lung cancer. She…
Ganga Stone, the lady who gave sustenance to AIDS patients, dead at 79
At the height of the AIDS epidemic, she started God’s Love We Deliver, a charity that brought hot meals to people who were too ill to cook. Ganga Stone, who survived on odd jobs in Manhattan until she discovered that…
Dead at 85 is Mudcat Grant, the 1st Black 20-game winner in AL
MINNEAPOLIS (AP news): Mudcat Grant (Jim “Mudcat” Grant), the first Black 20-game winner in the American League and a key part of Minnesota’s first World Series team in 1965, has died. He was 85. The Twins announced Grant’s death Saturday…
