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A man passing a street vendor display of newspapers stops to look at the front page without buying it or handling it. The same man for days stops to look without buying. One day the vendor asks him what he’s looking for. The man replies he is looking for an obituary. The vendor tells him that obituaries are on the last page of the newspaper. The man says “Not the one I’m looking for”.

#obituary #trump

Ex-NPB Star Tony Blanco Dies in Dominican Republic Nightclub Roof Collapse https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/4555/ #Baseball #ChunichiDragons #DaisukeYamai #DominicanRepublic #JapanSeries #KazukiInoue #MLB #NipponProfessionalBaseball #NPB #obituary #OctavioDotel #OrixBuffaloes #RobManfred #Sports #TonyBlanco #TonyClark #YokohamaDenaBaystars

Charley Scalies, ‘The Wire’ and ‘The Sopranos’ Actor, Dead at 84

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/charley-scalies-actor-the-wire-sopranos-dead-1235331155/

Obituary of a Future Politician

After a short battle with cancer, Eleanor Shareen Boychuk died at the Beltline Hospital in Calgary on the evening of April 21, 2159, at the age of 89 years.

. . .

Thus Eleanor retired from the TDG after 38 years of service.

https://www.tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/tdg-chapter.php?id=12

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#obituary

Ricky Davao’s career through the years

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/celebrities/ricky-davao-career-actor-director-father/

Mr. Hanan was ultimately cast in three parts: Bustopher Jones, a portly cat, and the dual role of Asparagus, an aging theater cat, who, while reminiscing, transforms (with help from an inflatable costume) into a former role, Growltiger, a tough pirate, and performs a parody of Puccini’s “Turandot.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/theater/stephen-mo-hanan-dead.html

#obituary #musicals #ShowBusiness

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, who was heralded for halting death penalties in Illinois — but later served time on a corruption conviction — has died at the age of 91.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/05/02/illinois-governor-george-ryan-dies

#Illinois #ilpol #obituary

She was in every episode of NBC’s “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In” (1967-73), where she honed her comedic role as a park-bench spinster, and was among many cast members to utter the line “Sock it to me.” That came after Buzzi became a fixture on television in the late 1960s with appearances on “The Monkees” (1967) and “The Steve Allen Comedy Hour” (1967) and a part on “That Girl” (1967-68).

“You can’t find anyone funnier than Goldie Hawn or Ruth Buzzi or Arte Johnson,” “Laugh-In” creator and executive producer George Schlatter told The Times in 2019.

LA Times: Ruth Buzzi dies at 88
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2025-05-02/ruth-buzzi-dead-laugh-in-sesame-street

#obituary #television #ShowBusiness

Ruth Buzzi Dies: ‘Laugh-In’ Comedian Was 88
#News #Obituaries #Obituary #RuthBuzzi

https://deadline.com/2025/05/ruth-buzzi-dead-1236383940/

Jill Sobule Dies In House Fire: LGBTQ Artist Behind “I Kissed A Girl” & “Supermodel” Was 66
#News #Obituaries #JillSobule #LGBTQ #Obituary

https://deadline.com/2025/05/jill-sobule-dead-i-kissed-a-girl-singer-1236383414/

Jill Sobule Dies In House Fire: LGBTQ Artist Behind ‘I Kissed A Girl’ & ‘Supermodel’ Was 66
#News #Obituaries #JillSobule #LGBTQ #Obituary

https://deadline.com/2025/05/jill-sobule-dies-house-fire-66-1236383414/

Jill Sobule, Singer of History-Making 1995 Single ‘I Kissed a Girl,’ Dies in House Fire at 66

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jill-sobule-i-kissed-a-girl-dead-obituary-1235330036/

"A lover of puzzles and crosswords while growing up in Pittsburgh during the Great Depression, Mrs. Parsons deciphered German military messages that had been created by an Enigma machine, a typewriter-size device with a keyboard wired to internal rotors, which generated millions of codes. Her efforts provided Allied forces with information critical to evading, attacking and sinking enemy submarines."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/world/julia-parsons-dead.html

#Enigma #obituary #codebreaking

Matt Thomas, the steady voice behind News 88.7’s midday newscasts, has died at 41. Known for guiding Texans through hurricanes, elections, and more, he leaves a legacy of journalistic excellence.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/obituary/2025/04/30/520133/matt-thomas-award-winning-radio-journalist-and-news-88-7-anchor-dies-at-41/

#Houston #Local #News #Obituary #HoustonPublicMedia #News887