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‘Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson dies aged 61’:-

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/10/roxette-singer-marie-fredriksen-dies-aged-61

& https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50730052

‘Neil Peart, Rush Drummer Who Set a New Standard for Rock Virtuosity, Dead at 67’:-

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-peart-rush-obituary-936221

& https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jan/10/rush-neil-peart-dead-67
 

‘Max von Sydow, star of The Seventh Seal and The Exorcist, dies aged 90’:-

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/09/max-von-sydow-star-of-the-exorcist-and-the-seventh-seal-dies-aged-90

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51803195

Delightfully menacing as Ming in 1980’s Flash Gordon and nearly destroyed the earth, played chess with Death, began to make things right, did an exorcism, saw the future, was in the greatest story ever told (not Flash Gordon), tried to kill Bond, and brought weight and substance to many of the roles he played.

IMDB Page
 

RIP Max von Sydow
 

Earlier in the week…

‘Kenny Rogers obituary’:-

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/22/kenny-rogers-obituary

& https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/mar/23/remarkably-talented-the-epic-photography-of-kenny-rogers

Earlier today…

‘Terrence McNally: Playwright dies of coronavirus complications’:-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52029391

‘Asterix creator Albert Uderzo dies at 92’:-

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/24/asterix-creator-albert-uderzo-dies-at-92

I loved reading the Asterix and Obelix comic books as a kid - some great fun and memories.
 

‘Star Wars actor Andrew Jack dies from coronavirus aged 76’:-

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-star-wars-andrew-jack-21788186

https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/andrew-jack-death-actor-voice-coach-a4403211.html

^ Andrew Jack as Caluan Ematt in The Last Jedi.
 

‘Bill Withers, influential soul singer behind Ain’t No Sunshine, dies aged 81’:-

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/03/bill-withers-influential-soul-singer-dies-aged-81

& https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52155227
 

Bill Withers Live BBC 1973 - 30 minutes of beautiful music and vocals.
 

CourtlyHades296 said:

Rafael Gomez Nieto (99) one of the last surviving veterans of the Spanish Civil War died of COVID-19 today.

Rest In Peace, Rafael Gómez Nieto

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/01/ex-soldier-death-casts-light-spaniards-helped-liberate-paris-rafael-gomez-nieto

https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/04/02/world/europe/ap-eu-obit-gomez-nieto.html

I hadn’t realised Jose Maria Galante had recently died too, also this awful coronavirus:-

Spain’s deputy prime minister, Pablo Iglesias, tweeted: “Covid-19 has taken Chato Galante, freedom fighter, political prisoner during the dictatorship, campaigner for universal justice and against torturers – one of Brecht’s indispensables. My heart is broken. So long, comrade.”

^ https://twitter.com/PabloIglesias/status/1244181702769065985
 

‘R.I.P. Mort Drucker, iconic MAD caricature artist’:-

https://news.avclub.com/r-i-p-mort-drucker-iconic-mad-caricature-artist-1842781297

https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-04-09/mort-drucker-mad-magazine-cartoonist-dead
 

Some great Star Wars spoofs by him over the year too.
 

‘Brian Dennehy, veteran stage and screen actor, dies aged 81’:-

The Tony-award winning actor, who also starred in First Blood and Cocoon, has died of natural causes

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/apr/16/brian-dennehy-actor-dies-aged-81

& https://variety.com/2020/film/news/brian-dennehy-death-celebrities-react-1234582591/
 

'Gene Deitch, ‘Tom & Jerry’ and ‘Popeye’ Animator, Dies Age 95’:-

https://www.animationmagazine.net/people/passings/gene-deitch-tom-jerry-and-popeye-animator-dies-age-95

https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/19/tom-jerry-director-gene-deitch-dies-aged-95-12578692

‘Sam Lloyd, ‘Scrubs’ Actor, Dies at 56’:-

Sam Lloyd, an actor best known for portraying lawyer Ted Buckland on “Scrubs,” has died, his agent confirmed to Variety. He was 56.

https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/sam-lloyd-dead-dies-scrubs-ted-1234596010

https://www.nme.com/news/tv/scrubs-actor-sam-lloyd-dies-aged-56-after-short-brain-cancer-battle-2658409

‘Kraftwerk founder Florian Schneider dies at 73’:-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52564281

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/06/florian-schneider-the-enigma-whose-codes-broke-open-pop-music