Celebrity Deaths in the News

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• Lyra McKee, Journalist was killed reporting on a riot in Northern Ireland

  

  Lyra McKee was an editor for the news site Mediagazer, and her work appeared in Buzzfeed and The Atlantic.




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• Dave Treadway, Professional freeskier died in an accident skiing in Canada

  

  Dave Treadway was a Canadian professional freeskier. He died while skiing backcountry in Pemberton, British Columbia, when he skied over a snow bridge and fell...




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• John MacLeod, Phoenix Suns all-time winningest head coach

  

  John MacLeod was the all-time winningest coach in Phoenix Sun's history, leading them to 579 wins and the NBA finals in 1976, where the underdog Suns lost to...




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• Ian Cognito, British comedian died on stage during stand-up routine

  

  Ian Cognito was a British stand-up comic who was compared to Lenny Bruce and Bill Hicks. He died while performing his stand-up routine on stage at The Atic Bar...




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• Derrick Nelson, High school principal dies after donating bone marrow

  

  Derrick Nelson, a high school principal at Westfield High School in New Jersey, died on Sunday, April 7, after having undergone a procedure to donate bone...




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• Jerrie Cobb, NASA's first female astronaut candidate

  

  Jerrie Cobb was NASA's first female astronaut candidate, passing astronaut testing in 1961.




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• Bradley Welsh, "T2 Trainspotting" star...

  

  Bradley Welsh starred in the 2017 film "T2 Trainspotting," playing crime boss Doyle.




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• Georgia Engel, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" actress…

  

  Georgia Engel, the television actress best known for playing Georgette Franklin Baxter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," died Friday, April 12, 2019, in...




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• Bibi Andersson, Swedish actress starred in 13 Ingmar Bergman films...

  

  Bibi Andersson brought warmth and beauty to the films of Ingmar Bergman as she starred in 13 of the acclaimed director's movies.




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• Forrest Gregg, Packers Hall of Fame lineman won three Super Bowls

  

  Forrest Gregg was a Hall of Fame offensive tackle who won two Super Bowls with the legendary Green Bay Packer teams of the 1960s.




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