Death's Name is Clive

A blog of celebrity deaths, plus dark twisted humor that appeals to me and maybe a few other folks, interspersed with interesting obituaries, advice on death and the grieving process. The title is based on an ongoing joke with a dear friend that death's real name is Clive.

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McCoy Tyner, Jazz Piano Powerhouse, Is Dead at 81

Mr. Tyner, who first attracted wide notice as a member of John Coltrane’s groundbreaking quartet, influenced virtually every pianist in jazz

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Rosalind P. Walter, the First ‘Rosie the Riveter,’ Is Dead at 95

A daughter of privilege who worked on an assembly line during World War II, she became a principal benefactor of PBS, her name intoned on a

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Nathaniel Taylor, Actor on 'Sanford and Son,' Dies at 80

Taylor played Rollo, a fast-talking but good-hearted friend of Lamont Sanford who dressed in colorful suits and hats.

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Johnny Antonelli, Star Pitcher for the Giants, Dies at 89

He helped them win the World Series in 1954, when they played in New York, and remained an essential part of the team after they moved to Sa

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Joe Coulombe, founder of popular Trader Joe’s markets, dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joe Coulombe envisioned a new generation of young grocery shoppers emerging in the 1960s, one that wanted healthy, tasty,

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Daniel J. Berrigan, Defiant Priest Who Preached Pacifism, Dies at 94

Father Berrigan, a Jesuit priest and poet, defiantly protested the Vietnam War and served time for his acts of civil disobedience.

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Kazuhisa Hashimoto, Creator Of Famous 'Konami Code' Gaming Cheat, Dies

Hashimoto, a programmer for video game company Konami, had said he created the code to help him test the game Gladius. The code later appear

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Clive Cussler, Best-Selling Author and Adventurer, Is Dead at 88

His literary fantasies and larger-than-life exploits swirled together for decades. He wrote 85 books, selling no fewer than 100 million copi

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Mazzy Star cofounder Dave Roback dies

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Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak dies

The former president, who was ousted by the military in 2011, has died in hospital in Cairo aged 91.

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‘Mad’ Mike Hughes, who wanted to prove the flat-Earth theory, dies in homemade-rocket disaster

Hughes was perhaps the most visible advocate of the theory that Earth isn’t a sapphire-and-emerald globe revolving around a massive star.

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Katherine Johnson Dies at 101; Mathematician Broke Barriers at NASA

She was one of a group of black women mathematicians at NASA and its predecessor who were celebrated in the 2016 movie “Hidden Figures.”

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Larry Tesler, the Apple employee who invented cut, copy, paste, dies at 74

A pioneering computer scientist who worked at Apple from 1980 to 1997, Larry Tesler died this week at the age of 74.

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Clyde Stubblefield, the ‘Funky Drummer’ for James Brown, Dies at 73

Mr. Stubblefield was best known for a drum solo near the end of a 1969 Brown song he “didn’t like” that became the ubiquitous breakbeat of h

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Rapper Pop Smoke Killed in Los Angeles Home Invasion, Record Label Says

A rising star in rap, he was known for hit songs like “Dior” and “Welcome to the Party.” The police said masked suspects broke into the resi

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Ja'net DuBois, 'Good Times' Star, Dies at 74 (Report)

The actress was best known for playing Willona Woods on the iconic '70s TV series.

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Clayton Williams, Oilman Whose Gaffes Cost an Election, Dies at 88

Leading Ann Richards in 1990, he was undone by a spate of blunders. He was the last Republican to date to lose a race for governor of Texas.