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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
The following notable deaths in the United States occurred in 2022 within the period January–June. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order as set out in WP:NAMESORT.
Baker was an Australian schoolgirl who was killed by her American stepmother in Hickory, North Carolina, on September 24, 2010. Her body was later dismembered and the remains scattered, with Baker's skull found in April 2012, and identified in February 2013. [298] Murdered 2 years 2010 Linda Norgrove: 35–36 Afghanistan
Henry Litchfield West (1859–1940), journalist and member of the D.C. board of commissioners [175] Edward Douglass White (1844–1921), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Chief Justice of the United States [155] John Brewer Wight (1853–1923), president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia [176]
A single-vehicle crash resulted in a fatality Tuesday after a car fell 150 feet into a ravine off Mount Baker Highway in northern Whatcom County, according to the Washington State Highway Patrol.
West Columbia is an unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, United States. West Columbia is located on the Ohio River and West Virginia Route 62, 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Mason. West Columbia has a post office with ZIP code 25287. [2] The community most likely was named after Columbia, the female personification of the ...
Allan Williams, 88, Canadian politician, Attorney General of British Columbia (1979–1983), after long illness. [375] Wally Yonamine, 85, American baseball (Yomiuri Giants, Chunichi Dragons) and football player (San Francisco 49ers), prostate cancer. [376] Doyald Young, 84, American logotype designer, complications of heart surgery. [377]
Leslie Peterson, 91, Canadian lawyer and politician, Attorney General of British Columbia (1968–1972). [294] Gordon Preston, 89, English mathematician. [295] Majid Rahnema, 91, Iranian diplomat and politician. [296] Mark Reeds, 55, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues, Hartford Whalers) and coach (Ottawa Senators), pneumonia. [297]