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Oscar Schectman, scorer of the first NBA basket, dead at 94.
On a non-death parallel: The 1st man to ever bat in MLB history went into Cooperstown this past week.
It appears that a Bengali woman, Rahima Banu Begum, contracted the Variola Major strain in '83 at age 2 and she is still alive. So, almost.
Probably pushing the definition of celebrity but Robbie Robertson put a nice statement on his page announcing the death of Rick Danko’s widow Elizabeth. Made me sad.
Robert Bellah, preeminent American sociologist of religion, dies at 86
Not so much a celebrity as a known academic, but I still read “Bowling Alone” probably two or three times.
Michael Ansara. Among other things, former husband of Barbara Eden, has died at 9 points.
I remember his reprising the role of Kang on DS9, but not Voyager.
Someone please refresh my memory.
And, dammit, I didn’t have him. 
Neither did anyone else, and that surprises me, he was pretty well known.
Season 3, episode 2, “Flashback”
Captain Janeway participates in a mind-meld with Tuvok reliving his experiences on the SS Excelsior under the command of Captain Sulu at the time of the “Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country” movie.
(I don’t remember it either)
Brian
The “other” Whizzer White.
Per Twitter:
Art Donovan dead at age 89
Okay - This is just rude. I thought I’d had a unique pick, too.
Didn’t necessarily want to, but, thanks?
Sometimes people want to die at home. Heck, if you’ve been in the hospital for four years, like the king has, I’ll bet it’s either that, or some political move.
Shawn Burr, former Detroit Red Wing, dies from a fall at home. Also had leukemia.
Age 53 points(47 years old).
Cosmo Allegretti has died at age 86.
Not a household name, but if you ever watched *Captain Kangaroo *as a kid, you’ve seen his puppeteering work.