Notable death

https://stephenlewisfoundation.org/remembering-stephen-lewis/

Worked tirelessly to help Africa cope with the HIV epidemic,

https://www.theenergymix.com/stephen-lewis-1937-2026-he-changed-the-course-of-history-with-the-worlds-first-climate-target/

and worked to end homelessness in Canada.

One person can make a difference.

Nick Pope, former MoD worker, at 60, from esophageal cancer.

Nick was an investigator in the UFO and crop circle phenomena. RIP Nick

Nick Pope appeared a bunch of times on Ancient Aliens. I saw him on many panels and conventions. He was always engaging and informative...

Alan Osmond, 76.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/alan-osmond-death-singer-family-b2961612.html

4/19/2026

dave mason
co-founder of traffic

David Allan Coe ~ Singer, Songwriter

His was a life full of bad luck and misadventure.

Craig Venter, who is said to have made the first "synthetic" bacterium that only has genes necessary for the funcitoning of the life from.

@Bish said
David Allan Coe ~ Singer, Songwriter

His was a life full of bad luck and misadventure.

Claire Maurier - French actress (probably better known in Europe than in the USA)

Ted Turner founder of CNN has died.

Hasso Herschel, a man who helped people to escape the German Democratic Republic died aged 91.

VALIE EXPORT, 85. A few days ago, but it registered on my radar only just now.

https://www.frieze.com/article/valie-export-obituary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valie_Export

NHL great Claude Lemieux, 60, dead just days after making an appearance at the Eastern Conference Final

Marjane Satrapi

French-Iranian comic designer, whoes Film Persepolis won several awards including one in Cannes. And it has been the French Oscar nominee for 2008.

Alan Hale of Hale-Bopp-fame (Most of his other contributions to astronomy are not so widely known)