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From NBC News: Bruce Williamson, a Former Lead Singer for the Temptations, Has Died at Age 49, His Son Says He was reportedly with the Temptations from 2007 through 2015. No cause of death was given.

It was probably a bit of both, in my opinion.

The obit from The Hollywood Reporter makes no mention of his cause of death being a heart attack, as the soap opera news-related story does. THR says he was struggling with an autoimmune disorder (which was unnamed in the obit).

From ESPN: Hall of Famer Lou Brock, Cardinals’ Base-Stealing Icon, Dies at 81 No cause of death was given.

From Extra: Chadwick Boseman’s Inner Circle: Why He Kept His Cancer Battle Private

From ET Online: Chadwick Boseman’s Wife, Michael B. Jordan and More Attend Late Actor’s Private Memorial in Malibu

Josh could also be rude & undiplomatic to the wrong people, as seen in the Mary Marsh incident; he could also be a hothead. I don’t think you want a rude, undiplomatic, hothead dealing with the kind of people a White House COS has to deal with; besides the staff that is.

It was probably done before he died.

There’ll be a BET/ET joint venture special on the life & legacy of Chadwick Boseman, hosted by ET’s Kevin Frazier, on BET this Sunday, September 6, at 9PM Eastern/Pacific. It will be preceded by the movie Marshall, in which Chadwick portrayed Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, on BET at 6PM Eastern/Pacific. The article regarding this special programming is in the Celebrity News thread.

From Yahoo! News: Bay City Rollers Bassist Ian Mitchell Dies at Age 62

SNL has announced they’re planning to repeat the 2018 episode hosted by Chadwick Boseman this Saturday night. It’s on NBC (or it should be, anyway; check your local listings for the correct time & channel in your market—sometimes SNL airs tape-delayed since it’s after the Saturday late news). Usually it airs at about 11:35PM Eastern/10:35PM Central.

Regarding the bolded: He was the first African-American coach to lead a team to the NCAA Men’s Basketball title when the Georgetown Hoyas won in 1984.

From ESPN: Legendary Georgetown Men’s Basketball Coach John Thompson, Jr. Dies at 78 No cause of death was given.

Earlier this morning, they were talking about Chadwick Boseman’s untimely death on GMA Sunday & they said ABC was planning to air a tribute special in his honor, tonight at 8PM Eastern/7PM Central. They might’ve said there would be related programming after that, but I didn’t hear that part too clearly, unfortunately.

He actually has acknowledged it in the past, at least once & maybe more, which is why his saying TWW was his first show surprised me.

The video @ProudMary posted upthread is the 1 I referred to in my post about the upcoming Entertainment Weekly TWW stuff, where Rob Lowe refers to the show as his first television show, though it wasn’t. It was actually a short-lived ABC sitcom called A New Kind of Family; he was 15 at the time he was in this show. That info is verifiable here.

From WANE-TV, Fort Wayne, IN: WWE Hall of Famer ‘Bullet‘ Bob Armstrong Dies at 80

Thanks. I meant Pancreatic Cancer & ended up typing Prostate. I’ll fix.

Regarding the bolded: I read an obit somewhere (I forget where) overnight that said he was originally diagnosed with Stage III Colon Cancer but it unfortunately progressed to Stage IV. It also said he worked on his films after diagnosis around & during his chemo treatments & surgery for the illness. But Alex Trebek’s been doing Jeopardy! through his Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer treatment, at least before the COVID shutdown—I don’t know if they’ve resumed filming yet—so it’s not impossible to have such a devastating form of the disease & continue to work.

She must be really platinum blonde because I thought it looked more like she’d gone gray from some (mostly farther) distances.

From ABC 33/40 (Birmingham/Tuscaloosa, Alabama): Ronnie Kole, New Orleans Pianist, Dead at 89 No cause of death was announced.

From The Hollywood Reporter (THR): Caesar Cordova, Actor in ‘Scarface’ and ‘Carlito’s Way’, Dead at 84

From BBC News: ‘Scooby-Doo’ Co-Creator Joe Ruby Dies at 87 Oops! Apologies for the repeat. I didn’t remember it being posted upthread already.

From the New York Daily News: Passages Author Gail Sheehy Dies at 83 The cause of death was complications of pneumonia.