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            "name": "Feliksas Bajoras dead at age 91, Lithuanian composer and academic",
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            "description": "Feliksas Bajoras, a Lithuanian composer and academic, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Alytus on October 7, 1934, he studied violin at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, where he became a professor in 1991. A student of Vincas Bacevičius, Bajoras’s work was associated with dodecaphony, aleatoric music, and Lithuanian folklore. He died in Vilnius.",
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            "name": "Geovani Silva dead at age 62, Brazilian footballer, Olympic silver medallist, organ failure",
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            "name": "Huguette Bouchardeau dead at age 90, French politician, minister of the environment",
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            "description": "Huguette Bouchardeau, French politician and minister of the environment from 1984 to 1986, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Saint-Étienne, Loire, France, on June 1, 1935, she was a socialist politician, publisher, essayist and biographer. Bouchardeau served as National Secretary of the Unified Socialist Party from 1979 to 1981 and was its candidate in the 1981 presidential election, receiving 1.1% of the vote. She also served as Minister of the Environment and Way of Life in the French Socialist Party-led cabinets of Pierre Mauroy and Laurent Fabius.",
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            "name": "Marideth Sisco dead at age 82, American author and musician",
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            "description": "Marideth Sisco, an American author and musician, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 82. Also known as Marideth Ann Sisco, she was an American storyteller, folklorist, singer-songwriter, author and journalist whose work focused largely on folklore related to her native Ozark Mountains. Her music and storytelling were featured in the Oscar-nominated film Winter's Bone, and she appeared as a featured artist at the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, where she performed in song and as a storyteller. Born in Missouri on June 15, 1943, she studied performance and orchestration at Missouri State University before leaving before completing a degree.",
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            "name": "Ole Nydahl dead at age 85, Danish lama",
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            "name": "Piper J. Drake dead at age 49, American author",
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            "description": "Piper J. Drake, an American author, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 49. Better known by the pseudonym Piper J. Drake and also writing as PJ Schnyder, she was a Thai American author and podcast personality. She began her writing career in 2010 and wrote science fiction, paranormal romance, and steampunk. Drake studied at Trenton State College, earned a bachelor’s degree in biology, and later received a master’s degree in quality assurance and regulatory affairs from Temple University.",
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            "name": "Patriotic Kenny dead at age 84, American veteran and influencer, lung cancer and congestive heart failure",
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            "description": "Patriotic Kenny, an American veteran and social media personality, died on May 18, 2026, at age 84 of lung cancer and congestive heart failure. Born Kenneth Jary on January 29, 1942, in St. Paul, Minnesota, he was a retired United States Navy veteran who became a viral internet figure through videos made with his neighbor, Amanda Kline. He was known for the catchphrase, “Oh my goodness, Amanda!”",
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            "name": "Toshifumi Suzuki dead at age 93, Japanese businessman",
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            "description": "Toshifumi Suzuki, a Japanese businessman and former CEO and president of 7-Eleven, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 93. Suzuki was a longtime executive who had been involved in business since the early 1970s. He brought the 7-Eleven franchise to Japan and later served as the temporary successor to James W. Keyes while the company searched for a permanent replacement as CEO and president. Seven & I Holdings announced on May 25, 2026, that he had died of heart failure.",
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            "name": "Jacqueline Maurer-Mayor dead at age 78, Swiss politician, member of the Grand Council of Vaud, member of the Council of State of Vaud",
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            "description": "Jacqueline Maurer-Mayor, Swiss politician and civil servant, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 78. She served on the Grand Council of Vaud from 1978 to 1985 and again from 1989 to 1997. She then served on the Council of State of Vaud from 1997 to 2007, becoming the first woman to hold that office.",
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            "name": "José Ribamar Pereira dead at age 81, Piauí MLA",
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            "description": "José Ribamar Pereira, a Brazilian politician who served as a Piauí state deputy from 1999 to 2003 and again in 2011, died on May 18, 2026. He was 81. Pereira was a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party and represented Piauí in the Legislative Assembly during two separate terms. Born in Barras on July 11, 1944, he died in Teresina.",
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            "name": "Abomé l’Éléphant dead at age 33, Ivorian singer and rapper",
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            "description": "Abomé l'Éléphant, the Ivorian singer and rapper better known by his stage name, died on May 18, 2026, in Treichville, Ivory Coast, at the age of 33. Born Anassin Boris Médard on June 22, 1992, in Marcory, Ivory Coast, he began his musical career with the group Fiesta Parade before joining Yôrô Gang Production, the label owned by DJ Arafat. He later worked with singer Molare on tracks including “Tous des traîtres” and “Game 2 Dohi,” and his music drew on hip-hop, Ivorian rap, afrobeats, coupé-décalé and zouglou.",
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            "name": "Sally Head dead at age 79, Prime Suspect, Jeeves and Wooster), cancer",
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            "description": "Sally Head, the British television producer behind Cracker, Prime Suspect and Jeeves and Wooster, died on May 18, 2026, of cancer. She was 79. Head began her career as a television script editor before moving into production, mainly for the BBC. Her credits included First Born and The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, and she served as executive producer of the first four Prime Suspect television films. She also worked on Granada dramas including Cracker and Band of Gold, and later founded Sally Head Productions in 1997.",
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            "description": "Ofer Bronchtein, a French-Israeli peace activist and diplomat, died on May 18, 2026, in Paris, France, from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 69. Born in Beersheba, Israel, on March 27, 1957, he spent his childhood in Israel before moving to France with his parents at age nine. He returned to Israel at 17, lived in a kibbutz and later moved to Tel Aviv, where he advocated for reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.",
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            "name": "Patrick Sookhdeo dead at age 79, British activist, founder and director of Barnabas Aid",
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            "name": "Helmut F. Kaplan dead at age 73, Austrian philosopher",
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            "description": "Helmut F. Kaplan died on May 18, 2026. He was an Austrian philosopher.",
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            "name": "Crawford Henry dead at age 88, American tennis player",
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            "description": "Crawford Henry, an American tennis player, died on May 18, 2026, at age 88. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 30, 1937, he was a high school tennis standout in Georgia, winning the state championship each year from freshman through senior and never losing a match. He won the National High School tournament in 1955 and went on to Tulane University, where he was a two-time first-team All-American in 1959 and 1960 and a second-team All-American in 1957. Henry helped Tulane win the NCAA team title in 1959 and later reached the singles final in Cincinnati in 1960 and won the Blue Gray Championships singles title in Montgomery, Alabama.",
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            "name": "Meredith Lillich dead at age 94, American art historian",
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            "description": "Meredith Lillich, an American art historian, died on May 18, 2026. She was 94. Lillich was an art historian and medievalist who taught at Syracuse University. She was educated at Columbia University and received a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her work focused on medieval stained glass, and she wrote several books on the subject.",
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            "name": "Jim Irvine dead at age 85, public figure",
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            "description": "Jim Irvine, the Scottish footballer who played for Dundee United, Middlesbrough and Barrow, died on May 18, 2026, aged 85. Irvine, who was a forward, appeared in the Scottish Football League for Dundee United and Heart of Midlothian and in The Football League for Middlesbrough and Barrow. Raised in West Lothian, he attended St Mary's School in Bathgate and was capped by Scotland at Schoolboy level. After playing junior football for Whitburn Juniors, he began his senior career with Dundee United on a part-time basis while completing a motor mechanic apprenticeship.",
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            "name": "Roberto Malenotti dead at age 86, Italian filmmaker",
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            "name": "Ulises Schmill Ordóñez dead at age 89, Mexican judge, minister and president of the supreme court",
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            "sources": [],
            "age": 89,
            "death_date": "2026-05-18",
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            "description": "Ulises Schmill Ordóñez, a Mexican judge and minister of the Supreme Court, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 89. He served as a minister of the court from 1985 to 1994 and was its president from 1991 to 1994. Born Ulises Sergio Schmill Ordóñez in Mexico City on April 4, 1937, he held one of the court’s top posts during a nine-year tenure on the bench.",
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            "name": "Stepan Kubiv dead at age 64, Ukrainian politician, first deputy prime minister and chairman of the national bank",
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            "name": "Gregory D. Shorey Jr. dead at age 101, American politician, chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party",
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            "sources": [],
            "age": 101,
            "death_date": "2026-05-18",
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            "description": "Gregory D. Shorey Jr., an American politician who served as chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party from 1958 to 1961, died on May 18, 2026. He was 101. Born on June 27, 1924, in Belmont, Massachusetts, he attended Boston University and served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1945 during World War II. Shorey was president of Young Republicans at Boston University from 1947 to 1948. He moved to Greenville, South Carolina, in 1950, led the South Carolinians for Eisenhower in Greenville County in 1952, and was chairman of the Greenville County Republican Party from 1952 to 1954. He was a delegate to the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Republican National Conventions and gave the seconding speech for Barry Goldwater at the 1960 convention.",
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            "name": "Étienne Davignon dead at age 93, public figure",
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            "name": "Crow dead at age 64, Australian guitarist and songwriter",
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