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        {
            "name": "Sir Alex Younger dead at age 62, British intelligence officer",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/sir-alex-younger",
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            "sources": [],
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            "death_date": "2026-06-02",
            "reported_date": "2026-06-02",
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        {
            "name": "Meta Ramsay, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale dead at age 89, Scottish Labour Party member of the House of Lords",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/meta-ramsay-baroness-ramsay-of-cartvale",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 89,
            "death_date": "2026-05-28",
            "reported_date": "2026-05-28",
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        {
            "name": "Jim Irvine dead at age 85",
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            "sources": [],
            "age": 85,
            "death_date": "2026-05-18",
            "reported_date": "2026-05-18",
            "published_at": "2026-05-18T00:00:00+01:00",
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                "Scotland"
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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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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Irvine_(footballer)"
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        {
            "name": "Rab Smith dead at age 77, Scottish darts player",
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            "verification_status": "reported",
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                    "publisher": "bbc.co.uk",
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                    "title": "The Scottish darts superstar who quit at the top of the game"
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            ],
            "age": 77,
            "death_date": "2026-05-17",
            "reported_date": "2026-05-17",
            "published_at": "2026-05-17T16:16:56+01:00",
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            "description": "Rab Smith, Scottish darts player.",
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        {
            "name": "Scott Hastings dead at age 61, Scottish rugby union player, non-Hodgkin lymphoma",
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            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 61,
            "death_date": "2026-05-17",
            "reported_date": "2026-05-17",
            "published_at": "2026-05-17T00:00:00+01:00",
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        {
            "name": "Anna Ritchie dead at age 82, British archaeologist and historian",
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            "sources": [],
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            "death_date": "2026-05-08",
            "reported_date": "2026-05-08",
            "published_at": "2026-05-08T00:00:00+01:00",
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            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Ritchie_(archaeologist)"
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        {
            "name": "Alex Ligertwood dead at age 79, Scottish musician and singer",
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            "verification_status": "reported",
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                    "source_type": "news_confirmation",
                    "publisher": "heraldscotland.com",
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                    "title": "Scottish-born former Santana singer Alex Ligertwood dies aged 79"
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            "age": 79,
            "death_date": "2026-04-30",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-30",
            "published_at": "2026-04-30T16:26:17+01:00",
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            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Ligertwood"
        },
        {
            "name": "Claire Nielson dead at age 89, Scottish actress",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/claire-nielson",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [
                {
                    "source_type": "news_confirmation",
                    "publisher": "theatricalia.com",
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            "age": 89,
            "death_date": "2026-04-29",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-29",
            "published_at": "2026-04-29T16:30:46+01:00",
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        {
            "name": "Donald MacRae Scottish folk singer dead at age 84",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/donald-macrae",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 84,
            "death_date": "2026-04-29",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-29",
            "published_at": "2026-04-29T00:00:00+01:00",
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            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_MacRae_(singer)"
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        {
            "name": "Quintin Young public figure dead at age 78",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/quintin-young",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 78,
            "death_date": "2026-04-24",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-24",
            "published_at": "2026-04-24T00:00:00+01:00",
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            "description": "Quintin Young, a Scottish footballer, died on April 24, 2026, aged 78. He was best known for his time with Rangers, where he spent three seasons after starting his career at Ayr United in 1969 and later moving to Coventry City. Young played for Rangers in both legs of the first European Super Cup against Ajax Amsterdam and scored in the second leg in Amsterdam. He left Ibrox after a disagreement with manager Jock Wallace and later joined East Fife in 1976.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintin_Young"
        },
        {
            "name": "Allan Hosie Scottish rugby referee dead at age 80",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/allan-hosie",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 80,
            "death_date": "2026-04-22",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-22",
            "published_at": "2026-04-22T00:00:00+01:00",
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            "description": "Allan Hosie, the Scottish rugby referee and former Scottish Rugby Union president, died on April 22, 2026, aged 80. He was the 116th president of the Scottish Rugby Union and received a Scotland referee cap in January 2025. Hosie refereed 22 international matches before becoming Five Nations chairman in 1997. He was also known for his view that the introduction of the yellow card to rugby union could be misused by referees as a substitute for a red card.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Hosie"
        },
        {
            "name": "Alexander Morton public figure dead at age 81",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/alexander-morton",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 81,
            "death_date": "2026-04-15",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-15",
            "published_at": "2026-04-15T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
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            "nationality": [
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            ],
            "description": "Alexander Morton, the Scottish actor known for roles in Monarch of the Glen, Take the High Road and Taggart, died on April 15, 2026, aged 81. Born in Glasgow on March 24, 1945, he trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London from 1965 to 1968. Morton was best known for playing Golly Mackenzie in the BBC television series Monarch of the Glen from 2000 to 2005, appearing in all 64 episodes. He also made regular appearances in Take the High Road as Andy Semple and later played Billy Kennedy in River City from 2012 to 2015.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Morton"
        },
        {
            "name": "John Dalgleish Donaldson public figure dead at age 84",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/john-dalgleish-donaldson",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 84,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
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            "nationality": [
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            "description": "John Dalgleish Donaldson, a Scottish-Australian mathematician and professor, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 84. Death was announced on that date. Born on September 5, 1941, in Cockenzie and Port Seton, Scotland, he later emigrated to Tasmania, Australia, with his first wife, Henrietta Clark Horne, whom he married in 1963. Donaldson was the father of Queen Mary of Denmark, the wife of King Frederik X of Denmark.",
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            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dalgleish_Donaldson"
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        {
            "name": "Doug Allan Scottish wildlife photographer and cameraman dead at age 74",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/doug-allan",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 74,
            "death_date": "2026-04-08",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-08",
            "published_at": "2026-04-08T12:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
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            "nationality": [
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            "description": "Doug Allan, the Scottish wildlife photographer and cameraman, died on April 8, 2026, aged 74–75. Known for his work in polar regions and underwater, he was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, one of twin brothers, and was the son of a photographer and photojournalist who ran a photography shop in the town. He studied marine biology at the University of Stirling after becoming a keen snorkeller and underwater diver as a child. Allan later worked as a pearl diver with Bill Abernathy, described as the last pearl hunter in Scotland, before becoming a full-time cinematographer in 1985. He went on to serve as a principal cameraman on BBC wildlife programmes including Life in the Freezer, Wildlife Special: Polar Bear, The Blue Planet, Planet Earth and Frozen Planet.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Allan"
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        {
            "name": "Sir Craig Reedie public figure dead at age 84",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/sir-craig-reedie",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 84,
            "death_date": "2026-04-06",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-06",
            "published_at": "2026-04-06T12:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
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            "description": "Sir Craig Reedie, the Scottish sports administrator who served as president of the World Anti-Doping Agency from 2014 to 2019, died on April 6, 2026, aged 84. He was vice-president of the International Olympic Committee from 2012 to 2016 and chairman of the British Olympic Association from 1992 to 2005. His death was announced on that date.",
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            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Reedie"
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        {
            "name": "Dorothy Logie public figure dead at age 83",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dorothy-logie",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 83,
            "death_date": "2026-04-03",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-03",
            "published_at": "2026-04-03T12:00:00+01:00",
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            "description": "Dorothy Logie died on April 3, 2026.",
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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Logie"
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        {
            "name": "Alex Cropley Scottish footballer dead at age 75",
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            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 75,
            "death_date": "2026-03-26",
            "reported_date": "2026-03-26",
            "published_at": "2026-03-26T12:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
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            "nationality": [
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            "description": "Alex Cropley, a Scottish footballer who played for Hibernian, Aston Villa and the Scotland national team, died on March 26, 2026. Born in Aldershot, Hampshire, and raised in Edinburgh, he was a midfielder who began his career with Hibernian. He was part of the club’s early-1970s team known as “Turnbull’s Tornadoes” and won the Scottish League Cup in 1972 after Hibernian beat Celtic 2-1 in the final. Cropley later played for Arsenal, Newcastle United and Portsmouth, and was capped for Scotland.",
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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Cropley"
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        {
            "name": "Jeff Smith English Hall of Fame motorcycle racer dead at age 91",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jeff-smith-motorcyclist",
            "verification_status": "reported",
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                    "source_type": "news_confirmation",
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                    "title": "Financial Scams Are Becoming More Sophisticated--And Seniors Are Paying the Price"
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            "age": 91,
            "death_date": "2026-03-21",
            "reported_date": "2026-03-21",
            "published_at": "2026-03-21T12:00:00+01:00",
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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Smith_(motorcyclist)"
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        {
            "name": "Jim Fleeting Scottish football player",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jim-fleeting-footballer",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 70,
            "death_date": "2026-03-15",
            "reported_date": "2026-03-15",
            "published_at": "2026-03-15T12:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Fleeting_(footballer)"
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        {
            "name": "Gordon Wallace Scottish football player and manager dead at age 82",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/gordon-wallace-footballer-born-1943",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 82,
            "death_date": "2026-03-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-03-12",
            "published_at": "2026-03-12T12:00:00+01:00",
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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Wallace_(footballer,_born_1943)"
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        {
            "name": "John Markie Scottish footballer",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/john-markie",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 81,
            "death_date": "2026-03-02",
            "reported_date": "2026-03-02",
            "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
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            ],
            "nationality": [
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            ],
            "description": "John Markie, a Scottish footballer with Falkirk, died on March 2, 2026.",
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            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Markie"
        },
        {
            "name": "Mike Smith Scottish cricketer dead at age 59",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mike-smith-scottish-cricketer",
            "verification_status": "reported",
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                    "source_type": "news_confirmation",
                    "publisher": "Albuquerque Journal",
                    "url": "https://www.abqjournal.com/sports/why-not-mike-smith-looks-to-set-record-at-kentucky-derby/3032744",
                    "relationship": "confirms death",
                    "title": "‘Why not?’: Mike Smith looks to set record at Kentucky Derby"
                },
                {
                    "source_type": "news_confirmation",
                    "publisher": "Roanoke Times",
                    "url": "https://roanoke.com/news/state-regional/texas/article_50d7ed77-40ee-5679-a496-b99d6b59f3f7.html",
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                    "title": "Kentucky Derby jockey Mike Smith set to race in 29th Run for the Roses"
                },
                {
                    "source_type": "news_confirmation",
                    "publisher": "Sporting News",
                    "url": "https://www.sportingnews.com/us/horse-racing/news/oldest-jockeys-win-kentucky-derby-mike-smith-history-2026/0f8f75e0665b98f3b7e2b54c",
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                    "title": "Oldest jockeys to win Kentucky Derby: How So Happy's Mike Smith can make Churchill Downs history in 2026"
                },
                {
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        {
            "name": "Margaret Farquhar Scottish politician dead at age 95",
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        {
            "name": "Ken Smith Scottish rugby union player",
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            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 96,
            "death_date": "2026-02-26",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-26",
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        {
            "name": "Jim Donnelly Scottish snooker player dead at age 79",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jim-donnelly-snooker-player",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 79,
            "death_date": "2026-02-24",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-24",
            "published_at": "2026-02-24T12:00:00+01:00",
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        {
            "name": "Bill Glen Scottish rugby union player dead at age 93",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bill-glen",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 93,
            "death_date": "2026-02-22",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-22",
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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Glen"
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        {
            "name": "David Harding Glenrothes town artist and Head of Environmental Art at Glasgow School of Art dead at age 88",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/david-harding-artist",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 88,
            "death_date": "2026-02-21",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-21",
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            "description": "David Harding, a Scottish artist and teacher, died on February 21, 2026, aged 88. He was best known for his residency as a town artist in the new town of Glenrothes and for serving as Head of Environmental Art at Glasgow School of Art. Born in Leith on March 3, 1937, he studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1955 to 1959 and attended Moray House College of Education in 1960. Harding taught in schools in Scotland before working in Nigeria from 1963 to 1967 and later turned to sculpture commissions.",
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        {
            "name": "Seumas McSporran Scottish multiple worker dead at age 88",
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            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 88,
            "death_date": "2026-02-15",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-15",
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            "description": "Seumas McSporran, the Scottish multiple worker who was known for holding 14 jobs over 31 years on the Isle of Gigha, died on February 15, 2026, aged 88. Born James Alexander Graham McSporran on Gigha on January 9, 1938, he began working in 1965 as postmaster and shopkeeper and gradually added responsibilities on the island. His roles included ambulance, bus and taxi driver, school-bus driver, boatman, accountant, guesthouse proprietor, firefighter unit leader, assurance agent, petrol pump attendant, pier master, police officer, sub-postmaster, registrar of births, marriages and deaths, and rent collector.",
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        {
            "name": "Jeane Freeman Scottish businesswoman and politician dead at age 72",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jeane-freeman",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 72,
            "death_date": "2026-02-07",
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            "description": "Jeane Freeman, the Scottish businesswoman and politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, died on February 7, 2026. A member of the Scottish National Party, she represented Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley in the Scottish Parliament from 2016 to 2021. Born in Ayr in September 1953, Freeman studied sociology and politics at the Glasgow College of Technology. She became politically active at an early age, later founded Apex Scotland in 1987 and served as its chief executive until 2000.",
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        {
            "name": "Tommy McMillan Scottish footballer",
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            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 81,
            "death_date": "2026-02-07",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-07",
            "published_at": "2026-02-07T12:00:00+01:00",
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            "description": "Tommy McMillan, the Scottish footballer who played for Aberdeen and Falkirk, died on February 7, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Paisley on June 26, 1944, he played as a central defender and began his career with Johnstone Burgh and Neilston Juniors before signing for Aberdeen in 1965. He won a Scottish Cup winners' medal with the club in 1970, moved to Falkirk in 1972 and later served as player-manager at Inverness Thistle and manager of Fraserburgh. He later worked as a taxi driver in Aberdeen.",
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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_McMillan_(footballer,_born_1944)"
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        {
            "name": "Allan Massie Writer dead at age 87",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/allan-massie",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 87,
            "death_date": "2026-02-03",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-03",
            "published_at": "2026-02-03T12:00:00+01:00",
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            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Massie"
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        {
            "name": "Bertie Higgins Scottish footballer dead at age 81",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bertie-higgins-footballer",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 81,
            "death_date": "2026-02-01",
            "reported_date": "2026-02-01",
            "published_at": "2026-02-01T12:00:00+01:00",
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            "description": "Bertie Higgins, the Scottish amateur footballer known for his time with Queen's Park, died on February 1, 2026. Born Cuthbert Edward Higgins on January 26, 1945, he played in the Scottish League as an outside left and was capped by Scotland at amateur level. He completed a five-year apprenticeship as a sailmaker in 1966, emigrated to Canada in 1970, and later ran his own sailmaking business in Toronto. Higgins subsequently operated a business making artificial bouquets. He was living in Burlington with his wife, Marilyn, whom he had married 53 years earlier, at the time of his death.",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jim-wallace-baron-wallace-of-tankerness",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 71,
            "death_date": "2026-01-29",
            "reported_date": "2026-01-29",
            "published_at": "2026-01-29T19:35:03+01:00",
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            ],
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        },
        {
            "name": "Willie Allan",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/willie-allan",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 83,
            "death_date": "2026-01-29",
            "reported_date": "2026-01-29",
            "published_at": "2026-01-29T19:35:03+01:00",
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            "description": "Scottish footballer (Greenock Morton",
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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Allan"
        },
        {
            "name": "Eric Russell",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/eric-russell",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 89,
            "death_date": "2026-01-29",
            "reported_date": "2026-01-29",
            "published_at": "2026-01-29T12:50:03+01:00",
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            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Russell_(cricketer)"
        },
        {
            "name": "Roy Erskine",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/roy-erskine",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 94,
            "death_date": "2026-01-25",
            "reported_date": "2026-01-25",
            "published_at": "2026-01-25T19:30:03+01:00",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Chris Baur Scottish broadcast journalist dead at age 83",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/chris-baur",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 83,
            "death_date": "2026-01-23",
            "reported_date": "2026-01-23",
            "published_at": "2026-01-23T12:00:00+01:00",
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            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Baur"
        },
        {
            "name": "Donald Douglas",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/donald-douglas-scottish-actor",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 92,
            "death_date": "2026-01-19",
            "reported_date": "2026-01-19",
            "published_at": "2026-01-19T14:15:03+01:00",
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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Douglas_(Scottish_actor)"
        },
        {
            "name": "Alan Black",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/alan-black",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 82,
            "death_date": "2026-01-18",
            "reported_date": "2026-01-18",
            "published_at": "2026-01-18T11:40:03+01:00",
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            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Black_(footballer)"
        },
        {
            "name": "John Wallace",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/john-wallace",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 76,
            "death_date": "2026-01-11",
            "reported_date": "2026-01-11",
            "published_at": "2026-01-11T23:20:02+01:00",
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            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wallace_(trumpeter)"
        },
        {
            "name": "Ian McCrae",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ian-mccrae",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 84,
            "death_date": "2026-01-10",
            "reported_date": "2026-01-10",
            "published_at": "2026-01-10T02:15:02+01:00",
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            "description": "Scottish rugby union player (Gordonians",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
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        },
        {
            "name": "Willie Knox public figure dead at age 88",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/willie-knox",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 88,
            "death_date": "2026-01-07",
            "reported_date": "2026-01-07",
            "published_at": "2026-01-07T12:00:00+01:00",
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            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Knox"
        },
        {
            "name": "Bobby Holmes",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bobby-holmes",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 93,
            "death_date": "2026-01-05",
            "reported_date": "2026-01-05",
            "published_at": "2026-01-05T16:50:02+01:00",
            "occupation": [
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            "nationality": [
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            ],
            "description": "Scottish footballer (St Mirren)",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Holmes"
        },
        {
            "name": "Kathleen Dalyell Stewardship of The Binns dead at age 88",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kathleen-dalyell",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 88,
            "death_date": "2025-12-27",
            "reported_date": "2025-12-27",
            "published_at": "2025-12-27T12:00:00+01:00",
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            "description": "Kathleen Dalyell, a Scottish conservationist and supporter of the Labour Party, died on December 27, 2025, aged 88. Born Kathleen Mary Agnes Wheatley on November 17, 1937, she was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Aberdeen and later studied history at Edinburgh University. She married Tam Dalyell on Boxing Day 1963, and they had a son and a daughter. She was known for her stewardship of The Binns.",
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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Dalyell"
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        {
            "name": "John Robertson Scottish footballer dead at age 72",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/john-robertson-footballer-born-1953",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 72,
            "death_date": "2025-12-25",
            "reported_date": "2025-12-25",
            "published_at": "2025-12-25T12:00:00+01:00",
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            ],
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            ],
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            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robertson_(footballer,_born_1953)"
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        {
            "name": "Andrew Arbuckle Scottish journalist and politician, MSP dead at age 81",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/andrew-arbuckle-politician",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 81,
            "death_date": "2025-12-25",
            "reported_date": "2025-12-25",
            "published_at": "2025-12-25T12:00:00+01:00",
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