Wikipedia’s Deaths in 2024 site added to it’s list today, June 6th:
- Bill Estabrooks (July 26, 1947 – June 4, 2024) 76, Canadian politician, Nova Scotia MLA (1998–2013)
- Kamal Haider (21 January 1947 – 4 June 2024) hider; aider
- Brooke Taylor (born June 21, 1950) brook
- Barry Barnet (born June 13, 1961)
- James Parkinson (11 April 1755 – 21 December 1824) re his Parkinson’s disease
- Iain Thomas Rankin MLA (born April 9, 1983)
- Brent Hawkes, (born June 2, 1950) LGBT rights activist and minister
He was awarded the Governor General's Medal of Bravery in 1983 for saving someone from a burning vehicle that had just crashed on a highway, only for it to explode moments after the rescue.
- 2 November 1981, William Estabrooks was motoring…
The thing about the title of the article, “Call Me Bill”, it’s also the title of a book recently written and rendered by a gay friend (no longer a friend), note from Conundrum Press: https://conundrumpress.com/product/call-me-bill/. Note this excerpt from the book:
It was April 1, 1873. In the middle of the night, Sarah Jane spotted flares off the coast of her island home. She woke her father, who quickly gathered their neighbours. Over the next several hours, rescuers pulled 429 traumatized survivors out of the wreckage of the SS Atlantic, a White Star Line passenger steamship. But 535 people didn’t survive, including Bill, a sailor
WOW, April 1st is April Fools Day!! Okay, now here’s the catch— it’s the true story of a sailor named Bill … who was a WOMAN pretending to be a MAN!! This is precisely how the inner twin world works!! AND speaking of Gay, note from the April Fools Day wiki page:
1 April 1984: News that the singer Marvin Gaye was shot and killed the day before his 45th birthday by his father Marvin Gay Sr. (sic) on 1 April 1984.
- Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. (né Gay; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984)
- Marvin Pentz Gay Sr. (October 1, 1914 – October 10, 1998)
Interesting the “e” added to “Gay”?!
- Margaret McCain (born October 1, 1934) O.C., Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick
- Robert Winters (August 18, 1910 – October 10, 1969) politician
- Rosalinda López Hernández (August 12, 1967 – June 5, 2024)
- Rufus Parnell "Parnelli" Jones[1] (August 12, 1933 – June 4, 2024) ones
- Scott Simms (born August 12, 1969)Parliament for Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls…
- Purdy Crawford (November 7, 1931 – August 12, 2014)
- SS Atlantic was a transatlantic ocean liner of the White Star Line
- and Atlantic struck an underwater rock off Marr's Head, Meagher's Island (now Mars Head, Mars Island), Nova Scotia
- However, at least 535 people died, leaving only 429 survivors.[13][14] The ship's manifest indicates that of the 952 aboard, 156 were women and 189 were children (including two who had been born during the voyage). All women and children perished except for one twelve-year-old boy, John Hindley.
- Atlanticcompleted 18 crossings with no problems other than a minor incident on November 23, 1871, when she was hit by SS Alexandria.[5]
Thomas Henry Ismay (7 January 1837 – 23 November 1899) was a one time owner the White Star Line. His son Joseph Bruce Ismay (12 December 1862[2] – 17 October 1937) was managing director of the White Star Line and survived the maiden voyage of its ocean liner RMS Titanic in 1912.
Note the cryptic “is May” in the surname Ismay!! Thomas Ismay is a cryptic “twin is May”!! Again, November 23 is my mother’s birthday. Note, my middle name is Mary and my mother’s is Marie.
Hawkes June 2 birthday is a prompt :
- Carl Cecil Cain (August 2, 1934 – June 2, 2024)
- Emma Lou Diemer (November 24, 1927[1] – June 2, 2024)
- Natasha Anne Ryan (11 May 1984 – c. 2 June 2024)
- Luigi Saraceni (8 August 1937 – 2 June 2024)
- T. J. Simers (September 2, 1950 – June 2, 2024)
- Grace Annie Lockhart (22 February 1855 – 18 May 1916)
- Harriet Starr Stewart (3 April 1862 — 1 November 1931)
- Peter Mansbridge (born July 6, 1948)
- James Batcheller Sumner (November 19, 1887 – August 12, 1955)
Notable Alumini:
- Robert Barritt, (c. 1927 – June 21, 2015) Bermudian painter and politician[29]
- Kate Beaton, (born 8 September 1983) Cartoonist [30]
- Louise Belcourt, artist
- Marc Bell (born November 24th)1971 cartoonist
- Winthrop Pickard Bell, historian and philosopher
- Rick Black, CFL football player, Grey Cup champion
- Tricia Black, actress, comedian
- Harold Lothrop Borden(23 May 1876 – 16 July 1900) military officer
- John Bragg, (born May 3, 1940) O.C., industrialist
- Kate Braid, (born March 19, 1947) poet
- John Buchanan (April 22, 1931 – October 3, 2019) Premier of Nova Scotia, senator
- Henry Burr (January 15 1882 – April 6, 1941) entertainer
- Catherine Callbeck, (born July 25, 1939) Premier of Prince Edward Island and businesswoman
- David W. Chappell, professor of Chinese religion, University of Hawaii
- Herménégilde Chiasson(born 7 April 1946) Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick
- Erminie Cohen (July 23, 1926 – February 15, 2019) Senator
- Suzanne Cowan, president of the Liberal Party of Canada
- Alex Colville (24 August 1920 – 16 July 2013) artist
- Marilyn Trenholme Counsell (born October 22, 1933) physician, Senator, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
- Purdy Crawford (November 7, 1931 – August 12, 2014) lawyer, business, philanthropist
- Frank Parker Day (9 May 1881 – 30 July 1950), author, president of Union College (NY)
- Michael de Adder (born May 25, 1967) cartoonist
- James M. Dickson, Q.C., jurist and business leader
- Muriel McQueen Fergusson, (May 26, 1899 – April 11, 1997) senator
- Aida McAnn Flemming (7 March 1896 – 25 January 1994) educator, animal welfare
- Daniel Gaudet (born August 16, 1959) Olympic gymnast
- Heward Grafftey, (August 5, 1928 – February 11, 2010) politician and businessman
- John James Grant, (born January 17, 1936) Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
- John Gray, playwright
- Anna Greenwood-Lee, Anglican bishop
- Don Hannah, playwright and novelist
- Ian Hanomansing, journalist
- Brent Hawkes, (born June 2, 1950) LGBT rights activist and minister
- Sheila A. Hellstrom, (January 15 1935 – December 7, 2020) first woman Regular Force member to achieve the rank of Brigadier-General
- Bonnie Henry, first female Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia (2018-)
- John Peters Humphrey (April 30, 1905 – March 14, 1995) jurist
- Jimmy Kempe, (28 August 1923 – April 25, 2018) Bermudian Olympic sailor (1923-2018)
- Greg Kerr (born October 8, 1947) former Member of Parliament for West Nova
- Eric Lapointe (born September 13, 1974) CFL football player, Hec Crighton Trophy winner
- Leslie M. Little, justice of the federal Tax Court of Canada
- Max Liboiron, environmental artist and scientist, professor of geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Kevin G. Lynch, Vice-Chair, BMO Financial Group
- Mary Florence MacDonald (September 10, 1984 – July 18, 2017) curator
- Angus MacLean (May 15, 1914 – February 15 , 2000) Premier of Prince Edward Island
- J. Michael MacDonald, Chief Justice of Nova Scotia
- Margaret McCain (born October 1, 1934) O.C., Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick
- Wallace McCain, (April 9, 1930 – May 13, 2011) industrialist
- Abner Reid McClelan(January 4, 1831 – January 30, 1917)10th Lieutenant-Governor NB
- Mary Mellish (27 January 1849 – 9 January 1901) educator
- Moses Morgan (August 28, 1917 – April 24, 1995) academic
- Arthur Motyer (December 15, 1925 – June 23, 2011) playwright, novelist, prof emeritus
- David Myles, (born May 12, 1981) singer-songwriter
- Christopher Pratt, (December 9, 1935 – June 5, 2022) C.C., artist
- Mary Pratt, (March 15 1935 – August 14, 2018) C.C., artist
- Watson Elkinah Reid, architect Hotel del Coronado
- Ivan Rand, (April 27, 1884 – January 2, 1969) jurist
- John Henry Reardon, (born July 30, 1975) actor
- Edgar Ritchie (December 20, 1916 – January 24, 2002)Ambassador US and Ireland
- Brenda Mary Robertson (née Tubb May 23, 1929 – September 23, 2020) first female in the New Brunswick Legislature; Order of Canada
- Alison Sealy-Smith, founding director of Obsidian Theatre; Canadian actress who is best known for her role as Storm in various Marvel animated TV series.
- Sir Cuthbert Sebastian (22 October 1921[1] – 25 March 2017) Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Scott Simms (born August 12, 1969)Parliament for Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls…
- John Clarence Webster (21 October 1863 – 16 March 1950) physician and historian
- Robert Winters (August 18, 1910 – October 10, 1969) politician
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