Celebrity Deathlist 2024

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Jun 26, 2024 7:15

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

MaliA wrote:

I don't understand cricket, never mind the Duckworth-Lewis method of which I'd previously never heard.

Aeons ago, when I was running Occasional Speakers courses for my fellow civil servants, we'd let them choose their own subjects for their practice presentations so that we didn't get 10 or more boring talks about the work they did.

One memorable presentation was on The Leg Before Wicket Rule. The guy managed to fill 45 minutes without hesitation or repetition. I seem to remember it making sense at the time.

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Jul 11, 2024 18:06

Shelley Duvall won't be shining any more.

GazChap · **Posted:** Sun Jul 14, 2024 14:41

Shannon Doherty, aged 53. Damn.

Blucey · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2066

And Dr. Ruth. 183 years old.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38659

And Richard Simmonds

Kern · **Posted:** Mon Jul 29, 2024 8:14

John Anderson swings through the Eliminator.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

John Mayall whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a springboard for stars including Eric Clapton, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Jack Bruce, Mick Taylor, etc. etc. - has died at the age of 90.

Attachment:

Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton.jpg

L-R John Mayall, Eric Clapton, John McVie and Hughie Flint

"He had a reputation as something of an eccentric, building a massive treehouse in his grandparents' back garden, where he lived with his fiancee Pamela."

If I remember correctly, his grandparents' house was in Didsbury, less than half a mile from where I lived as a child, although I never actually saw it.

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Aug 08, 2024 9:04

Not sure this counts as celebrity, but I hope there are some succulent Chinese meals wherever he's ended up.

Sir Taxalot · **Joined:** 5th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 4836

So long, and farewell to Sven-Goran Eriksson

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38659

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce81rkg87w8o

James Earl Jones

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Sep 09, 2024 22:21

Giphy "lion king mofasa":
https://media0.giphy.com/media/2ft7iPVh8A2MDl637u/giphy-loop.mp4

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Sep 09, 2024 22:21

UGH REMAKE

Blucey · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2066

James Earl Jones. Best known as the karate coach in Best of the Best. RIP.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5403

He does a fine turn as a USAF general in By Dawn's Early light. Essential viewing for anyone who grew up with cold war films.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Sep 10, 2024 10:46

DavPaz wrote:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce81rkg87w8o

James Earl Jones

The best villain from our childhood..

Giphy "vader":
https://media4.giphy.com/media/xUA7aSfMIosbMgpSKc/giphy-loop.mp4

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Sep 10, 2024 10:46

what on earth?

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

T. Rex and Blue Mink bass guitarist Herbie Flowers dies aged 86. Also the founder of Sky (the band, not the TV station) and collaborator with David Bowie.

Blucey · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2066

Warhead wrote:

T. Rex and Blue Mink bass guitarist Herbie Flowers dies aged 86. Also the founder of Sky (the band, not the TV station) and collaborator with David Bowie.

His most famous contribution to music must be the bassline to Walk on the Wild Side.

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4357

Blucey wrote:

Warhead wrote:

T. Rex and Blue Mink bass guitarist Herbie Flowers dies aged 86. Also the founder of Sky (the band, not the TV station) and collaborator with David Bowie.

His most famous contribution to music must be the bassline to Walk on the Wild Side.

Saw an interesting factoid regarding that the other day:

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Tito Jackson

Blucey · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2066

Chad McQueen. Dutch, the best Cobra Kai from the first movie.

GazChap · **Posted:** Fri Sep 27, 2024 14:23

Professor McGone-agall

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38659

There's genuinely not many of the Hogwarts Staff left now

GazChap · **Posted:** Fri Sep 27, 2024 14:28

Be typical if Dolores Umbridge is the last one left alive, the snivelling bumbag.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Kris Kristofferson

Blucey · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2066

Warhead wrote:

Kris Kristofferson

Oh, man. Admittedly I'm on a fan of his work in Blade 2 but even so.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Sep 30, 2024 7:23

Warhead wrote:

Kris Kristofferson

Dead Rubber Ducky.

Kern · **Posted:** Sat Oct 12, 2024 18:04

Alex Salmond leaves the UK.

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Oct 16, 2024 7:09

Michael Jackson's dead!

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38659

Oh no! Anyone checked the Thames for Whales yet?

Malc · **Posted:** Wed Oct 16, 2024 22:59

Radio is reporting Liam Payne from One Direction has fallen to his death in Argentina!

31 years old

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38659

Ooh, that's not going to be good

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5403

Paul DiAnno gone
https://blabbermouth.net/news/ex-iron-m ... dead-at-66

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Oct 22, 2024 7:18

You mean he....dropped D.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Oct 23, 2024 11:53

Love the first two Maiden albums, think he was a great singer for them. RIP

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5403

Zardoz wrote:

Love the first two Maiden albums, think he was a great singer for them. RIP

I saw him live about twenty years ago, and he was great. I don't think Iron Maiden would have ever got to the same level of success without Bruce, but their first two albums are some of their best.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38659

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/a ... 6pn5d7eydo

Geoff Capes

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38659

I saw him in The Asdas near me once

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22392

I saw him in a B&B in Blackpool, when we went to see the lights

JBR · **Joined:** 2nd Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 3304

I met him in passing. He was friendly with my dad (who worked in athletics) - a relatively rare example of someone big in the sport who also loved it when he finished.

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Oct 24, 2024 14:23

JBR wrote:

my dad (who worked in athletics)

that explains a lot

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

I find it odd that the death of American singer Jack Jones hasn't been widely reported. He used to be hugely popular in the 70s and 80s and was still touring in 2018.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Ron Ely who played Tarzan and Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze in the 1970s.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38659

Quincy Jones

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr4n2490r9o

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Nov 08, 2024 15:03

June Spencer climbs Lakey Hill

Morte · **Posted:** Fri Nov 08, 2024 15:42

Kern wrote:

June Spencer climbs Lakey Hill

Who is going to look after psycho Hilda Ogden now?

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5403

Tony Todd down.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/n ... es-aged-69

Blucey · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2066

Shame about Todd. I never rated Candyman but I enjoyed him in The Crow and Final Destination. 69 is too young.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5403

Blucey wrote:

Shame about Todd. I never rated Candyman but I enjoyed him in The Crow and Final Destination. 69 is too young.

I mostly knew him from Star Trek. He was a fantastic Klingon

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