The 2015 Celebrity Death Cull Thread
Round them up people, the good the bad, the infamous and the celebs, name them here...
2015 Has begun.
Published by bigmal at 1:51am on Thu 1st January 2015. Viewed 9,292 times.
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Published by bigmal at 1:55am on Thu 1st January 2015.
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If I was REALLY mean then I could bump BB's death cull 2015 thread and keep that running as an alternative all year. But I'm not going to. :)
Happy new year Bigmal!
Published by Silent Rob at 7:47am on Thu 1st January 2015.
Links to historical threads, in case anyone needs to look back:
2014 (Real): http://www.wereallneighbours.co.uk/idlechat/message.php?id=48138&page=...
2014 (Original): http://www.wereallneighbours.co.uk/idlechat/message.php?id=48176&page=...
2013: http://www.wereallneighbours.co.uk/idlechat/message.php?id=47051&page=...
2012: http://www.wereallneighbours.co.uk/idlechat/message.php?id=45535
2011: http://www.wereallneighbours.co.uk/idlechat/message.php?id=42928&page=...
Obscure rock deaths: http://www.wereallneighbours.co.uk/idlechat/message.php?id=36520&page=...
Published by Silent Rob at 10:02am on Fri 2nd January 2015.
Deborah. It never suited her.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30658292
Published by Silent Rob at 5:04pm on Fri 2nd January 2015.
Deborah. It never suited her.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30658292
Published by Silent Rob at 5:05pm on Fri 2nd January 2015.
Rod Taylor, star of The Birds and the bestest sci fi film ever The Time Machine.
Published by Silent Rob at 10:28am on Fri 9th January 2015.
Brian Clemens Screenwriter for the Avengers
Published by bigmal at 12:05am on Tue 13th January 2015.
Gene Kemp, wrote the Turbulant Term of Tyke Tyler.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:31am on Tue 13th January 2015.
Lance Percival, voiced Old Fred in Yellow Submarine. Was in an awful lot of Carry on Films and British Comedy movies too.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:57am on Tue 13th January 2015.
Trevor Ward-Davies, best known as Dozy, from the 60s pop group Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, has died at the age of 70.
Jan-65 "No Time" -
Jul-65 "All I Want" -
Nov-65 "You Make It Move" 26
Feb-66 "Hold Tight!" 4
Jun-66 "Hideaway" 10
Sep-66 "Bend It!" 2
Dec-66 "Save Me" 3
Mar-67 "Touch Me, Touch Me" 13
May-67 "Okay!" 4
Sep-67 "Zabadak!" 3
Feb-68 "The Legend of Xanadu" 1
Jun-68 "Last Night in Soho" 8
Jun-68 "Break Out" -
Sep-68 "The Wreck of the 'Antoinette'" 14
Feb-69 "Don Juan" 23
May-69 "Snake in the Grass" 23
Nov-69 "Tonight, Today" -
Apr-70 "Mr. President" 33
Aug-70 "Festival" -
May-71 "I Want To Be There" -
Mar-74 "She's My Lady" -
Jan-83 "Staying With It" -
Published by stephen at 12:26pm on Wed 14th January 2015.
Kim Fowley
Published by space_echo at 11:00am on Sat 17th January 2015.
Paul O'Grady/AKA Lily Savage........"Sweating like a glass blower's arse!"
Published by bigmal at 4:47pm on Mon 19th January 2015.
Wrong Paul O'Grady bigmal. This Paul O'Grady was a gay Australian politician. What are the chances, eh?
Published by DeFrev at 4:55pm on Mon 19th January 2015.
D'oh
Published by bigmal at 6:32pm on Mon 19th January 2015.
Dallas Taylor (CSNY)
Published by space_echo at 8:37am on Tue 20th January 2015.
Anne Kirkbride AKA Dierdre Barlow (Corrie).
Published by bigmal at 10:57am on Tue 20th January 2015.
Yep, just checked. Well done on getting this one right young lady!
Published by DeFrev at 3:13pm on Tue 20th January 2015.
Going going not quite gone
Brian Blessed
Published by bigmal at 8:15pm on Wed 21st January 2015.
Leon Brittan.
Published by MissRegaling at 4:42pm on Thu 22nd January 2015.
Saudi's King Abdullah.
Published by MissRegaling at 12:37am on Fri 23rd January 2015.
John Bayley - hubby of Iris Murdoch.
Published by MissRegaling at 2:02am on Fri 23rd January 2015.
Seem to be losing my knack of reporting deaths before everyone else. Must try harder. :)
Published by Silent Rob at 6:45am on Fri 23rd January 2015.
Pauline Yates, played Reggie Perrin's wife. Has never been in Doctor Who.
Published by Silent Rob at 7:02am on Fri 23rd January 2015.
"Seem to be losing my knack of reporting deaths before everyone else. Must try harder."
Ha, no I think it's me that ought to lie low for a bit, since I managed to get three 'hits' in less than ten hours (!).
Published by MissRegaling at 1:43pm on Fri 23rd January 2015.
has anyone mentioned Greg Plitt?
Published by foolscap (not active) at 2:29pm on Fri 23rd January 2015.
and Edgar Froese
Published by foolscap (not active) at 10:40pm on Fri 23rd January 2015.
That's a real shame about Froese. Tangerine Dream were one of the best.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:30am on Sat 24th January 2015.
Barrie Ingham, one of the few people who have been in both the Peter Cushing Dalek films AND the main series. Played the main Tharl in Doctor Who and the Daleks.
Published by Silent Rob at 7:28am on Sun 25th January 2015.
Published by bigmal at 9:15am on Mon 26th January 2015.
Demis Roussos!
Published by Dr Rhythm at 12:54pm on Mon 26th January 2015.
aka The Singing Tent !!!
Published by stephen at 2:16pm on Mon 26th January 2015.
Colleen McCullough
Published by foolscap (not active) at 2:33pm on Thu 29th January 2015.
Michael Palin... Is still alive.
http://en.mediamass.net/people/michael-palin/deathhoax.html
Published by Silent Rob at 2:39pm on Thu 29th January 2015.
Charles Townes isn't
Published by foolscap (not active) at 7:03pm on Thu 29th January 2015.
Geraldine McEwan
Published by MissRegaling at 6:32pm on Sat 31st January 2015.
Predictions (if I keep doing this every year I'll eventually get one right and you'll all believe that I have epic 1337 psychic powerz)...
Leonard Cohen, mid-June, cancer of the liver
Michael Helseltine, August, heroin overdose
Bonnie Tyler, August, plane crash
Jonathan Meades, April, hyena attack
Cynthia Plastercaster, November, meteorite strike
Ferdinand Kubler, October, old age
Published by John Techno at 8:03pm on Sat 31st January 2015.
Richard Bonehill. A successful movie career if I ever heard one, he played Nien Numb in Return of the Jedi AND appeared in Doctor Who in 1986! Had he managed to be in Star Trek as well then he'd have been rich just from convention appearances alone.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:03am on Sat 7th February 2015.
I can just imagine the nicknames he had at school with that surname alone, never mind the first!
Published by foolscap (not active) at 1:24pm on Sat 7th February 2015.
Joe B. Mauldin. Bass player of The Crickets. Outlived Buddy Holly by 56 years.
Published by Silent Rob at 3:59pm on Sun 8th February 2015.
Steve Strange
Published by bad-timing at 9:18pm on Thu 12th February 2015.
I feel really upset about Steve Strange. Not only were Visage one of my all time favourites, seeing him trying to perform in recent years showed just how much drugs can fuck you up. He basically wasted a sizable majority of his life on heroin. Such a shame. :(
Published by Silent Rob at 8:12am on Fri 13th February 2015.
Tony Hart
Vision On, never got my picture up on the gallery- the bastard :0)
Published by bigmal at 12:26am on Mon 16th February 2015.
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"Tony Hart"
You're normally a bit quicker at posting than that, bigmal.
Published by MissRegaling at 12:45am on Mon 16th February 2015.
Hey girl, I've got the "Bat Boxes" in my car with a receipt who do I see about getting the money back?
Published by bigmal at 1:41am on Mon 16th February 2015.
Tony Hart never put my pictures in the gallery either. Bastard!
Published by Silent Rob at 9:03am on Mon 16th February 2015.
Louis Jourdan. Was in Hitchcocks The Paradine Case, the decent version of Gigi and played the baddie in Octopussy.
Published by Silent Rob at 9:04am on Mon 16th February 2015.
He done a whole host of Columbo's too.
Published by bigmal at 8:30pm on Mon 16th February 2015.
EVERYONE has been in Columbo. I'm sure if I looked MYSELF up on imdb I'd find that I'd been in at least two epsiodes.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:38am on Tue 17th February 2015.
Lesley Gore. It's her party and she'll die if she wants to.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:43am on Tue 17th February 2015.
Evil earworm: I can still hear that at the youth club, in my head - the struggle is real
Published by foolscap (not active) at 3:48pm on Tue 17th February 2015.
The NME. Or at the very least the paper version.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:16pm on Tue 17th February 2015.
Pamela Cundell, played Mrs Fox in Dad's Army. Now she's dead there's only the vicar and Private Pike left.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:21am on Wed 18th February 2015.
Jesus I thought she died years ago.
Published by bigmal at 10:39pm on Wed 18th February 2015.
Fact: Everyone from Dad's Army lived a lot longer than you'd expect them to. Except Private Walker, who completely let the side down.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:44am on Thu 19th February 2015.
Farewell Mr Spock. :(
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vtQUePN5y40
Published by Silent Rob at 5:31pm on Fri 27th February 2015.
Bastard SR bastard.
Published by bigmal at 7:48pm on Fri 27th February 2015.
What have I done? :(
Published by Silent Rob at 7:52pm on Fri 27th February 2015.
I wanted to announce Spock.
Published by bigmal at 8:31pm on Fri 27th February 2015.
Maybe you'll get the chance to announce Kirk when that tragic day finally comes.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:55am on Sat 28th February 2015.
Orrin Keepnews.
Famous jazz person with an amazing name.
Published by sam i at 9:22pm on Sun 1st March 2015.
Jim McCann, one of the many singers of the Dubliners. He was the singer in the late 70's.
Published by Silent Rob at 1:41pm on Thu 5th March 2015.
On a genuinely sad note I found out today that Roy Palmer has died. He was one of the leading scholars and authorities on English folk music, and collected or rediscovered lots of great folk songs. All the books of his I've ever found have been absolutely excellent.
Published by sam i at 2:01pm on Thu 5th March 2015.
Albert Maysles, co directed Gimmie Shelter, among other things.
Published by Silent Rob at 10:53am on Sat 7th March 2015.
Harve Bennett, hot on the heels of Spock Bennett co wrote the Star Trek Movies II (great), III ( so so), IV (good) and V ( shite).
I hope that Shatner isn't going to be number three.
Published by Silent Rob at 10:59am on Sat 7th March 2015.
Terry Pratchet.
Published by Silent Rob at 3:26pm on Thu 12th March 2015.
Daevid Allen, founded Soft Machine with Kevin Ayres, then went on to join Gong. Clearly a man who knew his pyschedelic rock.
Published by Silent Rob at 12:29pm on Fri 13th March 2015.
I loved the Magic Tea Pot.
Went to see him a couple of times utter shite....
Published by bigmal at 4:44pm on Fri 13th March 2015.
Andy Fraser, founder member of Free, co-wrote All Right Now.
Published by Silent Rob at 7:58am on Wed 18th March 2015.
Ib Melchior, Sci Fi writer. Wrote a ton of short stories which were made into incredibly bad B Movies. However Death Race 2000 was one of his, which is definitely the best B movie ever made.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:27am on Thu 19th March 2015.
A. J. Pero, drummer of certainly one of the most amusing metal bands of all time, Twisted Sister. Died in the tour bus while on tour. Rock and roll.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:25am on Sat 21st March 2015.
Walter Grauman: directed 633 Squadron, one of the finest war films. Best movie theme ever made: http://youtu.be/XWXQUhBsUVM
Published by Silent Rob at 6:29am on Sat 21st March 2015.
Jackie Trent, wrote the theme tune to Neighbours, among other things.
When WAN was actually popular, in 2007, someone should have made a theme tune to We're All Neighbours.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:46am on Sun 22nd March 2015.
Your Dinner wrote a song called We are Neighbours
Published by nuttyprof at 11:41am on Mon 23rd March 2015.
John Renbourn, guitarist for Pentangle. Very influential with certain types of people.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:17am on Fri 27th March 2015.
John Renbourn
Published by bigmal at 1:50pm on Fri 27th March 2015.
^ Are trying to revive the two death cull threads again, ie report each death twice? :)
Published by Silent Rob at 2:36pm on Fri 27th March 2015.
I whapped it up there without checking. Me bad...
Published by bigmal at 3:16pm on Fri 27th March 2015.
Preston Ritter, drummer for the Electric Prunes.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:33am on Wed 1st April 2015.
I whapped it up there without checking.
Potentially a costly mistake.
Published by Wrongfellow at 10:24am on Wed 1st April 2015.
Cynthia Lennon
Published by Silent Rob at 5:41pm on Wed 1st April 2015.
Joni Mitche.... not yet
Published by bigmal at 3:40pm on Sat 4th April 2015.
Robert Burns Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer.
Published by bigmal at 9:50pm on Sat 4th April 2015.
James Best, played the Sherrif in The Dukes of Hazzard.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:21am on Tue 7th April 2015.
Gertrude Weaver oldest person in the world at 116.
Published by bigmal at 4:50pm on Tue 7th April 2015.
Ray Charles
Published by bigmal at 7:06pm on Thu 9th April 2015.
Richie Benaud
Published by space_echo at 12:31am on Fri 10th April 2015.
Bigmal: I initially thought "Ray Charles died ages ago" but then I looked him up and realised that you meant the OTHER Ray Charles. :)
Published by Silent Rob at 8:33am on Fri 10th April 2015.
Günter Grass
Published by space_echo at 10:45am on Mon 13th April 2015.
Richard Dysart. Played Doctor Copper in The Thing. He was the one who tried to resuscitate the patient, but the monsters rib cage opened up as teeth and took his arms off. Great movie. :)
Published by Silent Rob at 4:02pm on Tue 14th April 2015.
Percy Sledge
Published by bigmal at 5:26pm on Tue 14th April 2015.
Mrs Gee (of H. Gee)
Just found this out, although apparently it was earlier in the year.
Published by bad-timing at 3:49pm on Wed 15th April 2015.
She was a lovely old bat. Sat out in front making sure your ok. Aye it comes tae us all.
Published by bigmal at 6:37pm on Wed 15th April 2015.
That's sad about Mrs Gee.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:45am on Sun 19th April 2015.
Peter Howell and Rex Robinson. Two actors who played obscure characters in Dr Who.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:50pm on Mon 27th April 2015.
Keith Harris. Orville is going into storage then.
Published by Silent Rob at 11:10am on Tue 28th April 2015.
like a dead duck
Published by foolscap (not active) at 11:47am on Tue 28th April 2015.
When I was at uni all these ventriloquists discovered that if they made their puppets swear then they could revive their flagging careers in front of packed houses of drunk students. I'm fairly sure that the "X Rated Keith Harris and Orville" played at my uni a number of times.
"How are you today Orville?"
"F*ck off!!"
I never went. I always felt sorry for them.
Published by Silent Rob at 12:03pm on Tue 28th April 2015.
If the fat dancer out of Take That can have a successful solo career, I see no reason Orville can't.
Published by John Techno at 12:08pm on Tue 28th April 2015.
Now I think about it I know that Rod Hull's son just took over Emu. Sooty is on the third generation. So there's no reason why Keith Harris jr couldn't take Orville onwards.
Published by Silent Rob at 12:12pm on Tue 28th April 2015.
I think it's more likely Orville will be possessed by the ghost of an executed murderer and go on a killing spree, probably resulting in five or six really bad films.
Published by John Techno at 12:24pm on Tue 28th April 2015.
Chris Turner - ex Cambridge Utd player and manager. Had been suffering from early dementia for a number of years, thought to be caused by heading balls.
Published by Kuryakin at 1:33pm on Tue 28th April 2015.
Jack Ely, sang Louie Louie.
To this day I've absolutely no idea what the lyrics of Louie Louie are. I think it is something like "Laaaaawaarrrr laaawaarrrrr. Awaaaah Waaaaa. Ah Whuh Waa wa".
Classic song though.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:58am on Wed 29th April 2015.
Published by Noodles Aaronson at 10:42am on Wed 29th April 2015.
Ben E. King. Singers of classic songs seem to be "the thing" this week.
Published by Silent Rob at 2:25pm on Fri 1st May 2015.
Ruth Rendell. I don't think I've read any of her books, guess I just prefer other detectives, and other locations.
Published by foolscap (not active) at 3:08pm on Sat 2nd May 2015.
Grace Lee Whitney, played Janice Rand in Star Trek ToS. Star Trek actors seem to be the thing this year, sadly.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:04am on Mon 4th May 2015.
Errol Brown, (no longer) Hot Chocolate.
Published by Silent Rob at 4:38pm on Wed 6th May 2015.
B.B. King. Not to be confused with Ben E King, who died two weeks back.
Published by Silent Rob at 9:11am on Fri 15th May 2015.
John Stephenson. Voice actor. Did the voice of lots of Hanna and Barbara cartoons including Chief Quimby in Inspector Gadget and Fred Flintstone's boss.
Most notably did many of the "other" voices in Scooby Doo. Which means that when someone says "I would have got away with it if it wasn't for you meddling kids!!" it was nearly always him.
Published by Silent Rob at 11:24am on Tue 19th May 2015.
Terry Sue-Patt, played Benny Green in Grange Hill. The first character seen on screen in the very first episode incidently.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:38am on Sat 23rd May 2015.
He played a part in Eastenders as well I believe.
Published by bigmal at 4:06pm on Sat 23rd May 2015.
He played a part in Eastenders as well I believe.
Published by bigmal at 2:59am on Sun 24th May 2015.
John Nash
Published by bigmal at 12:50am on Mon 25th May 2015.
Bigmal, did Terry get a repeat fee?
Published by DeFrev at 1:04pm on Mon 25th May 2015.
Thinking about Terry - and Twinkle -
Lynn Ripley, who has died of cancer aged 66, enjoyed fleeting celebrity as the pop singer Twinkle, scoring a Top Ten hit just after she left school in 1964 with Terry, a mawkish ballad about a dead biker.
Published by stephen at 11:34am on Tue 26th May 2015.
Bob Honery, who played Karl Kennedy's dad on Neighbours. Was also in Doctor Who - The Horns of Nimon (where's Rob?)
Published by Rocket Dog at 4:47pm on Thu 28th May 2015.
That was only a very minor role in Horns of Nimon. I thought about posting but decided that it wasn't notable enough (I'd no idea about neighbours!).
Horns of Nimon is a stone cold classic by the way. Utter ridiculous from start to finish. I love it.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:24am on Fri 29th May 2015.
Jeff Healy
Only 41.
Published by bigmal at 6:18pm on Sat 30th May 2015.
who?
Published by foolscap (not active) at 9:09pm on Sat 30th May 2015.
Charles Kennedy.
Published by MissRegaling at 6:47am on Tue 2nd June 2015.
I read a headline that said Charles Kennedy was "found dead", which makes it sound like he was face down in a snowdrift or gutter.
Published by Rocket Dog at 12:47pm on Tue 2nd June 2015.
I didn't know he was still an MP until a few weeks ago, or that he'd been on Question Time this year. Never heard him on Radio 4 in years
Published by foolscap (not active) at 1:37pm on Tue 2nd June 2015.
He wasn't still an MP, he lost his seat during the 2015 election Lib Dem cull, losing it to the SNP.
I know what you mean though. I remember occasionally seeing John Major or Gordon Brown asking a question when they were back to just being a backbencher. It always felt a bit peculiar seeing them doing something so small.
Published by Silent Rob at 1:44pm on Tue 2nd June 2015.
Ooops, misread you. I see you said he was an MP until a few weeks ago. Doh.
Published by Silent Rob at 1:45pm on Tue 2nd June 2015.
We've seen the last of James Last.
Published by John Techno at 11:10am on Wed 10th June 2015.
Probably the biggest selling musician ever.
Published by bigmal at 7:14pm on Wed 10th June 2015.
Sir Christopher Lee.
Published by daggg at 12:48pm on Thu 11th June 2015.
Ron Moody.
Published by daggg at 12:49pm on Thu 11th June 2015.
Ornette Coleman
Published by space_echo at 4:57pm on Thu 11th June 2015.
Well, that's the last of them - with the passing of Christopher Lee, all my childhood heroes are dead (or in jail for being paedophiles).
Published by John Techno at 8:51pm on Thu 11th June 2015.
I've been away for four days with no Internet access. I get back - Christopher Lee, Ron Moody, Ornette Colman, James Last...!!! That's the last time I leave you lot in charge.
Published by Silent Rob at 7:05pm on Fri 12th June 2015.
James Horner. Did the soundtracks for 2 Star Trek films and Aliens. This means I'll forgive him for writing My Heart Will Go On from Titanic. Just about.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:28am on Tue 23rd June 2015.
Actor Patrick Macnee, star of The Avengers TV series, has died in California at the age of 93.
Published by stephen at 7:38pm on Thu 25th June 2015.
Bastard... I wanted to get that one for years.
And Tap into America
Published by bigmal at 12:47am on Fri 26th June 2015.
oh No, Chris Squire.
Published by foolscap (not active) at 12:58am on Mon 29th June 2015.
Bastard, just about to post. Thats it, if anyone else beats me to it they are going on the list.
Published by bigmal at 1:11am on Mon 29th June 2015.
Kauto Star
won a fair few bob on him
Published by bigmal at 7:13pm on Tue 30th June 2015.
Wikipedia's recent deaths page currently has this gem:
Sivuqaq, 21, American walrus and animal actor (50 First Dates), heart failure
Published by Silent Rob at 9:35am on Wed 1st July 2015.
Val Doonican, 88
Published by Cmouse at 11:29am on Thu 2nd July 2015.
Damn, I was hoping to announce him and thereby get Name and Shamed by Bigmal.
Published by Silent Rob at 11:39am on Thu 2nd July 2015.
Edward Burnham. Appeared in Doctor Who in The Invasion in 1968 and in Robot in 1974, as well as a host of 70's and 80's TV.
Until recently he was the second longest lived actor to appear in Doctor Who. He also had rather fantastic hair.
Published by Silent Rob at 11:41am on Thu 2nd July 2015.
Imagine if Lol Creme died, you could get a double name and shame from Bigmal.
Published by sam i at 4:28pm on Thu 2nd July 2015.
Or Lol Tolhust. :)
Published by Silent Rob at 5:12pm on Thu 2nd July 2015.
Charles Manson.
Published by bigmal at 11:10pm on Sun 5th July 2015.
As far as I can see Manson is still alive.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:34am on Mon 6th July 2015.
GOD
Published by foolscap (not active) at 12:59pm on Mon 6th July 2015.
I have no proof of the existance or otherwise of God, nor his (or her) recent demise.
Anyone else?
Published by Silent Rob at 1:11pm on Mon 6th July 2015.
Nietzsche?
How about Simon Cowell's mum
Published by foolscap (not active) at 3:04pm on Mon 6th July 2015.
Nietzche will never die so long as existentialists carry his work on.
Didn't Michael Douglas' mum die this week too?
Published by Silent Rob at 3:24pm on Mon 6th July 2015.
Jerry Weintraub, producer of the Karate Kid films.
(Yay! Got one!)
Published by Wrongfellow at 12:13pm on Tue 7th July 2015.
John two jabs Prescott
Published by bigmal at 5:41pm on Wed 8th July 2015.
Omar Sharif. Been in squillians of films including Laurence of Arabia.
Published by Silent Rob at 3:21pm on Fri 10th July 2015.
Bastard , I wanted that one.
Published by bigmal at 5:10pm on Fri 10th July 2015.
Roger Rees
Published by bigmal at 12:16pm on Sat 11th July 2015.
Tony Capper. Ex-copper and owner-manager of Tony's Taxis, the ANC haulage firm and ANC-Halfords, the first British team to compete in the Tour de France.
Published by John Techno at 12:00am on Sun 12th July 2015.
Satoru Iwata, head of Nintendo 2002 to present.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:55am on Mon 13th July 2015.
Iwata has been getting a lot of respect on youtube. Sounds like he was a decent guy in a world where to be company chief executive is synonymous with money grabbing scumbaggery
Published by foolscap (not active) at 10:57pm on Tue 14th July 2015.
After Edward Burnham a few weeks back, we have now lost Olaf Pooley, the OLDEST person ever to have appeared in Doctor Who.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:51am on Fri 17th July 2015.
Aubrey Morris. The Gravedigger in The Wicker Man, the support worker in Clockwork Orange and the spaceship captain who was eternally taking a bath in the BBC Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:53am on Fri 17th July 2015.
Minister: As I was saying, Alex, you can be instrumental in changing the public verdict. Do you understand, Alex? Have I made myself clear?
Alex: As an unmuddied lake, friend. As clear as an azure sky of deepest summer. You can rely on me, friend.
Published by arthurCRS at 1:05pm on Fri 17th July 2015.
Alex Rocco, played Moe Greene in the Godfather. Dies in The Godfather 2. Also voiced Roger Meyer jr, head of Itchy and Scratchy corp, in the Simpsons.
Published by Silent Rob at 9:22am on Mon 20th July 2015.
Dieter Moebius of Cluster and Harmonia.
Played for Bad Timing at the old Haymakers in 2010 :-(
Published by bad-timing at 9:33pm on Mon 20th July 2015.
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Published by bigmal at 9:57pm on Mon 20th July 2015.
Nigel Mackenzie, invented the Banoffee Pie.
Published by Silent Rob at 11:59am on Tue 21st July 2015.
Sad news about Moebius. I remember I was really ill when the Haymakers gig happened so I didn't go (even though it was about 5 minutes from where I lived at the time). I still regret not seeing it.
Published by Silent Rob at 12:00pm on Tue 21st July 2015.
the only gig (i think) that I saw at Haymakers (dunno why i didn't video it, maybe the room shape)
Published by foolscap (not active) at 7:17pm on Tue 21st July 2015.
Theodore Bikel
Star of stage and screen
Good at playing foreign
Worf's adoptive father
Published by Rocket Dog at 6:48pm on Wed 22nd July 2015.
Joan Sebastian
we shall overcome
Published by bigmal at 9:12pm on Wed 22nd July 2015.
Bobbi Kristina Brown, Whitney Houston's daughter. Anyone who had her in Death Pool just got 78 points since she was only 22. What a waste of life.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:51am on Mon 27th July 2015.
Robin Phillips. Appeared in Doctor Who in 1964 and had a memorable appearence in Tales from the Crypt having his heart torn out to annoy his nasty parents.
Published by Silent Rob at 1:10pm on Mon 27th July 2015.
Jon the Postman, as featured in 24 Hour Party People.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_the_Postman
Published by Silent Rob at 8:22am on Tue 28th July 2015.
Surely a prime contributor to the cause of "what the hell are the actual lyrics to 'Louie Louie' !?"
In searching WAN for the recent discussion of this I discovered a thread on a old Jesus Christ Rhythm Method rendition, also claiming to include a worst-of-'Louie Louie' performance.
Published by bad-timing at 12:43pm on Wed 29th July 2015.
^ I played Casio VL Tone on that performance if I remember rightly.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:45am on Thu 30th July 2015.
Stuart Baggs - Former Apprentice contestant, famed for his comment about being not just a obe-trick pony but a field of ponies. He was only 27.
Published by MissRegaling at 4:17pm on Thu 30th July 2015.
Stuart "The Brand" Baggs
Published by bigmal at 4:30am on Fri 31st July 2015.
1990's wrestling star Rowdy Roddy Piper has died, along with Hulk Hogan's career.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:27am on Sat 1st August 2015.
Just remembered Roddy Piper was also in They Live, marvellous film.
Published by Silent Rob at 7:11am on Sat 1st August 2015.
Cilla Black.
Published by MissRegaling at 12:55pm on Sun 2nd August 2015.
Damn you MissRegaling damn you to HELL.
Published by bigmal at 8:08am on Mon 3rd August 2015.
Goodness me, was Cilla Black the most annoying TV presenter of all time? I can't think of any other serious contenders.
Published by Silent Rob at 2:37pm on Mon 3rd August 2015.
Hughie Green, Silent Rob. The worst ever.
Published by DeFrev at 5:11pm on Mon 3rd August 2015.
And Bob Monkhouse.
Published by Kuryakin at 7:45pm on Mon 3rd August 2015.
I heard Gyles Brandreth putting down Robert Kilroy Silk on Radio 4, his second home the other day, and thought, what? Get in the fucking sea.... Now, both of you
Published by foolscap (not active) at 8:06pm on Mon 3rd August 2015.
Bob Monkhouse was inoffensive, just a product of his time. Brandreth was fine when he was in Countdown. Kilroy Silk is an insufferable cvnt, but that's because of his political opinions. I don't think I've ever seen Hughie Green.
I can't stand Frank Skinner, but he was nothing compared to Cilla. Still, 71 isn't that old these days, poor woman.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:26am on Tue 4th August 2015.
Sad news today as we learn of the death of that dog that was always on the roof of Brixton Windmill. Apparently it was called "Roof Dog".
Published by Silent Rob at 9:24am on Wed 5th August 2015.
71 isn't that old these days
I can just imagine her getting to the pearly gates to be greeted by St Peter saying "Surprise, Surpri-i-ise!"
Published by Wrongfellow at 10:09am on Wed 5th August 2015.
George Cole, Arthur Daley in Minder.
Published by Silent Rob at 11:43am on Thu 6th August 2015.
Damn you silent Rob damn you to hell.
Also know as "Flash Harry" in the St Trinnian films.
Published by bigmal at 9:45pm on Thu 6th August 2015.
I thought about waiting for Bigmal to announce him, but he took too long. Don't I get Named and Shamed then?
Published by Silent Rob at 8:11am on Fri 7th August 2015.
That for lollers.
Published by bigmal at 11:20pm on Sun 9th August 2015.
David Nobbs, wrote Reggie Perrin and well as writing for The Week that Was and The Two Ronnies. Later became a big name in humanisim.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:46am on Mon 10th August 2015.
Stephen Lewis, On the Buses' 'Blakey'
Published by bigmal at 5:40pm on Thu 13th August 2015.
bigmal beat me to it today!
Published by Silent Rob at 5:41pm on Thu 13th August 2015.
Some 2015 as it's quiet here today (ha!):
Don Joyce and Ian Allen of Negativland (experimental/sampling band, 22nd July and 17th January)
Susumu Yokota (ambient / house musician, 27th March but announced recently, aged 54)
Nigel Terry (actor, 30th April)
Played King Arthur in 'Excalibur', Caravaggio in 'Caravaggio' and, don't know if new Dr Who counts SR, but was General Cobb in 'The Doctor's Daughter'.
Published by bad-timing at 1:49pm on Mon 17th August 2015.
New Doctor Who counts. Sometimes new Doctor Who can be almost as good as the old (except for the music in NuWho, which is now always rubbish compared to the old days).
Published by Silent Rob at 2:48pm on Mon 17th August 2015.
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I would say the same about Neighbours but that would be to suggest it was ever good, when it began as quite cheesy (poor Des) and progressed to really bad (Paul
Published by foolscap (not active) at 5:33pm on Mon 17th August 2015.
60% of Dr Who is solid and perfectly entertaining, if a bit silly. 20% is completely dire and 20% is utterly brilliant. Occasionally it has a few years where 60% is utterly brilliant - such as early Jon Pertwee, early Tom Baker and the first few years of David Tennant - then it goes back to normal, like it had been for the last 8 years.
I think that fans of Neighbours like it for similar reasons that I like Dr Who, it's basically pure story and you have to use your imagination to get past the shoestring budget. it seems obvious to me that neighbours would be vastly improved by adding some rubber monsters and a radiophonic soundtrack. That would sort out the decline.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:10pm on Mon 17th August 2015.
Yvonne Craig, played Batgirl in the Adam West 1960's Batman. Also played the green dancing girl in Star Trek ToS.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:31am on Wed 19th August 2015.
Oliver Sacks.
Published by Silent Rob at 3:53pm on Sun 30th August 2015.
Wes Craven.
Though it is obvious to everyone that he's not really dead. He'll jump up again in a minute. Then die.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:22am on Mon 31st August 2015.
Parasite and cub scout fiddler -Edward, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu
Published by bigmal at 2:06am on Tue 1st September 2015.
Beaulieu was involved in a homosexual sex scandal which led to a change in the law to legalise homosexuality so he did achieve something. Plus his car museum is brilliant.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:25am on Tue 1st September 2015.
Joy Beverley. Oldest one of the Beverley sisters.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:26am on Tue 1st September 2015.
Rico Rodriguez, trombonist. Played on the original and the Specials version of Message to you Rudy.
Ba ba bababa baaaaaaaaa.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:30am on Sat 5th September 2015.
Colin Favor
Published by foolscap (not active) at 8:33pm on Mon 7th September 2015.
Brian Sewell. A sad loss. http://youtu.be/a-3F2orlwOk
Published by Silent Rob at 6:13pm on Sat 19th September 2015.
Jackie Collins.
Published by MissRegaling at 2:09am on Sun 20th September 2015.
^ Jackie Collins was mentioned in Doctor Who in the episode Bad Wolf. I'm sure you were all begging to know that.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:32am on Sun 20th September 2015.
Nancy Forester Dust Lady
Published by bigmal at 12:25am on Tue 22nd September 2015.
Catherine E. Coulson, the Log Lady in Twin Peaks.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:52am on Tue 29th September 2015.
but she's not really dead, right?
Published by foolscap (not active) at 1:10pm on Tue 29th September 2015.
Wilton Felder - played sax with The Crusaders - also played bass on Jackson 5's "I want you back".
Published by slopbucket at 5:54pm on Thu 1st October 2015.
And while we're on sax players - Phil Woods - played on Billy Joel's "Just the way you are".
Published by slopbucket at 5:55pm on Thu 1st October 2015.
Denis "eyebrows" Healey
Published by bigmal at 6:36pm on Sat 3rd October 2015.
Brian Friel. Wrote a lot of good plays. I did Translations for A Level.
Published by Silent Rob at 7:08pm on Sat 3rd October 2015.
Morgan Freeman?
Published by nuttyprof at 7:03am on Sun 4th October 2015.
Freeman is still alive by the looks of things...
Published by Silent Rob at 1:59pm on Sun 4th October 2015.
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Published by foolscap (not active) at 7:20pm on Mon 5th October 2015.
Excellant Wiki page
Published by bigmal at 1:43pm on Wed 7th October 2015.
Gail Zappa
Published by bigmal at 2:39am on Thu 8th October 2015.
Bruce Forsyth
Published by bigmal at 6:23am on Fri 9th October 2015.
Brucie is still with us. God knows how though, he must be nearly 90 by now and still refuses to stop working.
Published by Silent Rob at 8:07am on Fri 9th October 2015.
Hugh Scully and Gordon Honeycombe (Brucie had a nasty fall!)
Published by nuttyprof at 7:27am on Sat 10th October 2015.
Dead Sheep dies
Published by foolscap (not active) at 5:12pm on Sat 10th October 2015.
Geoffrey "Hello Sailor" Howe
Published by bigmal at 2:07am on Sun 11th October 2015.
Sue Lloyd-Roberts
Published by bigmal at 7:54am on Wed 14th October 2015.
Lisa Jardine
Published by foolscap (not active) at 12:55am on Mon 26th October 2015.
Diane Charlemagne
Published by foolscap (not active) at 9:47pm on Wed 28th October 2015.
Al Molinaro, Al from Happy Days.
Published by Silent Rob at 5:55am on Sat 31st October 2015.
Peter Donaldson
Published by foolscap (not active) at 1:40pm on Tue 3rd November 2015.
Colin Welland, the nice teacher in Kes and and wrote the screenplay of Chariots of Fire, which Trinity College refused to film in their grounds.
Published by Silent Rob at 4:43pm on Tue 3rd November 2015.
Tom Graveney, the most stylish English batsman of his - and most other - generations.
Published by DeFrev at 7:48am on Wed 4th November 2015.
Gunnar Hansen, leather face from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Published by Silent Rob at 10:02am on Sun 8th November 2015.
Eddie Hoh, session drummer, played on lots of 60's stuff including pleasant valley Sunday and daydream believer by the Monkees.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:16am on Tue 10th November 2015.
Andy White, played drums for the Beatles on Love Me Do. Must have made a packet.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:14pm on Wed 11th November 2015.
Shite song.
Published by bigmal at 9:51pm on Wed 11th November 2015.
Agreed.
Published by Silent Rob at 5:55am on Thu 12th November 2015.
Andy White: £15.00 session fee and whatever he earned from Anthology 1. Probably not a fortune though.
As for the song, musical and historical context is all.
Published by DeFrev at 8:02am on Thu 12th November 2015.
Andy White: £15.00 session fee and whatever he earned from Anthology 1. Probably not a fortune though.
As for the song, musical and historical context is all.
Published by DeFrev at 8:02am on Thu 12th November 2015.
PHIL "PHILTHY ANIMAL" TAYLOR
Drummer with Motorhead.
Published by bigmal at 9:44pm on Thu 12th November 2015.
Warren Mitchell, Alf Garnett.
Published by Silent Rob at 11:58am on Sat 14th November 2015.
My favourite Warren Mitchell story...
At a West Ham game, a man standing next to Warren in the crowd turned to him and said, "You're Alf Garnett, aintcha? I love that programme you do - always 'avin' a go at the coons an' that!"
Warren turned back and replied, "Actually mate, it's 'avin' a go at wankers like you."
Top bloke. Bit of a diva apparently, but I think in his case that can be overlooked.
Published by John Techno at 8:55pm on Sat 14th November 2015.
Jonah Lomu.....Only 40 terrible.
Published by bigmal at 12:39am on Wed 18th November 2015.
Cynthia Payne was more than twice that
Published by foolscap (not active) at 1:39am on Wed 18th November 2015.
Michael C. Gross, designed the ghostbusters logo.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:06am on Wed 18th November 2015.
P. F. Sloan, songwriter. Wrote secret agent man and edge of destruction.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:02am on Thu 19th November 2015.
Peter Dimmock.
Published by bigmal at 2:25am on Sun 22nd November 2015.
Patt Edery.
Published by bigmal at 2:28am on Sun 22nd November 2015.
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Published by Xavier Bollo (not active) at 1:13pm on Sun 22nd November 2015.
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Published by Xavier Bollo (not active) at 1:44pm on Sun 22nd November 2015.
Cynthia Robinson
Published by bigmal at 10:17pm on Tue 24th November 2015.
Scott Weiland, singer of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver.
Published by Silent Rob at 5:50am on Fri 4th December 2015.
do, do, do, do do do, do, do, do, do do do
no more Lou, and now no more Holly
Published by foolscap (not active) at 1:16pm on Mon 7th December 2015.
Nicholas Smith, aka Mr Rumbold in Are You Being Served?
Published by MissRegaling at 1:57pm on Mon 7th December 2015.
Fuck me he must have been 150.
Published by bigmal at 2:04pm on Mon 7th December 2015.
Nicholas Smith was 81. More importantly he appeared in three episodes of Dr Who in 1964.
Published by Silent Rob at 5:10pm on Mon 7th December 2015.
Shirley Stelfox, from Making Out and Emmerdale.
Published by MissRegaling at 1:59pm on Tue 8th December 2015.
Jimmy Hill, big chinned football person.
Published by Silent Rob at 2:27pm on Sat 19th December 2015.
(chinny reckon)
Published by bad-timing at 2:29pm on Sat 19th December 2015.
LOL
Published by Boudicea Bambaataa at 2:35pm on Sat 19th December 2015.
Lord Janner. Ex-MP and possible paedophile.
Published by John Techno at 8:24pm on Sat 19th December 2015.
Lol. Whatever he was, he really wasn't lying about not being fit for trial
Published by foolscap (not active) at 10:40pm on Sat 19th December 2015.
Ha. Or it could be that he's done a lord lucan.
Published by Boudicea Bambaataa at 11:15pm on Sat 19th December 2015.
Nigel Buxton, baaddad in the Adam and Joe show.
Published by Silent Rob at 6:02am on Sun 20th December 2015.
Silent Rob
Published by bigmal at 12:50am on Mon 21st December 2015.
Jimmy (the chin) Hill
"We hate Jimmy Hill he's a poof he's a poof".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_axDEajDBiI
I hated that man so much.
Published by bigmal at 3:04am on Mon 21st December 2015.
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I'm glad I checked this thread. Apparently I'm dead. Great news, I really fancied a day off work tomorrow. :)
Published by Silent Rob deceased at 5:20pm on Mon 21st December 2015.
Lemmy.
Published by John Techno at 1:02am on Tue 29th December 2015.
:(
I thought he'd survive the apocalypse.
Published by ahpook at 6:08am on Tue 29th December 2015.
Lemmy
Published by bigmal at 1:17pm on Tue 29th December 2015.
john Bradbury, drummer of the Specials. Dropping like flies today.
Published by ahpook at 4:12pm on Tue 29th December 2015.
John Bradbury
Published by bigmal at 6:12pm on Tue 29th December 2015.
Published by bigmal at 6:38pm on Tue 29th December 2015.
Pavel Srnicek
Published by MissRegaling at 7:54pm on Tue 29th December 2015.
Guru Josh.
It's rare that I get one first.
Published by Wrongfellow at 11:00pm on Tue 29th December 2015.
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Published by Boudicea Bambaataa at 11:57pm on Tue 29th December 2015.
Hey, it's happened before. I got Jerry Weintraub, didn't I?
Published by Wrongfellow at 12:46am on Wed 30th December 2015.
Guru Josh.
Published by bigmal at 2:03am on Wed 30th December 2015.
Bigmal appears to be posting each death a second time again.
Published by ahpook at 6:17am on Wed 30th December 2015.
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Published by bigmal at 11:09am on Wed 30th December 2015.
^^^^^^^Bigmal appears to be posting each death a second time again.
Not true young lady, I got them first but interlopers get in the way.
Published by bigmal at 11:14am on Wed 30th December 2015.
sooooo, they're not dead until you say they are dead, or are you killing them off?
Published by foolscap (not active) at 2:32pm on Wed 30th December 2015.
Now that would be telling.
Published by bigmal at 8:10pm on Wed 30th December 2015.
Boudicea Bambaataa
Published by bigmal at 3:17pm on Thu 31st December 2015.
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