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91 today.

Local obituary.

Not for the first time.

Total bullshit post by me. The dogwalker survived and so did the dogs. Apologies.

Hannu Mikkola, 1983 World Rally champion has died aged 78. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/rally-great-hannu-mikkola-dies/5501083/amp/

As discussed extensively on the previous two pages...

I'm stretching the term 'famous' here, but Brian Fraser, the technical producer of the morning show at Ottawa's top news/talk radio station, whose two year battle with blood cancer was documented on that show, has died. He was 26. Fraser had received well wishes from the likes of Mario Lemieux and Drew Brees while battling leukemia. His death was acknowledged by Ottawa mayor Jim Watson and several sports organizations and broadcasters. https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/cfra-s-brian-fraser-1994-2021-1.5325330?cid=sm%3Atrueanthem%3Actvottawa%3Atwitterpost&taid=603a0a247459310001cdeb04&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

I think your link broke!

Actor Ng Man-Tat, recipient of a 1991 Hong Kong Film Award for his supporting role as Rambo in the film A Moment of Romance, died at 70 years: https://www.cna.com.tw/amp/news/firstnews/202102275004.aspx He also earned a Golden Bell Award nomination for his starring role in the Taiwanese television series The Hospital.

In the past I thought Ken Clarke and Neil Kinnock but both are now suitably superannuated and retired from frontline politics so that it would just be classed as a normalish death rather than a John Smith type surprise departure.

Johnny De Fazio dead at 80: https://lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling/2021/02/26/jumping-johnny-defazio-passes-away-80/amp/

Members of the British Free Corps (wiki) William J. Alexander No idea, from Glasgow according to this Frank Axon 19 Jan 1920, Cheshire – c. Jan 1986 (65–66), Cheshire Via Ancestry Ronald David Barker Born c. 1924 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. Quite a nasty character according to this. Evaded capture at the end of the war. Harold Deane Batchelor 2 Sep 1920, London – c. Apr 1996 (75), Cornwall Sourced from here Kenneth Edward Berry (wiki) 17 Nov 1925, Devon – 22 Nov 1992 (67), Cornwall Harry Charles Blackman From Essex. Possible dates of 1914–1980 on Ancestry, but nothing to confirm it. William Charles Britten (wiki) No idea. I think his name is spelt incorrectly on Wiki ("Brittain") as most book sources say Britten. Can't trace an origin. Intelligence files say he worked in Bournemouth before the war but he was part of a Warwickshire regiment? Alfred Browning Can't find anything on him. other than that he was in the Argyll and Sutherland William James Chapman Can't find anything on him. Robert Chipchase 19 Jul 1916, North Yorkshire – 26 Jun 2012 (95), Western Australia, Australia Via Ancestry Frederick Wilfred Edward "Nobby" Clarke Unbelievably there are about 3 different people on Ancestry that could be him. Thomas Haller Cooper (wiki) 29 Aug 1919, London – early 1987 (67), or late 1990s, England Can't trace him in the GRO or Ancestry. His death in 1987 is according to author Adrian Weales. Though this book says late 1990s. Cooper spent some time in Japan and converted to Buddhism. Likely he changed his name which is why I can't find his record. Roy Nicholas Courlander (wiki) 6 Dec 1914, London – 1 Jun 1979 (64), New South Wales, Australia Hugh Wilson Cowie 1 Jun 1918, Aberdeen – c. Jan 1975 (56), Devon Via Ancestry. In and out of prison after the war, which is where he died Frederick Croft From Finchley, London. Can't find much more on him. George Croft Lots on him but can't find vital bios. Arthur James Cryderman 6 Jul 1914, Manitoba, Canada – 29 Jan 1998 (83), Ontario, Canada Via Ancestry Clifford Dowden Can't find anything on him. [unknown] Ellsmore unknown – unknown Mystery Belgian man who had managed to acquire a British military identity, believed to have been executed by the Nazis during the war Thomas Louis Freeman Canadian. The only one totally cleared of any wrongdoing after the war. Can't trace him. Roy Ralph Futcher 8 Feb 1911, Dorset – 3 Jan 1986 (74), Cheshire Via Ancestry; he was traceable because his codename during the war was "Philpott", which is the maiden name of this R. R. Futcher's mother! Cyril Haines Possibly from County Durham. Can't find anything on him. Robert Reginald Heighes 25 Jun 1919, Hampshire – Mar 1980 (60), Essex Via Ancestry William How From Rochester, Kent. He fled in early 1945. Can't find much more on him. Edward Jackson Born 1916 and possibly from Lancashire. Can't find much more on him. Thomas Blake Kipling 25 Apr 1921, Yorkshire – c. Aug 1986 (65), North Riding of Yorkshire Via Ancestry Pieter Andries Hendrik Labuschagne 19 Sep 1911, South Africa – 30 Dec 1983 (72), South Africa Via Ancestry Robert Henry Lane Possibly from Surrey. Can't find anything on him. John Leigh From Lancashire. Can't trace him. Dennis John Alfred Leister 19 Jun 1922, London – Sep 1990 (68), Hertfordshire Loads of info on this guy here Frederick Lewis Can't find anything on him. Alexander MacKinnon Edinburgh? – late 1990s, Edinburgh Died in retirement, there are several people on Scotland's People who could be him so I haven't been able to narrow it down Douglas Cecil Mardon Born in 1919/1920 in South Africa. Can't trace him. Edwin Barnard Martin (wiki) 11 Feb 1919, Ontario, Canada – 16 Aug 1987 (68), Ontario, Canada Wiki has no bio details, dates are from Ancestry Francis Paul Maton 14 Feb 1921, Warwickshire – 1 Feb 1983 (61), London Via Ancestry Francis George McLardy (wiki) 17 Nov 1915, Liverpool – 16 Dec 1981 (66), Rhineland, Germany William John Miller Can't find anything on him. Alfred Vivian Minchin (wiki) 27 Jan 1917, Surrey – c. Feb 1998 (81), Somerset Charles Munns Scottish. Can't trace him. Ernest Nicholls Can't find anything on him. Harry Nightingale From Burnley, Lancashire. Can't trace him. There's a Harry Nightingale born in Burnley in 1911, could be him but can't find anything to prove it. William Cecil Perkins 6 May 1916, London – c. Jan 1979 (62), Cambridgeshire Via Ancestry Reginald Eric Pleasants (wiki) 17 May 1913, Norwich – c. Jul 1998 (84–85), Norwich Norman Rose Possibly from Surrey. Can't find anything on him. Herbert George Rowlands 3 May 1909, London – c. Feb 1986 (76), Kent From here William Alan Watson Shearer (wiki) 13 Aug 1917, Northamptonshire – 9 Jul 1995 (77), Northamptonshire Wiki has no bio details, dates are from Ancestry John Sommerville Can't find anything on him. He was still missing by August 1946. Albert James Stokes 3 Aug 1917, Western Australia, Australia – unknown, Queensland, Australia Died in an army hospice from cancer according to this Henry Alfred Symonds (wiki) 24 Mar 1924, Middlesex – c. Jun 1994 (70), Cheshire Wiki has no bio details, dates are from Ancestry L. P. Van Heerden unknown, South Africa – 12 Feb 1945, Germany Supposedly killed in action during the bombing of Dresden, making him the only BFC member to die during the war Lourens Matthys Viljoen 26 Dec 1918, South Africa – 3 Jun 1980 (61), South Africa Via Ancestry John Wilson A Sergeant coerced into joining. Can't find much info on him. Doesn't help when he has a similar name to the one below. John Eric Wilson 4 Oct 1921, Lancashire – Oct 2001 (79–80), Cheshire Via Ancestry Lionel Herbert Battinson Wood 1 Apr 1913, Victoria, Australia – 12 Nov 1974 (61), Victoria, Australia Via Ancestry Other British subjects who served in the German Armed Forces during World War II Frank Chetwynd Becker From England originally. Interpreter, later moved to Australia and became very religious. Some info here. Had a brother called Arnold. May be traceable with some effort. Douglas Berneville-Claye (wiki) 26 Nov 1917, London – 1975 (57–58), Australia 2002 BBC News article of daughter discovering truth about him. James Brady (wiki) 20 May 1920, County Roscommon, Ireland – unknown Alive in 1950 but this archived Geocities page refers to him as the "late". William Johannes Celliers South African. A police officer in Namibia. Can't trace him. This says he quietly disappeared after WWII. John Codd (wiki) Born before 1928. Arrested in 1945 after returning to Ireland with his German wife. Not prosecuted, last trace of him is in 1948. James Conen Taxi driver from London. Can't trace him. Benson Fletcher Railton Metcalf Freeman 6 Oct 1903, Berkshire – unknown Seems to have used all his middle names interchangeably and so hard to trace. His wife Irene died in Wicklow, Republic of Ireland in October 1993 so that would suggest he moved there also. Roy Walter Purdy 17 May 1918, Essex – 26 Jul 1982 (64), Essex Vivian Stranders 8 Apr 1881, London – 1959 (78), Westphalia, Germany Royal Flying Corps captain during the Great War turned traitor. Became a German citizen in 1933. Responsible for the transfer of the British Free Corps into the Waffen SS Frank Stringer Irish. Disappeared after the war, was considered a bit of drifter. Some info here.

Craig Charles. He had a heart attack two years ago and had four stents fitted. He claims to have gone from two packs of the gaspers a day down to half a pack, although this interview suggests he isn't exactly moderating things.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fred-segal-icon-of-los-angeles-fashion-and-retail-dies-at-87 Los Angeles based fashion retailer Fred Segal has died aged 87 following stroke complications.

Telegraph obit for Betty Willingale.

Galloway. Mind you, last time I was right on this sort of thing was Jimmy "walking talking living HA" Hood.

Just remembered Fikre Selassie Wogderess's death and was wondering how many former Ethiopian rulers are alive. I checked and there are only four: The oldest and worst one of course being old Mengistu. Still alive at 83. Mulatu Teshome (b. 1957) is the only other former head of state alive. He was the president from 2013 to 2018. Tamrat Layne (b. 1955) prime minister of the transitional government between 1991 and 1995 is still alive, too. And of course Hailemariam Desalegn (born 1965) who was the prime minister between 2012 and 2018.

Literally dug his own grave.

So heading for 2 weeks in hospital. Must be a big enough infection. Was he in that long that time he was in over Christmas a few years ago

German classical cellist and member of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Wolfgang Boettcher dead at 86 years: https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/philharmoniker-und-musikpaedagoge-berliner-cellist-wolfgang-boettcher-gestorben/26952192.html

I have just submitted my team. Thanks for doing this!