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Went through the SAG-AFTRA Magazine Summer issue. Here are the names who died in 2021 who have a Wiki page: *names in red are passings not covered on DL Forums up until now. Rod Arrants (wiki), 76, actor (The Young and the Restless, Days of Our Lives, Rent) Lisa Banes (wiki), 65, actress (Cocktail, Freedom Writers, Gone Girl) Ned Beatty (wiki), 83, actor (Deliverance, All the President's Men, Superman, Toy Story 3) Frank Bonner (wiki), 79, actor (WKRP in Cincinnati, Equinox) and television director Martin Bookspan (wiki), 94, announcer (Live From Lincoln Center, Live From the Met) Ed Bruce (wiki), 81, country singer-songwriter and actor (Public Enemies, Country Strong) Johnny Crawford (wiki), 75, actor (The Rifleman) and singer Stuart Damon (wiki), 84, actor (General Hospital, The Champions) Lois de Banzie (wiki), 90, actress (Naked Gun 33 1/3, Annie, Addams Family Values) DMX (wiki), 50, rapper and actor (Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 the Grave, Romeo Must Die) Olympia Dukakis (wiki), 89, actress (Moonstruck, Steel Magnolias, In the Land of Women), director and producer Mark Elliott (wiki), 81, voice-over artist (Tangled, Lilo & Stitch) John Gabriel (wiki), 90, actor (Ryan's Hope, The Untouchables, El Dorado) Simone Gad (wiki), 73, actress (Eating L.A., Speed, A Dark Foe) Arlene Golonka (wiki), 85, actress (The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D.) Craig "muMs" Grant (wiki), 52, actor (Oz, Dark Water) Charles Grodin (wiki), 86, actor (Midnight Run, The Heartbreak Kid, King Kong, Beethoven) and comedian Marvelous Marvin Hagler (wiki), 66, professional boxer and actor (Indio, Indio 2) James Hampton (wiki), 84, actor (F Troop, The Doris Day Show, Love American Style, The Longest Yard, Teen Wolf) and director Billie Hayes (wiki), 96, actress (The Black Cauldron, Pufnstuf, Shrek Forever After, Johnny Bravo) Gloria Henry (wiki), 98, actress (Dennis the Menace, Air Hostess, Law of the Barbary Coast) Chuck Hicks (wiki), 93, actor (Dick Tracy, Legion, The Ring) and stuntman (Star Trek II, Runaway Train) Betty Lou Holland (wiki), 95, actress (Johnny Belinda, The Man in the Net, Love Story) John Hora (wiki), 80, cinematographer (Gremlins, The Howling, Gremlins 2) and actor (Innerspace, Honey I Blew Up the Kid) Robert Hogan (wiki), 87, actor (Another World, The Wire, Batman, Gunsmoke, Law & Order, Species II) Amy Johnston (wiki), 66, actress (The Buddy Holly Story, Charlie's Angels) Nathan Jung (wiki), 74, actor (Big Trouble in Little China, Darkman) Bruce Kirby (wiki), 95, actor (Days of Our Lives, Kojak, Columbo, The Muppet Movie, Hogan's Heroes, Stand by Me) Tawny Kitaen (wiki), 59, actress (Bachelor Party, Gwendoline, After Midnight) and model Joe Krebs (wik), 78, news anchor (NBC-4 WRC-TV) Tommy Lasorda (wiki), 93, baseball player and manager and actor (Homeward Bound II, Hart to Hart, Ladybugs) G. Gordon Liddy (wiki), 90, lawyer, FBI agent and actor (Rules of Engagement, 18 Wheels of Justice, Street Asylum) Joanne Linville (wiki), 93, actress (Star Trek, Barnaby Jones, The Twilight Zone, Dynasty) Norman Lloyd (wiki), 106, actor (Dead Poets Society, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Age of Innocence, Spellbound) Ray MacDonnell (wiki), 93, actor (All My Children, Dick Tracy) Gavin MacLeod (wiki), 90, actor (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Kelly's Heroes, The Party, The Love Boat) Frank McRae (wiki), 80, actor (Licence to Kill, Loaded Weapon I, Last Action Hero) Roger Mudd (wiki), 93, broadcast journalist (CBS, NBC, The History Channel) Trisha Noble (wiki), 76, singer and actress (Star Wars Episode III, Out of the Unknown, Z-Cars) Walter Olkewicz (wiki), 72, actor (Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Twin Peaks, The Client) Christopher Pennock (wiki), 76, actor (Dark Shadows, General Hospital) Howard Schnellenberger (wiki), 87, American football coach and commentator (NBC, CBC, ESPN) Felix Silla (wiki), 84, actor (Spaceballs, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi) and stuntman (The Golden Child, Poltergeist) Joseph Siravo (wiki), 66, actor (The Sopranos, Carlito's Way, American Crime Story) Quindon Tarver (wiki), 38, singer (Romeo + Juliet) B.J. Thomas (wiki), 78, singer (Spider-Man 2, Forrest Gump, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle) Buddy Van Horn (wiki), 92, stunt coordinator (Outbreak, In the Line of Fire) and director (The Deadpool) Isela Vega (wiki), 81, actress (Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Lovers of the Lord of the Night) and singer Erica Watson (wiki), 48, actress (Precious, Dirty Laundry) Clarence Williams III (wiki), 81, actor (The General's Daughter, Reindeer Games, Purple Rain, Half Baked, The Mod Squad) If I remember to, I'll do this quarterly with the release of each SAG-AFTRA issue. Need some help with one name who appeared in this issue. The date of death given was 4th November 2016 and the name is Jeanette Miller. Is this THE Jeanette Miller (b. 1932, wiki, IMDb) who appeared as Aunt Edie in The Middle, as well as Norbit, Legion, The Truman Show etc. and was active until 2015? It would appear so but I need some kind of linking evidence to get Wiki/IMDb updated appropriately.

Algerian independent fighter and civil right activist Saadi Yacef died at 93 years: https://www.algerie360.com/yacef-saadi-est-mort-un-grand-nom-de-la-revolution-seteint/ He was senator in Algeria's Council of the Nation who led Algeria's National Liberation Front during the country's war for independence, which occurred from 1954 to 1962. In the war he was captured by the French military and sentenced to death but was eventually pardoned after Charles de Gaulle returned to power in 1958.

Well, Nancy Stewart has apparently died:

Big one in Algeria. Also he was an icon of the Italian left for some time and leftist director Gillo Pontecorvo had him starring in "The Battle of Algiers".

According to the family @Ulitzer95, Maria Mendiola of Baccara died today around noon, just if you are updating. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/muere-maria-mendiola-baccara-eurovision-69-anos-111040/&prev=search&pto=aue

Updated. Someone @ me when we get a date of death and a QO.

Maria Mendiola can no longer boogie as the Baccara singer is reported dead: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=https://www.gp.se/kultur/kultur/maria-mendiola-fr%C3%A5n-gruppen-baccara-har-g%C3%A5tt-bort-69-%C3%A5r-gammal-1.54673008&prev=search&pto=aue

Phùng Quang Thanh, Vietnamese general,Vietnam's Chief of Staff 2001-2006 and Minister of Defence 2006-2016 finally dead aged 71: https://www.qdnd.vn/tuong-linh-viet-nam/dai-tuong-phung-quang-thanh-tu-tran-670941 Rumored dead in 2015 when he spent around a month in France for medical care due to complications from a wartime lung injury. His predecessor as Chief of Staff, General Lê Văn Dũng (1945-), predecessor as Minister of Defence, General Phạm Văn Trà (1937-) are still alive. Oldest and earliest General (out of the seven living ones) is the former VP Nguyễn Quyết (1922-2024) who is still in great health: Picture from last year.

New photo of John Challis from his Twitter.

Dalal bint Saud Al Saud, Saudi princess, activist and philanthropist dead: https://middleeast.in-24.com/News/217119.html Daughter of King Saud (1902-1969), both in the picture above with Kennedy. Married to "Arabian Warren Buffett" Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud from 1976 to 1994 when they divorced.

Jón Sigurðsson (1946-2021), Iceland's Minister of Industry and Commerce 2006-2007 and Central Bank governor 2003-2006 dead aged 75 after a long battle with prostate cancer: https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/09/10/jon-sigurdsson-fyrrverandi-sedlabankastjori-latinn Not to be confused with Jón Sigurðsson (1941-), Minister of Industry and Commerce 1988-1991 and 1991-1993. Iceland usually has small cabinets. Earliest living Ministers seem to be: Ólafur Jóhannesson's Second Cabinet 1978-1979: Hjörleifur Guttormsson (1935-) Minister of Industry 1978-1979 and 1980-1983 Ragnar Arnalds (1939-2022) Minister of Education and Transportation 1978-1979, Minister of Finance 1980-1983 Gunnar Thorodssen's Cabinet 1980-1983: Guttormsson, mentioned above. Ingvar Gíslason (1926-2022) Minister of Education, Science and Culture 1980-1983 Arnalds, mentioned above. Steingrímur Hermannsson's First Cabinet 1983-1987: Þorsteinn Pálsson (1947-) Minister of Finance 1985-1987, Minister of Industy 1987, Prime Minister 1987-1988, Minister of Fisheries and Minister of Justice 1991-1999 Most of the ministers in the Palsson cabinet are still living.

Pele: Brazilian football legend recovering after colon surgery - BBC Sport

Half of German-Italian neonazi serial killer duo Ludwig, Wolfgang Abel, in a coma after hitting his head in a fall. Ludwig targeted homosexuals, prostitutes and places which were against morality like discos. They are responsible for at least 28 deaths.

Former Ivory Coast Prime Minister (2005-2007, during Gbagbo's tenure) Charles Konan Banny dead aged 78: https://www.modernghana.com/news/1103745/former-i-coast-pm-dies-of-coronavirus.html Evacuated to France this month due to health reasons. Died of covid. There was a over 26-year gap of no former Prime Ministers of the Ivory Coast dying after Félix Houphouët-Boigny's death in 1993, but since July 2020 four have died

British racing driver and little known Spice Girl reject Gordon Spice dies at 81. No scores here. My wager is Ginger is next.

It should be, because there's even a picture of the bloody grave but Wiki are so anti-FindAGrave. Hopefully SAG-AFTRA will include him in their list of departed entertainers in their autumn issue. Just been through their summer release. I will post a summary of the more notable names on it tomorrow. There's one or two off radar deaths on there, nobody particularly exciting though.

Arthur Chatto, the Queen's great nephew, is much hotter. He just joined the Marines 2 weeks ago, becoming the first British Royal to do so.

Derek Hole's Wiki page notes he has died, without a citation. Former Chaplain to The Queen, apparently. Here's that citation for some of our more able Wiki editors. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/252084/hole

Former Rolling Stones tour manager Mick Brigden dies while digging his pet's grave. https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1489547/Mick-Brigden-dead-death-Rolling-Stones-tour-manager-digging-dog-grave-news-latest-update

Well they may have been accused of it by other Punk bands when they made their bow on TOTPs. Going on there when you were, like, hardcore rebels, was a big no, no. I suppose they may have had a point, seeing Sham 69 on there was pretty cool but it wasn't too cool when my dad said he liked them.

Nope. Not even any coverage from Variety, the Hollywood Reporter etc. A big problem has arisen with Hollywood types lately – The Hollywood Reporter abandoned its obituaries section earlier this year, and when I've pinged them suggestions via the Tips page, they just get ignored by Mike Barnes (who is a bit of a dick and never responds; he writes the articles about celebs passing). It's clear that THR is now more interested in creating clickbait type content and woke nonsense focusing on controversial comments some star has made, or how represented black actors are on screen etc. They've abandoned their traditional style of being the single most dependable source for chronicling historic Hollywood and ensuring that those who worked in the industry for decades with 100s of credits do not die in obscurity. Sad really, but I think this is the start of a lot of passings in this field going unnoticed. Marcy McGuire, June Kenney, Larry Gelman probably won't get write ups elsewhere now, because THR haven't covered it from the onset in order to bring the news to the attention of other media. People may want to be careful for the DDP next year. I expect a lot of these Golden Age Hollywood types to die off radar now.

Here is an indepth analysis of the contenders emailed to us by forum lurker and DDP contestant Evil Grimace. He had originally written it before the death of Sarah Harding, then revised it after her death, hence the briefer summaries of teams that entered the top 5 off her death, as well as the inclusion of OldLady and Spade despite them no longer being in the top 5 (and tbh, if any team merits an analysis while outside the top 10, it's Spade...):

Buddy Holly would've been 85 today.

Cross posting Maria Mendiola's death here. The group represented Luxembourg in 1978 with Parlez-Vous Francais?:

Probably worth his own thread and a spot on the DL, but Sir Antony Sher, one of Britain's greatest living stage actors (and also a familiar TV/film face), is terminally ill. His partner is taking compassionate leave to look after him (but expects to be back in work in early 2022, so this is going to be fast). Awful news.