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Didn't really know where to put this as there isn't a general entertainment thread and many of these name aren't Hollywood. I went through the latest (Spring–Summer) issue of Equity magazine in the same way I did SAG-AFTRA. There's a few names of note who have passed off radar. Firstly, everyone we already mentioned on here: Michael Apted (wiki) died 7/1/21 Bobby Ball (wiki) died 28/10/20 Len Barry (wiki) died 5/11/20 Jean Bayless (wiki) died 5/2/21 Helen Blatch (wiki) died 31/12/15 (late announcement) Johnny Briggs (wiki) died 28/2/21 Jeremy Bulloch (wiki) died 17/12/21 Roy C (wiki) died 16/9/20 Malcolm Cecil (wiki) died 28/3/21 Pauline Chamberlain (IMDb) died 14/1/21 Johnny Clark (wiki) died 28/12/20 Sean Connery (wiki) died 31/10/20 Peter Craze (wiki) died 31/12/20 Norm Crosby (wiki) died 7/11/20 Alan Curtis (wiki) died 18/2/21 Mac Davis (wiki) died 29/9/20 Anthony Dawes (wiki) died 21/1/21 Nathalie Delon (wiki) died 21/1/21 Bobby Dennis (IMDb) died 7/11/20 Jackie Dennis (wiki) died 28/9/20 Sydney Devine (wiki) died 13/2/21 Mark Eden (wiki) died 1/1/21 Rhonda Fleming (wiki) died 14/10/20 Ronald Forfar (wiki) died 28/9/20 John Fraser (wiki) died 6/11/20 Tex Fuller (wiki) died 7/10/20 Peter Goodwright (wiki) died 2/11/20 Dominic Grant of Guys 'n' Dolls (wiki) died 18/11/20 Andy Gray (wiki) died 18/1/21 James Greene (IMDb) died 5/1/21 Patricia Healey (IMDb) died 4/2/21 Tony Hendra (wiki) died 4/3/21 Hal Holbrook (wiki) died 23/1/21 Godfrey James (wiki) died 29/10/19 (late announcement) Rafer Johnson (wiki) died 2/12/20 Hugh Keays-Byrne (wiki) died 2/12/20 Lynn Kellogg (wiki) died 12/11/20 Rosalind Knight (wiki) died 19/12/20 John le Carré (wiki) died 12/12/20 Gunnel Lindblom (wiki) died 24/1/21 Tiny Lister (wiki) died 10/12/20 Archie Lyndhurst (IMDb) died 22/9/20 Jane Manning (wiki) died 31/3/21 Gerry Marsden (wiki) died 3/1/21 Vivian Matalon (wiki) died 15/8/18 (late announcement) Helen McCrory (wiki) died 16/4/21 Les McKeown (wiki) died 20/4/21 Frank Mills (wiki) died 11/2/21 Anthony Milner (wiki) died 6/7/15 (late announcement) Elijah Moshinsky (wiki) died 14/1/21 Basil Moss (wiki) died 28/11/20 Johnny Nash (wiki) died 6/10/20 Trisha Noble (wiki) died 23/2/21 Margaret Nolan (wiki) died 5/10/20 Des O'Connor (wiki) died 14/11/20 Rynagh O'Grady (wiki) died 7/2/21 Nicola Pagett (wiki) died 3/3/21 Geoffrey Palmer (wiki) died 5/11/20 Trevor Peacock (wiki) died 8/3/21 John Pennington (IMDb) died ??/?/20 Molly Peters (wiki) died 30/5/17 (late announcement) Ronald Pickup (wiki) died 24/2/21 Valerie Pitts (wiki) died 31/3/21 Eileen Pollock (wiki) died 19/12/20 Kay Purcell (wiki) died 23/12/20 James Purify of James & Bobby Purify (wiki) died 22/1/21 Tommy Rall (wiki) died 6/10/20 Marion Ramsey (wiki) died 7/1/21 John Richardson (wiki) died 5/1/21 Paul Ritter (wiki) died 5/4/21 Tanya Roberts (wiki) died 4/1/21 Jimmie Rodgers (wiki) died 18/1/21 Liam Scarlett (wiki) died 16/4/21 Ken Sedd (wiki) died 9/1/21 John Sessions (wiki) died 2/11/20 Billy Joe Shaver (wiki) died 28/10/20 Barbara Shelley (wiki) died 3/1/21 Tony Tanner (wiki) died 8/9/20 Pamela Tiffin (wiki) died 2/12/20 Dave Toole (wiki) died 16/10/20 Peter Vere-Jones (wiki) died 26/1/21 Philip Voss (wiki) died 13/11/20 Lee Wallace (wiki) died 20/12/20 Neville Wanless (wiki) died 4/12/20 Mary Wilson (wiki) died 8/2/21 Barbara Windsor (wiki) died 10/12/20 Frank Windsor (wiki) died 30/9/20 Jimmy Winston (wiki) died 26/9/20 Everyone we haven't mentioned whose deaths were noticed elsewhere: Hugh Beresford (wiki) died 23/11/20 – operatic baritone, aged 94, got a Guardian QO Dee Cannon (wiki) died 28/9/20 – acting coach, aged 58 from cancer, got late obits from The Stage and the Hollywood Reporter Rosanna Carteri (wiki) died 25/10/20 – Italian soprano, aged 89, got a Telegraph QO Robert P. Cohen (IMDb) died 17/12/20 – American assistant director and co-producer, aged 76 from COVID-19, got a HR obit Marcus D'Amico (wiki) died 16/12/20 – best known as Michael Tolliver in Tales of the City, aged 55 from pneumonia, HR obit Louise Dunn (IMDb) died 11/8/20 – aged 81, some minor roles in 60s British films, also Emergency-Ward 10, got a Stage obit Jenny Dunster (IMDb) died ??/3/21 – dancer on British TV turned agent, aged 71, got a Stage obit Robert Gard (wiki) died 20/3/21 – operatic tenor, aged 94, a few Aussie obits (his adopted home) Jacques Godin (wiki) died 26/10/20 – Canadian actor, aged 90 from heart failure, local obits only Andréa Guiot (wiki) died 15/2/21 – French operatic tenor, aged 93 from COVID-19, a few industry obits Doreen Hermitage (IMDb) died 7/9/20 – choreographer, died aged 87. Received an obit from The Stage John Hole died 20/2/21 – theatre writer, producer and director, died aged 81. QO from The Guardian Arif Hussein (IMDb) died 20/2/21 – actor, screenwriter and producer, aged 63 from COVID-19. QO from The Guardian Ben Jorgensen (IMDb) died 6/10/20 – actor, known for his role in The Basketball Diaries, aged 51 from suicide, some minor obits Jean Kitson (IMDb) died 1/7/20 – actress, aged 91, known for her roles in Tales of the Unexpected. Received an obit from The Stage David Knight (IMDb) died 20/12/20 – American actor, aged 92, received a couple of minor obits. Mentioned on the Forum once by @Clorox Bleachman Helen Madden died 6/11/20 – UTV presenter, aged in her 70s, received local obits Madeleine Newbury (IMDb) died 27/9/20 – Actress with credits in The Bill, The Professionals, The Lenny Henry Show, aged 89, got an obit from The Stage Keith Nichols (wiki) died 21/1/21 – Jazz multi-instrumentalist, aged 75 from COVID-19, QO from The Telegraph Diana Payne-Myers (IMDb) died 7/11/20 – Dancer, with a few minor acting credits. QO obit from The Guardian Jennifer Phipps (wiki) died 18/4/19 (late announcement) – Canadian actress, aged 87, local obits only Alice Playten (wiki) died 25/6/11 (late announcement) – American voice artist, aged 63 from pancreatic cancer, got a NYTimes obit Eugenia Ratti (wiki) died 14/11/20 – Italian operatic soprano, aged 87, some industry obits Marvin Roy (IMDb) died 1/7/20 – American magician, aged 95, received a HR obit. Gary Scott died ??/4/21 – Travel reporter for talkSPORT, LBC etc., received local coverage Sarah Vernon (IMDb) died 13/1/21 – Actress (mainly in theatre), aged 64, received an obit from The Stage Pamela Wardel (IMDb) died 20/12/20 – Actress best known for her role in The Avengers, aged 94, death only covered on FB and an Avengers fan forum And finally those who have pretty much died completely off radar (date of death and ages unknown unless stated): Mary Chester (IMDb) Appeared in dozens of credits from 1958 to 1999, including multiple appearances in Coronation Street, Z-Cars and Emergency-Ward 10. Patricia Driscoll (wiki) Irish actress, presumably aged 92–93, married to British actor Duncan Lamont, who died in 1978. Appeared in a bunch of British films in the 1950s and 60s. Leonard Gregory (IMDb) Played D.S. West in 20 episodes of EastEnders from 1986 to 1989, also minor roles in Z-Cars and The Bill. Michael Hadley (IMDb) Roles in both film and TV from 1971 to 2017. Uncle of actress Felicity Jones, who mentioned in this December 2020 interview that he had recently died. Beryl Hall (IMDb) Welsh singer with a few minor acting roles. Known for her cover of You'll Never Walk Alone. Jennifer Marriott (IMDb) Actress best known for playing Miss Bates in Grange Hill in the early 90s. Rosemary Miller (IMDb) New Zealand actress who later settled in Britain after marrying English actor Peter Hawkins (died 2006). Presumably aged 91–92, notably appeared in Emergency-Ward 10. Patrick Monckton (IMDb) Died 16/12/20, aged 73, had roles in film like Keeping Mum and The Dark Crystal, also in TV (The Bill, Poirot etc.) Patti Nicholls (IMDb) Appeared in Rita, Sue and Bob Too as Sue's Mother Johnnie St. George (IMDb) Played Edwin in Coronation Street in 1984 Eric Stovell (IMDb) Actor with roles in The Meaning of Life, Poirot and The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) Neil Sweetmore (IMDb) Wardrobe for Poirot and The Two Ronnies Alan Tobin (IMDb) Long running appearances in Home and Away, also appeared in Z-Cars and Young Guns Vimal Vaz (IMDb) Actor with no significant roles, appeared and directed a film called Jade Dragon which seems to have picked up a few awards Genevieve Walsh (IMDb) Actress with the odd appearance in Life on Mars, Doctors, Casualty, Emmerdale etc. The Autumn/Winter issue should be along soon so I'll cover that when it comes out.

Thanks Willz, now updated. Also the List of the Lost. Also apparently we need a QO for Morris Perry, FAO any passing obituary writers... Incidentally as I've switched on the data section, I can tell you the 7 most read DDP front page obits in September 2021 are: Sarah Harding, Charlie Watts, Robert Fyfe, Michael Constantine (!!), Jimmy Greaves, Clive Sinclair and Gerd Muller. So, folk who show up on the front tracker and the most recent update, who knew! Oh, and the new Archive is apparently ridiculously popular.

Happy 100th birthday to Alf Patrick, our oldest surviving player. https://t.co/cQXYZSE5Nr Alf Patrick makes it to 100 years of age. Trevor Hitchen also turns 95 on the same day. Good to see landmarks like this than a wave of death reporting.

Yegor Ligachev (aka Ligachyov) is one for the List Of The Lost as well, died 7 May: http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2021/celebs_L.html#ligacy

Allameh Hasanzadeh Amoli, an Iranian cleric noted to be a Shia theologian, Islamic philosopher, mathematician, and mystic, has died. He was 93. He was among clerics who have overcome the traditional opposing to teaching philosophy courses at Shi'ite seminaries. https://en.abna24.com/news//allameh-hasanzadeh-amoli-passes-away-at-age-of-93_1183091.html

Although not on the Band Aid single, let's enjoy once again that opening of Live Aid with Status Quo in memory of Alan Lancaster who has died: Maybe this could be expanded to Live Aid as well - all part of the deal.

https://tvn24.pl/polska/kapitan-jozef-rusak-ps-bylina-nie-zyje-byl-jednym-z-pierwszych-zolnierzy-5-wilenskiej-brygady-armii-krajowej-5427771 Captain Józef Rusak, Polish WWII resistance fighter sometimes called "Perennial" has died aged 101.

Civil servant Sir John Herbecq dead at 99. Telegraph death announcement.

Alan Lancaster, bassist of Status Quo dead at 72 according to reporter Craig Bennett. https://www.facebook.com/craig.bennett.3745/posts/10159546952429704

Walter Scott, a philanthropic billionaire and a past top executive of Peter Kiewit Sons Inc. construction firm, who helped oversee Warren Buffett's conglomerate, has died. He was 90. The Suzanne and Walter Scott Foundation that Scott founded said Scott died Saturday. He'd served as a board member of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate from 1988 until his death. Scott donated to various causes, particularly construction projects around Omaha. https://www.npr.org/2021/09/25/1040728667/philanthropic-billionaire-walter-scott-dies-at-90?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20210925

Now we know my DDP pick Patricia Driscoll from last year is dead, perhaps here is the date of death under Patricia Lamont - 2 January 2020? https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Wills?surname=lamont&yearOfDeath=2020&advancedSearch=False&IsGrantSearch=True#wills

Some coverage here.

Failed Reagan assassin John Hinckley Jr.'s youtube account.

Dr. Freddie Fu, credited for saving the career of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and physician for the University of Pittsburgh dead at 70 https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/upmc-university-pittsburgh-mourn-passing-dr-freddie-fu/MTWHWZRC5RAYTN77RQLWA632QY/

Chilean singer and composer Patricio Manns dead at age 84. https://usdaynews.com/celebrities/celebrity-death/patricio-manns-death-cause/

Today is (un)officially Bob Uecker Day, you'll be chuffed to discover. Hopefully Bob will be around to see his/my beloved Brewers win their first ever World Series this October. But I fear they will not, as they'd likely have to beat either the Dodgers or Giants just to get there. https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2021/09/24/saturday-will-be--bob-uecker-day--across-wisconsin

Hulk Hogan a worthy consideration their is also Thor Hogan, Spiderman Hogan, Ironman Hogan, Wawkeye Hogan and Capatain America Hogan

First AFAB Drag Race contestant, Victoria Scone Sky darts seat-filler Laura Turner

Mike Tagliere, a well-regarded fantasy sports writer, dead from Covid.

Country singer and American Idol finalist from 2013, Janelle Arthur, is expecting her first child after a miscarriage.

Len Ashurst, former Sunderland defender and manager, reported dead aged 82: https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/19605086.former-newport-county-sunderland-great-len-ashurst-dies/ DDP Pick.

American children's author Dr. Seuss died on this day 30 years ago, aged 87.

Likely to be one of the last updates in this thread before, you know. Big Dave Meltzer in his latest newsletter confirms Jake's COPD has got significantly worse, and he is currently in a wheelchair with a near permanent nasal cannula to aide breathing. He also can't talk for more than 20 seconds without needing oxygen, so can't do TV. He appeared at a Horrorfest convention this week but was very frail.