YoungWillz

As Grim Up North will confirm, Peter Hobday was my first male sub on 12 Lords/8 Ladies. Now he's only gone and snuffed it! https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/01/20/peter-hobday-long-serving-presenter-today-programme-whose-amiable/

Another for Deathray's ire. Barry Mayger, namer and founding member of Chicory Tip, dead at 73: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/founder-of-70s-chart-toppers-dies-220454/ Son Of My Father (UK #1 1972): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXsSYS-flOs

One hit wonder as far as the UK is concerned. Robert Parker, who reached #24 in September 1966 (a very good month imo) the UK Charts with Barefootin', dead at 89: https://www.fox8live.com/2020/01/19/barefootin-singer-robert-parker-passes-away/ Barefootin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azIytXgdggA

Got a month to get my team into shape. Home tie, looking at March deaths - long month. Tbh, I'm dreading a starting eleven - because generally in my first entry it's a finishing eleven too!

Henry Woolf is 90 today! Tom Baker is 86 today!

Liza Goddard is 70 today!

See it now, hmm. Maybe it translates Hazel Irvine into cockney.....

His earpiece to the production box? Parrott is sporting (see what I did there?) one too.

With Ivan Milat dead, turns out the father of one of Tobin's victims has been told by "the cops" that Tobin has "days to live": https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/5186366/serial-killer-peter-tobin-cancer-victim-party/

Jack Van Impe welcomed into Heaven according to his website: https://www.jvim.com/well-done-good-and-faithful-servant/ Good luck with that QO.

Has it really been 30 years since Mel Appleby lost all respectability, aged 23?

Bret Michaels getting some skin cancer removed while getting shoulder rotator cuff repaired: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7899979/Bret-Michaels-56-patch-skin-cancer-removed.html

DDP Pick Robert Maclennan QO: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1230206/Lord-Robert-Maclennan-dead-death-Lib-dem-news-leader-Social-Democrat-Party

Charlotte here suggesting that Bob Maclennan, last leader of the SDP prior to the merger with the Liberals, has moved on:

1974 Finals striker for Italy, Pietro Anastasi reported dead: https://www.football-italia.net/148882/italy-mourn-anastasi Scored against Haiti.