YoungWillz

Not entirely off the radar as there was some sort of paywalled obit on this guy. Anyhow, recently published was this for Ronald Bond aka Ronnie Bond, prolific British TV ad jingle writer: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4418450. Died January 2022. Bran Flakes - They're tasty, tasty, very very tasty... Coco-Pops - I'd rather have a bowl of Coco-Pops. Cadbury's Flake - Only the crumbliest, flakiest chocolate, tastes like chocolate never tasted before. Lee Cooper Jeans - Don't be a dummy. This one is interesting as it was sung by Gary Numan for the ad, but John Du Cann took it to #33 in the UK singles chart in October 1979. Couldn't find a mention here.

Reports coming in that Steven Lambert, prolific stunt performer, has died: He worked as James Woods' stunt double for over 25 years. He's also worked as Martin Short's stunt double for the film Innerspace; as River Phoenix's stunt double in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; and Jason Statham's stunt double in The One. Credits include American Ninja, Revenge of the Ninja, Always, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Total Recall (1990), Timecop, Star Trek: Insurrection, Casino, Titanic, The Ocean's 11 Trilogy, and White House Down. But also interestingly Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, thus following Paul Reubens to the grave.

I'll add, @TheSpinosaurus said he looked in decent shape at the end of last year. I'll say again, stop judging longevity by appearances.

Karol Bobko reportedly headed for the great beyond yesterday:

James L Buckley QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-12421595/James-Buckley-former-conservative-US-senator-dies-100-Washington-Post.html

Did we ever establish that the kid Richard Jones is in fact dead? Born in 1958. We may never know... And who was the mysterious dame hidden behind Sid James?

Oh, I'm with you. 100%. Which is why more often than not, folk don't watch. The format in its current incarnation is redundant. We learn nothing new, the mix of guests is limited and it's all done almost to a script. It is a waste of everybody's time to watch this frippery.

Publishing memoir in October: https://bestclassicbands.com/sly-stone-memoir-thank-you-book-3-22-233/

The modern stuff is a problem - it's a clique within a clique within a clique. I don't feel like the audience are part of the conversation, unlike Parkinson where the guests not only talked to him as the host but did generally address the audience. Nowadays they talk across each other and we are left as mere observers of the privileged - and I include the hosts in that. To be fair, Norton's Channel 4 show was excellent back in the day and much more of building on what Parky had done, perhaps in a little more childish fashion (who can forget Sarah Brightman talking about the size of Andrew Lloyd Webber's schlong?!). Then he went to the Beeb and became an utter sycophant, basking in the reflected glory of his guests and not actually seeming to get very much out of them. Mrs Merton was on the way there too. All the promising buds of chat show have died. Now we are supposed to just lap up anecdotes from the rich and famous and not see them challenged or be prepared to feel discomfited.

I've never seen something with no news get so much coverage on a daily basis. Let's watch the same training session over and over, the same interviews with the players and coach, the same fucking everything all the fucking time since they qualified for the final. Please let it be over. And if England win, let's not have two weeks of the same fucking thing over and over every hour on the hour. You have the rest of your lives to keep going on about it, just like you have done since the year of my birth.

I can't let this pass. This is quite an extraordinary statement. There is no doubt that he admired many of his guests and to a certain extent respected their boundaries. But he was the last superb chat show host for many reasons. He was a journalist rather than a comedian or personality. He did his research and knew more than he asked questions about of his guests. Back in the day, he was not averse to either deliberately or inadvertently provoking his guests - something that rarely happens now because the guests' PR team tell the host what they cannot ask. On many occasions he had people on who had nothing to promote or sell. He gave inordinate amounts of time to the guests to tell their stories. And when they stepped out of line, they looked like idiots against an interested but objective questioner. Kenneth Williams went off on one about striking workers once - Parkinson told him his opinion was utter crap. Ali really went off on one when challenged rightly I thought about the belief system - and he allowed him to do it. People queued up to be interviewed by Parkinson. With other chat shows it's a treadmill to sell their latest product with vetted questions. He wasn't perfect, lord no. But incomparable. I'd say so.

Let's not forget he was one of those Nothing Like A Dame guys on Morecambe & Wise: I'm guessing here, but aren't we down to one survivor? Edit: Richard Whitmore (if not dead off radar) and Michael Aspel left.

Rebekah Shelton gives some quotes ahead of the ITV reboot: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12414943/Big-Brothers-Rebekah-Shelton-reveals-reality-sent-crazy-says-wasnt-help-provided-leaving-famous-house.html

EE BAH GUM! I did not have Michael Parkinson here, so the Committee comeback starts here. YW - 12; DL - 10.

Michael Parkinson my 9th hit here.

Michael Parkinson my 10th hit here.

The greatest talk show host ever. I feel sorry for the younger generations, left with the likes of Norton who are just arse kissers. Ta-ra sir.

Jerry Moss Legacy Obit: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/jerome-moss-obituary?id=52705742 And: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/jerome-moss-obituary?pid=205109905

He'll be on Newsnight later as the BBC start showing I Claudius on the iPlayer. You're going to hear him roar....

Jason Liversidge, world record holder for a couple of things while suffering from MND, reportedly dead: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12409639/Man-scaled-Mount-Snowdon-world-record-holder-diagnosed-motor-neurone-disease-10-years-ago-dies-aged-47.html Picked by D*thr*y in 2021. Leave it up to you @Death Impends as to whether he qualifies for the List of the Missed: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2021/celebs_L.html#liversj021

Reports that the Maple Leafs player Bobby Baun has died, apparently something on Facebook. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3755036/ Seemed to have the cancer 9 years ago: https://theleafsnation.com/news/bobby-baun-on-hockey-cancer-and-the-leafs though never formally picked for the DDP it seems.

Bredin never recorded All, therefore no sales. Her acting career however is awesome.

One we overlooked perhaps @gcreptile? No mention of him on the site but definitely picked. David Brewer died on 28 May and received a QO: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/07/04/sir-david-brewer-obit-garter-knight-lord-mayor-insurance/ Also, looks like a birthday death!!!! With Avant, Amirov, Bredin and Walser, it is another mega update. Pace is immense this year.

I'm getting a feeling from Bredin's tune of "We'll Gather Lilacs In The Spring Again". Just a passing thought.