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Patricia Bredin has reportedly died: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-66509586 First UK singer. Sure she is a DDP pick, she was in the past. Edit: she is! IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0106639/

Report of the death of actor, director and producer Darren Kent: He was 24 in 2008 so that makes his age at death around 39, with this article detailing his osteoporosis, arthritis and rare skin disorder: https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/3748404.darrens-starring-role-with-kiefer-sutherland/ Credits include Mirrors with Keifer Sutherland, Game of Thrones and Eastenders. RIP young fellow.

Peter Baldwin, racer known for several hundred wins including seven Mini Miglia wins, reportedly dead after a long COVID battle: http://www.brdc.co.uk/Notice-of-death---Peter-Baldwin-1941-2023 Probably one for @Octopus of Odstock to comment on more substantially.

Another awaited obituary. Martin Walser QO: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/aug/14/martin-walser-obituary Yeah, why I don't know either.

British coloratura soprano Jessica Cash reportedly dead aged 84: https://operawire.com/obituary-soprano-jessica-cash-dies-at-84/ Dame Emma Kirkby and Lesley Garrett among her pupils.

Rodion Amirov QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nhl/article-12406289/Toronto-Maple-Leafs-2020-round-pick-Rodion-Amirov-dies-aged-21-diagnosed-brain-tumor.html

Navy veteran John Goodman died last Friday one day before his 102nd birthday: https://www.stswithuns.com/news/2023-08-14/st-swithun-s-former-bursar-and-world-war-two-navy-veteran-john-goodman-passes-away (Too much cake will kill you...). Arctic Convoys and officerships on HMS Gambia, HMS King George V (which ship sunk the Bismarck), and HMS Fiji (sunk by the Germans off Crete).

Brian Snowdon, Millwall, Portsmouth, Blackpool and Crystal Palace defender, reportedly dead aged 88: https://www.millwallfc.co.uk/news/2023/august/14/brian-snowdon/

Clarence Avant bites the big one and goes straight to QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12404985/Clarence-Avant-Godfather-black-music-dies-home-Los-Angeles-age-92.html DDP pick @gcreptile. Someone had him on their shadowlist.

Being widely reported now that Magoo has copped that shit. Speaking of which, Cop That Shit (UK #22, March 2004)

Death notice for Julian Ogilvie Thompson, South African former chair of De Beers and other businesses, aged 89: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/ogilvie-thompson-notices_52930

Times Obit for Polish lieutenant colonel and historian Stanislaw Zurakowski aged 103: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/stanislaw-zurakowski-obituary-58h9r2s6b Centenarian deadpool pick I understand.

Helen Smart (nee Helen Don-Duncan), Team GB swimmer who represented the country in the 200m backstroke at the 2000 Olympics, reportedly dead aged 42: Won medals in the same event at the World and European Championships and for England at the Commonwealth Games. British champion. Became a head teacher: https://www.parklandsprimary.org.uk/teamgb-swimmer-helen-smart/

Roger Rogerson moved to prison hospital: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12392031/Roger-Rogerson-prison-hospital-mystery-illness-jail-murder-Jamie-Gao.html

Not sure where to put this (as not really League, I guess - English footy remains a mystery to me in large part). Anyhow, goalkeeper Sid Negus, who was Fakenham Town's oldest living player, has died aged 96: Article from 2 years ago to get his position and age: https://footballinberkshire.co.uk/features/history-nostalgia/54007/fakenham-towns-berkshire-connection-with-binfield-and-ascot-united/

Schmidt's collaborator, lyricist and librettist Tom Jones reportedly dead aged 95: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadway-Lyricist-and-Librettist-Tom-Jones-Has-Passed-Away-20230812 IDMB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0429368/ IBDB: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/tom-jones-8906

Andrey Lugovoy reportedly has advanced cancer, possibly linked to the poisoning of the eponymous thread bloke: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12399107/Russian-murder-Alexander-Litvinenko-cancer-radioactive-poison-Putin.html

Bermingham's date of death reportedly 2 August according to this:

Former Labour MP for St Helens South (1983-2001) Gerry Bermingham reportedly died earlier this month: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/tributes-legendary-lawyer-former-mp-27486293 Cunt opposed any equalisation of the age of consent for gay people to that for heterosexuals. Thus giving the lie that Labour are on that side of the minority line.

Aleksandar Matanovic reportedly dead: https://www-rts-rs.translate.goog/sport/ostali-sportovi/5252117/preminuo-sahovski-velemajstor-aleksandar-matanovic.html?_x_tr_sl=sr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

Yes, so long ago he was on the last page. I blame the Nick Hitchon discussion.

Comedy writer Simon Carlyle, who wrote Boy Meets Girl and Two Doors Down for TV, reportedly dead aged 47: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-bbc-pays-tribute-two-30669356

Think Kamm got the same but no QO. Anyhow, Robbie Robertson QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/news/robbie-robertson-band-singer-lead-194803097.html Wanna wait a few more hours see if you can do a mega update?

Another DDP pick. Think he was a former pick of mine - not the greatest health the past few iirc.

No need for this but Doreen Mantle for lucky 7 teams QO: https://news.sky.com/story/doreen-mantle-one-foot-in-the-grave-actress-dies-aged-97-12936833 Quite the update coming!