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Janet Banana has lost her a-peel. She dead. https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/07/29/former-first-lady-janet-banana-dies-aged-83/

Clive Scott, South African actor who spent a bit of time in the UK and in particular played Arthur Linwood in The Mind Of Evil for Doctor Who (can't be many survivors from that now), dead at 84: https://www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2021-07-29-tributes-pour-in-for-tv-veteran-and-comedian-clive-scott-who-has-died-aged-84/ IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0778982/

@msc Hey if I'm goin to be an also-ran, might as well be a stylish also-ran. Unfortunately, I think that was true last year, but unless people start falling off the perch, it won't even be stylish!

Well Dusty Hill did appear in BTTF III, so there's that for this thread now he is dead. In passing, Hill is also a miss for my 1985 TOTP Theme Team this year, having hit #16 with Legs that year. Bloody typical, been meaning to pick him out but with the ZZ Top theme teams always given them a bye.

Honduran player at the 1982 Finals, Porfirio Betancourt reportedly dead from the COVID: https://www.eastafricanewspost.com/world-cup-player-with-honduras-dies-in-spain-82-porfirio-armando-betancourt-victim-of-covid-19-diez/

It's the lederhosen isn't it? (I have a thing for that too, but poor Maria Mathis, she gave her heart and soul to that song!).

Just trotting through 1989 for my research for my theme team - yeah, waaay ahead of the game. Anyway, just for example, this reached #5 in the UK charts - jaunty, but wtf?!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHKuvWh4Dm8

I'm copyrighting "We Didn't Start The Pyre" when he goes....

Barry Murray, record producer for Mungo Jerry, writer on the Paul Daniels Magic Show and co-creator of the seminal kids' programme Wizbit, being reported dead by the lovely Debbie McGee:

Reports filtering through that Albert Bandura, an apparent giant in the field of psychology and DDP Pick 2021, has died at the age of 95:

Interview with Teddie Chinery for The Times (Paywalled): https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-beverley-sisterss-last-surviving-member-teddie-on-1950s-megastardom-dwzd2wzxr However, there is a photo, and she looks good. Edit: The Times used Beverley Sisters's? Really? Surely it should be Sisters'.

Well, I'm going to say Brian Osborne was in 6 Carry On movies. And he now has a Stage Obituary, having died earlier this month: https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/obituaries/brian-osborne-stage-tv-actor IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0651623/

Rick Aiello dead from pancreatic cancer: https://www.tmz.com/2021/07/27/danny-aiello-son-rick-dead-pancreatic-cancer/

Mike Hendrick is dead according to Derbyshire:

Carmel Budiardjo QO https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/07/26/carmel-budiardjo-campaigner-political-prisoners-human-rights/

Dead Lizzie from Derek, character actress Kay Noone now really dead:

There may still be hope for a Jack Arends thingummybob as he's gained local coverage: https://www.heraldnet.com/news/jack-arends-the-guy-in-the-play-nice-beret-dies-at-64/

Reports that Steven Weinberg, Physics Laureate in 1979, has died:

Wait, so Sir Creep goes post-whoring, attempting to stir up the usual shite, and you buy into it? You do know he's not interested in your responses to anything, don't you, far less involving himself in a reasoned discussion? Anyhow: This is true and untrue in equal measure. The Singles Chart imo (because it's only my opinion and not a generalised bald statement as above) is a measure of the popularity of a song...although I'd hazard a guess that several songs that made the charts only did so because the band's following was huge. You had to sell a tonne of volume back in the day to make the charts. (Which is why bands started selling volume by live versions, EPs, 12 inchers and remixes, I believe) Although now popularity can generally be assigned to touring and how many you attract imo, back in the day popularity could probably be more assigned to how many albums you sold. Lots of bands, particularly rock bands, didn't need the volume in singles because their albums sold hugely and the kind of person imo who bought those albums weren't the type to own every version of every release the band made. So look at Led Zeppelin's album charting in the UK, and it was huge. So let's look at Kansas' album performance in the UK? Zero. None. That's not to say they have gained a UK following since, just singles or albums sales indicate whether you are likely to be remembered by a significant proportion of the public. That's my point, and you are perfectly at liberty to disagree.

Gosh I remember him, with his lopsided way of performing. It's also a reminder that Paul Hogan is 82 this year.....

Ah! Well Jim is about 16 years younger than Tommy - So unlikely dad son....I mean, they're not from an English cooncil estate! Otherwise, I have no idea...could be long lost cousins I guess, though probably the late Tommy is denying all familial relations from wherever he is. Well, wouldn't you?

A mere 8 and a bit years later, Jean-Pierre Jaussaud reported dead: https://www.endurance-info.com/classic/article/98120-memoriam-jean-pierre-jaussaud-1937-2021 Edit: Have a translated report: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://www.lequipe.fr/Sport-auto/Actualites/Jean-pierre-jaussaud-deux-fois-vainqueur-des-24-heures-du-mans-est-mort/1272059&prev=search&pto=aue

Report by a BBC reporter of the death of Mike Smith, manager of Wales for 5 years in the 1970s, followed by a spell in charge of Egypt, winning the African Cup Of Nations in 1986:

This is a series of words I don't understand, unfortunately!

William G Stewart and Robert Mugabe were on here...