YoungWillz

Aww. RIP.

Fuck! https://terrybaccino.muchloved.com/Timeline Looks like if it's the same he was actually born 1960. Tall dark one on the right of the group. Might be some Australian Ancestry for the Rowan there. Otherwise can we trace Rowan in Bournemouth?

Wonder if when the Duke of Edinburgh dies, the BBC could just cut to old Bernard Manning routines?

Report of the death of Adam Kondrat aged 53 from cancer, who rode The Fellow to victory in the 1994 Cheltenham Gold Cup:

Our Kid. Found references on YouTube to Kevin Rowan being unwell when they tried to get Our Kid back together in 2008 and also references to him having moved to Australia. And so there is this FWIW: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/kevin-rowan-obituary?pid=188794862 There is a recent reference on his Guest book to Our Kid, of course that might just be fandalism. Thoughts?

Ohio Players. I've been listening to about half an hour of an interview with Billy Beck (lost the link! I'll maybe see if I can retrieve it later). Now, he says it was all church music and he was asked when he got into secular music and he replies 14. At some point he says that was when he heard James Brown's Cold Sweat, which was released in 1967. Now he also says when the Ohio Players came to Youngstown in around 1971, he already had 2 kids when they saw him playing with bands. He also said he attended South High School, Youngstown and was then at Youngstown State University School of Music around the time he met the Ohio Players. He's careful not to mention his age at any point (but then I wasn't going to listen to the remaining hour and quarter!) but reading between all the lines I'm going to put out that he's born 1952/53? Only child. I guess you might find him through that information, or a yearbook or some such. Work your usual magic.

Makes sense, McDonald Bailey competing for GB in 1948 and 1952 would lead you to think he would have lived or trained in the UK in the interim. Once his Olympic days were over, back off round the world, returning to Trinidad where his boys grew up then back to London perhaps to give his boys a chance in the music biz.

Osibisa. Try as I might I can't get much on Wendell Richardson, other than he's been known as Dell Richardson since 1973. Born in Antigua and was living in Finsbury Park when he joined the band according to Teddy Osei. Robert Bailey there's a bit more on. His father was McDonald Bailey, who won Olympic Bronze for GB at the 1952 Olympics in the 100m. Here's a Guardian Obit for further family: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/dec/08/mcdonald-bailey His brother is drummer Richard Bailey, and his bio is here: https://www.richardbaileydrums.com/about If he's 18 in 1975 via the reference to the Jeff Beck album and Robert is older then we can say Robert is born pre-1957. Interesting that Richard, the younger sibling, is stated as Guyanese born though initially raised in Trinidad but all the other references are to Robert being Trinidad born., example http://www.osibisa.co.uk/1990/08/04/bio-2/ Maybe Robert might have been born elsewhere? Looks like his dad travelled a bit. Anyway, the GRO or other records might help given the familial connections.

The sweltering hot summer of 1976 and Our Kid with their goofy looks and kitschy little number! I remember seeing those dance moves on several shows that year. And yes, my hair was that long *sigh*. When anyone could be a star for a moment, gave us all hope. Best not reminisce too much...you just might see me cry....

It's all Greek to me. (You knew someone was going to say it....)

I didn't say it was a good Qobit!

John Waddy is a DDP Pick. Here is a Qobit: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/uknews/12790480/ex-sas-colonel-wwii-hero-dies-aged-100/

Well, I have a special interest in Beatles and Beatles related stuff, so I'm likely to Tommy Quickly notice these things! Also, for those looking for links in deaths, Terry Doran died in April (he was Grapefruit's initial manager) and C'mon Marianne was originally a Four Seasons number (which Four Seasons included the recently deceased Tommy DeVito).

Well, plus there was an intervening death and there's been no QO posted on the thread. It's happened to all of us at some point.

Geoff Swettenham (aka Sweetenham) who was the drummer for 1960s Beatles associated band Grapefruit has died reported by his son:

If this is correct, that invalidates WEP's pick of Ashkin.

Looks like Kenney Jones is the last survivor of the original 1960s line up of The Small Faces after the death of Jimmy Winston: Also an actor he appeared in Day Of The Daleks for Doctor Who, among other roles. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935603/

999. Paul Buck was friends with Joe Strummer at school. So there's actually quite a bit out there on him. He seems to have originated out of East Sussex according to this: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NnJV5OLsKwkC&pg=PA253&dq="Pablo+Labritain"+drummer&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjt9_uHsYXsAhV8WhUIHZw4AckQuwUwAnoECAIQBw#v=onepage&q="Pablo Labritain" drummer&f=false Now according to this, Buck was in the year below Strummer at school: https://litportal.ru/avtory/chris-salewicz/read/page/5/kniga-redemption-song-the-definitive-biography-of-joe-strummer-893767.html Given Strummer was born in 1952, this is going to put Buck born anywhere between 1953 and at a push 1954, depending on entry to school. According to this he is no longer a curator of horology at the British Museum: https://www.facebook.com/LondonMudlark/posts/on-thursday-i-was-invited-by-paul-buck-former-curator-of-horology-at-the-british/2818339564897539/ Seems to be back with the band though.

That's the Christmas spirit!

Now look. It's 3 months to the big day. (Thanks, BBC). No excuses not to enjoy the big day now you are prepared. Remember when Lady Die thought October was too early?

Just thought I'd bump this. Haven't been looking really, all mine live forever. WHEN WILL ROUND 2 START?

Well this actually confirms that Bobby Wilson died on 21st September: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/244507/wilson Note: Top English tennis player dies, so far as I know only covered in the Herald Scotland. Wow. That Dean Jones must have been really British. Anyway, I got my hit and my QO without waiting months.

Musique. Gina Tharps seems to be definitely Gina Taylor-Pickens. I'm going to assume Tharps was her first married name. This seems to confirm it: https://strathdee.wordpress.com/2018/03/09/disco-the-forgotten-artists/ and the personal life of her now husband (since 1984) James Pickens Jr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pickens_Jr.#Personal_life If they've a son named Tharps it all ties in. Angela Howell - nada.

Bobby Wilson becomes the 4th unique from my main team to die and no hanging around for a QO, we have one: https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/18745011.former-great-britain-davis-cup-player-bobby-wilson-dies-aged-84/

Call me when she's in "embalming fluid".