YoungWillz

Well, if they will Jazz all over each other like that....

Oh, we are good!

Albert picked for the DDP, lung disease ridden Michel dead. Yeah we are good over at the DDP.....

Interestingly @Ulitzer95 you might not be able to find Lyn(n) Cornell in birth records for Liverpool in 1940, because the clipping here seems to suggest she was born in 1936 (but what do they know?). Surely her marriage to Andy White in April 1962 might have a record somewhere which would indicate her dob? I dunno, I wouldn't know where to begin, think you have to register for Ancestry. Edit: Remember the link: https://www.ebay.ie/itm/62-12-Ephemera-Margate-1963-Article-Lyn-Cornell-Dreamland-/382879128368

Having just disposed of my Dad's vinyl collection, certainly the bios appeared mostly on classical and folk albums of that era. I'm guessing probably because the artists were not generally covered by the popular music press, or alternatively it was blurb to fill the back - after all, you can only say so much about classical composers that most purchasers wouldn't know, so the performer would get a bit of a write-up. Took me quite some time to find that pic for The Countrymen though. You gotta think obliquely in search terms and have the patience of a saint to scroll forever through a lot of the same info. As I'm sure you are discovering! Bloody Valerie Carr is turning out to be a nightmare. There's a magazine called "Jet" in Google Books, but not much coming from that, itty bitty gossip. And did she marry? What then? Given up on her, tbh.

Possible birth date for David (Dave) Kelsey of The Countrymen: https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/dave_kelsey Sleeve notes on this pic helpfully gives dates of birth for the boys though: Maybe a good springboard for an ancestry/GRO search?

The Cherokees: Found this site for David Bower, who seems to be based in Canada: http://belleislestudios.com/artists/david-william-bower/ and http://belleislestudios.com/memory-lane/ At the end of the second link is a tribute to John Woollard. Maybe he would have said if any of the others had died, maybe he wouldn't have kept in touch. Sadly little biographical information to help. I wonder if the site defaults to the current date when you click, but the copyright is up to date. The twitter account doesn't appear to have been updated since 2017. https://twitter.com/BelleIsleStudio Same with the blog on the site. Hmm.

With apologies for the bump, Brittnea Chambers dead: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12315915

Here is The Cheetahs Euan Rose website. https://www.euanrose.com/about/ Born "just after the Second World War" could be any time late 1940s. Looks like he's still alive and there's contact details there. I guess you could ask him about your favourite band of the 1960s and where they are now! If I come up with anything else, I'll let you know.

She's A Corona...Get Her Out Of Here!

And this is thread I was thinking the death should have gone. And as noted in that other thread, he was a bit of a cunt.

Whilst I'd suggest Tom Watkins' death is more apt elsewhere, from recollection he was a ubiquitous figure on the telly for some time. I'd say his IMDB hardly does him justice. Anyway, bit of a cunt is also my recollection. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2165816/

Ronald Weeks, architect involved in the design of Clifton Cathedral in Bristol, dead at 83: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/240048/weeks

Being reported that Keith Olsen, US Grammy award winning producer, has died: He was also the last surviving member of the original trio of The Ragamuffins, who became the quintet The Music Machine, who had a hit Stateside with Talk Talk.

Yes, Toast! Whoop! *wait, am I getting more goals scored against me because of this?*

Good question, if only msc was here, he seems to have access to full articles. I'm looking at The Cat....help me o be wan Cat-obe, you're my only hope....

Obit for TV Producer and Writer Brian Armstrong, rather better known for Corrie and World In Action: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/mar/09/brian-armstrong-obituary Also did episodes of Wood And Walters.

John Manners Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/03/09/lieutenant-commander-john-manners-naval-officer-sank-u-boat/

Various reports that British heavyweight wrestler Wayne Bridges has died. Fought most of the "greats" as I recall.

Fascinated by his performance in Flash Gordon, so much I bought the paperback. Still have it, may dig it out later.

Wife cited as original source but his agent also being quoted, dead yesterday.

Dunno the source but this is reporting Max Von Sydow as dead: https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?biw=1518&bih=646&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&client=tw-ob&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.parismatch.com%2FCulture%2FCinema%2FL-acteur-Max-von-Sydow-est-mort-1677726

Les Dennis is trending so I thought I'd have a look. Someone seems to have falsely accused him of something. This has escalated out of hand, but some of it is quite funny.

Obit for Patrick Wright, Baron Wright of Richmond, former Head of the Diplomatic Service who retired from the House of Lords at the end of last year: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lord-wright-of-richmond-obituary-pbrkxxr5f (Paywall)

Twitter beginning to report that Mart Crowley, author of the US play The Boys In The Band has died. Awaiting the usual confirmations.