YoungWillz

He failed to take reasonable steps to secure his property. He failed to get the authorities involved. The gun was illegally held. Shot them as they were running away, when he was in no danger of physical harm. And didn't shoot to injure, he intended to take them out. The man was quite clearly not within his rights in a decent society. And still sees himself as a hero to every Englishman who defends his castle. And it's that attitude that gives licence to murder. I'd have him still locked up.

Three time Oscar winner, Canadian born animator Richard Williams, has died: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/aug/17/richard-williams-acclaimed-animator-who-created-roger-rabbit-dies-aged-86 Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and the Pink Panther movies among his work. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931530/

Jose Napoles dead at 79: https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/27402641/welterweight-legend-napoles-dies-age-79

The Times has picked up on this: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/im-sorry-i-havent-a-clue-stalwarts-barry-cryer-and-graeme-garden-take-a-breather-gzchj75rf

Took a trip through Nicholas' IMDB, just to see whether I could narrow down a cinema release film where he was the last survivor. Thanks to the longevity of folk like Gudrun Ure, Leslie Phillips, Bernard Cribbins, Michael Craig and others, and also the seemingly endless screed of untraceable minor role actors who stopped acting years ago or only appeared in one film...I could not find one. I mean even Frazer Hines played an urchin in one!

Shelby Lyman, syndicated chess columnist and the guy who presented coverage of the Fischer-Spassky match in the early 1970s, dead at 82: https://new.uschess.org/news/shelby-lyman-dies-age-82/

Jo Swinson is possibly the worst MP in Scotland...after Alastair Carmichael. A Margaret Thatcher/Theresa May admirer who collaborated with the Cameron Government in inflicting pain on the poorest in society and deservedly lost her seat. She's Ruth Davidson in LibDem clothing. I'm surprised anyone can hear any of her speeches except dogs, she's that high pitched. And there's no guarantee she'll hold her seat in a General Election...which is why she's not calling for one. Awful.

Stabbity stab stab stab...stab stab stab stab. This time it's outside the Home Office. Is Patel on holiday? Are we Priti vacant?

Spooner is about 9 minutes in:

Death Notice for Sir James Spooner, former Deputy then acting Chair of the Royal Opera House Board: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/235336/spooner Memorably called Trevor Nunn and his ilk "bastards" during the fly on the wall documentary The House. Later the ROH was in serious financial trouble as this article explains: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/36949.stm and the entire Board had to resign given the damning report on how it was losing money.

Et voila!

Don't think I can stand another swing and a miss. Stay well, Peter, don't want to be posting that vid of She's In Panties Parties just yet.

Heart shattered apparently, yet somehow alive: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7354279/Shannen-Doherty-says-heart-shattered-sudden-death-beloved-horse-Picasso.html

Oh, I know, I'm waiting on that currently elusive QO....

Death In Venice always guaranteed Tosi an Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/08/14/piero-tosi-italian-costume-designer-brought-history-back-life/

Andy Dick gets punched out cold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvM0pXzVBLw

Accomplished Canadian playwright and stage performer Barbara March has died according to her husband: However she will remain best known for her performances as Lursa the Klingon in The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and the movie Generations. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0545277/

I rather found the partisan places folks have taken on the (alleged?) Jeffrey Epstein death entertaining. I have now read the thorough debunking of the Clinton Body Count theory. Quite interesting, but then again when fact checkers and news outlets report these things, it's easy for conspiracy theorists to simply dismiss as fake news. Remind you of anyone? OTOH, the circumstances of Epstein's demise raise questions and eyebrows, but again there may be perfectly innocent explanations. Epstein had been put on and then (to everyone's apparent surprise) taken off suicide watch. The cell camera, we are told, malfunctioned. Certain medical practitioners are currently debating whether the colour of Epstein on the photos is consistent with a dead man. There seems to be a couple of easily possible conspiracy theories: 1. The Trump Administration have been somehow involved in Epstein's death. Prospective revelations about the President (never mind his past connections to Epstein) could have a bigly effect on his re-election. It is easy to see why a person with an incredibly small penis, with only narcissistic tendencies and an inability to empathise with any other person would need the assistance of another with incredibly easy access to women. Trump's history is simply of transactional association - only surrounding himself with people who meet Trump's requirements to progress his own agenda and then only from time to time. Epstein died in a prison run by the Administration with a highly suspicious chain of events (removal from suicide watch, camera malfunction) leading to his demise. Safe in the knowledge that Bill Barr's investigations will cover up any and all involvement of the Administration, SS Trump 2020 sails on. 2. Epstein isn't in fact dead. The man is a billionaire with many rich and powerful friends. Easy to see how people can be manipulated through pay offs to look the other way and lie. An embarrassment to Trump and indeed many others gets removed and Epstein is whisked away under cover of his reported death to gain a secret identity and his possible removal from the country, where he can be kept safe and continue his work by the very people who may still have a continuing need for under age girls. Again the removal from suicide watch and the malfunctioning camera play their part. Of course, this may just be an "unfortunate" chain of events. Not helped in actual fact by the current Administration's underfunding of prisons which has apparently led to a lack of qualified staff, low morale, etc etc. After all, there are many reports each year of folks who die in prison across the US, just because it's a privileged white man involved in a show trial shouldn't make any difference. Well, pick a team.

I shuddered when I read the headline about a robbery in Greenock referring to the locus as a "convenience store": https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-49310803

Fahrudin Jusufi of Yugoslavia and Altair of Brazil both reported dead in the last few days.

Jeffrey's friend doesn't like anyone else building towers:

Don't know about obit requirements but Book looks to have a hit with Piero Tosi: https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2019/08/10/news/piero_tosi-233336871/&prev=search

50 years since Sharon Tate was executed. There's a helter skelter in Norwich Cathedral. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-49292493 Do we learn nothing from history?

1993 Chemistry Laureate Kary Mullis dead at 74: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/south-carolina/article233664142.html

Look, I was around at the time, I know the era. I can only think this thread is for folk who weren't that successful, maybe niche, underground or cult. Maybe even folk who were in bands as precursors to more successful bands. But I'm guessing because the lead in the OP suggests a whole lot of what I'd call pop stars. It's so bloody vague I'd never be able to drop a name here. Anyway, it seems some know better....good luck with it.