YoungWillz

I'm amazed as you are MH, sadly in the UK unless you are a footballer or darts player, I think it less rather than more likely for a qualifying obit. (Ooh, darts players for next year...*makes note*).

I think it's fair as it stands (although to some extent I don't understand why the Belfast Telegraph isn't included, British rather than UK, I guess?). There is an element of skill in picking obituary worthy nationally in "Britain", I wouldn't want to see it opened up to first ladies of US governors and the like, or even this story about Gary Dahl, inventor of the Pet Rock, unless he was obit worthy in the UK. http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/03/27/gary-dahl-bay-area-inventor-pet-rock-dies/

I'm more "Canadian" than these Jamaicans the Canucks have been borrowing for the past couple decades, including this guy, eh? You SHOULD have better posted this in the Ironic deaths cuz a runner died whilst swimming. SC I'm afraid the Canadian Government have brought this on themselves by granting him citizenship. Like most governments they don't realise the consequences that will follow. He might have been just another ten-a-penny Jamacian, but no, here he is, drowning and getting himself on this thread. It's not for me to question

How many SNP? Well, on that analysis and assuming that all the 5 independents lose their seats and George Galloway is not re-elected, Deathray accounts for 622 seats to which you have to add the 18 Northern Ireland seats. You must also add in the Speaker who is neutral. Therefore that would mean that Plaid and SNP would be left to share the remaining 9 seats, i.e. the status quo (currently 3 and 6 respectively). Personally, I'm not sure either of the two main parties should be banking on achieving any more than about 285 seats at the current time, but that's just an impression from polls and information I have seen.

Daundre Barnaby, Canadian athlete, dies in swimming accident. http://globalnews.ca/news/1908615/canadian-runner-daundre-barnaby-dies-in-swimming-accident/

So he wasn't a robot in disguise then..... I almost posted that myself BBC Obit, if needed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32093573

She's still alive? Far as I know, these new young flibbertyjibbets like Shareen Nanjiani and Sally Magnusson haven't reported her dead yet....

Swedish poet, Tomas Transtromer, Nobel Literature winner in 2011, dies at 83. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/entertainment/swedish-nobel-literature/1748142.html

Katie Hopkins will leave the UK if Labour wins. Labour majority now predicted to be 200 seats I reckon...http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/generalelection2015/katie-hopkins-promises-to-leave-the-uk-if-labour-get-elected-wins-ed-miliband-the-battle-for-number-10/ar-AAa4Vom

For the Scottish, Mary Marquis.

Wasn't wasted on me, in fact just last week I watched all 3 series and the Christmas Special on Youtube. One of my favourite shows ever in my otherwise awful childhood. I was considering a DDP team but after counting the actors and even production team I couldn't reach 20. Tragedy of this show is the young man who played Matt the stable lad, Sean Flanagan, died in 1981, only 3 years after the show finished. The quality of actors in this so called children's show is amazing, though I do guess after about three series of "spirit" jokes, you do begin to run out. They don't make them like this any more, sadly.

Without quoting Deathray's list, Hal Miller has died aged 86. http://www.redditchstandard.co.uk/2015/03/27/news-Former-MP-Hal-Miller-dies-130245.html

Don't know about the porridge, but I suppose avoiding men is a useful survival strategy. Dangerous lot, that. She's died, Jessie Gallan at 109. http://news.stv.tv/north/315288-scotlands-oldest-woman-jessie-gallan-dies-at-the-age-of-109/

Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East on March 26. http://news.assyrianchurch.org/2015/03/26/holy-synod-announcement-passing-of-catholicos-patriarch/9534

William King, New York based sculptor died on March 4 at age 90. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/27/arts/design/william-king-sculptor-who-used-wit-dies-at-90.html?_r=0 Apologies in advance if posted elsewhere, but search didn't turn him up.

Ray Arnett, a choreographer and stage director best known for his decades spent working with Liberace, died on March 12 in Beverly Hills. He was 97. http://variety.com/2015/legit/people-news/choreographer-ray-arnett-best-known-for-work-with-liberace-dies-at-97-1201460970/

John Renbourn, guitarist with folk group Pentangle, dies at 70. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/john-renbourn-founder-of-pentangle-dies-aged-70-x.121737895

Henry Crallan, founder of Miloco and former production manager of Queen/Elton John, reported dead at 65. http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/miloco-founder-henry-crallan-dies-aged-65/061300

Nah, it's just a Malikious rumour.

Martyn Goff, maestro of the Booker Prize, dead at 91. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/26/booker-prize-founder-martyn-goff-dies-aged-88 Edited as per Guardian update. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/26/martyn-goff

Annie Meston hits the cricket stumps at 111. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/britains-second-oldest-person-daredevil-5393284

Seriously? How old are you? Where do you want me to start? Charles and Camilla is a real love story with happy end! Also, Charles is an old hippy and probably votes green. Yes that old familiar love story where out of a misplaced sense of honour a guy allows the woman he (supposedly) loves to marry his pal shack up with a brood mare 15 years his junior and subjects her a miserable marriage whilst cuckolding his pal until he finally drives away his wife and then she conveniently dies/is killed (delete as appropriate if you are Muhammed Al Fayad) and then they finally marry so she can care for him as he descends into an eccentric pensionerhood still waiting to fulfill his destiny. Why Disney haven't done that one I can only guess. Disney are still working on the animated story of a young black boxer who makes his way in the world by punching people in the head and getting punched back in the head until he lives out his life, rich but unable to string two words together and quivering like a pensioner who's just about to have his winter fuel allowance means tested.

We just posting every obit found now? Who is this person and if what notoriety are they? None that I see. I appreciate a good wife stabbing death though. For the record, podiatrist is a foot doctor. What are they called across the pond? SirC *shrugs* Think Vionic are quite a big company in the world of footwear, secretly I was more interested in the spousal steak knife aspect too! I would have used chiropodist, but there be niceties about descriptions. I've only ever heard of podiatry in non-UK contexts.

15 year old Adam Bojelian, poet with cerebral palsy, passes away. Too young, RIP. http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/health/tributes-as-brave-blinking-poet-adam-dies-1-3728035

Phillip Vasyli, Australian born podiatrist (I think that's an Americanism), founder of Vionic Group, stabbed to death in Bahamas. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/25/phillip-vasyli-death-police-detain-wife-of-australian-podiatrist-killed-in-bahamas