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Sir Peter Tapsell, Conservative MP for Nottingham West (1959-1964) and Louth and Horncastle (1966-2015) and Father of the House from 2010 to 2015, has died aged 88. Edit: The Sun, BBC obituaries.

Jill Janus, lead vocalist of the American heavy metal band Huntress, has died aged 43. Edit: Daily Mail, The Independent, Metro, Daily Mirror, The Sun, BBC obituaries.

Yes, it's true. RIP Queen of Soul. Edit: BBC, The Guardian, The Independent, The Telegraph, The Times, Daily Star, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Daily Express, The Sun obituaries.

Boris Johnson as we know him is indeed an act. He ruffles up his own hair before he goes in front of TV cameras to give him that bumbling idiot 'charm'. Jeremy Corbyn is another one who is an act, although his mask occasionally slips in some interviews.

Ajit Wadekar, Indian cricketer, has died aged 77. He was Captain of the Indian Team from 1971-1974, during Tests against the West Indies and England. Probably couldn't deal with the absolute pasting England is giving India in the current Test. Edit: BBC, The Telegraph, The Independent obituaries.

Nanny McPhee (2005) - Angela Lansbury - Phyllida Law - Derek Jacobi

Can we merge this thread with the Nobel Prize in Death please? He has won the Nobel Peace Prize after all.

Martin Brandon-Bravo, Conservative MP for Nottingham South (1983-1992), has died aged 86.

John Calder, Scottish/Canadian founder of Calder Publishing, has reportedly died aged 91. Calder Publishing brought the translated works of Chekhov, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Goethe to Britain, as well as authors such as Samuel Beckett and Marguerite Duras. Authors at Calder Publishing achieved nineteen Nobel Literature Prizes and three Nobel Peace Prizes. Edit: The Telegraph, The Times obituaries. Eduard Uspensky, Russian children's author, has died aged 80.

Stevie Wonder says she looked fit as a fiddle and he couldn't see a thing wrong with her.

I'd take it with a tonne of salt considered that was tweeted over 1 day ago and I'm suspicious of anyone with 4 numbers at the end of their twitter handle as a reliable news source. Chevyboy2266 doesn't seem like Aretha's best bud.

Ian 'Doc' Dean, British wrestler, has died aged 48. Edit: Daily Mirror obituary.

Rory Healy (IMDb), American character actor who had roles in movies such as Scary Movie 5, The Hunger Games, Ant-Man and Goosebumps, as well as Stranger Things, has died.

Daily Mirror, The Sun, Metro, Daily Star, Daily Express obituaries for Neidhart.

Confirmed now by the AP that she is gravely ill - the first independent verification of the reports.