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Lenny Johnrose has died aged 52.

Valerie Ashton, widow of Sid James, reported dead by a reputable source.

Piero Angela, science journalist, has died. From what I can gather sort of an Italian David Attenborough.

A brilliant author and a brave man - horrible news.

Ben Stern reported to have died 'recently' as per this interview with Howard Stern.

Lydia de Vega has died aged 57.

Brenda Fisher, British swimmer who broke the women’s world record for swimming the English Channel in 1951, has died aged 95.

Not sure if it’ll just be left and picked up in the next update but Raymond Briggs was a hit for myself and Toast - I see you noted in your update post but don’t think the scoreboards have been updated.

Fernando Chalana, who played for Benefica and gained caps for Portugal including at the 1984 UEFA Chamionship where Portugal placed third, has died aged 63.

Darryl Hunt, bassist of The Pogues, has died aged 72.

Rudi Koertzen, South African umpire, has died aged 73. Obituaries: Independent, Sky, Daily Mirror

David McCullough, American author and historian, has died aged 89.

Raymond Damadian, inventor of the MRI, reportedly dead according to numerous reports on Facebook - nothing concrete as of yet but reports seem legit.

President Biden to make a statement this evening - reports that al-Zawahiri eliminated via drone strike.

Paul Coker, illustrator for Mad, reportedly dead aged 93.

Dead aged 93 Obituaries: BBC, The Telegraph, The Sun

Paul Ryder of Happy Mondays has died aged 58.

Again, difficult to spot in footage but she was billed as part of the ‘national choir’ that were singing the anthem at the end so same situation as with Shirley. There is video footage here from Jessica Ennis-Hill who was on stage but it’s not a good angle and doesn’t show everyone who was there. I understand why the TV cameras were focussed solely on the balcony but it is slightly annoying they didn’t pan once to the cohort of celebs gathered, particularly when so much was trailed in the press about them. If it helps any, here’s a picture of Sandie from May this year at Ivor Novello awards.

I could be wrong but I do think she was there as part of the 100 at the end who sang the national anthem. She definitely didn’t go on the bus and the TV cameras never gave you an actual shot of all the celebrities there, but at the end there was those who travelled on the decade buses as well as those who just went on stage for the anthem. David Jason was there and visible in TV shots and never was on the bus and I think that’s the same for Shirley and Tom Jones as both have been mentioned in print.

Sgt. Maj. John Canley, Medal of Honor recipient for service during the Vietnam War, specifically the Battle of Huế, has died aged 84.

Here is a proper one from The Times.

Henny Vrienten, Dutch musician and singer/bassist of Doe Maar, has died aged 73.

Iby Knill, Holocaust survivor, died yesterday aged 97. 77 years after her liberation from Auschwitz on Easter Sunday in 1945.

Bilquis Edhi reportedly dead aged 77.

Harry Billinge dead aged 96.