Thatcher

Suffering COVID reportedly.

Clint Boulton, defender for Port Vale (1965-71) and Torquay United (1971-79), has died aged 72.

Paul Westphal has died age 70 - let’s find out about his obit chances now. Obituaries: Daily Mail

Michael McKevitt, leader of the Real IRA, dead aged 71. Obituaries: BBC, Daily Mail

Vladimir Korenev (IMDb), Russian/Soviet actor who starred in Amphibian Man, has died aged 80.

Liam Reilly, Irish singer who represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1990 with Somewhere in Europe (placed 2nd), has reportedly died aged 65. Besides Eurovision, he was frontman of the Irish band Bagatelle. Obituaries: Metro, The Irish Sun, Irish Daily Mirror, The Irish Times, BBC

Ron Dominguez, former Vice President of Walt Disney Attractions and a Disney Legend, has died aged 85. Obituaries: Daily Mail

I’ll stick with 24

Barry Austin, reputedly Britain’s fattest man, has died aged 52. Obituaries: Daily Mirror, The Sun, Daily Mail

Ayotollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, hardline Iranian cleric and government advisor, has died aged 85. Media had been reporting he was in a coma over the past week. Obituaries: Daily Mail

Mark Eden dead age 92. Confirmed as dying early this morning and so perhaps the first possible DDP hit? Obituaries: The Sun, BBC, Daily Mirror

24 - and yes I have had a few too many.

Adele Rose, writer for Coronation Street, Z-Cars, Bless This House and Byker Grove, has died age 87. Obituaries: The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror.

Gérard Houllier, French manager of teams including PSG, Liverpool and Aston Villa dead, aged 73. Obituaries: Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Daily Mail

John McSeveney, who played for Sunderland (1951-55), Cardiff (1955-57), Newport County (1957-61) and Hull City (1961-64), has died age 89.

The current Prime Minister of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, has died aged 52 from COVID-19. Obituaries: BBC.

An update in The Daily Mirror.

John Le Carré dead aged 89. Obituaries: The Independent, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, The Times, The Telegraph, BBC.

Charley Pride, American singer, dead age 86 from COVID-19.

And hospitalised.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given how rife it is at the White House and the President’s inner circle, Rudy Giuliani tests positive.

Sadiq al-Mahdi, Prime Minister of Sudan from 1966-67 and 1986-89, has died from Covid-19 age 84. After being ousted in two coups, he continued to serve as Leader of the National Umma Party. Obituaries: The Times (noted in a round up of Covid-19 around the world), Daily Mail.

Man’s a goner.

i_o (aka Garrett Lockhart), DJ and EDM producer/artist, has died aged 30. His remix of the club classic Castles in the Sky only came out a few days ago. Obituaries: Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Metro.

Usurped 10 years ago and now Mamadou Tandja, President of Niger from 1999-2010, dead aged 82. Obituaries: The Independent, Daily Mail.