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Frans Janssens, represented Belgium at the 1970 World Cup, has died aged 78.

JPR Williams, who gained 55 caps for Wales and 8 for the British Lions, dead aged 74. Obituaries: BBC, Daily Telegraph, The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror

Guy Bonnet, French representative at the 1970 and 1983 Contests, has died aged 78. He finished fourth in 1970, twelfth in 1983, as well as composing the song for Isabelle Aubret in 1968 which finished third.

It appears Zagallo and Beckenbauer have left us, so Mr Law it’s over to you.

11th January

Gill Catchpole, the partner of English singer James Morrison, has died aged 45. Obituaries: Daily Mail, Daily Express, The Mirror, The Sun, Daily Star.

Billy Gardner, who played for the New York Giants (1954-1955), Baltimore Orioles (1956-1959), Yankees (1961-1962) and Red Sox (1962-1963), reportedly dead aged 96. Two time World Series Champion in 1954 and 1961.

Professor Sir Roy Calne, British surgeon and transplant pioneer, has died aged 93. He completed the first liver transplant in Europe in 1968 and the first heart, liver and lung transplant in 1987. Recipient of the Pride of Britain Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014. Obituaries: BBC, Independent, Daily Mail, The Telegraph

Sarah Rice, American stage actress and the original Johanna in Sweeney Todd on Broadway, has died.

In advance of the Paris Olympics this year, I was doing some separate research but thought it was worthwhile putting here - surviving Team GB Olympic Medallists: 1952 - Helsinki Sheila Lerwill b. 1928 - Silver (Athletics) Heather Armitage b. 1933 - Bronze (Athletics) (also 1956)* Sylvia Cheeseman b. 1929 - Bronze (Athletics)* Shirley Cawley b. 1932 - Bronze (Athletics) Don Burgess b. 1933 - Bronze (Cycling) (also 1956) Alan Newton b. 1931 - Bronze (Cycling) Tony Nunn b. 1927 - Bronze (Hockey)* 1956 - Melbourne Dick McTaggart b. 1935 - Gold (Boxing) (also 1960)* Judy Grinham b. 1939 - Gold (Swimming)* Heather Armitage b. 1933 - Silver (Athletics) (also 1952)* Jean Scrivens b. 1935 - Silver (Athletics) Thelma Hopkins - b. 1936 - Silver (Athletics) Stan Brittain b. 1931 - Silver (Cycling)* Bill Holmes b. 1936 - Silver (Cycling) John Salisbury b. 1934 - Bronze (Athletics) Don Burgess b. 1933 - Bronze (Cycling) (also 1952)* John Geddes b. 1936 - Bronze (Cycling) Margaret Edwards b. 1939 - Bronze (Swimming) 1960 - Rome Anita Lonsbrough b. 1941 - Gold (Swimming)* Dorothy Hyman b. 1941 - Silver and Bronze (Athletics) (also 1964)* Carole Quinton b. 1936 - Silver (Athletics) Dorothy Shirley b. 1939 - Silver (Athletics) Michael Howard b. 1928 - Silver (Fencing) John Pelling b. 1936 - Silver (Fencing) Natalie Steward b. 1943 - Silver and Bronze (Swimming) Peter Radford b. 1939 - x2 Bronze (Athletics)* David Segal b. 1937 - Bronze (Athletics) Dick McTaggart b. 1935 - Bronze (Boxing) (also 1956)* Brian Phelps b. 1944 - Bronze (Diving) (convicted sex offender covered in the press)* David Broome b. 1940 - Bronze (Equestrian) (also 1968) (BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1960)* 1964 - Tokyo Lynn Davies b. 1942 - Gold (Athletics)* Ann Packer b. 1942 - Gold and Silver (Athletics)* Mary Rand b. 1940 - Gold, Silver and Bronze (Athletics and Pentathlon) (only British female to win 3 medals at a single games)* Maurice Herriott b. 1939 - Silver (Athletics) Tim Graham b. 1939 - Silver (Athletics) Bill Barry b. 1940 - Silver (Rowing) John James b. 1937 - Silver (Rowing) Bob McGregor b. 1944 - Silver (Swimming)* Keith Musto b. 1936 - Silver (Sailing)* Tony Morgan b. 1931 - Silver (Sailing)* Daphne Arden b. 1941 - Bronze (Athletics) Dorothy Hyman b. 1941 - Bronze (Athletics) (also 1960)* Those with an asterix have either a good or outside chance at an obituary - The Times, Telegraph and Guardian usually have good form for providing these.

Georgina Hale, British character actress, reportedly died earlier this month according to Wikipedia. Mentioned in the Dr Who thread. There is a report of her death on Facebook also but doesn’t let me link it.

Del Palmer, English singer/songwriter who collaborated extensively with Kate Bush with whom he had a relationship between the 70s and 90s, reportedly dead aged 71.

Still continues to be unclear over the date of death. The Sun’s timeline in this article gives the date as 3 January, but in their live blog (yes to all those questioning his place on the list - the Sun has been running a live blog giving us hourly and half hourly updates), the 5.00am update says he died 5 January.

Mario Zagallo is a hit for me (BBC), making me 2/50. Also a hit for others playing.

David Soul, actor and singer, dead aged 80. Played Hutch in Starsky and Hutch and appeared in Salem’s Lot amongst others. Had UK #1s with Don’t Give Up On Us and Silver Lady. Obituaries: The Telegraph, Daily Mirror, The Independent, Daily Mail, BBC, The Sun, Metro, Guardian

January 6th

Dead Obituaries: Daily Express, The Sun, Metro, BBC, The Times, Daily Mirror, The Telegraph

January 6th

Well done, Sister Suffragette! RIP to a real talent. Regretful she wasn’t made a Dame.

This is where the hoax originated, 18 hours ago. If you look at the news ticker on the bottom it mentions the 2015/16 football season, so the clip is fake/old/inaccurate. The follow up reports this morning from African press all had the age wrong so nothing added up.

Remember when this happened with Raul Castro - I’ll spare you a facepalm.

It was announced she will remain ‘Her Majesty’ so could only assume she will remain Queen Magrethe (source), otherwise she should only be stylised as Her Royal Highness. It would be tricky to become a Princess given she stripped four of her grandchildren of their Prince/Princess titles only last year.

Basdeo Panday, the fifth Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1995-2001), has died aged 90. Mentioned previously in this thread by @arghton. This leaves two living former Prime Ministers: - Kamla Persad-Bissessar (sixth serving 2010-2015) - Keith Rowley (seventh and incumbent serving since 2015)

Surprised to see Yoko Ono dropped and no Frank Field or Douglas Hurd. Equally think David Attenborough is approaching too old and too big of a name to miss so should have been included. That said it seems a very solid list.

QO for Morguia