The Old Crem

John Holdsworth, rugby league referee has died aged 76. Obit

Maurizio Scaparro, stage and film director has died aged 91. Obit (In Italian).

Slightly spooky that barely a few minutes after your post he got a Q/O

Mirror for Stella Stevens

Sad news. Gene Hackman , Pamela Sue Martin and Eric Shea the last three left from the Poseidon Adventure now. Would be a fairly big surprise if Hackman is not the next one to go.

Another one who is a selection on the DDP but Obit chances feel iffy.

Aníbal Palma, Chilean politician who served as minister and ambassador has died aged 87. Obit (In Spanish).

Cross posting here. Was diagnosed at 60. Was a centre back which is one of the most at risk positions for heading related dementia along with centre forward.

Kevin Bird, who was a defender for Mansfield Town and Huddersfield Town has died from dementia aged 70. Mansfield Town statement

Catherine McArdle Kelleher, American political scientist involved in national and international security policy. She was Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University and College Park Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. She died aged 84. Obit

Cross posting here. I wonder if he will get a DDP Obit. I can’t see anything atm,

Alberto Radius, musician has died aged 80. Obit (In Italian).

Giorgio Ruffolo has died aged 96. Obit (In Italian).

I think Nicholson probably does have dementia as well. But more like Alzheimer’s or another slow form as he retired ten years ago due to memory issues.

Fell out a building so I think we all know what has happened there.

Through we had social media footage of him only a couple of months ago and he didn’t look like his death is particularly likely this year.

Could still have a few years left (Average is 8-10 years after symptoms start.) but I could see him getting on the list within a year or two and being D40 on the DDP.

https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/20230216164587/joely-richardson-vanessa-redgrave-westwood-memorial/ She was at Vivienne Westwood’s memorial service today and she doesn’t look that well.

David Singmaster, American Mathematician but British resident for many years has died aged 84.

Theo Dunne, Irish midfielder and manager has died aged 85. RTE

Inge Krogh, Danish physician and politician has died. She was 102. Obit (In Danish).

Wim Kras Dutch Forward has died aged 79. Obit (In Dutch.)

Christine Pritchard, Welsh actress who appeared in many Welsh language as well as some English language programmes has died aged 79. Obit

István Varga, Hungarian judoka who competed in 1988 has died aged 62. Obit (In Hungarian). Grzegorz Skrzecz, Polish Boxer who competed in 1980 has died aged 65. He is survived by his twin brother Paweł Skrzecz who won silver in those 1980 games. Obit (In Polish).

Philippe Lopes-Curval, French film director has died aged 71. Obit (In French.)