Obitwatcher

Watching a programme made in 2021 (Manhunt series 2) and Jack Shepherd (now 84, then presumably 80-81) sounded fairly elderly and had put on weight. One to watch?

Barbara Leigh-Hunt reportedly died 16th September Barbara Leigh-Hunt obituary | Stage | The Guardian

Ignore post; see news has already been posted.

I may have missed a prior post of this but John Clegg of ‘It Ain’t Half Hot, Mum’ fame died on 2 August https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/08/22/john-clegg-actor-pianist-it-aint-half-hot-mum-obituary/ Relative of Nick, apparently

Trevor Burnard, historian (who taught me as it happens) died on 22 July. Guardian obit from 15/8 Clever and nice man. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/aug/14/trevor-burnard-obituary

Sir Rod Carnegie, mining magnate and climate change denialist 1932-2024 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderick_Carnegie

Had occasion to look up Wendy Craig (ninety next year) and noted that she hasn't appeared in anything since 2019, nor seemingly been interviewed subsequently.

Assuming anyone can play, aged 70, in 1988?

Lawson seen in a wheelchair at a recent literary festival, according to Iain Dale in one of his (many) podcasts.

Toby Hadoke reports the death of Meg Wynn Owen earlier this year. Apologies that I can’t embed the tweet, but here is a link to the article which revealed her demise. A sad story: https://t.co/xZW1ikLWSy

Pre-eminent British political journalist and broadcaster Michael Cockerell is 82, and has a significant tremor in one hand in a recent filmed interview; a possibility for future years?

I can’t find mention elsewhere here, but Germaine Greer returned to Australia and put herself into aged care last year. Article is behind a paywall, but headline confirms https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/germaine-greers-life-as-an-agedcare-inmate/news-story/d8072017b7701420a65b498d275dd357?amp A thought for the future …

Happily not, apparently. Don't know how to embed tweets, but Toby has tweeted that his information was incorrect and John Atterbury still lives.

I couldn't find a page or references to the fine biographer Claire Tomalin, who will be ninety next June, and is married to Michael Frayn. Her most recent book is a biography of the young HG Wells (published last year). All her previous biographies of authors have taken in their whole lives, and so I wondered whether that was the original plan for this book, and abandoned due to failing powers/ill health of Tomalin.

Hilary Mantel dead aged 70 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/23/hilary-mantel-author-wolf-hall-dies