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Tony Edwards Deep Purple's former manager has died aged 78. He is credited with coming up with their name, an improvement on the original (and less than magic) "Roundabout".

Henryk Gorecki The Polish composer, whose Symphony No.3, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" made the Pop Charts in 1992, has died aged 76.

Now on AFP. Damn! Another one I had on last year's DDP, if I remember correctly.

Jim Farry The former head of the SFA (Scottish Football Association) has died of a heart attack aged 56 (or possibly 55, depending on which bit of the same article you believe). I recall hearing his name quite frequently in the football press as Scottish football lurched from one crisis to another. He was eventually ignominiously sacked for gross misconduct for allegedly deliberately delaying the registration of Jorge Cadete and preventing him from playing for Celtic.

Eddie Baily dead at 85. The inside forward played nearly 300 games for Spurs between 1946 and 1956, scoring 64 goals. He scored 5 goals for England in 9 appearances, making his debut against Spain in the 1950 World Cup Finals in Brazil. He later went on to play for Port Vale, Nottingham Forest and Leyton Orient before returning to White Hart Lane in 1963 as Bill Nicholson's assistant manager.

DJ Ironik "Rapper and anti-knife campaigner DJ Ironik is recovering after being stabbed by attackers who robbed him of his jewellery". How, erm, erm, you know ... I'm sure there's a word for that, but I can't think what it is...

He actually died back in May, but the news is only becoming a hot topic now that they have a new series of the programme out...

Shirley Verrett The American mezzo-soprano has died aged 79.

The Russian conductor Rudolf Barshai has died at the age of 86. He studied under Dmitri Shostakovich and was also a viola player and founder member of the legendary Borodin Quartet.

And now... someone else does. Eunice Sanborn of the USA born July 20, 1896, to be specific.

That rang a bell, so just checked back and it was reported here back in August but 2 of our members* seemed to have a bit of a fall out as to whether the info was reliable at the time. * Well, one member and "Guest_iain_"

Make that 2 former Manchester City managers in one month as John Benson has died aged 67.

James R Soles An expert on politics, so well named.

Ronnie Clayton The former Blackburn Rovers and England great has died aged 76. He captained the national side for 5 games.

Actor Gerard Kelly dead from an aneurysm aged 51. A familiar face on British TV, one of his most recent appearances was in "Extras"

Charlie Sheen Hospitalised After "Emotionally Disturbed" Incident Had a bad reaction to his medication, supposedly. Other reports state that he agreed to be taken to hospital after trashing his hotel room, and that he was extremely drunk and naked when found.

Andy Holmes "Great Britain's double Olympic champion rower Andy Holmes MBE has died at the age of 51. Holmes was part of the coxed four crew, which included Sir Steve Redgrave, that won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. He then partnered Redgrave to gold in the coxless pairs at the Games in Seoul four years later. Holmes is believed to have died from the bacterial infection Weil's disease, also known as leptospirosis"

Here's a link that works. This is only other link I can find. He died on Tuesday, and not even the BBC appear to have anything yet (though Wiki has noted his date of death). I'm very surprised at that - he was a great actor.

This brings me to the question: who will send such a lovely card to the Queen when she celebrates her 100th in 2026? regards, Hein I thought that was the Queen celebrating her birthday, and that's what she looks like before she puts the slap on!

Former Welsh international defender Mel Hopkins dead at 75. He played 219 games for Spurs and was capped 34 times between 1956 and 1963.

Elsie Steele 45 days to be precise, and in answer to the obvious question... "She is succeeded as Britain’s oldest person by Margaret Fish, of Wilstead, Befordshire, who was 111 years and 227 days old today — 60 days younger than Elsie".

Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari The President of Pakistan between 1993 and 1997 has died aged 70.

Mr C cut down by the big C. Sad to see the pics of this once rotund and jolly fellow looking so frail.

Johnny Sheffield The child actor who played Boy in the "Tarzan" movies opposite Johnny Weissmuller has died aged 79. Ironically for one noted for his agility amongst trees, he died following a fall from a ladder while pruning a palm tree. Following his "Tarzan" successes, he starred in a series of films as "Bomba the Jungle Boy" before giving up acting in 1955.

He's got his own Deathlist thread! Must try harder!