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Prolific film producer Charles Joffe dead at 78

First Elizabeth Spriggs, now Hugh Lloyd: Is this the Curse of Dr Who Season 24? Richard Briers had better watch out.... Bad news for Chester City too, "one of the most poorly supported clubs in the Football League". He is noted as their "best known fan". Maybe Russ Abbott had better watch his step too...

Prof. Peter Bullock "World renowned soil expert ... won the Nobel prize in 2007 as a member of the Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change"

Mak Erot "Long life of Indonesia's penis growing grandma ends".

TV Writer Paul Makin has died aged 54. He created the cult comedy classic "Nightingales", which starred Robert Lindsay, James Ellis and David Threlfall, as well as contributing scripts for other TV shows. I'm always singing the praises of "Nightingales" as a little gem which has been forgotten by most (first aired 1990, only ran for 2 seasons). Sad to see its creator dead at such a tender age.

Clive gives a hint Veteran stars of 'Dad's Army' on sprightly form at anniversary reunion " "I'm going to try to stay alive till 5pm!" quipped 88-year-old Clive Dunn when asked how he'd be marking the occasion"

Goodness! There's a blast from the past! (Tony Melody, not Dave!). Here is a link that does work (at least for now!) "Also paying tribute was Jack German, a trick cyclist turned businessman..."

sh*t, he slipped through the net. Watch out for Kenneth Kendall and Richard Baker. They can't be far behind. Congratulations to Bloody Dead Rep for his/her first hit of the year on the DDP and a unique pick. A real treasure is lost! Was anyone else aware he was Boris Johnson's father in law? I certainly wasn't!

Terry Fields, former Labour MP for Liverpool Broadgreen who took a stance against the poll tax has died aged 71. He was jailed for 60 days for non payment in July 1991. He was expelled from the Labour party later that year for his "militant tendencies".

Ayveq the "wanking walrus" has died

Can't remember whether there's a separate thread for rally drivers, but... China's leading rally driver Xu Lang has been killed during a rally in Russia. Unfortunate way to go: "hit on the head by the tow hook of a trailer which was trying to recover his car".

Kermit the Frog has croaked (well, the guy he was named after anyway).

DDT, many of us probably saw the news of his death but took absolutely no notice of it...

Former Arsenal, Cardiff and Wales striker Derek Tapscott has died aged 75. He scored 62 goals in 119 games for the Gooners and 79 in 194 for the Bluebirds - pretty prolific. Also 4 international goals in his 14 games.

Liberian General Isaac Saye Mussah, who went by the catchy nickname of "General Dead Body Killer" due to his reputation for "shooting dead bodies" has died aged 61. He was a one time military adviser to former President Charles Taylor.

Here's one: Link

Jerry Cole, who played with the Beach Boys, the Byrds and Them, has died aged 68. He was also a member of Phil Spector's "Wrecking Crew" studio collective.

Joseph Kabui, first president of autonomous Bougainville, has died in hospital of a suspected heart attack.

Kelsey Grammer has mild heart attack I hope he makes a speedy recovery. He had a pretty traumatic upbringing, and many family tragedies (father and sister both murdered, twin half-brothers killed whilst scuba diving, attempted suicide of his second wife), so it would be a shame if something as mundane as heart trouble were to do for him.

Fredric J Baur, designer of the Pringles potato crisp packaging tube, has had some of his ashes buried in one! Link

Oh dear! "Troubled England legend Paul Gascoigne has been sectioned under the mental health act... The latest development came just a day after he collapsed in front of passengers at St Pancras train station in London."

Irish columnist Terry Keane, who caused a scandal in 1999 when she admitted she was having an affair with Haughey, has died aged 68.

Well if there's a Star Trek version of that, then someone else is on the chopping block. First Pevney and now Emmy-award winning composer Alexander Courage. So be it! The curse of "Star Trek" has struck again: producer Robert Justman has been beamed up.

Just in case anyone doesn't know who she was, here are some typical examples of her work:

Former South African footballer Abram Raselemane has been found dead. The 30 year old, who gained 16 caps, had apparently taken his own life.