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Tony Meehan (link to near misses thread)

Keith Andes Actor who featured opposite Marilyn Monroe in the film "Clash by Night". Father of musician Mark Andes, member at different times of pop bands Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne, and Heart. Died 11th November 2005, aged 85. Wikipedia entry has cause of death as "suicide by asphyxiation" (he'd apparently been suffering numerous ailments, poor chap) IMDB listing

Another one to tick off on this list

Chris Whitley Singer / Songwriter dies from lung cancer aged 45. Can't say I've heard of him, but the news is being reported on many sites.

Suzanne Rosza "founding member of both the English Chamber Orchestra and Yehudi Menuhin's Bath Festival Orchestra"

David Austin "Cartoonist ... who drew the daily front page sketch for the Guardian newspaper, has died aged 70 ... His cartoons also appeared in Private Eye, the Spectator and the New Scientist on a regular basis." An (apt) example of his artwork to jog the memory:

He was mentioned recently in this thread

Speaking of I'm a CGMOOH contestants, Jimmy Osmond is not looking too clever in this pic: Jimmy / Jilly? (Christ, I've got too much time on my hands!)

I saw your post and immediately thought "bet it's that fish that likes to go up willies", and I see I was right!

Wolf Rilla has died Hadn't heard of him, but apparently he directed the original "Village of the Damned" in 1960. Thought he is worth noting as his IMDB entry contains some other interesting titles: "Watch it, Sailor!" "Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman" (aka "Naughty Wives") "Bedtime with Rosie"* *Starring Una Stubbs, Diana Dors and Johnny "Mike Baldwin" Briggs - is it available on DVD I wonder?!

I see it's written by Joe Pasquale! Haven't heard of any of the cast. Give it a chance, Anubis, I'm convinced there are worse things out there!

Boxing or dominoes - which is the more dangerous sport? Read on ... Former boxing champ shot dead in brawl "Former world super bantamweight champion Agapito Sanchez died on Tuesday after being shot in a bar brawl in Santo Domingo ... Sanchez had been playing dominoes in the bar"

I was ripping the Human League's "Travelogue" album onto the computer this week. When it retrieved the info for to their version of "Rock 'n' Roll", the composer was named as "Gary Gutter"! Don't know if that was a deliberate slip or not!

Looks a bit like Prince Edward to me. Maybe he paid someone to be him 20 years ago and tried to be anonymous himself, for which you would not blame him and which might explain a LOT!!! Still, think he'd go for a slightly less obvious name than "Christopher EDWARD BUCKINGHAM" !!!

Playwright Alfred Shaughnessy died on November 2nd aged 89. He was one of the main writers of "Upstairs Downstairs".

Graham Payn Noel Coward's long term lover (and minor actor), dead at 87

"Gallego joined the band in 1992 and recorded three CDs with Masacre, including the 2004, "Total Death". " (from Reality TV World)

Ferruccio Valcareggi Coach of the Italian football team between 1966 and 1974

'Slick' Goodlin, 82; X-1 test pilot OK, so I've never heard of him, but his life story merits inclusion. His part in the film The Right Stuff was played by William Russ.

I fear the kind of help we all need will not be found there!

I had heard of both William Hootkins and George Swindin. The former is also notable for playing the part of "Mr. X" in the film "Hear My Song". I have to agree with iain, who is proving himself to be a more balanced member of our community as time goes by, since his early "post anything and everything anywhere and everywhere" efforts. We need to note the deaths of these people somewhere. If it needs a separate thread from this one, so be it. However, each person's classification of "famousness" will differ from the next. In an age where every piss poor footballer and jobbing actor is accorded celebrity status by the media, I hardly think we're deviating from the norm! Surely we NEED TO KNOW that Jade Goody's dad died in a KFC toilet

I can't claim responsibility for this one, but ... MAY HE REST IN PEAS!

George Swindin Died aged 90. Former Arsenal goalkeeper and manager from 1958 - 1962. see also here

Elmer "Len" Dresslar Jr. Who he? "Ho, ho, ho!" - the voice of the Jolly Green Giant (Yes, I can see he has a thread, but thought he ought to be mentioned here too)

Nick Hawkins Big Audi Dynamite guitarist dead from heart attack aged 40.