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Eddie May The former Cardiff City manager has died aged 68.

Andrew Love The saxophonist from the Memphis Horns has died aged 70. "According to Memphis-based Stax Records, Love and [trumpeter Wayne] Jackson played on 52 No. 1 records and 83 gold and platinum records. They backed up Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Otis Redding, Neil Diamond and many more singers of American pop music"

Nell Truman Later Nell Robinson, younger sister of Christine Truman, has died aged 66. Although not as gifted as her sister, she did reach the French Open doubles final in 1971 with Winnie Shaw.

Janet Roberts Scotland's auldest person. "SCOTLAND’S oldest person, Janet Roberts, who was a member of the Glenfiddich whisky family, has died at the age of 110. Mrs Roberts, the last surviving grand-daughter of William Grant, the founder of the Dufftown-based distillery, passed away last week"

Thomas Kinkade "Painter of light" who laid claim to being the US's most collected living artist, something which he won't be doing any longer as he has died aged 54.

Henry Clark "Henry Clark, who has died aged 82, was a moderate Ulster Unionist who served 11 years as MP for North Antrim, then was ousted by Dr Ian Paisley in 1970 as the “Troubles” swept the province."

Jose Maria Zarraga The former Real Madrid player who was part of the team that won 5 European Cups between 1956 and 1960 has died aged 81. Only his team-mate Francisco Gento, who won 6, surpasses that record. Alfredo di Stefano and Paolo Maldini have also won 5 European Cups / Champions Leagues.

John Arden The playwright most famous for "Serjeant Musgrave's Dance" has died aged 81.

Warren Stevens As reported in main thread, the The veteran character actor has died aged 92. He appeared as Doc Ostrow in "The Forbidden Planet" and as "Rojan", leader of the Kelvans, an advanced race from the Andromeda galaxy, in the "Star Trek" episode "By Any Other Name".

Larry Stevenson The inventor of the kicktail skateboard has died aged 81. This was the skateboard "which made most of today's skateboarding tricks possible and essentially revolutionized the sport".

Philip Jenkinson The TV presenter and film writer died on the 11th March aged 76. Sorry if it's already been posted somewhere else, but I couldn't find it. He was also one of the sailors in the famous "There Is Nothing Like A Dame" number on the Morecambe and Wise show.

Tonino Guerra The Italian screenwriter and poet has died aged 92. He was nominated for an Academy Award 3 times but failed to win each time. The films were Carlo Ponti's "Casanova 70" (1965), Antonioni's "Blow-Up" (1966) and Fellini's "Amarcord" (1973).

King of Tonga dead - report George Tupou V has died in a Hong Kong hospital, but official confirmation is still awaited.

John Souza Striker for the US team that famously shocked England 1 - 0 in the 1950 World Cup has died aged 91. This follows on from his team-mate Harry Keough's death last month. Now only keeper Frank Borghi and midfielder Walter Bahr remain from the 11 that played for the US that day.

Marquitos Marcos "Marquitos" Alonso Imaz, who helped Real Madrid win a record five straight European Cups, has died. He was 78. His grandson is the current Bolton player, Marcos Alonso.

Francisco Xavier do Amaral "East Timor's first and shortest-serving president Francisco Xavier do Amaral has died after a long battle with cancer". He was 75.

A man has died after trying to set a world record for the longest time spent buried alive "Basnayake was buried at around 9.30am on Saturday. Police said that when he was brought to the surface at 4pm he was unconscious and taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Doctors were not immediately able to determine how he died."

Lucio Dalla The Italian singer-songwriter has died aged 68. His song "Caruso" was covered by many artists including Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli and Josh Groban.

Angela Castro "Angela Maria Castro Ruz, older sister of Fidel and Raul Castro has died in Havana at the age of 88 years"

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Charles Amer The property developer and former chairman of Middlesbrough has died aged 100. He was the club's chairman at the time Jack Charlton was appointed manager in 1973. "He resigned as chairman in February 1982 and was always bitterly disappointed at his perceived involvement in the financial problems that eventually led to Boro's liquidation in 1986".

Maurice Andre The French classical trumpeter has died aged 78.

A man goes into a Hardware shop, “I’ll have a bag of nails please” he says “Yes Sir, how long would you like them ?” the man behind the counter asks “I’d like to keep them” ... setlle down, now!

Rose Cliver "One of the oldest known survivors of the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake has died at age 109 ... With Cliver's death, only four known earthquake survivors are still living".