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Howzat! (sorry, couldn't resist that one) "Clive Shakespeare, co-founder and guitarist with iconic ’70s band Sherbet, has died from cancer aged 62"

Charles Anthony The American tenor has died aged 82. He made a record-breaking 2,928 appearances at the New York Met between 1954 and 2010.

Josh Gifford The highly successful jockey and trainer has died aged 70. He trained Bob Champion's Grand National winner Aldaniti.

Jessie Paisley Not the Paisley everybody was expecting! The widow of former Liverpool manager Bob has died aged 96.

Nothusile Bhulehluthi Nelson Mandela's last surviving sibling has died aged 81.

Dimitra Arliss Dead aged 79

Triple damn! Had him on my list a couple of years ago!

Oh well, that concludes my question "whatever happened to Nicol Williamson?" that I was asking myself a couple of weeks ago after watching Excalibur They're now saying he died in Amsterdam before Christmas, so if anyone did happen to have him as a DDP pick for this year, it's tough titty! Such a great and recognisable actor ("considered by some critics to be the finest actor of his generation in the late 1960s and the 1970s"), it's amazing his death was unreported for so long.

Nicol Williamson The renowned actor has died penniless aged 73.

Gustav Leonhardt After announcing his retirement from performing due to ill health last month, the Dutch harpsichordist and conductor has died aged 83. My first hit on this year's DDP when the official obit appears. Amazing that last year my only 3 hits were Nat Lofthouse, Ted Lowe and Sidney Lumet. Maybe I should have chosen a whole team of Ls!

Robbie France "Former Skunk Anansie drummer and co-founder Robbie France has died aged 52 after reportedly suffering a ruptured aorta"

Lady Runcie The widow of the former Archbish of Cant has died 79.

Miljan Miljanić The former coach of Yugoslavia (for the World Cup in both 1974 and 1982), Red Star Belgrade, Real Madrid (where he won 2 league titles and 1 Copa del Rey), and Valencia has died aged 81.

Reginald Hill The creator of "Dalziel and Pascoe" has died aged 75.

Distillery worker commits suicide by leaping into vat of whisky

Richard Hopkins The co-creator and producer of "Strictly Come Dancing" and "Dancing with the Stars" has died aged 47.

Robert Dickey a.k.a. the original "Bobby" from James and Bobby Purify, has died aged 72. Their biggest hit was the extremely irritating "I'm your Puppet" (apparently he didn't even like the song himself!). It got to no. 6 in the US in 1966, being re-recorded and scoring a no. 12 hit in the UK 10 years later, although by then Dickey had left the duo for health reasons and been replaced by a second "Bobby" (actually called Ben Moore).

What a coincidence! Just 5 minutes ago I was idly perusing the DDP and looking at the teams who had scored 0 points (not that I fared much better!), and for some reason chose to look at Gobbling On Life's team in more detail. Well done indeed sir!

Dead Supposedly aged 80. "According to Cobb [the sanctuary's outreach coordinator], her grandparents acquired Cheetah from Johnny Weissmuller, who played Tarzan in several movies from the 1930s"

Pedro Armendariz Jr. The Mexican actor has died aged 71.

Ragnhild Hveger "Danish swimmer Ragnhild Hveger, who set 44 world records and won silver in the 400 freestyle at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, has died. She was 90"

Len Phillips The last survivor of Portsmouth's league championship winning side of 1948-49 and 1949-50 has died aged 89.

Shahrastani The 1986 Derby winner has died at the age of 28.

he's dead http://www.goal.com/...es-dies-aged-57 The shame of this episode probably did for him.

King Leka I Zogu The self-proclaimed King of Albania has died aged 72.