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One of my first crushes was Ziggy. He was on pointless Celebs recently. He didn't seem quite all there so this makes sense.

I think it was a failed attempt at humour.

Cologne is a great city. Enjoy.

I reckon the fox is Denise Van Outen.

Jill Melford, British actress with a fair number of credits in the type of cult show where fans usually note this things died without fanfare nearly two years ago. She was also the daughter of actor Jack Melford and the ex-wife of well renowned actor John Standing so it does seem surprising that there doesn't seem to have been an obituary as far as I can see. I am perfectly willing to accept that I may have missed it though I did search. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0577657/ Stefan Gryff, a definite 'you'll know the face' actor died in 2017 with, I think, only one brief mention on here and no wider recognition. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0344793/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_4 Off topic but on the subject of Threads, Victoria O'Keefe was killed in a car accident a few miles away from where I grew up, so she's probably the celeb who died closest where I lived.

I'm always surprised Jean Marsh isn't a more popular pick. Of all my uniques she's the one that has surprised me most.

Mystery solved. It's mentioned on the first page of this topic.

The bolded are mine though on different teams. I was certain Boardman had chosen before . I'm sure I remember reading a bio which trashed him as a comic but ended with ' his daughter's quite fit though'

I can tell you that Vera Miles is not unique. She's on my Hitchcock theme team.

Very briefly considered for my Scousers theme team but didn't even make it as a sub. Still January wouldn't be January with my annual 'dammit' moment.

Deborah Orr's death completely passed me by. I knew she was ill, didn't realise she had died.

While not quite as old, America actor Victor Kilian was beaten to death in his home by burglars. In a morbid coincidence one of his co-stars in his last television outing was another elderly actor , Charles Wagenheim who was also beaten to death in his home. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Kilian Then there is Erich Loest, German writer who committed suicide by defenestration aged 87 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Loest This guy was another who jumped to his death, aged 91 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirko_Ellis

Headless body discovered in a cave forty years ago. They have now identified him and discovered he died over a century ago. https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/crime/dismembered-body-in-idaho-cave-is-bootlegger-murderer-slain-in-1916/277-0a8b8939-7df2-4049-a618-c7bb14e984fe

Only managed 6 hits last year Here is the effort for this year. Olivia de Havilland Prince Phillip Kirk Douglas Mikhail Gorbachev George Blake William Frankland Ian Holm Denis Goldberg Alex Trebek Genesis P-Orridge Mark Eden Gene Reynolds Monic Vitti William Daniels Catherine Deneuve Raymond Briggs Rodney Alcala Betty White Leslie Philips Nobby Stiles Mitzi Gaynor June Brown Colin Jeavons Stirling Moss Zizi Jeanmaire Daniel ara Moi Douglas Hurd Peregrine Worsthorne Vivian Pickles William Labov Joss Ackland Gerald Harper Jean-Louis Trintignant George Alagiah Frank Windsor Jimmy Greaves Jimmy Carter Trevor Peacock Christopher Plummer Stuart Hall Sandy Gall Valery Giscard D'Estang Vera Lynn Terry Jones Lee Kerslake Bill Treacher Sydney Poitier Lee Grant Juliette Greco Christoher Timothy