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Thanks. I found her on Facebook using Fairfield County. Seems to be doing well and in good spirits. Went to Andrew Warde High. Found one of her yearbooks on Ancestry through that. Born c. 1953 – added. Sheer Elegance – added the background details to their section. Sadly can't find any trace of the three of them.

Selecter – great, added! Saturday Night Band – found this Cliff Barton on Ancestry too (full name Clifton Alton Parman) – he's the only Cliff Parman it seems so I did suspect it was him anyway. I had a look through multiple family trees and social security records. None of them mention that he was a musician. Just checked census records though. None of him living in Illinois in the 40s but there are records of him living in Tennessee in the 40s! And as I was just about to post this, also found this. Billboard, 1947, referring to arranger Clifton Parman. Good enough for me. Added! PS Why does multi quote never work for me?

Updated for the death of Alan Stephenson Boyd.

Conflicting reports. Some suggesting that the family are denying it. No consensus on Wiki.

Ian Hamilton QC looking/sounding like someone just woke him up from his death. 96 next September... I doubt he will make it.

They didn’t exist when I posted that.

A day on and still no QO for Haskell. Odd considering he had a #2 charting hit as recent as 2001.

Telegraph death notice for Sir James Jungius (wiki), who was a month shy of 97.

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Can the thread name not just be “Shakin’ Stevens”... with the subheading This Ole Hearse?

Didn't get much further with this @Spade_Cooley, but this book confirms Ann was his second wife. The Wren part of his name is from the first wife. As for John, the one site that says 1924 was correct in the end. He was born as John P. Lewis 5th May 1924 in Strood, Kent to Christopher Lewis (1893–1980) and Ada Judith Lewis née Tapsell (1892–1940). In 1939 he was resident in nearby Rochester with his parents (shortly before his mum passed). He then adopted the Wren part of the surname from his better half Shirley and became John Wren-Lewis before marrying her in Chatham, Kent in April 1949 (as per my last post). Shirley was born Shirley Doris Wren on 12th September 1927. She appears in the same census records as John as "Shirley D Woodroffe Wren-Lewis". God knows what this "Woodroffe" is about. She died on 7th July 2001 in Romsey, Hampshire as Shirley D. Wren-Lewis, having never remarried. [COMMENT – this is suspect. Shirley kept the name. Surely you'd ditch it after a divorce? Did John and Ann ever actually marry then, or were they just life partners?] Anyway, somewhere inbetween all this John met Ann and they became a couple. I've tried every name combination under the sun. I'm satisfied they didn't wed in the UK (several sites do note that they were well traveled so if they did tie the knot could've been anywhere) UNLESS Ann Faraday is a pen name she used and her real name is something totally different. Anyway, she was living in Sydney in 1997–2000 according to a bio online, where John also taught as an academic. Shoalhaven, where he died in 2006 is a whole 200km away but on the same coast nonetheless. My guess is she's still alive. So so many mentions of her online. It just seems like she's now retired/inactive. I think if she passed it would've been picked up. And I've watched the clips of her being interviewed vs. the one of the school cleaner – they are different people 100%. Shoalhaven has a population of 100,000. It's not hard to imagine that there's more than one Ann Faraday living there. Throwing the towel in as that's all I can offer on this one!

There's a blog obit here.

Thanks! I hadn't noticed.

Mirror obit Metro obit Express obit Guardian obit Independent obit

Well at least someone at Variety clearly reads this forum The Hollywood Reporter about as useful as a chocolate teapot every time I contact them with a tip off.

Name: John P Wren-lewis Registration Date: Apr 1949 [May 1949] [Jun 1949] Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Chatham Inferred County: Kent Spouse: Shirley D Wren Volume Number: 5b Page Number: 565 Found this. His first wife? Also, what are the odds of marrying a woman also with the surname of Wren?! This case just gets weirder and weirder. Comment – I've just thought about this. @RoverAndOut is right. He is not in the birth index as John Wren-Lewis. There are several profiles of John P Lewis which could fit. Is it possible he changed his name legally to include his first wife's family name before they were wed? It's strange but strictly speaking not impossible. Even if he remarried, there are reasons why he may have kept part of his first wife's name. She could've died before her time. Or perhaps because he was renowned in his field, he had already become known by that name so it wouldn't make much sense to change it by that point? Anyway. Is this our fellow?... Name John P-J Wren-Lewis Residence 1963 Brentford and Chiswick East England Name John P-J Woodroffe Wren-Lewis Residence 1961 Brentford and Chiswick East England Name John P-J Woodroffe Wren-Lewis Residence 1960 Brentford and Chiswick East England Name John P-J Wren-Lewis Residence 1964 Homefields England Name John P-J Wren-Lewis Residence 1965 Homefields England Name John P-J Wren-Lewis Residence 1962 Brentford and Chiswick East England Surely this is him? Woodroffe is interesting... seems he liked fiddling with his name. Can we link him to Brentford or Homefields? *goes to Google where the bloody hell Homefields is*

And?

Quite a big one. Golden-era actress Rhonda Fleming dead at 97. The edits were made by a long-term Wiki user and appear to be credible. Picked by 5 teams in the DDP.

The Tremeloes Wiki UK beat group from Dagenham, Essex, part of the British Invasion in the States Alan Blakley 01 Apr 1942 – 01 Jun 1996 (54) FindAGrave memorial Len "Chip" Hawkes 02 Nov 1945 – Living Alan Howard 17 Oct 1941 – Living Dave Munden 02 Dec 1943 – 15 Oct 2020 (76) Obit Brian Poole 03 Nov 1941 – Living Rick Westwood 07 May 1942 – Living 04/07/1963 Twist and Shout #4 Released as Brian Poole and The Tremeloes 12/09/1963 Do You Love Me #1 Released as Brian Poole and The Tremeloes 28/11/1963 I Can Dance #31 Released as Brian Poole and The Tremeloes 30/01/1964 Candy Man #6 Released as Brian Poole and The Tremeloes 07/05/1964 Someone, Someone #2 Released as Brian Poole and The Tremeloes 20/08/1964 Twelve Steps to Love #32 Released as Brian Poole and The Tremeloes 07/01/1965 The Three Bells #17 Released as Brian Poole and The Tremeloes 22/07/1965 I Want Candy #25 Released as Brian Poole and The Tremeloes 02/02/1967 Here Comes My Baby #4 27/04/1967 Silence is Golden #1 02/08/1967 Even the Bad Times are Good #4 08/11/1967 Be Mine #39 17/01/1968 Suddenly You Love Me #6 08/05/1968 Helule Helule #14 18/09/1968 My Little Lady #6 11/12/1968 I Shall be Released #29 19/03/1969 Hello World #14 01/11/1969 (Call Me) Number One #2 Updated both entries. 3 of the 4 surviving members are due to turn 80 over the next 18 months.

Stating that you could see 98 is not an expression of doubt for reaching a higher age... When most people think about the future, they tend to think a few months/years down the road. In a few (3) years she'll be 98. I wouldn't read into it beyond that.

That's a lot of copy and pasting! Six newspapers and not one is able to give us his age, or any details of his life before or after the group. They even have the name and Facebook of the friend who announced it, and yet the story has essentially just been recycled and reworded from a viral news site. Very poor journalistic standards. It wouldn't kill them to make a few phone calls.

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Seems a lot of viral news sites have picked up the story, just cos it's AC/DC. If the Mail need content they might cover it, otherwise chances seem pretty remote. Nobody even seems to know how old he was...

Strange fellow. Hired in 1975, only performed with them live but departed only a few weeks later. Retired from music immediately after and later became a recluse living on disability benefit. Only gave one interview and claimed the band didn't even give him enough money to feed himself.

Thanks! Yes, that's definitely Hugh Paul's death record. There's a family tree on Ancestry which uses it and the place of birth is given as Grenada in the West Indies and it says his wife was called Julie! Added. Cleveland must still be alive after all then! I just thought it was strange how there was mention of him in a Barry White tribute band from c. 2008, then no mention or trace of him on Facebook since or on Scotland's People period. He's either laying low or, as you said, has retired elsewhere... perhaps to the tropical climate of the Caribbean. Who could blame him?! Pretty happy with that act now given their obscurity. I’ve scrubbed the notes section, bar the mystery of Stewart/Stuart Garden’s birth.