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This is great stuff and yes you're right. YouTube comments are very useful and we should use them more often than we do. Hmmm... so if he was alive in 2015, but in poor health, then that lends more wright to the possibility that the 2018/19 Thomas Quigley death was him. Determined that we get to the bottom of this one now!

I saw this! So so weird. I wonder if there's anyone we could try and get in touch with to crack Quickly? When I was researching 50s/60s UK chart musicians, the Joe Meek Society were pretty helpful in supplying some info on a few of his obscure acts. Is there any Epstein-related fan clubs/societies etc. who may be in the know? Beatles-related stuff isn't my forte so if anyone has a suggestion of a person/place to contact then I'm happy to do so given that Quickly is also in my UK Singles Chart list!

Annoyingly there's an article here, cited on Wiki (but sadly now taken down now... and I can't seem to restore it using the Wayback Machine!) about a crime writer putting out an appeal in the Bath Chronicle to find Byrne in July 2009, so we're not the first to look for him! Unfortunate timing for that writer given that he only died 3 months prior! I think most people who are associated with The Beatles will be picked up pretty quickly, but I suppose it comes down to the individual. Sometimes they don't want to be found and want a quiet life away from everything. Reminds me of Kilroy-Silk a little bit. Nobody had heard from him in a decade then a journo finally tracked him down last year to a remote place in Hampshire, seemingly doing fine.

Nicky Byrne is dead as per the GRO. He was born Douglas Anthony Nicholas Byrne as per Wiki. The records spell it slightly differently: Douglas Antony Nickolas Byrne, born 1930 and died on 20th April 2009 aged 79. The record notes his last residence as Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire.

Never before in Internet history have so many users tolerated so much from so few. We are truly a tolerant bunch.

K (part 3/3) Kleeer Wiki American funk and disco band from New York City, New York, formed in 1972 and disbanded in 1985, bassist Norman Durham died from carbon monoxide poisoning at his home in November 2011 Paul Crutchfield 29 Feb 1952 – Living Woody Cunningham 08 Jul 1948 – 09 Jan 2010 (61) Obit Norman Durham 27 Feb 1952 – 02 Nov 2011 (59) FindAGrave memorial Richard Lee 14 Aug 1953 – Living 17/03/1979 Keep Your Body Workin' #51 The Knack Wiki American power pop and new wave band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1978 and disbanded in 2010 following the death of lead singer Doug Fieger Berton Averre 13 Dec 1953 – Living Doug Fieger 20 Aug 1952 – 14 Feb 2010 (57) Guardian obit Bruce Gary 07 Apr 1951 – 22 Aug 2006 (55) Guardian obit Prescott Niles 02 May 1954 – Living 30/06/1979 My Sharona #6 13/10/1979 Good Girls Don't #66 Frederick Knight 15 Aug 1944 – Living Wiki American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer from Birmingham, Alabama, wrote Ring My Bell for Anita Ward 10/06/1972 I've Been Lonely For So Long #22 Gladys Knight & the Pips Wiki American R&B and soul family group from Atlanta, Georgia, started as The Pips in 1952 (the name taken from a cousin's nickname), they reached commercial success after signing to Motown Records in 1966, disbanded in 1989 and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 William Guest 02 Jul 1941 – 24 Dec 2015 (74) NY Times obit Gladys Knight 28 May 1944 – Living Merald "Bubba" Knight 04 Sep 1942 – Living Edward Patten 27 Aug 1939 – 25 Feb 2005 (65) NY Times obit 17/06/1972 Just Walk in My Shoes #35 25/11/1972 Help Me Make it Through the Night #11 03/03/1973 The Look of Love #21 26/05/1973 Neither One of Us #31 05/04/1975 The Way We Were – Try to Remember #4 02/08/1975 Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me #7 15/11/1975 Part Time Love #30 08/05/1976 Midnight Train to Georgia #10 21/08/1976 Make Yours a Happy Home #35 06/11/1976 So Sad the Song #20 15/01/1977 Nobody but You #34 28/05/1977 Baby Don't Change Your Mind #4 24/09/1977 Home is Where the Heart is #35 08/04/1978 The One and Only #32 24/06/1978 Come Back and Finish What You Started #15 30/09/1978 It's a Better Than Good Time #59 Robert Knight 24 Apr 1940 – 05 Nov 2017 (77) Express obit Wiki American soul and pop singer from Franklin, Tennessee, real name Robert Peebles 24/11/1973 Love on a Mountain Top #10 09/03/1974 Everlasting Love (re-release) #19 John Kongos 06 Aug 1945 – Living Wiki South African singer-songwriter from Johannesburg 22/05/1971 He's Gonna Step on You Again #4 Later popularised by Happy Mondays and retitled Step On 20/11/1971 Tokoloshe Man #4 Kool and the Gang Wiki American R&B, soul and funk band from Jersey City, New Jersey, formed in 1964, members Robert and Ronald Bell were brothers Clifford Adams 08 Oct 1952 – 12 Jan 2015 (62) Billboard obit Robert "Kool" Bell 08 Oct 1950 – Living Ronald "Khalis" Bell 01 Nov 1951 – 09 Sep 2020 (68) Variety obit George "Funky" Brown 15 Jan 1949 – 16 Nov 2023 (74) Mirror obit Robert "Spike" Mickens 13 Aug 1951 – 02 Nov 2010 (59) Legacy obit Claydes Charles Smith 06 Sep 1948 – 20 Jun 2006 (57) Independent obit James "J.T." Taylor 16 Aug 1953 – Living Dennis "D.T." Thomas 09 Feb 1951 – 07 Aug 2021 (70) Guardian obit Sir Earl Toon 26 Dec 1956 – Living 27/10/1979 Ladies' Night #9 The Korgis Wiki UK pop and new wave band from Bristol, formed in 1978 Bill Birks c. 1954 – Living Andy Davis 10 Aug 1949 – Living James Warren 25 Aug 1951 – Living 23/06/1979 If I Had You #13 NB: The corresponding album also credits both Phil Harrison and Stuart Gordon (1950–2014) as members, but this suggests that only the three names above appeared on the single Kraftwerk Wiki German electronic and synthpop band from Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, formed in 1970, considered pioneers in electronic music and one of the first groups to popularise the genre Karl Bartos 31 May 1952 – Living Wolfgang Flür 17 Jul 1947 – Living Ralf Hütter 20 Aug 1946 – Living Klaus Röder 07 Apr 1948 – Living Florian Schneider 07 Apr 1947 – 21 Apr 2020 (73) Guardian obit 10/05/1975 Autobahn #11 28/10/1978 Neon Lights #53 The Kursaal Flyers Wiki UK pop band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, formed in 1973 and disbanded in 1977 Will Birch 12 Sep 1948 – Living Richie Bull 23 Oct 1948 – Living Vic Collins 10 Sep 1950 – Living Graeme Douglas 22 Jan 1950 – Living Paul Shuttleworth 24 Dec 1947 – Living 20/11/1976 Little Does She Know #14

There's been nearly 20 people by the name of Thomas Quigley who have died since 2000. So according to the sources we have he was born 7th July 1945 (Wiki and most other sources) or 7th July 1943 (IMDb). IF he is dead then it narrows it down to three individuals (assuming he didn't die more than 20 years ago – I think it would've been noticed by now!): 2019 Thomas Quigley b. 1945 death registered in Wakefield – likely the same individual @msc has singled out above 2004 Thomas Columcille Quigley b. 13 Nov 1944 death registered in Liverpool 2000 Thomas Quigley b. 10 Oct 1945 death registered in Lambeth Full DOBs are only given on death certificates on Ancestry which are about a decade old at least. A pity cos we can't see the DOB for the 2019 death!! The GRO suggests 1945 is correct. There are no Thomas Quigleys born in 1943 in England, period. Just one in 1945, in Liverpool North. Mother's maiden name was Gower. Likely our man. It looks like he married a Marjory Carroll in Liverpool in January 1980. There are a few ppl called Thomas Quigley pottered around Lancashire from the 2005/10 electoral registers. Meh. No idea is my short answer. Surely given that obscure players in the Beatles/Epstein story often obit it would be surprising if his death occurred unnoticed. What is the latest year we know of him definitely still being around?

Calm before the storm?

Wiki says that she was 70 at the time of the photo shoot. Really? Didn’t have her down as that old. That means she would’ve been 73-74 at the time of her death.

Thanks! Added that trivia and changed the DOB. I used 1955 originally because both Discogs and FindAGrave (no, not dead, just “dead as a woman” ) state that year. However, Ancestry agrees with Wiki. Born in Massachusetts in 1950 as Cynthia Bullens.

You’re in no position to tell anyone off for doing this. You do it all the time.

I think your comment failed.

Mention here of the death of D'Oyly Carte mezzo-soprano Joyce Wright aged 98, born in Leicester and raised in Glasgow. Also married to the late opera singer/comic actor Peter Pratt (1923–1995).

Nobody knows basically.

K (part 2/3) Klark Kent 16 Jul 1952 – Living Wiki American musician and composer from Alexandria, Virginia, better known by his birth name of Stewart Copeland and for being the drummer of British rock band The Police 26/08/1978 Don't Care #48 Chaka Khan 23 Mar 1953 – Living Wiki American R&B, soul, funk, pop and disco singer-songwriter from Chicago, Illinois, real name Yvette Marie Stevens, nicknamed the "Queen of Funk", began her career in the early 1970s as lead singer of funk group Rufus, has won ten Grammy Awards and sold more than 70 million records worldwide 02/12/1978 I'm Every Woman #11 Andy Kim 05 Dec 1946 – Living Wiki Canadian pop rock singer-songwriter from Montreal, Quebec, co-wrote Sugar, Sugar by The Archies, later recorded as Baron Longfellow and then simply Longfellow 24/08/1974 Rock Me Gently #2 Carole King 09 Feb 1942 – Living Wiki American singer-songwriter from Manhattan, New York City, she is the most successful female songwriter of the second half of the 20th century in the States having written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100, also wrote 61 of the hits that charted in the UK, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer in 1990 and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 07/08/1971 It's Too Late #6 28/10/1972 It Might as Well Rain Until September (re-release) #43 Evelyn "Champagne" King 01 Jul 1960 – Living Wiki American R&B, pop, soul and disco singer-songwriter and record producer, born in The Bronx, New York City, New York and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 13/05/1978 Shame #39 03/02/1979 I Don't Know if It's Right #67 Jonathan King 06 Dec 1944 – Living Wiki UK singer-songwriter and record producer from Marylebone, London, discovered and named Genesis in 1967, founded UK Records in 1972, produced songs for the Bay City Rollers and 10cc, convicted of sleeping with underage boys in the 1980s and sentenced to seven years in prison 10/01/1970 Let it All Hang Out #26 Cover of a single by The Hombres 16/01/1971 It's the Same Old Song #19 Released as The Weathermen / Cover of a single by Four Tops 03/04/1971 Sugar Sugar #12 Released as Sakkarin / Cover of a single by The Archies 29/05/1971 Lazybones #23 20/11/1971 Hooked on a Feeling #23 Cover of a single by B. J. Thomas 05/02/1972 Flirt! #22 14/10/1972 Loop Di Love #4 Released as Shag 26/01/1974 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction #29 Released as Bubblerock 06/09/1975 Una Paloma Blanca #5 Cover of a single by George Baker Selection 20/09/1975 Chick-a-Boom (Don't Ya Jes Love it) #36 Released as 53rd + 3rd featuring The Sound of Shag 07/02/1976 In the Mood #46 Released as Sound 9418 / Cover of a single by Glenn Miller 26/06/1976 It Only Takes a Minute #9 Released as One Hundred Ton and a Feather / Cover of a single by Tavares 07/10/1978 One For You, One For Me #29 16/12/1978 Lick a Smurp For Christmas (All Fall Down) #58 Released as Father Abraphart and the Smurps 16/06/1979 You're the Greatest Lover #67 03/11/1979 Gloria #65 Cover of a single by Umberto Tozzi, later popularised by Laura Branigan The Kinks Wiki UK rock band from Muswell Hill, London, formed in 1964 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies, regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s, briefly part of the British Invasion in the States, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 Mick Avory 15 Feb 1944 – Living John Dalton 21 May 1943 – Living Dave Davies 03 Feb 1947 – Living Ray Davies 21 Jun 1944 – Living John Gosling 06 Feb 1948 – 04 Aug 2023 (75) Guardian obit 10/01/1970 Victoria #33 04/07/1970 Lola #2 12/12/1970 Apeman #5 03/06/1972 Supersonic Rocket Ship #16 Bo Kirkland and Ruth Davis Discogs (Bo) / Discogs (Ruth) American funk and soul vocal duo from Yazoo City, Mississippi and Arkansas, respectively Ruth Davis no info available Bo Kirkland (aka Mike James Kirkland) 1949 – Living 04/06/1977 You're Gonna Get Next to Me #12 KISS Wiki American hard rock and heavy metal band from New York City, New York, formed in 1973, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 Ace Frehley 27 Apr 1951 – Living Gene Simmons 25 Aug 1949 – Living Paul Stanley 20 Jan 1952 – Living 30/06/1979 I Was Made For Lovin' You #50 Mac and Katie Kissoon Wiki American bubblegum pop vocal duo from Port of Spain, Trinidad comprising of brother Mac (real name Gerald Farthing) and sister Katie (real name Katherine Farthing) Katie Kissoon 11 Mar 1951 – Living Mac Kissoon 11 Nov 1943 – Living 19/06/1971 Chripy Chirpy Cheep Cheep #41 Cover of a single by Lally Stott and popularised by Middle of the Road 18/01/1975 Sugar Candy Kisses #3 03/05/1975 Don't do it Baby #9 30/08/1975 Like a Butterfly #18 15/05/1976 The Two of Us #46

Twitter reporting the death of British-American bandleader Al G. Wright at the age of 104.

September 9th

That and he's 92?

Okay. KC and the Sunshine Band... Margaret Reynolds. Found her personal FB and here's a post from her 70th birthday last year dated 6 Jul 49. Says she is from Palmetto, Florida on there and lives in Miami. Ancestry: Margaret Reynolds born 5th Jul 49, living in Miami, FL Done. Robert Johnson – I've removed the FB link that had him dying in 2000 one week apart from Jerome Smith. Most other sources say he actually died in the 80s from cancer. The new one I've linked to says 1982. Just one more problem. Can't find his death record for a full date. So what's wrong? His DOB, his real name, when he died? Who knows. Anyway, he's dead, most likely for decades.

Sri Lanka according to Ancestry (found his flight records to and from the UK). Also found his 1984 Brent marriage certificate (wife is a Iris Folwell). No DOB though. Seems to have some degree of a profile so I imagine we'll hear about his death when he does go.

I realise I'm screwing the formatting up on everything today. Maybe I need my bed.

Cheers. Found Ken Faulk's DOB on Clustrmaps. He is indeed still alive. He'll be 80 next year. Looks like he stopped recording in the 80s but still performs. Jeanette Norris/Williams/Black/Wright is a nightmare. Can't find any records. I think the real spelling of her first name is Jeannette, as spelt in the obits of her sister Betty. There's a yearbook photo on Ancestry of an African American woman that looks like her, born 1949. Could be her but not strong enough for now. Margaret Reynolds – she sued the band in 2004 along with one of the other backing singers. Has since become an evangelical minister but her FB page has been inactive since 2015. Dead or got bored of God?

Shhh you. I use copy and paste for the formatting to save time!

K (part 1/3) Kandidate Discogs UK soul and funk group from London, formed in 1976, appeared on the TV talent show New Faces, Ferdi and Teeroy Morris are brothers, Fearon and Phillips were also members of Hi-Tension Alex Bruce 1958 – Feb 2020 (61) Mention of death Bob Collins no info available Phil Fearon 30 Jul 1956 – Living Ferdi Morris 1956 – Living Teeroy Morris 1958 – Living Lloyd Phillips n/a – Mar 2020 Mention of death Jascha Tambimuttu no info available 19/08/1978 Don't Wanna Say Goodnight #47 17/03/1979 I Don't Wanna Lose You #11 04/08/1979 Girls Girls Girls #34 Kansas Wiki American rock band from Topeka, Kansas, formed in 1973 Phil Ehart 04 Feb 1950 – Living Dave Hope 07 Oct 1949 – Living Kerry Livgren 18 Sep 1949 – Living Robby Steinhardt 25 May 1950 – 17 Jul 2021 (71) Obit Steve Walsh 15 Jun 1951 – Living Rich Williams 01 Feb 1950 – Living 01/07/1978 Carry on Wayward Son #51 Janet Kay 17 Jan 1958 – Living Wiki UK reggae and lovers rock singer from Willesden, London, awarded an MBE in 2023 09/06/1979 Silly Games #2 KC and the Sunshine Band Wiki American disco and funk band from Miami, Florida, formed in 1973, Jeanette Williams is the sister of soul singer Betty Wright, guitarist Jerome Smith was killed in a construction accident in July 2000 Oliver C. Brown 01 Dec 1946 – Living Beverly Champion Sep 1952 – Living Ken Faulk 02 Jun 1941 – Living Richard Finch 23 Jan 1954 – Living Fermin Goytisolo 31 Dec 1951 – Living Robert Johnson 21 Mar 1953 – 1982 (~29) Mention of death K.C. (aka Harry Wayne Casey) 31 Jan 1951 – Living Mike Lewis 23 Aug 1938 – Living Margaret Reynolds 05 Jul 1949 – Living Jerome Smith 18 Jun 1953 – 28 Jul 2000 (47) NY Times obit Vinnie Tanno 17 Nov 1932 – 14 Feb 2002 (69) Obit Jeanette Williams no info available 17/08/1974 Queen of Clubs #7 23/11/1974 Sound Your Funky Horn #17 29/03/1975 Get Down Tonight #21 02/08/1975 That's the Way (I Like it) #4 22/11/1975 I'm So Crazy ('bout You) #34 17/07/1976 (Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty #22 11/12/1976 Keep it Comin' Love #31 30/04/1977 I'm Your Boogie Man #41 06/05/1978 Boogie Shoes #34 22/07/1978 It's the Same Old Song #47 08/12/1979 Please Don't Go #3 Kevin Keegan 14 Feb 1951 – Living Wiki UK football player (Scunthorpe United, Liverpool, Southampton, England national team) and manager (Newcastle United, England national team, Manchester City) from Armthorpe, Doncaster, awarded an OBE in 1982 09/06/1979 Head Over Heels in Love #31 Roberta Kelly 23 Nov 1942 – Living Wiki American disco and gospel singer from Los Angeles, California 21/01/1978 Zodiacs #44 Eddie Kendricks 17 Dec 1939 – 05 Oct 1992 (52) Independent obit Wiki American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, born in Union Springs, Alabama and raised in Ensley, Alabama, better known as one of the lead singers of The Temptations 03/11/1973 Keep on Truckin' #18 16/03/1974 Boogie Down #39 Kenny c. 1951 – Living Discogs Irish singer with backing showband, full name Tony Kenny 03/03/1973 Heart of Stone #11 30/06/1973 Give it to Me Now #38 Kenny Wiki UK pop and glam rock band from Enfield, London Rick Driscoll 01 May 1957 – Living Chris Lacklison 15 Oct 1956 – Living Chris Redburn 14 Mar 1956 – Living Yan Style 16 Jan 1955 – Living Andy Walton 01 Oct 1956 – Living 07/12/1974 The Bump #3 08/03/1975 Fancy Pants #4 07/06/1975 Baby I Love You, Ok! #12 16/08/1975 Julie Anne #10 Gerard Kenny 08 Jul 1947 – Living Wiki American pop singer-songwriter from New York City, New York, relocated to England in 1977, composed "I Could be So Good For You" for the TV comedy-drama Minder 09/12/1978 New York, New York (So Good They Named it Twice) #43

Can someone please explain to me why Novichok seems to have impaired and yet not killed most of its intended victims (at least in these recent attacks)? Is it because the concentration ingested hasn't been high enough or because it's a Soviet-era substance which may have lost its effectiveness over time?