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Graham Tutt, who was a goalkeeper for Charlton Athletic until suffering a head injury in 1976, has died aged 65. He subsequently played in South Africa & the USA before retiring and taking on coaching roles.

'Poo' Ramu reported dead.

Simms dead according to the S*n. The headline says he died in prison, but they actual report doesn't appear to support that.

Twenty-one years since the death of Tove Jansson, aged 86. Mostly remembered for her Moomin books, she also wrote novels and short stories, as well as other stories for children. She was also an accomplished artist, with her first solo exhibition in 1943.

That's true, but to be honest I'm not the biggest Beatles fan, and even less of a McCartney fan (Band on The Run was OK), so wasn't that fussed. Saw The Pet Shop Boys last night, and a few other bits (Years & Years, Lorde) that's been the extent of my Glastonbury this year.

Unlikely Pearly Gates mates number whatever in an occasional series... Dennis Thatcher (Prime Ministerial spouse & businesman, see above) Marc Vivian Foé(Footballer) Foé was playing for Cameroon in the Confederation's Cup in Lyon, when he collapsed midway through the second half; doctors tried for 45 minutes to restart his heart before declaring him dead. The cause of death was determined to be Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. He'd played for Lens & Lyon in the French Ligue 1, and for West Ham United & Manchester City in the English Premier, as well as making 62 appearances for Cameroon. He was 28.

Yoshiro Nakamatsu, aka Dr. NakaMats, is 94 today. He's a Japanese inventor, who some might describe as 'eccentric' while some might describe him as ' completely unhinged'. He claims to hold the world record for inventions (over 3,200), including what he claims is the floppy disk, before IBM (IBM denies this but has licensed 14 patents of his, but nothing to do with floppy disk), as well as an aphrodisiac to 'save Japan' amidst its declining birthrate (again, nothing to do with floppy dicks). In 2014 he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and not expected to live beyond 2015. He also claims that he'll live to the age of 144. (I'm relying on you youngsters to keep track of this claim).

The feedback from the twitterati et al has been all positive from what I've seen. I didn't watch/listen to him for the simple reason that I caught his performance on the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony, and he was fuckin' awful. I refuse to believe he's got any better over the subsequent decade.

No more kinky boots for well-known naturist Patrick Macnee as of seven years ago, when he died aged 93.

Celia Gofton, Lauren Laverne's mam, has died.

and his death inevitably overshadowed that of Farrah Fawcett, who also died that day, aged 62.

Peter Blake is 90 today. You know his work...

He was co-presenter on South Today for a while a few years ago, with regular presenter Sally Taylor. You can guess what they went with! I also remember him doing football reports on Grandstand (usually Leeds iirc).

Arthur Brown is 80 today. Crazy!

Almost the best thing about this is Piers using the numbers to prove how popular he/the show is!