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I'm rewatching S4; there's so much I don't remember, a few characters I only vaguely remember!

Ted "The Cunt" Hankey charged with sexual assault.

Shirley Jones is 88 today. After starting out on Broadway, she achieved worldwide fame in musical productions Oklahoma! & Carousel, before becoming the mother of the performing Partridge Family.

Cricketer Norman Gifford is 82 today. Born in Lanacshire, he was a Worcestershire player for over 20 years, ending his career playing for Warwickshire, retiring in 1988 at the age of 48, with a tally of 2,068 first-class wickets. The winner of one-day games between the two counties is awarded The Norman Gifford Trophy, named in his honour. He won 15 England Test caps between 1964 and 1973, then twelve years later, two ODI caps, making his debut days before his 45th birthday.

Eighteen years since singer Timi Yuro died aged 63, succumbing to throat cancer.

Marvin J. Chomsky, multi-Emmy winning director, has died aged 92. Also an extensive catalogue of non-emmy winners including Gunsmoke, Star Trek, Hawaii 5-0 &C.

Well, there was a certain antipodean covering the Divynils "I Touch Myself"; not so much "How did that happen" but "why?"

One foot in the grave, you might say.

Unlikely pearly gates mates #387, both dying on this day in 1987, Maria von Trapp, age 82 & Patrick Troughton age 67.

Everyone's favourite slightly dodgy history teacher & slightly dodgy uncle, Richard Griffiths died 9 years ago today aged 65, as a result of complications following heart surgery. His last film appearance was uncredited in Richard Curtis's "About time", released posthumously.

Everyone's favourite smeghead Chris Barrie is 62 today.

Nice profile of Mary Lee from the BBC

Experimental composer & artist Philip Jeck dead aged 68. (those of you shouting "wrong thread", music is an art form)

Everything you can think of!

A big hat-trick 20 years ago, as Milton Berle, Dudley Moore and Billy Wilder all departed, ages 93, 66 and 95 respectively.

Julian Glover, who's been in everything you can think of, is 87 today.

Denise Coffey reported dead as of a couple of days ago

Writer Alex comfort died 22 years ago today, aged 80. He's most famously remembered for his 1972 book, The Joy of Sex.

Everyone's favourite reverend, Richard Coles, is 60 today

Wladimir Klitschko is 46 today.

Bill Clark, British writer/director with a couple of feature films to his credit, has died aged 70, brain haemorrhage. (I've seen Starfish, light entertainment it is not!)

Twenty years ago it was all over for Kenneth Wolstenholme, aged 81; A year earlier, Brian Trubshaw was permanently grounded, aged 77.

Humphrey Burton is 91 today (and, astonishingly, doesn't appear to have ever had a mention on these boards previously). He was the BBC first head of Music & Arts before a stint with LWT before returning to the BBC. He was responsible for LWT's Aquarius, which was the forerunner to The South Bank Show, and BBC's Monitor, an early Arts programme. He's won 2 BAFTAs and four Emmies and was knighted in the 2020 New Year's honours. He's also the father of BBC classical presenter Clemency Burton-Hill.

Get yer Easter Eggs At least they didn't tweet it during Sunak's statement.