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Brian Duffy, dad of Brighton & Hove Albion & Republic of Ireland defender Shane, has died aged 53. No indication of the cause, except that he died suddenly.

I went for Jimmy Carter, 'cos I've been listening to The Undertones

Its been 75 years since Frank Bourne died, aged 91. He was he last known survivor of the battle of Rorke's Drift (he was played by Nigel Green in the film Zulu). For some reason I've been unable to ascertain, his grave at Beckenham cemetery gives a date of death of 9th May, ant age 90.

For the record, that's not what I meant. It was a joke, but 'whoosh'.

Good point.

Confirmed also in The Guardian, who state that he died a week ago but didn't tell anybody (or summat). ETA: This was my introduction to them, 30-odd years ago.

Any excuse to watch/post that gratefully accepted!

Seems strange he's not quoted a source, nor followed it up with further post(s), nor mentioned it n his Twitter feed. Still, if it is true, RIP Florian

Here's his obit from the Writers Guild of GB, of which he was once Chairman, but Toby Hadoke's word is good enough for me.

If you thought the Covid-19 commemorative coin was the ultimate in tackiness, think again...

Its not often you have a choice of basketball thread or Star Wars thread for a death notice, but Mark McNamara, who has died aged 60, presents such an opportunity. A former NBA champion with the Philadelphia '76ers, McNamara stood in for Peter Mayhew during filming when Mayhew had health issues exacerbated by wearing his Chewbacca outfit. Unfortunately for McNamara, none of his scenes made the final cut, as he walked differently from Mayhew.

Icke booted off Facebook for publishing 'misinformation'.

Radio & TV writer Wally K Daly reportedly died yesterday aged 79. Wrote for Casualty, Byker Grove, Jukiet Bravo as well as an untelevised Doctor Who story 'The Ultimate Evil'. IMDB also lists two acting roles in Z Cars & The Bill, 25 years apart. |

Gale Halderman, designer of the Ford Mustang, has died aged 87.

Don't forget your official Covid-19 commemorative coins... https://www.whitehousegiftshop.com/product-p/covid-heroes.htm

I was convinced I had number 7 wrong !

5. Disappointing. I'd post my Christmas Quiz but 1) its on my laptop & I can't be arsed, 2) its a powerpoint presentation so I've no idea how I'd do it and 3) its not Christmas!

^ My answers, done without looking

I didn't enter the answers but I also got 4 (Numbers 1, 5, 6, & 8)

Ian Whitcomb's Variety Obit. In addition to his singing, writing and lesbian porn appearances, he was also an early presenter of the The Old Grey Whistle Test.

Fucking unique DDP pick, that's who.

That's a relief.

My wi-fi is back. Did I miss anything while I was gone?

ISPs. Way back in the dim and distant past when life was normal (February) my ISP (SKY) wrote to me with notice of a price increase (best part of 10%), so I decided to switch to BT (I worked out for another couple of quid per month I could also get BT Sport - that turned out well !). BT duly sent me the kit; come the appointed day I disconnected the old gear, connected up the new, switched on only to find IT DIDN'T WORK! Having spent a good couple of hours on hold (listening to fucking Adele) I finally spoke to someone (several someones actually) to be told that everything appears normal at their end so they have to send out an engineer who will arrive IN THREE WEEKS! I'm currently limited to using my mobile data so everything internetty (apart from Netflix) is being rationed.

Jack Schofield, Guardian columnist and former computer editor, plus editor of a couple oh photographic magazines has died aged 72 he suffered a heart attack Friday and died yesterday https://www.theguardian.com/media/askjack/2020/apr/01/jack-schofield-guardian-ask-jack-tech-columnist-dies-at-72?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other