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Andrew Madoff has gone,, according US news reports.

South African bowler Norman Gordon, formerly the world's oldest cricketer and last survivor of the 'timeless test', is out after reaching 103.

Same here, so somewhat belated congrats to DI!

Swiss skiing legend Karl Molitor has died aged 94. He won a silver and bronze at the 1948 winter Olympics - it was downhill all the way after that.

Zambia's President Michael Sata's health fails, according to reports, but his medical doctor wife insists he's in 'sound health' - she should know, right?

According to this, "Superstar" Billy Graham has recently been told he has two years left.

Baroness Philipine de Rothschild, head of Château Mouton-Rothschild has died after complications of surgery, aged 80.

Ronnie Stonham, who has died aged 87, made my long-list of Ronnies but was omitted from my final 20 owing to lack of recent information about him and uncertainty about him getting the required obit as his 'moment of fame' was so long ago. I should have dumped Ronnie Masterson instead.

Al Molinaro

Variety has the story. Looks like the hoax report was a hoax.

I preferred him when he was in Take That. Now he's loving angels instead. R.I.P Rob. No it's the actor who used to be in Mork and Mindy who's died not the Take That singer Didn't see that one coming! HOW DOES THE BBC DO THAT AGAIN???! A FEW MINUTES AGO I WAS WATCHING THE FAMILY GUY EPISODE WITH ALL THOSE ROBIN WILLIAMSES ON BBC3!!! Some weeks ago the beeb showed James Garner movie on the same day he died. AND NOW THE BBC STRIKES AGAIN!!! Someone please ask them to air a Bieber movie! I think it would be too cruel of the BBC to show that little twat on our screens...It would be worth it though just to tempt fate!Maybe they can put the Family Guy episode about OJ Simpson on soon as well. It was on last month.

Northern-Irish actor JJ Murphy died four days after shooting his first scenes for Game of Thrones. He was 86 (and I'm guessing that's not him in the photpgraph).

Roger Dimmock, died May 6th this year, and appropriately enough for an ex-aviator, becomes a hit for my 'Roger and Out' theme team.

James Brady's death has been ruled a homicide, according to the Washington DC police.

Israeli director/producer Menahem Globus has died aged 85. with his cousin Yoram Globus, he was behind Cannon films, producing action films such as the Death Wish sequels and vehicles for Chuck Norris & Sylvester Stallone.

I wonder how many of them actually LIVE in Scotland. How many are actually Scottish?

Peter Sallis

English Link via the BBC (who also summarise Schumacher's achievements for those that might have somehow not heard of him).

Considering how ill Pete Murray looks in this picture and how long ago it must have been taken (John Peel is in it) I think Pete must be a serious contender for the future. This is from 1997 according to the DM. Murray's been on my DDP team for a few years now (as has JY.) which has no doubt contributed to his longevity. Note that DDP has him listed as born in 1928, 3 years younger than other sources.

Here's a link from the Sydney Morning Herald, complete with picture of said 1963 Sunbeam Alpine.... from October last year, so either Richie had two such cars and has been unfortunate enough to crash both into walls after playing golf, or someone is talking grade-A bullshit.

Last of the 'Pitman Painters', Norman Cornish dies aged 94.

Oscar-winning (for Amadeus) make-up artist Dick Smith, dies aged 92. He also made-up Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in The Godfather.

I don't recall a 'guitarists' thread, so Dick Wagner, former guitarist for Lou Reed can go here. He died after contracting a lung infection following heart surgery.

Percussionist and co-founder of The Temperance Seven, Brian Innes died a couple of weeks ago aged 86. I like this....

Billy Mackenzie Isabella Blow L'Wren Scott Angela Scoular ............ OK two of those had me shrugging "who?" and the other two had more famous husbands. I don't think this invalidates my argument. But we all like a good list..... I think you'll find that they've all "featured on this site". Why would it matter if they had a more famous partner? I am shocked that you had heard of Stuart Adamson but not Billy Mackenzie. Really? I have just wiki'd him and unless this is a Scottish thing Big Country were much bigger than the Associates and he left before their only noteworthy hit. The point about having more famous husbands is that although they were famous in their own right if they had not had such famous husbands their death would have been less noticiable in the media and as nobody had picked L'Wren in the DDP it goes to show suicides are hard to predict. The list I would like to see is how many suicides have actually scored DDP points. Yes, but what you said was: "There are only a small number of celebrities who commit suicide maybe 1 a year who would feature on this site" - and that is what I responded to. Nothing to do with how famous they are in relation to anyone else, how predictable they might be, or whether they have been picked for the DDP. Or whether you personally have heard of them. There are loads of people I've never heard of who get mentioned on here. Doesn't mean they're not famous to those who follow their sport, watch their TV programme, buy their products or whatever. Oh, and The Associates had two hit singles (Club Country and Party Fears Two), both of which Billy Mackenzie sang on. I'm not aware that they ever had another lead singer? I stand corrected on Billy Mackenzie I misread his wiki article. I was thinking of Party Fears Two. I wasn't trying to have an argument but this whole thing developed from the comment about whether theoretical potential suicides should be good picks for general deathlisting. Looking at the list of unnatural deaths on the DDP website only 4 count as suicide and a couple of those were potential picks because of age &/or lifestyle. I am rapidly having to reassess my idea of famous as nobody seems willing to publish an obit for Val Biro. Look here Anyone seen anything resembling a qualifying obit for Ronnie Masterson?