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Happy international LEGO day.

Stuart Gray according to this from the BBC, has died.

Stuart Gray deid.

Nor would any MP.

Andrew Payne, TV scritpwriter for Minder, Lovejoy, Shoestring and his own creation Pie In the Sky, has died aged 74.

Six Feet Under the Dome has been added; give it a quick once-over and let me know if its not as expected.

Peter Falk's Friends is in. Give it a quick once-over to make sure it's as expected.

Not forgetting director John Boorman still alive at 91 (b. 1933)

Happy Burns' Night/nicht!

Lance Larson, US swimmer who won the 100m freestyle in Rome 1960, but was controversially awarded the silver instead (John Devitt, d. August 2023, being given the gold) has died aged 83. (At least there's no doubt about the finishing order this time).

Music journalist and writer Neil Kulkarni reported dead on Twitter, seemingly suddenly, certainly unexpected.

Military historian and author Martin Middlebrook reported dead on the Xwitter.

RIP Brighton Speed Trials.

Laurie Johnson for the List of the Missed. Last picked 2017.

Benedict Fitzgerald, co-writer of The Passion of the Christ has died at age 74.

Why indeed. A piss-poor imitation with Mark Clattenberg a second rate version of John Anderson, and Legend a third fourth rate version of Wolf. As for Walsh the younger, he really should "give it up".

Ray Henderson, once of Hull City (229 appearances, 54 goals) and managerially of Halifax and Southport, dead aged 86.

Charmian Abrahams, aka Charmian Eyre, who played Mavis Hooper in Crossroads from 1981-85, at the end of a decades long career, has died after being hit by a vehicle, aged 96.

Damn. He was a name I considered for DDP at various points, but everything I found indicated he was still in good health.

I wouldn't bet on it .

Fred MacMurray and yes, Laurence Harvey

Caroline Richmond, medical journalist and obituarist, dead aged 82.

Norma Izard, former player and longest serving manager of England's women's team, has died aged 90. Also responsible for the creation of the Women's Ashes.

Whatever it is happened some time ago as that's how they appear in the master file. There are probably a few more affected (Richard Franklin was another).

You can have the George Smiths!