Grande Pablo

Aston Villa hero dies after crippling battle with dementia https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/mike-tindall-aston-villa-dementia-18748706 Mike Tindall - not the royal eggchaser but former Villa, etc. Needs a QO.

https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/walsall-fc/2020/06/23/former-walsall-boss-chris-nicholl-presented-with-tracker-watch/ At least he'll be the only successful track & trace case on the mainland.

Local social media reported ex-Villa & Southampton centre back Chris Nicholl had gone missing around the streets on South Staffordshire east of Cannock this afternoon. Found after couple of hours. Known to be suffering from some form of degenerative illness.

Ron Wylie QO https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52286303

Actor Jay Benedict https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/jay-benedict-death-coronavirus-emmerdale-aliens-dark-knight-rises-a9450071.html

Michael Chopra has tweeted his condolences, so it seems pretty real. Edit - Not a QO - https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2020/03/17/breaking-footballer-peter-whittingham-dies-age-35/#.XnE2z252vIU

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/11132919/aston-villa-gordon-cowan-alzheimers/ Gordon Cowans diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s. He’s a friend of a friend & saw him about 3 or so years ago, & it was so sadly obvious he had some form of difficulty. He’s now brave enough to go public & should be admired. Cracking player for us in his day, & woefully underused by England. Feel slightly hypocritical on having him on my list today.

https://pitchfork.com/news/57711-gravenhurst-aka-nick-talbot-passes-away-at-age-37/ Nick Turner, aka Gravenhurst.

Graeme Souness will be happy. Allegedly.

https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2019/december/brian-sparrow-24.6.1962---6.12.2019/ Brian Sparrow - ex Crystal Palace

Great manager for us Villa fans, but sadly being ill for some time made him low hanging fruit for a DL pick. Tomorrow will be quite emotional.

Anna Quayle QO https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/anna-quayle-dead--grange-20393214

A long overdue hit.

Wasps long serving Allan Isichei from the pre-professional era mindlessly stabbed to death over the weekend. https://www.wasps.co.uk/news/club-statement-allan-isichei/

Former Doghead player & manager Sammy Chapman https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9590715/sammy-chapman-dead-81-wolves/