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One of those American names you pick up by osmosis from sitcoms, interviews and rap lyrics. Surely a DDP pick?

Looks like we missed this at the time, but the greatest living photographer, Martin Parr, was diagnosed with myeloma in May 2021. He was described as "in recovery" in 2023, but an interview last year said he was still undergoing treatment for it and that he struggles to stand for more than 10 minutes. Documentary about him hits selected cinemas next month, so form-spotting opportunities abound.

Called his son "Deniro". Got fired from a panto for turning up coked off his tits to a Christmas lights switching-on ceremony and swearing. So many ITV 3 and More 4 appearances. Ended up on the dole. Truly the quintessential mid-00s Z-lister, and I'm sorry to see him go.

He has p(eaches)revious...

Someone clearly hasn't seen the new "Simeon II of Bulgaria" thread.

The fool rageth, and is confident. (Proverbs 14:16)

Young team won't realise how much this guy was on TV back in the day, made Romesh Ranganathan look like Daniel Kitson.

Has there ever been any concrete effort to find "Rudy Borgstaller"? He's the only unaccounted for of the ten actors who played Oompa-Loompas in the original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (seven dead, two still alive). He was the one with the thin face: Internet has absolutely zero information on him. It also has absolutely zero information on anyone else with the surname "Borgstaller", which makes me think it was either a stage name or it was just written down wrong somewhere 54 years ago and nobody has rectified it since. Although he's listed as "American" on most sites, he is down as "German" on a couple, and Willy Wonka was filmed in Germany, so...

Big, big star: two appearances on "Kiddy Kapers", a show that has zero votes on IMDB and zero mentions on Google outside of news stories about his death.

Wynand Havenga, who had a memorable Cinderella run at the 2007 Worlds beating Peter Manley to make the final 16, dead at 59.

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"PS your cunt's in the sink."

An indie record label she was signed with later in life confirms her death here: https://platformrecords.yolasite.com/news.php

Crying out for Wes Hoolahan.