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That's a shame, I always liked his little meandering comedic tales on My Word (basically, mishear a common phrase and explain it...), and the TV goofs stuff was frequently on. Good age though.

Yep in part because the lawyer (I swear I'm not making this up) copy and pasted large parts of the NFL concussion lawsuit, and forgot to change NFL to WWE in some parts of the document.

*forum in-joke* *checks Wiki* Nah, apparently Lydon was raised Roman Catholic as a wean. *takes off shortlist*

Aye, he didn't look that bad in the thing the Beeb did for his 60th the other year.

Gord Downie of Tragically Hip and his tribute act Darren Sawchuk. Downie got obits across the board here as Hip were one of those cult overseas acts (obv fucking massive in Canada though). Sawchuk got fuck all. Because he wasn't. (Also because the idiot died in February...)

It was a name conspicuously absent despite from the forum despite being public, which tells me folk were all hoping no one else had spotted it. You don't look for names till December, had he lived he'd likely have shown up in your looks.

Playwright Stephen Jeffreys aged 68. Wrote The Libertine.

Johnny Rotten/Lydon. tbh, when charon posted the pic, my first thought was "that looks like a fat Johnny Rotten now who the fuck is it....jeez oh."

Hey, remember a few weeks ago when you were all pretending no one else knew about Kid Yamamoto, the MMA guy with cancer? Yeah, well, dead. Mirror obit.

Here's the video.

One of the things about surefire Deathlist pick in waiting Bernard Cribbins is the thought that there's a distinct possibility that pretty much every Brit on this forum either watched him in something as a kid or was aware of something he was in like Jackanory or The Wombles or what not. Come to think of it, Dick van Dyke might be the same with that film for a vast chunk of us*. (*Even if as a kid and adult I vastly preferred Bedknobs and Broomsticks - get Angela back on the list, you guys. #fruitless message to Cmme ends...)

The BBC bring a really old guy to your attention. Stan White, 107, fireman during the Blitz.

Completely misread that as "all trains" ie Thomas, Percy, the Flying Scotsman, Ivor and so on...

Panic over. Lady Coleridge, the nurse and adventurer who explored the Congo river with Colonel John Blashford-Snell. He pays tribute. Jalaluddin Haqqani, the Afghan warlord who was backed by the CIA to fight the Soviets but sided with the Taliban after the civil war. Jacqueline Pearce, the actor best known for playing villains in "Blake's Seven" and "Dr Who". Lord Thomas, the Chief Executive who introduced ethical banking at the Co-op. And Stan Brock , the cowboy and pilot who provided free health care to thousands in the USA.

Oh I assure you all my jokes are nicked from others. Like this one, about an old guy who died. 99 years old, lived a health freak existence on orders of his wife, she's made him a vegan teetotaller exercise guy etc etc, anyhow they're killed in the same car crash. So they're up at Heaven together and St Peter meets them and gives them the low down on the afterlife, walking about, pointing out stuff. "Pubs over there!" "You've got pubs in heaven?" said the guy, surprised. His wife by his side. "OH aye", said St Peter, "All kinds of pubs, all the booze you can think of. It's Heaven, so you can drink all you want if you want with not even a hangover. You can live however you want." They walk by a MacDonalds. "You've got fast food up here?" said the guy. "Oh aye" said St Peter, "Any type you want, it's Heaven, you can eat anything you want up here." They pass by a brothel. St Peter nods. "Any type you want, it's Heaven after all." The tour ends. St Peter says "Anything to say?" Guy turns to his wife. "You cunt, I could have been here 70 years ago!" It's got the structure of a Mike Reid gag, but dunno, heard it off a drunk guy in the QMU years ago.

Called by me about a year and a half ago reading through the concussion scandal court documents: That suggested WWE theme team of mine is down 7 men (all obited) within 2 years too. I really need to channel my nose for wrestling health woes into deadpool gold for myself.

He was able to chat for 24 mins. Looks as above, voice well it kept going which is a plus. Says he doesnt have long left but laughed when told he said that a decade ago. Apparently he is guinea pig 341 (give or take a few off my memory or so) in the trial for that drug, and the doctors are taking notes on how long he survives. And he's considerably outlived their original guess. Also, he seemed to imply he can no longer travel even outside of Cambridge - Australia is long gone for him, as apparently is even London. Says his two regrets are not being able to read much any more due to health, and that he's going to miss all the big political upheaval in the next decade or so, spoken as though someone's favourite TV show had been axed on a cliffhanger! Otherwise, clearly getting frailer compared to a year or two ago, and can probably count his life span in months rather than years... but... hell, I think we all said that years ago. In among all that luck he accredits, he's clearly a very successful fighter.

Here he is. Apparently struggling to breathe and having sight issues.

So... Scottish then? Will have you know I'm possibly the cheeriest Scot on this forum. Now,that is a scary thought!

Hearing from reliable sources Sutton has died. More if it comes.

Friendly enough guy, the little I saw of him.

^ SNP standing in England, right?

She has a bit of a school headmistress about her to me. Actually, come to think of it, for some, that might explain why...