Octopus of Odstock

Fwiw, I've removed Lopez from my list. It was only when cross referencing the list above that I realised Maszoly was already removed which led me back to Youngwillz post.

Thanks for the updated lists Sinbabad but Meszoly was reported at the time.

Yep, I'm sure it's Cowans. Very few others fit.

Brain tumour. But she didn't tell him until after the surgery as she didn't want to come back and fret and to continue filming. When he knew he was in the remotest South East Asian village and it took him ages to get back. So it must've been Full Circle about 25 years ago.

Ninjaed! https://m.facebook.com/themichaelpalinpage Wouldn't be surprised if Palin's health takes a downturn They were so utterly devoted to each other.

Cheaper holidays now than six weeks innit?

Sad news. Ex Reading FC, but later a coach in the Hampshire area. It's a long time ago, but came across as a decent man.

I debated about keeping this to myself but I'm not sure QO and 7 months time are in favour: Basil v Rooyen Sadly I am near the end of a tough journey with mesothelioma

Chuck Ciprich, two time Indy 500 non-qualifiter and long-time super-modified driver, died on the 15th April from cancer - http://www.usa50.com/DisplayMsg.asp?ForumID=33&Msgid=2780333&page=1&Title=Chuck Ciprich obituary&Return=DisplayMsg.asp&D83jsd=True

Probably Gordon Cowans. Has dementia, won the European Cup in 1982, played in the 1990's and had several games for England. If not him, then you're looking at one of the players from the early 1980s that had a long career into the 1990's.

Doreen Mantle appeared on television to remember One Foot in the Grave. Her eyes remained virtually closed all the way through, which ties in with her loss of eyesight (ie she can't look at the camera as she can't see it), with her adding only the basic information and looking quite gaunt. Not someone you think will make 100. However, at the age of 96, to talk for what mustve been around 10 minutes means she might be made of stronger stuff than her frame suggests. Richard Wilson looked a lot better than other things I've seen him in recently, but there was no Annette Crosbie, albeit she is 89 now.

Photo of Ray Brooks from yesterday - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=612314554266222&set=a.466972278800451

Not really Hollywood, but she did appear in a few major British films in the 1950's. Moiya Kelly, probably best known as Martha Cratchit in the 1951 film, Scrooge died in January. Also appeared in Belle of St Trinian's and Love Lottery, with other stage and television appearances. Best link I can find is one from Twitter. Presumably the family replied as I've not seen anything else -

Long-time Hartlepool United goalkeeper Kenny Simpkins died on the 1st March. Also played for Wrexham, but it was a 5 year spell at Hartlepool that he'll be best remembered for, being a key part of the the side - Brian Clough's first managerial position. One of his team-mates was John McGovern, later to follow Clough and become Nottingham Forest's European Cup winning captain. Simpkins, who played for the Welsh U-23 team, also scored a goal in one of the 121 matches he played for 'pool. Due to a massive injury list, he was picked to play up-front, scoring in a 3-2 win over Port Vale. Hartlepool are about to be relegated to the National League, where Wrexham, Simpkins' other former club, have been promoted from today. https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/people/tributes-paid-to-hartlepool-united-goalscoring-goalkeeper-ken-simkins-after-his-death-aged-79-4045986

Val Rushworth, British national Road Race Champion in 1964, has died. https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/about/article/20230317-about-bc-static-Obituary--Valerie-Rushworth-0 Later became a cycling coach and competed in over 50's cycling events.

Sepp Reif, three time Olympian (1960, 1964 and 1968) and a striker for the West German Olympic ice hockey team, died on the 2nd March, aged 85. Obit is in German - https://www.merkur.de/lokales/bad-toelz/bad-toelz-ort28297/trauer-um-einen-ausnahmestuermer-92127317.html

Carolina Rieuwpassa, that rarity of an Indonesian Olympic 100 metres sprinter, died last month, https://www.jawapos.com/sports/01442538/legenda-atletik-peserta-olimpiade-carolina-rieuwpassa-tutup-usia (Obit in Indonesian) Competed in the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games and won Bronze in the 100m and 200m at the 1970 Asian Games.

Hedley Muscroft. who played in the Open Championship 16 times, with a best of eighteenth in the 1967 Open Championship, died last month. Won the first (of only two) Classic International tournaments in 1970 and played on the European Tour. He died last month - https://www.pga.info/news/hedley-muscroft-1938-2023/ Another former Open Championship competitor, Scotsman Stuart Murray (Best place 40th in 1964, 3 times a competitor), who enjoyed a successful amateur career in the early 1960's, died in January - https://www.pga.info/news/stuart-murray-1933-2023

Bolivian football success is extremely rare. They've not qualified much for the World Cup and only won one Copa America, a quite remarkable achievement considering Brazil were World Champions and Argentina were regulars World Cup qualifiers. But Chile and Uruguay refused to take part in an event held in Bolivia. One of the key players of that team, Renan Lopez, died last month, aged 83. https://www.lostiempos.com/deportes/futbol/20230310/luto-futbol-nacional-fallece-historico-renan-lopez,. Bolivian records re. former players is rubbish, but he's at least the fourth of the squad to die (Alcocer, Ugarte, Aramayo definitely dead).

Ndele died on the 1st April - https://www.digitalcongo.net/article/642c262a49a408687bb4b86a (in French) I think chosen in a few DP's?

Carl Fischer, former photographer for Esquire magazine who was behind one of their more controversial covers (Muhammad Ali as a martyr) has died, aged 98. Got a NY Times obit, but because that's behind a paywall, here's an alternate obit - from Esquire themselves - https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a43582669/carl-fischer-obituary/

Malika El-Aroud, one of "Europe's most prominent internet jihadists", probably complicit, along with her husband (who died in the suicide bombing) in the assassination of Afghan defence minister, Ahmad Shah Massoud in 2001, then married another terrorist, before eventually being jailed for jihadist propaganda, has died, aged 64. https://www.belganewsagency.eu/internet-jihadist-malika-el-aroud-dies-at-64 No loss.

So you'd expect the below, with one game for Gillingham and a very popular name to be one of those on the list that are almost certainly dead, but with no evidence to confirm it, like the likes of Mike Kelly, Eddie Martin and Bill Mellor. But no, not a bit of it! https://www.gmfc.net/greenock-morton-celebrate-the-birthday-of-jimmy-mcdonald/ ,which even made Yahoo news - Yahoo News Jimmy McDonald 18/04/1932 Gillingham, Dumbarton, Morton

I never picked him as I thought he would be disqualified for FFBI to be honest. Sad news.

Trevor Whymark, former long-serving Ipswich Town player with one cap for England was diagnosed with dementia in 2019, but it's only been revealed today - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-65336965