YoungWillz 21,231 Posted August 13, 2022 American actress and sometime mentioned here Robyn Griggs reportedly dead: https://twitter.com/ericspudic/status/1558500900976488449 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,146 Posted August 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: American actress and sometime mentioned here Robyn Griggs reportedly dead: https://twitter.com/ericspudic/status/1558500900976488449 Hmmmm.... she entered hospice care today. Premature report? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,231 Posted August 13, 2022 1 hour ago, drol said: Hmmmm.... she entered hospice care today. Premature report? Dunno, blame Eric... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,146 Posted August 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Dunno, blame Eric... Nah, here is the obit. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted August 13, 2022 4 hours ago, drol said: Nah, here is the obit. Damn, I'd really be on pace for a historic season over at that other website... if it still existed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,231 Posted August 15, 2022 Guardian Obit for journalist, author and TV critic Philip Purser, who died back on 1 August, aged 96: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/aug/15/philip-purser-obituary Never seemingly mentioned here. Long serving TV critic for the Sunday Telegraph, authored Night Of Glass and turned to scripts for the tellybox. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0700966/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,231 Posted August 16, 2022 Pop Idol contestant and pop star Darius Campbell-Danesh being reported as being found dead in the US. Link to follow. Edit: https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/16/darius-campbell-danesh-dead-pop-idol-star-dies-aged-41-17193686/ 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomarse 85 Posted August 16, 2022 Just now, YoungWillz said: Pop Idol contestant and pop star Darius Danesh-Campbell being reported as being found dead in the US. Link to follow. BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62564721 . 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,231 Posted August 16, 2022 11 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Pop Idol contestant and pop star Darius Campbell-Danesh being reported as being found dead in the US. Link to follow. Edit: https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/16/darius-campbell-danesh-dead-pop-idol-star-dies-aged-41-17193686/ Done an Elvis 12 months too early? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,684 Posted August 16, 2022 35 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Done an Elvis 12 months too early? Hmm, I don't believe excessive intake of burgers or prescription medication was involved. "Found unresponsive" I'm guessing presents three clear options; undiagnosed medical problem, suicide because his life/career had gone to shit or the same calculation that took out Michael Hutchence. Either way, I doubt a posthumous #1 will occur this week 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,877 Posted August 24, 2022 Not sure where this fits... Rolando Cubela Secades, Cuban revolutionary leader who played a vital role in the Cuban Revolution, founding member of Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil, Commander in the Cuban Revolutionary Army (highest rank) and later a CIA asset who under the cryptonym AM/LASH worked with CIA on plots to assasinate Fidel Castro (spent 13 years in prison after Castro summoned him to his office and had him arrested in 1966, after being released went into exile in Spain) dead at 89/90. Interesting article about him here. The report filed by the CIA noted that Cubela often referred to himself as "we," and that he disliked the use of the word "assassinate," offering, instead, the word "eliminate" as more acceptable. [Author David Korn describes Cubela as "an erratic fellow who drank excessively," in Blond Ghost: Ted Shackley and the CIA's Crusades.] 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,267 Posted August 26, 2022 Former Epstein associate Steven Hoffenberg is dead at 77 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 2,213 Posted August 28, 2022 An Indigenous Brazillian who lived alone in the Amazon rainforest for over two and a half decades and was nicknamed by the media "The Man of the Hole" passed away sometime earlier this month. A rather interesting person, it would seem. He was presumed to be the last survivor of his tribe, who were apparently murdered by land-grabbing farmers, although this tribe is largely unknown, much like the man himself, whose name, age, and even the language he spoke are still a mystery. Brazillian authorities kept tabs on him for his own protection, as he was constantly under threat from other land-grabbers, much like the ones that are believed to have killed the rest of his tribe. Despite the numerous threats to his life, he passed away peacefully, and was found on 24th August, "lying down in his hammock, and ornamented [with macaw feathers] as if waiting for death". He had previously almost been killed by gunmen in 2009. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,088 Posted August 29, 2022 Just out of interest would he have been a valid DDP pick? I mean he got a QO but has no name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,684 Posted August 29, 2022 2 hours ago, Youth in Asia said: Just out of interest would he have been a valid DDP pick? I mean he got a QO but has no name. Aye, a good question - not my call, obviously, but...he'd have been easy to identify and not easily mistaken for someone else, so...probably. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve 640 Posted September 1, 2022 I may have missed these so apologies in advance but have we had Q/O for Helen Grayco and Mildred Kornman? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,043 Posted September 1, 2022 Just now, Steve said: I may have missed these so apologies in advance but have we had Q/O for Helen Grayco and Mildred Kornman? Grayco got a Yahoo UK. Nothing yet for Kornman (not a DDP pick but could be on some forum pools) as far as I know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted September 2, 2022 On 29/08/2022 at 08:48, maryportfuncity said: Aye, a good question - not my call, obviously, but...he'd have been easy to identify and not easily mistaken for someone else, so...probably. ‘That’s not how anyone of this works’ They can’t be absolute nobodies imo. And he is that. ‘Easy to identify’ has never been a criteria unless you’re helping the police look for the man who boxed your ears and stole your wallet on your way out of the theatre. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,677 Posted September 2, 2022 On 29/08/2022 at 11:09, Youth in Asia said: Just out of interest would he have been a valid DDP pick? I mean he got a QO but has no name. From the DDP rules: Quote Named individuals, not just “Pope Wotsisface” or “the oldest person in the world” so, I think no. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,771 Posted September 2, 2022 1 hour ago, time said: From the DDP rules: so, I think no. As part of the committee, but not speaking on the committee’s behalf only throwing in my view, I think if someone had entered ‘The Man of the Hole’ (the name by which he was known in media) and explained who he was then we would have considered his fame criteria not his identification criteria. The rule exists IMO to ensure that a selection is uniquely identifiable and not open to debate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,231 Posted September 2, 2022 Denis Moriarty, TV director and producer who directed over 60 episodes of Face The Music (obligatory watching in the Willz household at the time) and produced Six English Towns and The Triumph Of The West TV series, obituary: https://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/obituaries/174510/denis-moriarty-mayor-of-henley-and-bbc-tv-producer.html Stood for Parliament for Labour twice, losing on both occasions, but sometime a local councillor in Henley. His obit has a lovely dob and dod, unlike his IMDB quoted above at present. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,878 Posted September 5, 2022 Obit for Sir Francis McWilliams (wiki), aged 96, Scottish engineer and Lord Mayor of London (1992–1993). Mentioned before in the QEII thread as one of just a handful of knights who was older than the Queen. Notably disqualified for driving at the age of 89 in 2015 when he was boozing in his Jaguar outside the Bank of England... as you do. Note: McWilliams was the last living Lord Mayor of London born in the 1920s. The oldest now was born in 1935, so quite a jump! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,684 Posted September 5, 2022 On 02/09/2022 at 20:10, Grim Up North said: As part of the committee, but not speaking on the committee’s behalf only throwing in my view, I think if someone had entered ‘The Man of the Hole’ (the name by which he was known in media) and explained who he was then we would have considered his fame criteria not his identification criteria. The rule exists IMO to ensure that a selection is uniquely identifiable and not open to debate. As a poster and no committee member I'd say that's fair. I'd accept - for example - The Leopard Man of Skye in the Deathrace because it's clear which individual they mean. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted September 5, 2022 On 02/09/2022 at 15:10, Grim Up North said: As part of the committee, The hell? This is the most disturbing thing I’ve read all year. 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,731 Posted September 8, 2022 Leading dog sled racer Lance Mackey, who was a four-time winner of the grueling 1,000-mile Yukon Quest race and Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, died at 52 years: https://www.adn.com/outdoors-adventure/iditarod/2022/09/08/alaska-mushing-legend-lance-mackey-4-time-iditarod-champ-has-died-at-age-52/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites