Miranda lass 87 Posted July 2, 2023 Meg Johnson has died at 86. She was known for soap roles, namely emmerdale as pearl (2003-2020), brookside as Bridget (2000-2003) and coronation street as Eunice (1981, 1999) 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,968 Posted July 5, 2023 Stuart Bacon, the man who discovered the 'lost' city of Dunwich (in the North Sea), has died aged 90 (on 9th January). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,968 Posted July 6, 2023 On 11/06/2023 at 20:31, YoungWillz said: Prolific crossword setter once popular with @time, Roger Squires reportedly dead: https://www.fifteensquared.net/2023/06/10/roger-squires-rip/ Last picked for the DDP in 2014 I believe @Death Impends, so List of the Missed: http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2014/celebs_S.html#squiro Former actor and magician also, so IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1533093/ Another cruciverbalist, Guardian, Times, Church Times, New Statesman, (though not - as far as I know - ever selected for the DDP) has died. Nutmeg, otherwise known as Margartet Irvine, aged 75. She had a fall last year, never completely recovered. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,119 Posted July 6, 2023 Sorry to let people know that David Gilmour is dead. That’s right, David Gilmour, the entrepreneur who created Fiji water has left us 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,098 Posted July 6, 2023 Don Reinhoudt, who won World's Strongest Man competition in 1979 and was inducted into the Strength and Power Hall of Fame in 2016, has died. He was 78. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-12267785/Former-Worlds-Strongest-Man-Don-Reinhoudt-sadly-dies-aged-78-Hall-Fame-career.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,057 Posted July 7, 2023 Mutulu Shakur dead at 72. 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 1,861 Posted July 7, 2023 6 minutes ago, drol said: Mutulu Shakur dead at 72. I must admit I began to think he was another prison faker. All I need is a QO to also wrap up it's tribute to Shakur by saying he was greatly saddened by Tongos death in March and took a downturn thereafter .. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ajlposh 449 Posted July 9, 2023 Pianist Peter Nero has died at 89 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannamaker 1,067 Posted July 10, 2023 Billy White Jr., the artist that made the cover art for Guns n' Roses debut album Appetite for Destruction, has died. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,098 Posted July 10, 2023 Mikala Jones, a pro surfer plying his trade in Indonesia, has died after a surfing-related injury. He was 4. Jones suffered an injury that allegedly severed his femoral artery and led to a fatal loss of blood. https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/pro-surfer-mikala-jones-died-surf-injury-indonesia Edit: He was 44 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 1,618 Posted July 10, 2023 4 hours ago, alt obits guy said: He was 4. Taken much too soon. He was a prodigy for his age, though. 1 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,833 Posted July 12, 2023 Fernando Ferretti was born in Rio de Janeiro and died in Joinville at the age of 69. Ferretti coached the Brazilian futsal team and won five Futsal National Leagues and 11 editions of the Brazil Club Cup. Many of these titles were won by Jaraguá, where he trained stars like Falcão, Lenísio and Chico, idols of the club from Santa Catarina. In Santa Catarina he also played at the head of Joinville. Morre Fernando Ferretti, técnico multicampeão no futsal | futsal | ge (globo.com) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,833 Posted July 13, 2023 Ion Crăciun was born in Constanta, Romania and died at the age of 67, he was a handball player and coach, former coach of the Romanian youth national handball team. Crăciun won a bronze medal with the national youth team at the 2016 World Championships and left the team a year later after Romania finished 9th at the European Championships, also accusing the lack of communication with the national team coach, since 2018 it was Corona Brasov coach https://focuspress.ro/doliu-in-handbalul-romanesc-a-murit-ion-craciun-fost-antrenor-la-hcm-constanta-si-fost-selectioner-al-romaniei/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,098 Posted July 14, 2023 From the Happy Birthday thread On 15/05/2023 at 14:44, time said: Its the 88th birthday of Midlands broadcasting legend Tony Butler. OK? ok. And now for an update. Tony Butler reportedly dead: This is doubly bad news for @time who last picked Tony for the DDP in 2021: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2021/celebs_B.html#butlert018 So for the List of the Missed @Death Impends. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,968 Posted July 15, 2023 11 hours ago, YoungWillz said: From the Happy Birthday thread And now for an update. Tony Butler reportedly dead: This is doubly bad news for @time who last picked Tony for the DDP in 2021: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2021/celebs_B.html#butlert018 So for the List of the Missed @Death Impends. Bad news for Brummies everywhere. Definitely not OK! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,098 Posted July 16, 2023 Lady Jane Williams (aka Jane Portal aka Jane Welby), former personal secretary to Winston Churchill, niece of RA Butler and mother of Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, dead aged 93: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/16/justin-welby-says-it-was-a-privilege-to-be-her-son-after-mother-dies-at-93 Interviewed for various Churchill shows so she might have qualified for the DDP. Certainly last picked for the DDP in 2017, so one for the List of the Missed @Death Impends, https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2017/celebs_W.html#willj0 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,180 Posted July 16, 2023 6 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Lady Jane Williams (aka Jane Portal aka Jane Welby), former personal secretary to Winston Churchill, niece of RA Butler and mother of Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, dead aged 93: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/16/justin-welby-says-it-was-a-privilege-to-be-her-son-after-mother-dies-at-93 Interviewed for various Churchill shows so she might have qualified for the DDP. Certainly last picked for the DDP in 2017, so one for the List of the Missed @Death Impends, https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2017/celebs_W.html#willj0 Did quite well to make 93 as she was an Alcoholic for a couple of decades when younger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenny 281 Posted July 16, 2023 9 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Lady Jane Williams (aka Jane Portal aka Jane Welby), former personal secretary to Winston Churchill, niece of RA Butler and mother of Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, dead aged 93: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/16/justin-welby-says-it-was-a-privilege-to-be-her-son-after-mother-dies-at-93 Interviewed for various Churchill shows so she might have qualified for the DDP. Certainly last picked for the DDP in 2017, so one for the List of the Missed @Death Impends, https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2017/celebs_W.html#willj0 That only confirms that we still live in a corrupt "jobs for the public school boys" society. Rot in hell! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 821 Posted July 19, 2023 Another true tragic story from the hell hole we call The United States of America where freedom is for sale to the highest bidder, where guns are considered a necessity to live but Kinder eggs are too dangerous for kids. This, my friends, I consider the absolute low point.... One year old kid fatally shot by three year old kid.... Tragic.... Or as they say at the NRA, thoughts and prayers..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,098 Posted July 20, 2023 Kevin Mitnick, an American computer security consultant, author and convicted hacker, has died. He was 59. Mitnick died after a 14-month battle with pancreatic cancer. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/kevin-mitnick-11371668 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 2,542 Posted July 20, 2023 New York Times Obit for Ellen Hovde (Wiki), American documentarian who co-directed Grey Gardens with the Maysles brothers and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary, was 97 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,013 Posted July 20, 2023 Another Useless….errrr Uelses obit (and this time it’s in a reasonable thread). John Uelses, the first athlete to clear 16 feet in the pole vault, has died at the age of 85, it has been revealed. The American’s record-breaking jump of 16 feet ¼ inches (4.88 metres) at the Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden in New York City in February 1962 before a sell-out made headlines around the world and earned him a coveted spot on the cover of Sports Illustrated. At the time of his record-breaking jumps, Uelses was a corporal in the United States Marines stationed in Quantico in Virginia. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,968 Posted July 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: Another Useless….errrr Uelses obit (and this time it’s in a reasonable thread). John Uelses, the first athlete to clear 16 feet in the pole vault, has died at the age of 85, it has been revealed. The American’s record-breaking jump of 16 feet ¼ inches (4.88 metres) at the Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden in New York City in February 1962 before a sell-out made headlines around the world and earned him a coveted spot on the cover of Sports Illustrated. At the time of his record-breaking jumps, Uelses was a corporal in the United States Marines stationed in Quantico in Virginia. SC Why are you posting this here, the thread title is quite specific. He died last year i.e. 2022. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
La Tombe 265 Posted July 21, 2023 Tony Bennett dead at 96 ! The 9th point of the Deathlist 2023. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tony-bennett-iconic-standards-singer-dies-96-rcna42450 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 5,683 Posted July 21, 2023 3 hours ago, La Tombe said: Tony Bennett dead at 96 ! The 9th point of the Deathlist 2023. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tony-bennett-iconic-standards-singer-dies-96-rcna42450 No shit Sherlock. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
