Dead Wait 1,149 Posted September 6 20 minutes ago, time said: Cruciverbalist Ann Tait, who spent over 20 years compiling The Telegraph's Wednesday crosswords, has died aged 83 (8th August) Ann Tait - 1 down 1 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bobytomi 125 Posted September 7 Kelly Alexander has died at the age of 75 https://amp.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article292051530.html 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,081 Posted September 17 Don Fairservice, editor who won a BAFTA for A Very British Coup and also worked on Beautiful Thing, reportedly dead: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chel 376 Posted September 19 Zulya Kamalova (8 August 1969 - 18 September 2024) was an Australian singer who was born in the Soviet Union to Volga Tatar parents. en.wikipedia, ru.wikipedia, tatar-inform.ru Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,014 Posted September 20 On 21/11/2022 at 00:17, arghton said: Deathrace Form Guide #27 Jay J. Armes Eccentric armes-less "World's Greatest Detective" most known for being hired by Marlon Brando to save his son Christian (1956-2008) after he was kidnapped by Brando's ex-wife, Christian's mother Anna Kashfi in 1972. Armes found him in a tent in a Mexican hippie commune with bronchial pneumonia. He's also been hired or claims to have been by Elvis, John Lennon and many others. Also an actor/claims to be one and has claimed to have appeared in 39 Hollywood movies and 28 television shows, but is only known to have appeared in Hawaii Five-O where he played the villain Hookman. And also known for his book, 1970s Jay J. Armes action figures that had detachable prosthetics and various gadgets, and for owning big cats, chimpanzees, tapirs, cougars, monkeys, appearances in loads of places and owning wax statues of himself. He's lied about a ton of stuff including flying everywhere with a private helicopter (actually a prop in his backyard covered with rust), his mentor never existed, he never appeared in "The Man Who Was Too Good At Sex" and was never the subject of fourteen assasination attempts. However he did own a multimillion mansion in El Paco with a shooting range, menagerie, private gym, tons of pictures, paintings, wax puppets and wax heads of himself and a lot of different kinds of taxidermied animals. He sold it a few years ago, now 90 and has been making less public appearances recently. Will he lend a helping hand to the participant who picks him? Jay J. Armes dead at 92. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannamaker 1,415 Posted September 21 Mario Gómez Heredia, one of the 33 Chilean miners rescued in 2010, has died. First one to die. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dimreaper 700 Posted September 21 Kathryn Crosby, actress, singer, and widow of Bing Crosby has died. https://apnews.com/article/kathryn-crosby-dies-bing-hollywood-1b044e1886123c04f64d5ec2722520c9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,081 Posted September 22 Peter Jay, former economics bod at the Beeb who got a job as ambassador to the US, reportedly dead aged 87: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2g8rmm80yo 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,490 Posted September 22 26 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Peter Jay, former economics bod at the Beeb who got a job as ambassador to the US, reportedly dead aged 87: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2g8rmm80yo His dad was Douglas Jay, the former Eurosceptic socialist Labour MP, and his ex-wife, Margaret, was daughter of Jim Callaghan. Became more interested in the Freidman/monetarist philosophy, himself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,641 Posted September 22 57 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Peter Jay, former economics bod at the Beeb who got a job as ambassador to the US, reportedly dead aged 87: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2g8rmm80yo Got my hopes up for a second there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly Ronnie 893 Posted September 22 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said: Peter Jay, former economics bod at the Beeb who got a job as ambassador to the US, reportedly dead aged 87: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2g8rmm80yo Had that role during Black Wednesday in 1992. RIP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bennib1 22 Posted September 28 Dame Maggie Smith dies at the age of 89, this 27th of September. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,372 Posted October 3 Julie Gordon, a long-time music executive and founder of "The Velvet Rope", the first widely read online music-biz gossip site, has died. She was 65. https://variety.com/2024/music/news/julie-gordon-velvet-rope-founder-dead-1236166859/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,081 Posted October 3 Herman Ouseley, Baron Ouseley, former HL member and former Chair and Chief Executive of the Commission for Racial Equality, reportedly dead: https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2024/10/03/breaking-lord-herman-ouseley-passes-away-after-short-illness/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,690 Posted October 3 29 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Herman Ouseley, Baron Ouseley, former HL member and former Chair and Chief Executive of the Commission for Racial Equality, reportedly dead: https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2024/10/03/breaking-lord-herman-ouseley-passes-away-after-short-illness/ Never heard of him and his Wikipedia desperately reads like a CV, suggesting he had someone write it for him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,081 Posted October 3 3 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Never heard of him and his Wikipedia desperately reads like a CV, suggesting he had someone write it for him. Guyanese by birth, cross bencher, race relations bod. Probably easy to fly under the radar, given the value placed by the hoi polloi of the UK on such matters. Anyway, dead so we can note and move on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,611 Posted October 3 2 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Herman Ouseley, Baron Ouseley, former HL member and former Chair and Chief Executive of the Commission for Racial Equality, reportedly dead: https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2024/10/03/breaking-lord-herman-ouseley-passes-away-after-short-illness/ Just been given a breaking news notification by Sky News. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,690 Posted October 3 1 hour ago, The Old Crem said: Just been given a breaking news notification by Sky News. BREAKING (Slow) NEWS (Day) notification Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,562 Posted October 3 He was on the (second) incarnation of the 100 Great Black Britons list. Always struck me as a flawed idea, because even the "all races welcome" version of the list had to include jobbers like Michael Crawford, sex-with-children-afficionado John Peel and Bono (not great, not British). And yet the 100 GBB list still, twice, managed to miss out Walter Tull. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,081 Posted October 5 Death notice for Sir David Varney, former Chair of HM Customs and Excise, aged 78: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/varney-notices_59113 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,987 Posted October 6 Sammy Basso, the longest-living progeria sufferer has died at 28: https://www.unionesarda.it/en/italy/illness-at-the-restaurant-sammy-basso-the-longest-living-progeria-patient-in-the-world-has-died-ym3ml6uh 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,690 Posted October 6 7 hours ago, gcreptile said: Sammy Basso, the longest-living progeria sufferer has died at 28: https://www.unionesarda.it/en/italy/illness-at-the-restaurant-sammy-basso-the-longest-living-progeria-patient-in-the-world-has-died-ym3ml6uh The record was a 44 year old dying with it in 2022. Very rare and cruel condition. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 1,128 Posted October 6 (edited) 2 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: The record was a 44 year old dying with it in 2022. Very rare and cruel condition. The record is now American woman Tiffany Wedekind who is 46. As of 24th September, she was alive. Granted, she seems to have a different form of progeria, and has only been diagnosed when she was 20. Edited October 6 by Sinbabad 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,611 Posted October 7 Runner and Convicted Doper, Kipyegon Bett, has died aged 26. Death by doping effects? BBC Sport Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilham 760 Posted October 7 On 06/10/2024 at 12:51, Sinbabad said: The record is now American woman Tiffany Wedekind who is 46. As of 24th September, she was alive. Granted, she seems to have a different form of progeria, and has only been diagnosed when she was 20. Looks like progeria runs in the family to varying degrees. Her mom died last month and it mentions progeria in her obituary. Linda Wedekind Obituary - Gahanna, OH (dignitymemorial.com) Her brother Chad died of it in 2012. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
