Can I propose a new thread in which we celebrate those who cannot be classed as famous in a worldwide or even a national sense, but deserve a mention.   This could be the place to note those quirky or surreal deaths, or simply those people who you feel deserve a mention due to the content of the report of their death.   Hopefully it will declutter the "Near Misses" thread.   I will kick it off with the following, who deserves to be a minor star in the firmament due to his assumed title (I doubt any of you had him in your death pools!):   The Fred Astaire of Widnes