football_fan 42 Posted February 24, 2006 Spain's most prolific striker Zarra dies aged 85 MADRID, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Spain's most prolific striker Telmo Zarra has died at the age of 85, Radio Euskadi reported on Thursday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Life Begins at 5 o'clock 7 Posted February 24, 2006 Spain's most prolific striker Zarra dies aged 85 MADRID, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Spain's most prolific striker Telmo Zarra has died at the age of 85, Radio Euskadi reported on Thursday. "Striker?" I suppose in the football (soccer) sense. Not in the labor agitator sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest iain Posted February 24, 2006 TV producer and director Dennis Kirkland has died at 63 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest iain Posted February 24, 2006 former president of Comorros Said Mohamed Djohar has died at 88 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted February 24, 2006 Let me just get my local news paper and I shall list all the obituaries.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,532 Posted February 24, 2006 Let me just get my local news paper and I shall list all the obituaries.... Is that how you update your phone book too? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted February 24, 2006 Let me just get my local news paper and I shall list all the obituaries.... Oh but come now Windsor. You've never heard of all those people. Surely if someone posts a death up here, they've at least heard of them... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted February 25, 2006 Let me just get my local news paper and I shall list all the obituaries.... Oh but come now Windsor. You've never heard of all those people. Surely if someone posts a death up here, they've at least heard of them... I was being sarcastic..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Life Begins at 5 o'clock 7 Posted February 25, 2006 Perhaps it would be easier to cut and paste a link to wiki-recent deaths. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted February 25, 2006 Let me just get my local news paper and I shall list all the obituaries.... Oh but come now Windsor. You've never heard of all those people. Surely if someone posts a death up here, they've at least heard of them... I was being sarcastic..... Yes Windsor, I know. It was subtle criticism of a certain someone else and their multiple death postings... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest iain Posted February 25, 2006 leader of the 'bright young t hings ' in the 1920s Zita Jungman has died at 102.Stephen Fry recently made a film about them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,186 Posted February 25, 2006 Oh but come now Windsor. You've never heard of all those people. Surely if someone posts a death up here, they've at least heard of them... I was being sarcastic..... Yes Windsor, I know. It was subtle criticism of a certain someone else and their multiple death postings... The trouble is that someone else doesn't understand subtle. If everyone would like, based on Iain's criteria, I can post all 120,386 names listed in the Social Security Death Index who died in January 2006...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cup of Tea 3 Posted February 25, 2006 my nextdoor neighbour died last night she was a horrible woman popped nearly every one of my footballs when i was little. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrunoBrimley 86 Posted February 25, 2006 If everyone would like, based on Iain's criteria, I can post all 120,386 names listed in the Social Security Death Index who died in January 2006...... ) Oh would you please? That would so exciting and enjoyable! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,186 Posted February 25, 2006 Oh would you please? That would so exciting and enjoyable! Okay, here we go.. Wanda B. Aamot, 95, resident of Dundee, Oregon Mary E Aarant, 92, resident of Nacoghoches, Texas Bradley A. Abbott, 40 - very tragic... Thing is, if the three had been posted on recent deaths on Wikipedia, you'd known about them via Iain! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted February 25, 2006 We've already heard about Don Knotts, but also it appears that Darren McGavin has died as well... that's two I've got to pour out for homies now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Die 63 Posted February 26, 2006 Some of these near misses are a bit obscure ... if you have to explain what a person did then they can't have been too famous. e.g. if Madonna died (wishful thinking), you wouldn't need to say "Pop star Madonna dies" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest iain Posted February 26, 2006 if Margaret Thatcher died tomorrow i would still say former prime minister Margaret Thatcher has died Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scsibear 4 Posted February 26, 2006 if Margaret Thatcher died tomorrow i would still say former prime minister Margaret Thatcher has died Jeeze if she died Tomorrow I'd be running around singing " The Wicked Witch is Dead, The Wicked Witch is Dead ", then get totally blootered in Celebration Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harvester Of Souls 40 Posted February 26, 2006 Jeeze if she died Tomorrow I'd be running around singing " The Wicked Witch is Dead, The Wicked Witch is Dead ", then get totally blootered in Celebration I concur! Ding Dong! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest iain Posted February 27, 2006 The father of modern creation science is dead. Henry M Morris was 87 and science fiction author Octavia Butler has died at 58 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
in eternum+ 22 Posted February 27, 2006 The father of modern creation science is dead. Henry M Morris was 87 If you listen closely, you can hear the pitter-patter of feet, as Entropy dances around in jubilation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest LilMimi Posted February 27, 2006 Actor Dennis Weaver has died at 81 of cancer, according to his spokesperson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest iain Posted February 27, 2006 I can confirm that US actor Dennis Weaver has died at 81.H e was most famous for his part of the horse riding detective McLeod Share this post Link to post Share on other sites