Teddy 21 Posted January 4, 2007 Grenfell Jones - sad news, I am sure, for all the DL'ers who hail from Wales. As for this Jock, never heard of him.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 4, 2007 From Rolling Stone today: GRAND OLE OPRY STAR DIES DEL REEVES, one of the Grand Ole Opry's greatest enduring icons, died Monday of a longtime illness. Best known for the Number One country single "Girl on the Billboard." Reeves was a forty-year veteran of the Opry. He was seventy-four. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted January 4, 2007 Janos Furst Celebrated fiddle player violinist, leader and assistant conductor of the Ulster Orchestra, has died at the age of 71. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,197 Posted January 5, 2007 Grenfell Jones - sad news, I am sure, for all the DL'ers who hail from Wales. Not really, no. I shall try & hold back my feelings of grief. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted January 5, 2007 England's oldest surviving Test cricketer Norman "Mandy" Mitchell-Innes has died aged 92: http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/co...ory/274447.html Probably couldn't bear to hang about for today's thoroughly shameful result, and who could blame him! Anyone know who takes the "oldest surviving" mantle now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tomb raider 9 Posted January 5, 2007 Marais Viljoen, South Africa's president from 1979 to 1984, died yesterday, 91 years old. Wasn't he mentioned on the PW Botha thread last year? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted January 5, 2007 Top snooker referee John Smyth, a familiar face on British TV for many years, has died aged 78: http://www.worldsnooker.com/news_latest-18375.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twelvetrees 10 Posted January 5, 2007 England's oldest surviving Test cricketer Norman "Mandy" Mitchell-Innes has died aged 92: http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/co...ory/274447.html Probably couldn't bear to hang about for today's thoroughly shameful result, and who could blame him! Anyone know who takes the "oldest surviving" mantle now? Ken Cranston (20.10.17) takes the mantle, and is also England's oldest living Test captain. He is the tenth oldest living Test cricketer, according to this list.. Uninteresting trivia. Unlike John 'The Dentist' Maynard, the West Indian fast bowler nicknamed for his ability to remove a batsman's teeth, Ken Cranston actually used to be a dentist. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 5, 2007 England's oldest surviving Test cricketer Norman "Mandy" Mitchell-Innes has died aged 92: http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/co...ory/274447.html Probably couldn't bear to hang about for today's thoroughly shameful result, and who could blame him! Anyone know who takes the "oldest surviving" mantle now? Ken Cranston (20.10.17) takes the mantle, and is also England's oldest living Test captain. He is the tenth oldest living Test cricketer, according to this list.. Uninteresting trivia. Unlike John 'The Dentist' Maynard, the West Indian fast bowler nicknamed for his ability to remove a batsman's teeth, Ken Cranston actually used to be a dentist. Useful list.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted January 5, 2007 England's oldest surviving Test cricketer Norman "Mandy" Mitchell-Innes has died aged 92: http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/co...ory/274447.html Probably couldn't bear to hang about for today's thoroughly shameful result, and who could blame him! Anyone know who takes the "oldest surviving" mantle now? Ken Cranston (20.10.17) takes the mantle, and is also England's oldest living Test captain. He is the tenth oldest living Test cricketer, according to this list.. Uninteresting trivia. Unlike John 'The Dentist' Maynard, the West Indian fast bowler nicknamed for his ability to remove a batsman's teeth, Ken Cranston actually used to be a dentist. Thanks for that 12T. I knew I'd seen the list one here somewhere before. And well done TMIB on selecting John Smyth! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted January 5, 2007 The finely named John Lust, the last surviving crew member of any of the American Navy airship fleet has died at the age of 91. That leaves just one survivor of the airship era still alive, 84 year old Werner Franz, who survived the 1937 Hindenburg disaster. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted January 6, 2007 Momofuku Ando The man credited with inventing "pot noodles" has died aged 96. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuber Mirum 125 Posted January 6, 2007 Momofuku Ando The man credited with inventing "pot noodles" has died aged 96. Sad news indeed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,197 Posted January 6, 2007 Brinsworth House has lost another resident, their 3rd in the space of a month-and-a-half:- this time it's Lila Prentice, who died on Thursday. Obit Sure she's been mentioned in passing somewhere here, but search is really slow this morning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 6, 2007 Nikki Bacharach, daughter of Burt Bacharach and Angie Dickinson has commited suicide aged 40... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted January 6, 2007 Momofuku Ando The man credited with inventing "pot noodles" has died aged 96. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6237013.stm 96 - perhaps the student diet isn't so unhealthy afterall. Though it doesn't say he actually "ate the slag of all snacks" himself. Then again it must be safer than some Japanese food - I hear they use polonium 210 these days to flavour the wasabi. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted January 6, 2007 The internationally renowned cellist, Eleonore Schoenfeld, has died aged 81. Her sister, the internationally renowned violinist Alice Schoenfield, might be one to keep an eye on for 2008. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted January 7, 2007 Was mentioned in I&P for 2007 and was selected for the 2006 DDP: A.I. Bezzerides dead at 98. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted January 7, 2007 Mario Danelo, US footballing guy, dead at the bottom of a cliff. http://deathbeeper.com/8149421.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,197 Posted January 7, 2007 Was mentioned in I&P for 2007 and was selected for the 2006 DDP: A.I. Bezzerides dead at 98. At last - someone I've heard of, dying in 2007. Was on my 1st DDP in 2004, but only because I got him confused with I A L Diamond! He looked like he would make 100, might well have done if not for that fall. I wonder, with the new rules, if he too, was a pick for anyone on the DDP. So that's possibly Kollek & Bezzerides. MIB has chosen someone who IS dead but hasn't got an obit, and FF has chosen someone who is possibly dead but no-one knows. Hmm.. will be interesting when the names are up on the site. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted January 7, 2007 Canadian Boxer Yvonn Durelle http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2007/01/06/durelle-obit.html The Raven had him in my dead pool so he might have him in DDP too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 7, 2007 Was mentioned in I&P for 2007 and was selected for the 2006 DDP: A.I. Bezzerides dead at 98. . MIB has chosen someone who IS dead but hasn't got an obit, .....yet! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted January 8, 2007 Was mentioned in I&P for 2007 and was selected for the 2006 DDP: A.I. Bezzerides dead at 98. . MIB has chosen someone who IS dead but hasn't got an obit, .....yet! Does that count? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 8, 2007 Was mentioned in I&P for 2007 and was selected for the 2006 DDP: A.I. Bezzerides dead at 98. . MIB has chosen someone who IS dead but hasn't got an obit, .....yet! Does that count? I don't think it does. We'll have to wait. Mike Dickins' is in the Independent today.. Here's the Yorkshire Post on the matter.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Watch Beatle 41 Posted January 8, 2007 Mr. Pot Noodle dies. DWB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites