DevonDeathTrip 2,366 Posted August 6, 2007 The winemaker Baron Elie Robert de Rothschild has died of a heart attack while on a hunting trip. He was 90. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted August 6, 2007 The name sounds familiar, but I couldn't find any results. Anyhow, Bond continuation novelist John Gardner has died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted August 8, 2007 Prolific actor James T Callahan has died eged 76: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-me-...inion-rightrail IMDB entry here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0130210/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,709 Posted August 8, 2007 Lipotes vexillifer, although it seems it might have been dead for a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead O'Gonner 1 Posted August 9, 2007 R D Wingfield , he was creator of Jack Frost (david Jason) died aged 79. Prostate cancer got him after he was diagniosed in 2002. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...8/08/db0802.xml Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead O'Gonner 1 Posted August 9, 2007 R D Wingfield , he was creator of Jack Frost (david Jason) died aged 79. Prostate cancer got him after he was diagniosed in 2002. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...8/08/db0802.xml Missed the previous thread all ready reported i see! right better get the old binoclulars back out again! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,552 Posted August 9, 2007 R D Wingfield , he was creator of Jack Frost (david Jason) died aged 79. Prostate cancer got him after he was diagniosed in 2002. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...8/08/db0802.xml Missed the previous thread all ready reported i see! right better get the old binoclulars back out again! I honestly thought he had died a few years ago Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted August 9, 2007 R D Wingfield , he was creator of Jack Frost (david Jason) died aged 79. Prostate cancer got him after he was diagniosed in 2002. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...8/08/db0802.xml Missed the previous thread all ready reported i see! right better get the old binoclulars back out again! I honestly thought he had died a few years ago I'm getting déjà-vu visions here. Well at least no tractors have been harmed in your post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead O'Gonner 1 Posted August 9, 2007 R D Wingfield , he was creator of Jack Frost (david Jason) died aged 79. Prostate cancer got him after he was diagniosed in 2002. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...8/08/db0802.xml Missed the previous thread all ready reported i see! right better get the old binoclulars back out again! I honestly thought he had died a few years ago Unfortunaly not telegraph only posted it a few days ago. I think my Dead or alive topic may have some more life in it yet, anyone else you have come across to be still breathing when you through was 6ft under? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead O'Gonner 1 Posted August 9, 2007 Norman Cohn and ed yost have both been confirmed in the guardian today. http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/ Ed Yost is quite interesting Yost died while mowing the lawn at his home 8,000ft up in the forested mountains near Vadito, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,911 Posted August 9, 2007 No kidding. I was half considering this guy for next year. German writer Ulrich Plenzdorf http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/0,1518,499068,00.html Probably not significant to a lot of you but he is to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,366 Posted August 9, 2007 Only a month ago Mike Hill made the headlines when his daughter was kidnapped in Nigeria. Her captors offered to release her if he took her place. Now he's dead - diabetic complications and kidney failure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,687 Posted August 9, 2007 Yangtze River Dolphin extinct, apparently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,552 Posted August 9, 2007 Yangtze River Dolphin extinct, apparently. shouldn't that come under the "animal antics" thread? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted August 10, 2007 Norman Cohn and ed yost have both been confirmed in the guardian today. http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/ Ed Yost is quite interesting Yost died while mowing the lawn at his home 8,000ft up in the forested mountains near Vadito, So good of the Grauniad to confirm Ed's death, which happened way back at the end of May, and was reported by DDT on June 5th: http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?...ost&p=98769 I'm sure the local coroner will be pleased that he can close the inquest now! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest David Posted August 10, 2007 The winemaker Baron Elie Robert de Rothschild has died of a heart attack while on a hunting trip. He was 90. At that age, what the devil was he doing out hunting? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest David Posted August 10, 2007 Tommy Elder, who was the oldest living jockey to have ridden in the Grand National, has died at the age of 97. He took part in five pre-war Grand Nationals. He is survived by his girlfriend, Phyllis, aged 98. What? He had a girlfriend at 98? Bet there wasn't anything much going on! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,366 Posted August 10, 2007 Multiple killer Daniel Gonzalez, 26, has died in Broadmoor after slashing his wrists with a shattered CD case. He clearly had "issues" "When he was on remand before his trial he tried to chew through his veins and arteries." The news was broken in a sensitive manner by The Sun: Krueger maniac in slash suicide Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest wee jimmy Posted August 14, 2007 some old bird called Brooke Astor just carked it at 105-she was famous for giving away her money or summat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dave 0 Posted August 14, 2007 Liberall Democrat defence spokesman Tim Garden has died aged 63 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Die 63 Posted August 14, 2007 Lord Biffen has died. (I've never heard of him) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest_dave_* Posted August 14, 2007 John Biffen was a member of Maggie Thatchers cabinet from 1979 when she came to power tilll 1987. He's quite a well known politician who was on tv a lot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cowboy Ronnie 78 Posted August 14, 2007 Phil Rizzuto, New York Yankee legend and Hall of Famer, has died. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/base...zuto/index.html For all those non-Americans saying, "Who?", he's referenced in an episode of Seinfeld when the head of a doll of him gets buried under some tarmac in New York city, leading to inevitable high jinks and hilarity [Edit to add] And d'oh from me for forgetting, but he's the one announcing the "baseball game" during Meat Loaf's Paradise by the Dashboard Light. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted August 14, 2007 For all those non-Americans saying, "Who?", he's referenced in an episode of Seinfeld when the head of a doll of him gets buried under some tarmac in New York city, leading to inevitable high jinks and hilarity I've never seen that episode. Did Seinfeld make it that big in the UK? It's arguably the best comedy of this century. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest*Guest*Guest*Guest* Posted August 14, 2007 For all those non-Americans saying, "Who?", he's referenced in an episode of Seinfeld when the head of a doll of him gets buried under some tarmac in New York city, leading to inevitable high jinks and hilarity I've never seen that episode. Did Seinfeld make it that big in the UK? It's arguably the best comedy of this century. Yes, arguably. For a start the last series was filmed last century. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
