Phantom 2,534 Posted February 27, 2008 Lech Walesa ill in hospital, in need of heart transplant apparently. Hope someone can show some solidarity with him. This should be in ideas & possibilities here's a link Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted February 28, 2008 American conservative writer William F. Buckley has died at the age of 82. A unique DDP hit for Noz4news if a UK obit emerges. Here it is... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cowboy Ronnie 78 Posted February 28, 2008 General Dan Shomron, who masterminded the raid on Entebbe, subject of at least two cheesy 1970's movies, and the climactic scene in The Last King of Scotland. They don't make rescue planners like this anymore Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jaguar 0 Posted February 28, 2008 Boyd Coddington (American Hot Rod) is dead at 63. Cause of death is listed as complication as a result of a recent surgery, but are sufficiently vague to leave some questions. He was a long-time diabetic as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,655 Posted February 28, 2008 Boyd Coddington (American Hot Rod) is dead at 63. Cause of death is listed as complication as a result of a recent surgery, but are sufficiently vague to leave some questions. He was a long-time diabetic as well. Bloody hell, that raises some possibilities, like they reattched a severed foot back to front and he walked around in circles for three hours before collapsing and expiring because he couldn't get to his insulin. Or does anyone else know different. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Typhoid Harry 23 Posted February 28, 2008 I knew Boyd but hadn't seen him in years. With apologies to his fans, he was a complete asshole. He made his name taking credit for the work and talent of others and treated his people like dirt. Good riddance in my book. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,203 Posted February 28, 2008 Mike Smith, lead singer of the Dave Clark 5, has died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Miser 18 Posted February 28, 2008 Mike Smith, lead singer of the Dave Clark 5, has died. I assumed it was Dave Clark....who knew Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted February 28, 2008 Mike Smith, lead singer of the Dave Clark 5, has died. I assumed it was Dave Clark....who knew Dave Clark was the drummer, but it was his band. In the same way U2's lead singer is Bono but it's Larry Mullen who put the band together and 'leads'... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted February 29, 2008 Unhinged "preformance artist", "Zen Communist" and "avant-garde terrorist", Dorothy Podber, has died at the age of 75. She once pulled a gun on Andy Warhol. Her Telegraph obit is worth a look, just to see the old girl in all her finery. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest_ikywn_* Posted February 29, 2008 Mike Smith, lead singer of the Dave Clark 5, has died. I assumed it was Dave Clark....who knew Dave Clark was the drummer, but it was his band. In the same way U2's lead singer is Bono but it's Larry Mullen who put the band together and 'leads'... Now know as the Dave Clark 3, as he's the second member to cark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Real Madron 6 Posted February 29, 2008 Jimmy Hendrix drummer Buddy Miles Dead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ooga booga Posted February 29, 2008 South African sprinter (oh.. and old fogey) Philip Rabanowitz has died http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/gener...,165097,00.html - he was 104 & still quicker than Liverpool's back 4. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted March 1, 2008 Senior Farc leader Raul Reyes (AKA Luis Edgar Devia) has been shot I've never heard of him either! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted March 1, 2008 Joseph Juran, pioneer of quality control who revolutionized how companies around the world made and sold products and who was even the author of the "Quality Control Handbook" and has been quoted as saying Never be without a project,' and he never was," is dead at the result of a stroke at the age of 103. A unique hit for 'Godot's Waiting List' if he gets the obituary. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/01/...-Obit-Juran.php Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,655 Posted March 1, 2008 BBC Radio already reporting yer 103 year old management guru, proper obits a certainty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted March 2, 2008 Les Humphries Finally couldn't bear to hear his music himself.... Mexicooooooooooooooooo... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gordon Comstock 2 Posted March 2, 2008 Publisher Anthony Blond confessed that his career had been "flawed by intemperance, volatility and quarrels". Still he lasted to seventy nine and was a guarantor for Private Eye's bank account so can't have been all bad. I like this bit - Arthur Daley would have been proud: He also commissioned a ghost writer to prepare the memoirs of Jo Rosenberg, Lord Beaverbrook's last mistress, who had not been given the standard payoff of £20,000 customary for Beaverbrook's ex-girlfriends, and was looking to get her own back. When these proved too libellous to be published (Blond reckoned that the book's "scabrous detail of Beaverbrook's hanky pankies (and spankies)" would have cost him £10,000 a page), he recouped his losses by selling the manuscript (via Beaverbrook's great-nephew Jonathan Aitken) for £20,000 to the Beaverbrook Foundation "for their archives". Jonathan Aitkin - what family loyalty; such a loveable chap. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted March 3, 2008 Canadian blues guitarist Jeff Healey dies at 41 link Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted March 3, 2008 Canadian blues guitarist Jeff Healey dies at 41 link You beat me to it. Different link. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 606 Posted March 3, 2008 Les Humphries Finally couldn't bear to hear his music himself.... Didn't he pretend to commit suicide a couple of years back or something? Anyway, another Eurovision-related death, though he didn't actully appear on stage with the Les Humphries Singers back in 1976. Sing sang song indeed... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted March 3, 2008 2. Jeff Healey - At only 41 Healey is winning the fight as he has done many times before. One might say the risk is worth the profit but in my view the probability is not very strong. Excellent insight in to the dangers of lung cancer there, Banshees. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted March 3, 2008 Former Aussie test batsman "Nervous" Norm O'Neill has died aged 71. Played 42 tests averaging 45.55 runs per test. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted March 3, 2008 Carl Hoddle, Glenn's kid brother, who was a trainee at Spurs and also played for Barnet and Leyton Orient, has died of a suspected heart attack aged 40. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted March 3, 2008 Carl Hoddle, Glenn's kid brother, who was a trainee at Spurs and also played for Barnet and Leyton Orient, has died of a suspected heart attack aged 40. That's karma for ya... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
