The Fringes Of Fame/family Of The Famous

[DevonDeathTrip 2,366]

Hardly a celebrity relative, but Billy McConville one of the ten children of the disappeared IRA victim Jean McConville, has terminal cancer.

 

Poor man, he hasn't had much luck at all in life if that article is anything to go by.  Also, I'm really not sure about the wallpaper behind his bed.

[Thatcher 2,476]

1 hour ago, DevonDeathTrip said:

Hardly a celebrity relative, but Billy McConville one of the ten children of the disappeared IRA victim Jean McConville, has terminal cancer.

 

Poor man, he hasn't had much luck at all in life if that article is anything to go by.  Also, I'm really not sure about the wallpaper behind his bed.

A journalist working for The Irish News who interviewed him says he has died. 

[Death Impends 8,043]

That a new record from mention to death?

[YoungWillz 21,211]

15 hours ago, DevonDeathTrip said:

Hardly a celebrity relative, but Billy McConville one of the ten children of the disappeared IRA victim Jean McConville, has terminal cancer.

 

Poor man, he hasn't had much luck at all in life if that article is anything to go by.  Also, I'm really not sure about the wallpaper behind his bed.

Dead. http://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/billy-mcconville-dies-following-plea-13376461

[Joey Russ 7,263]

2 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Dead. http://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/billy-mcconville-dies-following-plea-13376461

Posted by Thatcher on this thread 16 hours ago...

[GossipGabe 333]

6 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

Posted by Thatcher on this thread 16 hours ago...

Thatcher linked to a Twitter post (which might not be regarded as a reliable source), while YW cited a proper newspaper article. (Although one would have had to be very quick to pick him for any DP before he was declared dead.)

[YoungWillz 21,211]

20 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

Posted by Thatcher on this thread 16 hours ago...

I maybe should have said confirmed.

[maryportfuncity 10,684]

21 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Dead. http://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/billy-mcconville-dies-following-plea-13376461

 

 

Maybe, but at least they won't spend decades looking for his remains

[YoungWillz 21,211]

Browsing the DDP (as you do) and came across the entry for Teresa Mills, the birth mother of Jamie Baulch.

 

Now in an article in Wales Online http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/i-think-whole-wales-crying-8324235 she was alternatively named Teresa Patey.

 

So I went off on a search and discovered she died in September 2016. https://www.gofundme.com/2rx8tq55 Pic with JB included.

[gcreptile 11,074]

Let's go straight to the bottom of the barrel:

 

The mum of Love Island "star" Malin Andersson has breast cancer for the third time:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4730550/Love-Island-s-Malin-Andersson-shears-hair-pixie-crop.html

[gcreptile 11,074]

The Monty Brinson of 2017, Bobby Zarin, hospitalized for cancer complications:

 

http://people.com/celebrity/jill-zarin-husband-bobby-zarin-hospitalized/

 

Shameless pick.

[Death Impends 8,043]

Sometimes I wish I entered a DDP B-team, put Zarin or Ted Mack as joker, and called it "Bobby Zarin's Mack the Knifed".

[charon 4,943]

Monty was soooo 15, so Zarin is an 18 hit...

[Thatcher 2,476]

Guillermina Quiñones, the mother of the award winning and best selling salsa artist Marc Anthony, has died.

 

Edit: Daily Mail obituary.

[the_engineer 1,415]

On 07/23/2017 at 23:03, DevonDeathTrip said:

Hardly a celebrity relative, but Billy McConville one of the ten children of the disappeared IRA victim Jean McConville, has terminal cancer.

 

Poor man, he hasn't had much luck at all in life if that article is anything to go by.  Also, I'm really not sure about the wallpaper behind his bed.

 

He also has one of those touch lamps by his bed my nan had. Seeing that brought back memories. I wonder if they still sell them?

[Sir Creep 7,071]

16 hours ago, Thatcher said:

Guillermina Quiñones, the mother of the award winning and best selling salsa artist Marc Anthony, has died.

 

Edit: Daily Mail obituary.

Her getting a DM obit is simply absurd.  Slow news day.

[The Happy Reaper 223]

No obituary yet but it's circulating in the Laurel and Hardy community that Stan's only child, Lois Laurel Hawes, has died aged 89.

[CaptainChorizo 1,991]

21 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

Her getting a DM obit is simply absurd.  Slow news day.

Not really. Marc Anthony is an insanely popular singer among many Puerto Ricans, and DM is a clickbait site trying to get hits for everything and anything. Parents of less popular singers/actor could nab DM mentions. 

[Spade_Cooley 9,632]

Plus, come on, what a banger

 

 

[Sir Creep 7,071]

1 hour ago, CaptainChorizo said:

Not really. Marc Anthony is an insanely popular singer among many Puerto Ricans, and DM is a clickbait site trying to get hits for everything and anything. Parents of less popular singers/actor could nab DM mentions. 

If your portrayal is accurate, and I've no reason to think otherwise, why is DM considered a legit news source for QOs then?  

[msc 18,536]

5 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

If your portrayal is accurate, and I've no reason to think otherwise, why is DM considered a legit news source for QOs then?  

 

Because it's one of the major newspapers in the UK, for good and bad.

 

And has been since the First World War, at least. One of the old dames of British media.

 

 

[Toast 16,232]

5 minutes ago, msc said:

12 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

If your portrayal is accurate, and I've no reason to think otherwise, why is DM considered a legit news source for QOs then?  

 

Because it's one of the major newspapers in the UK, for good and bad.

 

And has been since the First World War, at least. One of the old dames of British media.

 

The internet has created a monster with the DM.  They never used to print all the shite they do now, because there wasn't room.

[msc 18,536]

1 minute ago, Toast said:

 

The internet has created a monster with the DM.  They never used to print all the shite they do now, because there wasn't room.

 

Well, same of the BBC, Guardian, etc etc, and you can't rule them all out.

 

It's the way of the world.

[Sir Creep 7,071]

Real Housewives of New York City alum Jill Zarin's husband, Bobby Zarin, has been hospitalized as he continues to battle thyroid cancer. 
Guess I coulda posted this three different places, I hope this one made sense.

SC

[Toast 16,232]

1 hour ago, msc said:

 

Well, same of the BBC, Guardian, etc etc, and you can't rule them all out.

 

It's the way of the world.

 

Yes, but I was following on from your point that the DM was once a respected newspaper.  

Don't get me started on the BBC though.