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Fred Haise from Apollo 13 also has outlived his 2nd wife, Frances Patt Price, who died on 7 February 2022. His first wife, Mary Griffin Grant, seems alive.

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Giles Broadbent, husband of Diane-Louise jordan has died after a short illness, aged 51.

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18 hours ago, time said:

Giles Broadbent, husband of Diane-Louise jordan has died after a short illness, aged 51.

I knew Giles. We worked together for a year or so back in the 90s. A really lovely bloke. 

He was pretty well-known in his own right in musical circles.

A couple of days before his death was announced his brother posted on Facebook that he'd gone missing. So there might be a moderately more dramatic story behind it than just "died after a short illness".

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On 09/09/2023 at 02:47, markb4 said:

This makes me think of The Time Machine which makes me think of Yvette Mimieux <3

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Dick Hunter, patriarch of the Hunter family of hockey players, Dave, Dale and Mark, has died. He was 87. Hunter's sons combined to play nearly 2,800 NHL games. (With a moniker like that, he could've also been placed in the 'How Long Until We're Dickless' and the 'Not Really Famous, But What a Moniker !' threads.)

 

https://lfpress.com/sports/hockey/pyette-dick-hunter-patriach-of-legendary-hockey-family-dies-at-age-87

 

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1 hour ago, alt obits guy said:

Barry Steenkamp, the father of slain South African model Reeva Steenkamp, killed by former Paralympics star Oscar Pistorius, has died. He was 80

 

https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/reeva-steenkamps-dad-dies-at-the-age-of-80/

Last picked for the DDP in 2015: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2015/celebs_S.html#steenb

 

Don't think he would have qualified to be picked this year, but given the prominence of the case...?

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54 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Last picked for the DDP in 2015: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2015/celebs_S.html#steenb

 

Don't think he would have qualified to be picked this year, but given the prominence of the case...?

 

Ah, that was me in my "Long Shot Kick De Bucket" team.  He's the seventh casualty, following such luminaries as George Michael and Maradona.

QO from the Independent - bound to be more.

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1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

Last picked for the DDP in 2015: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2015/celebs_S.html#steenb

 

Don't think he would have qualified to be picked this year, but given the prominence of the case...?

 

A cursory Google tells me he had notability in South Africa horse racing circles as a trainer and was interviewed by a South African horse racing website a decade before his daughter's murder.

 

The newsworthiness of the Pistorius case might've been enough even without that, but yeah, I'll add him to LotM.

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On 13/09/2023 at 17:27, Joltin Joe said:

Husband of Alaska congresswoman Mary Peltola has died in a plane crash

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/13/eugene-peltola-jr-husband-mary-peltola-dies-plane-crash

6 minutes ago, Captain Hemlock said:

Alaska congresswoman Mary Peltola's husband is dead due to a plane crash.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mary-peltola-husband-buzzy-peltola-dies-alaska-plane-crash/

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NASCAR (former) wife Sherry Pollex has died at 44 after a looong fight with cancer during which she became a bit of a campaigner. She was well-known on the circuit:

https://www.yardbarker.com/nascar/articles/sherry_pollex_loses_battle_with_cancer_dies_at_age_44/s1_17236_39268418

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Simon Eubank, brother of Chris, reported dead by his son on Txitter. (Only paper reporting is the Scum, search if you must).

 

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48 minutes ago, time said:

Simon Eubank, brother of Chris, reported dead by his son on Txitter. (Only paper reporting is the Scum, search if you must).

 


Thad newth 

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On 18/09/2023 at 19:45, Dead Wait said:


Thad newth 

Theriouthly?

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DDP pick Many Mota's wife Margarita Mota dead at 81.

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Poppy Chancellor, daughter of Anna Chancellor and former DDP hit Jock Scott, dead from leukemia at 36. Would have tried arguing she was famous enough for next year's DDP because she was an illustrator of some minor note.

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