Widow(er) Shopping

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689]

2 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said:

From 2018, we missed the death of Eve Tetley, widow of Nigel Tetley - the first man to circumnavigate the world solo in a trimaran and the second famous person to die of a stranglewank (after Albert Dekker).

You’ve inspired me to download the Chris Eakin book about that mad 1968 yacht race (not that I’m particularly interested in stranglewanks, yer honour).

[lilham 757]

Janis Gaye, 2nd ex-wife of Motown legend Marvin Gaye, dead at 66. She was on backing vocals of "Got to Give it Up."
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/jan-gaye-dead-marvin-gaye-wife-janis-hunter-gaye-1235182216/

[YoungWillz 21,067]

Christina Most, widow of record producer Mickie Most, being reported dead by Nancy Sinatra.

 

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,346]

Just realised this may have been the more appropriate thread but anyway  Shirley Watts, widow of Rolling Stone Charlie Watts dies aged 82 - 18 months after her famous husband. 

 

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11554957/Shirley-Watts-wife-late-Rolling-Stones-drummer-Charlie-died.html

[YoungWillz 21,067]

4 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

Just realised this may have been the more appropriate thread but anyway  Shirley Watts, widow of Rolling Stone Charlie Watts dies aged - 18 months after her famous husband. 

If there is a named thread for the deceased partner, there, not here, is the place for it imo.

 

Same with family members.

[YoungWillz 21,067]

Death Notice for Felicity Langley (nee Oliphant), widow of Major General Sir Desmond Langley who died in 2008: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/261369/langley

[The Old Crem 3,608]

On 19/12/2022 at 17:26, YoungWillz said:

If there is a named thread for the deceased partner, there, not here, is the place for it imo.

 

Same with family members.

Or if there is thread covering a specific group of people a partner or relative might fit there better. 

[Gisooo 3,381]

Edie Landau, American film producer and widow of Ely Landau, dead at 95

[Gisooo 3,381]

Albanian football player Selman Stermasi widow, Nezihat Stermasi is still living at 102,  born 1920

https://tiranapost.al/english/qyteti/veliaj-viziton-per-100-vjetorin-bashkeshorten-e-ikones-se-futbollit-selma

 

[Summer in Transylvania 2,190]

Roger Swinfen, Baron Swinfen's widow Patricia Swinfen MBE, dead aged 86.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Looking for a last minute Cup person, I found this, and hoped against hopes she was 'somebody', but she isn't alas.  'Just' a military wife.  So....since I canna use her, I'll post her.

Jacklyn Healy's husband of 69 years was the late Maj. Gen. Michael "Iron Mike" Healy, an Army Special Forces legend nicknamed "Iron Mike," an inspiration for the tough, intrepid John Wayne character in the 1968 movie "The Green Berets."

This week, Jacklyn Healy, 92, is in hospice care at her home in Jacksonville, FL.

SC

[Summer in Transylvania 2,190]

I'm seeing reports that Angie Mayhew, widow of the late great Peter Mayhew has passed away.

 

[maryportfuncity 10,657]

On 27/11/2022 at 10:48, Spade_Cooley said:

From 2018, we missed the death of Eve Tetley, widow of Nigel Tetley - the first man to circumnavigate the world solo in a trimaran and the second famous person to die of a stranglewank (after Albert Dekker).

 

 

Didn't David Carradine die of stranglewank too - great name for a band incidentally, and there's already a decent combo called Crywank

[Gisooo 3,381]

On 07/02/2023 at 18:23, Gisooo said:

Albanian football player Selman Stermasi widow, Nezihat Stermasi is still living at 102,  born 1920

https://tiranapost.al/english/qyteti/veliaj-viziton-per-100-vjetorin-bashkeshorten-e-ikones-se-futbollit-selma

 

 

Nezihat Stërmasi dead at 102

 

[YoungWillz 21,067]

Death notice for Carin Terry aged 94: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/263911/terry

 

She was the widow of Peter Terry, the last of that ilk to run the Terry's chocolate and confectionery company in York and who was also a former High Sheriff of North Yorkshire. 

 

Of interest to York folk and chocolate fans.

 

In full:

 

TERRY

Carin. Died peacefully after a short illness at the Beaumont Care Home, Stamford Bridge, York, on 23rd April aged 94. Much loved wife of the late Peter Terry, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Service at St Cuthbert’s Church, Crayke, on Wednesday 17th May at 2 p.m. Family flowers only please, donations received in memory of Carin for St Leonard’s Hospice, York. Thank you. Enquiries to Chapman Medd Funeral Directors, Easingwold. Tel: 01347 821370.

[YoungWillz 21,067]

Death Notice for Enid Rosamond Dundas (nee Lawrence), widow of RAF fighter pilot and former Chairman of Thames Television Sir Hugh Dundas, aged 98: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/264309/dundas

 

Hugh Dundas died in 1995!

 

But more than that, Enid was also the daughter of Geoffrey Lawrence, 3rd Baron Trevethin, 1st Baron Oaksey who was the president of the judges at the Nuremberg Trials, and therefore also the sister of the well known jockey, TV commentator and horse racing journalist John Lawrence, 4th Baron Trevethin, 2nd Baron Oaksey, also known generally as Lord Oaksey.

 

Quite the lineage.

 

In full:

 

DUNDAS

Enid Rosamond (Robby), The Hon Lady Dundas, peacefully at home on 22nd May. Beloved wife of the late Sir Hugh Dundas and loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Funeral Service to be held at St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington at 2.30 p.m. on Monday 12th June.

[YoungWillz 21,067]

Death notice for Mary Christine Forbes (nee Rigby), second wife and widow of Sir Hamish Forbes, 7th Baronet, a British Army Officer and businessman: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/264346/forbes

 

Sir Hamish Forbes died in 2007.

 

In full:

 

FORBES

(Strathdon). Mary Lady Forbes, MBE. Beloved widow of Sir Hamish, much loved aunt and stepmother. Funeral Service at Strathdon Kirk, on 19th June at 11.30 a.m.

[YoungWillz 21,067]

On 07/10/2022 at 00:16, YoungWillz said:

David Penny, 3rd Viscount Marchwood, former managing director of Moet et Chandon, death notice: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/259953/marchwood

 

Heir apparent is Peter Penny (b. 1965).

David Penny's widow and stepmother of the current Viscount Marchwood, Sylvia Penny (nee Bastin, thereafter Willis Fleming) death notice: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/264447/marchwood

 

Did not last long after the death of her husband.

 

In full: 

 

MARCHWOOD

Sylva Kathleen, Viscountess, (née Bastin) died peacefully at home on 29th May 2023, aged 84. Much loved widow of David, and of Peter Willis Fleming. Mother of Somerset, Min, Pedro, Sophie and Sebastian, stepmother, grandmother and stepgrandmother. Private cremation. Celebration of life in the autumn, to be notified later.

[arrowsmith 448]

This seems to have gone unnoticed on here. Stephanie Wagner Miller, widow of Congressman and Vice-Presidential candidate William Miller, died back in July, aged 100. Also the mother of her namesake: a daughter Stephanie who is a liberal radio host. 
 

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/stephanie-miller-obituary?id=52559100

[YoungWillz 21,067]

On 19/10/2021 at 17:05, YoungWillz said:

Geoffrey Chater Telegraph Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/10/19/geoffrey-chater-polished-charming-character-actor-acclaimed/

 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0154021/

 

I should add - DDP Pick

Death notice for Jennifer Chater Robinson aged 94, widow of Geoffrey Chater: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/chater-robinson-notices_53872

[maryportfuncity 10,657]

So, was just Googling Caroline Jane Beuttler - widow of Alan Clark (diary-writing minister under Thatcher). 

 

No sign she's dead, obitable as fuck and 81 (I think) - she's still going, right?

[YoungWillz 21,067]

On 28/08/2023 at 23:03, alt obits guy said:

Alan Haworth, Baron Haworth, a Labour peer,  a secretary of the parliamentary Labour Party from 1992 to 2004 and member of the House of Lords since 2004, has died while on vacation in Iceland. He was 75.

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/labour-iceland-house-of-lords-reykjavik-tony-blair-b2400821.html

Maggie Rae, widow of Lord Alan Haworth, reportedly dead on holiday, like her hubby: https://alastaircampbell.org/2023/11/maggie-rae-an-obituary/

[Ulitzer95 12,655]

13 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Maggie Rae, widow of Lord Alan Haworth, reportedly dead on holiday, like her hubby: https://alastaircampbell.org/2023/11/maggie-rae-an-obituary/

She was Princess Diana's divorce lawyer.

[The Watcher 319]

Following the death of Ann Hart (widow of Ronnie Corbett) aged 90, the most famous widow of a comedian has to be Joan Morecambe aged 96.

[Ulitzer95 12,655]

1 hour ago, The Watcher said:

Following the death of Ann Hart (widow of Ronnie Corbett) aged 90, the most famous widow of a comedian has to be Joan Morecambe aged 96.

Katy Perry?