Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted May 7, 2012 24 year old hockey player Elizabeth Watkins dies after being hit in the head by the ball: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-07/hockey-player-dies-after-being-hit-by-ball/3994912 I guess that means she's no longer a "jolly hockey sticks" kind of girl... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted May 10, 2012 Northerly has gone west. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted May 14, 2012 "[bryce] Courtenay has had his own illness to contend with, after being convinced the stomach cancer he had been diagnosed with a year ago had spread. His doctor has given him the all-clear - for now at least." http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-15/bryce-courtenay3a-fact-or-fiction/4011204 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angryGreatness 96 Posted May 15, 2012 Don Ritchie also known as the "Angel of the Gap", a name earned after convincing hundreds of people not to commit suicide on the Sydney coast, has died aged 85. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted May 17, 2012 Victor Chang's murderer has advanced Parkinson's: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-17/victor-chang27s-ailing-killer-to-be-deported/4017508 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildstorm 297 Posted June 8, 2012 Australian rocker and television presenter Darryl Cotton has been diagnosed with liver cancer and is 'fighting for his life' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 11, 2012 Talk show bimbo Kerri-Anne Kennerley has cancer of the tit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted June 11, 2012 Talk show bimbo Kerri-Anne Kennerley has cancer of the tit. She looks pretty damn good for being 58 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 12, 2012 Talk show bimbo Kerri-Anne Kennerley has cancer of the tit. She looks pretty damn good for being 58 Now says that she is for "the fight of her life." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 12, 2012 Chris Chugg - former bodybuilding champion and head of weightlifting in Tasmania - known to have taken steroids and encouraged his proteges to use illegal substances. Substances might catch up with his heart sooner or later... Just going over some old names and, as it turns out, Chris Chugg did indeed die of a heart attack in January 2010 at the suspiciously young age of 54: http://www.phoenixwe...opic.php?t=1385 http://www.qwa.org/n...iew.asp?id=1297 Given that at least two of the weightlifters Chris Chugg coached were banned from the Commonwealth Games due to taking an illicit substance, I think we can safely assume steroids took their toll on this retired body builder.... Closest thing to an obit/mention of Chugg's death a newspaper is this: http://www.territory...heart_week.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 14, 2012 For whom the bell tolls.... Aussie jazz legend Graeme has rung silent at last. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 14, 2012 by the late Mr Bell for your edification, kind sirs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 14, 2012 The ABC now has a proper obit for Bell: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-14/graeme-bell-dies-at-97/4070692?section=entertainment Jimmy Little and Jim Stynes probably (just) edge him out in the "Biggest Aussie Death of the Year" stakes though as they contributed a lot to charity. Not sure what Bell did in that regard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2012 news reprts last night said Joan Kirner is seriously ill and 'in the final stage of her life., She looked gaunt in the foootage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted June 21, 2012 I'm a bit late with this news and I'm sorry if it was allready reported but I just found out that Aussie actor Carl Bleazby died aged 95 a few months ago. I knew him best as the father of Joan 'the freak' Ferguson in Prisoner Cell Block H. I loved that show http://www.tvtonight...rl-bleazby.html As I live in the UK I'm not as up to speed on australian deaths as those whio live there so again I apologises if its old news for you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted June 25, 2012 Just been on Wikipedia and looked up Don Spencer - Australian, Play School presenter, singer of Fireball XL5 theme tune and Russel Crow's Father-in-Law but it does not say what year he was born. Could be one to watch if we can find any information on him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted June 26, 2012 Holy smokebatman , kapow!!! yer deed! @ 31..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted June 26, 2012 Documentary called Whitlam planned for ABC Looks like they're scrambling to put together some sort of tribute for when he carks it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 26, 2012 Just been on Wikipedia and looked up Don Spencer - Australian, Play School presenter, singer of Fireball XL5 theme tune and Russel Crow's Father-in-Law but it does not say what year he was born. Could be one to watch if we can find any information on him. I am not sure he would be that old - perhaps in his early to mid 70s... EDIT: According to this, he started songwriting at age 20 and sang the theme tune of Fireball XL5 sometime after that. Fireball debuted in 1962 so he was born sometime prior to 1942. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted June 27, 2012 Documentary called Whitlam planned for ABC Looks like they're scrambling to put together some sort of tribute for when he carks it. Well he is 96 in a couple of weeks.Is it physically possible for him to carry on much longer?????!!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted July 10, 2012 The King is dead. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Rightful-heir-to-UK-monarchy-dies-in-Australia/articleshow/14687737.cms Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR976evil 906 Posted July 14, 2012 Mark "Chopper" Read (54) - Ex-convict, apparently he only has a few years left in the tank. Chopper Read is claiming this morning that he has terminal cancer and may only have weeks to live: http://www.abc.net.a...-cancer/3975232 we'll put him on next years deathlist then If he's still breathing on January 1st then he should be, there would be a fair amount of uk media coverage when he kicked the bucket Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted July 26, 2012 Australian rocker and television presenter Darryl Cotton has been diagnosed with liver cancer and is 'fighting for his life' he's dead http://news.ninemsn....ryl-cotton-dies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angryGreatness 96 Posted July 26, 2012 Australian rocker and television presenter Darryl Cotton has been diagnosed with liver cancer and is 'fighting for his life' he's dead http://news.ninemsn....ryl-cotton-dies Damn. Beat me by two minutes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR976evil 906 Posted July 27, 2012 Australian rocker and television presenter Darryl Cotton has been diagnosed with liver cancer and is 'fighting for his life' he's dead http://news.ninemsn....ryl-cotton-dies Obviously didn't fight hard enough Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
