Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 23, 2017 10 minutes ago, msc said: So by battle, they mean Charge of the Light Brigade then. Reminds me of Pat Conroy's 'battle' with pancreatic cancer that lasted about a week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted August 28, 2017 Former health minister in Gough Whitlams cabinet Doug Everingham has died at 94 http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/former-whitlam-government-health-minister-doug-everingham-dead-at-94/news-story/578a48e130897180846484390f953722 That means only 5 members of Whitlams cabinet are still alive http://whitlamdismissal.com/government/surviving-whitlam-ministers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,417 Posted August 31, 2017 Alan Cassell (IMDb), a British born Australian actor, has died aged 85. He appeared in Australian movies including Money Movers, Cathy's Child, Breaker Morant and Strange Bedfellows. He also had various minor roles on TV shows including Doctor Who, Special Squad and Neighbours. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,417 Posted September 16, 2017 Alma Evans-Freke, New Zealand's first female television presenter, has died aged 85. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted September 28, 2017 On 4/6/2017 at 05:52, Davey Jones' Locker said: Vanessa Goodwin's "not expected to recover": http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-06/vanessa-goodwin-not-expected-to-recover/8422320 Resigns as MP with immediate effect, word elsewhere is multiple brain tumours now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ObakeFilter 905 Posted October 16, 2017 Music journalist / on-and-off The Saints drummer Iain Shedden has passed aged 60. https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/a/37485032/music-journalist-iain-shedden-60-dies/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted October 22, 2017 Fans of Prisoner Cell Block H (like me) will be sad to hear that the actress Judith McGrath who played thepart of Colleen 'Po Face' Powell in over 200 episodes has died at 70.She's the biggest death from the show since Gerda Nicolson died in 1992, in terms of the no of eps she was in anyway..She was also a big star in All Saints and A Country Practice. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5005609/Judith-McGrath-dies-aged-70.html 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 606 Posted October 22, 2017 Po Face was great and probably my favourite screw - just the right amount of sarcasm and deadpan. Plus the episode where something nasty happens to her entire family is hilarious* *Well, I thought it was funny. No sympathy - her daughter was a awful whiny brat (possibly even worse than Pippa Bleeding Reynolds) and her husband was the red-nosed bloke from Muriel's Wedding. Great actress - fab in Round The Twist as well - and a sad loss to all of us who grew up watching Aussie soaps. Was it known she was ill? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,148 Posted October 22, 2017 Po Face was a great screw! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 24, 2017 One of New Zealand's most decorated soldiers, Major-General Walter Babington Thomas, has died at the age of 98. Thomas, known as Sandy, died at his Australian home on Sunday. The retired major-general had been decorated for bravery four times, received the Military Cross twice and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the New Zealand Operational Service Medal. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted October 29, 2017 On 31/12/2016 at 13:29, WhoamI said: AUSSIE LIST FOR 2017 Darrell Eastlake Jeanne Little Bob Hawke Dame Beryl Beaurepaire Betty Cuthbert Ugly Dave Gray Clive James Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Lou Richards Neil Harvey Tamie Fraser Ken Done Graeme Langlands Ben Cousins Sir Ninian Stephen Peter Hollingworth George Pell Marlene Matthews Dawn Fraser Dame Margaret Guilfoyle another one gone http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/sir-ninian-stephen-former-governorgeneral-dies-aged-94-20171029-gzagyi.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted November 16, 2017 Gary the goat has died aged 6. I am personally gutted having followed his antics online for years! Is it wrong to cry about the death of a goat? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted November 26, 2017 Australian academic and intellectual Robert Manne is apparently battling throat cancer for the second time. He's got his own profile page on the Guardian's site, which should pretty much guarantee him an obituary when the time comes, I would have thought. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted November 26, 2017 Nice reference to Tony Judt in that. He is, to my best memory, the first person I ever had to scratch off a DDP shortlist due to dying too soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimNaborsNeighbor 2 Posted December 5, 2017 Daniel Johns of Silverchair has battled drug problems and anorexia on and off since the 90's. Like Sinead,Gasciogne,Artie Lange etc. it's just a matter of whether end is tomorrow or 5-10 years from now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,417 Posted December 16, 2017 Rory O'Donoghue (IMDb), Australian actor and musician, has died aged 68. He was Thin Arthur in The Aunty Jack Show, and played the guitar solo in Kevin Johnson's Rock And Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life), which reached #23 in the UK charts . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted December 20, 2017 On 11/23/2015 at 01:44, Dr_T said: Reg Grundy made my personal 50 for the first time this year. No reason other than being old. Other random old Aussies on the watch list are Flo Bjelke-Peterson, Lou Richards, Sir Ninian Stephen (ex G-G) and Bob Hawke (turns 86 in a couple of weeks and seems to be aging rapidly). None of those are front page news I know. My hit rate with random old Aussies is not great-I think Joyce Jacobs (Esme from A Country Practice) is the only Aussie hit I have struck who I picked purely on the basis of age. Not sure if people watched Flo Bjelke-Peterson as much as they kept an eye on her DDP points scoring husband, but she was mentioned a few times on here, and she is dead aged 97. List of the Missed from 2006! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted December 20, 2017 5 hours ago, msc said: Not sure if people watched Flo Bjelke-Peterson as much as they kept an eye on her DDP points scoring husband, but she was mentioned a few times on here, and she is dead aged 97. List of the Missed from 2006! Two weeks later she might have become a hit... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhoamI 35 Posted December 25, 2017 Although this list appears to be dead (pardon the pun), I am going to post a list of Aussies who I believe will not be here this time next year. AUSSIE LIST 2018 Thelma McKenzie - Tommy Raudonikis - Olivia Newton-John - Ted Mack - Dame Beryl Beaurepaire - Darrell Eastlake - Jeanne Little - George Pell - Claire Carmichael (aka Claire McNab) - Ugly Dave Gray - Keith Payne V.C. - Bill Hayden - Lorrae Desmond - Graeme Langlands - Ben Cousins (Joker) - Noel Kelly - Arthur Summons - Neil Harvey - Graham Richardson - Bob Hawke Sub: Tami Fraser Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted December 26, 2017 21 minutes ago, WhoamI said: Tommy Raudonikis *snips from list of names that haven't been mentioned on here yet* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,983 Posted December 26, 2017 2 hours ago, WhoamI said: Although this list appears to be dead (pardon the pun), I am going to post a list of Aussies who I believe will not be here this time next year. AUSSIE LIST 2018 Thelma McKenzie - Tommy Raudonikis - Olivia Newton-John - Ted Mack - Dame Beryl Beaurepaire - Darrell Eastlake - Jeanne Little - George Pell - Claire Carmichael (aka Claire McNab) - Ugly Dave Gray - Keith Payne V.C. - Bill Hayden - Lorrae Desmond - Graeme Langlands - Ben Cousins (Joker) - Noel Kelly - Arthur Summons - Neil Harvey - Graham Richardson - Bob Hawke Sub: Tami Fraser Wouldn't be surprised if one of the Aussie tennis greats dies in 2018. There's about a dozen Aussie Hall Of Famers in their 80s and 90s now 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 26, 2017 20 hours ago, Joey Russ said: *snips from list of names that haven't been mentioned on here yet* You ran all those names through the search box? (I already have my next question anticipating your negative response to that one) SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted December 26, 2017 3 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: You ran all those names through the search box? (I already have my next question anticipating your negative response to that one) SC Misread? If I'm reading it of course, he means off his own shortlist as a name not mentioned on here. ie dude has cancer, could have been a DDP unique. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted December 26, 2017 Just now, msc said: Misread? If I'm reading it of course, he means off his own shortlist as a name not mentioned on here. ie dude has cancer, could have been a DDP unique. Yeah, he was even one of the people I had in mind when I talked about last minute arrivals in the shortlist thread. And @Sir Creep, sometimes you try to be a smart ass/arse and sometimes you fail miserably. This is one of those time. I'm not dumb enough to type in every name on that list to find them, I only do that on potential shortlist names... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 26, 2017 6 minutes ago, msc said: Misread? If I'm reading it of course, he means off his own shortlist as a name not mentioned on here. ie dude has cancer, could have been a DDP unique. Ahhh ok.....yes, I thought Joey meant on this site. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
