Hooroo, Mate.

[YoungWillz 18,967]

Just now, msc said:

 

I was sort of hoping it would hint Willz or Biblio or someone into action.

 

 

I'm running three DPs and doing round ups!

 

Casino busy with pre-game dead.

[msc 17,738]

3 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

I'm running three DPs and doing round ups!

 

Casino busy with pre-game dead.

 

Maybe next week, unless someone wants to go first.

[Bibliogryphon 8,624]

3 hours ago, msc said:

 

Maybe next week, unless someone wants to go first.

I did look at this a while ago and was surprised at the number of names involved. This is the sort of thing I would have attended to on long work trips in remote hotels. Probably won't get any of those before the Autumn if not  2021.

[alt obits guy 3,091]

John Schaeffer, a noted Australian art collector who'd bought and sold some of the most valuable art work to come into the country, has died. He was 79. Schaeffer died after being hit by a ute.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8524455/John-Schaeffer-famous-art-collector-dies-hit-car-Sydneys-CBD.html

 

[alt obits guy 3,091]

Dr Harry Nespolon, The President of the Australian College of General Practitioners, has died. He was 57. Nespolon had battled pancreatic cancer the past nine months.

 

https://www.9news.com.au/national/dr-harry-nespolon-president-of-the-australian-college-of-general-practitioners-dies-from-pancreatic-cancer/af8194fa-db80-467f-b984-42886e3c4efe?ocid=SOcial-9NewsM

 

[YoungWillz 18,967]

Charles Porter, Australian high jump silver medallist at the Melbourne Olympiad of 1956, dead at 84 after a long cancer battle: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/melbourne-olympic-high-jump-hero-chilla-porter-dies-aged-84-20200816-p55mad.html

[alt obits guy 3,091]

Ron Tudor, an Australian music industry legend, has died. He was 96. Tudor began in the industry with W&G Records as a sales rep in 1956. He later founded his own label, Fable Records, in 1969. Tudor would hit paydirt in 1970 when his artists recorded their own version of international hits, following 'the Record Ban', where artists like the Beatles were removed from the airwaves.

 

http://www.noise11.com/news/australian-music-industry-legend-ron-tudor-dies-aged-96-20200821

 

[TQR 12,065]

3 hours ago, alt obits guy said:

Tudor would hit paydirt in 1970 when his artists recorded their own version of international hits, following 'the Record Ban', where artists like the Beatles were removed from the airwaves.

Sounds good to me!

[Sir Creep 7,011]

On 21/08/2020 at 05:37, alt obits guy said:

Ron Tudor, an Australian music industry legend, has died. He was 96. Tudor began in the industry with W&G Records as a sales rep in 1956. He later founded his own label, Fable Records, in 1969. Tudor would hit paydirt in 1970 when his artists recorded their own version of international hits, following 'the Record Ban', where artists like the Beatles were removed from the airwaves.

 

http://www.noise11.com/news/australian-music-industry-legend-ron-tudor-dies-aged-96-20200821

 

Wait, WHAT?  Are you saying Australia didn’t recognise music copyright law?

[alt obits guy 3,091]

2 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

Wait, WHAT?  Are you saying Australia didn’t recognise music copyright law?

According to the article, the issue was licensing fees.

[CoffinLodger 1,247]

Fans of the tv show Prisoner Cell Block H might be interested to know that the actress Betty Bobbit, who played the character Judy Bryant for most of its run, is not doing so well and may not have long to go. Watch this space!

[alt obits guy 3,091]

Tim Mulherin, a long-time Australian politician and a former Queensland deputy opposition leader & minister, has died. He was 63.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-07/former-queensland-labor-opposition-leader-tim-mulherin-dies/12636012

 

[alt obits guy 3,091]

John Fahey, a former Premier of New South Wales and former president of the World Anti-Doping agency, has died. He was 75.

 

https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/former-nsw-premier-john-fahey-dies/news-story/31b390567ba70f12d4a98e9fa5dd3b19

 

[msc 17,738]

On 02/03/2019 at 20:24, Davey Jones' Locker said:

Let's not forget the classic "Willesee versus Skyhooks" interview (which is the Australian equivalent of "Grundy versus Sex Pistols"):

 

 

Part 1 (introduction and song):

 

Part 2 (the interview - even today it is painful to watch the two most famous people in the country at the time go head to head ):

 

 

Skyhooks original guitarist Peter Starkie dead at 72.  He was gone before the above took place, however.

[alt obits guy 3,091]

Susan Ryan, a long-time Australian politician and anti-discrimination champion for women who served as a Senator, a Minister of Education and, later, the Age Discrimination Commissioner, has died. She was 77.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/sep/27/susan-ryan-former-labor-senator-and-campaigner-on-discrimination-dies-aged-77

 

[natquen 44]

Lisa Schouw, singer of late 80s/early 90s Australian band Girl Overboard (they had a #23 hit in early 1990 with 'The Love We Make', and a #43 hit in late 1989 with 'I Can't Believe'), has died due to melanoma, aged 62.

 

http://www.noise11.com/news/r-i-p-lisa-schouw-of-girl-overboard-20201003

[Sir Creep 7,011]

Australian sport was in mourning on Wednesday following revelations of the sudden death of women's footballer and former baseball star Jacinda Barclay at the age of 29.  Barclay, who played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the professional Australian Rules women's competition and represented the country at five baseball World Cups, died earlier this week, local media reported.

SC

[Thatcher 2,123]

Bruce Reid, Essendon club doctor, dead aged 74 - DDP pick. 

[YoungWillz 18,967]

Ray Blacklock is dead. Obit is behind a paywall on Australian Daily Telegraph.

[gcreptile 10,214]

6 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Ray Blacklock is dead. Obit is behind a paywall on Australian Daily Telegraph.

Those were some long "18 months to live"...

[alt obits guy 3,091]

Jeanne Little, the legendary Australian entertainer, has died. She was 82.  A DDP pick, too.

 

https://www.smh.com.au/culture/celebrity/legendary-australian-entertainer-jeanne-little-dies-20201107-p56cgs.html#:~:text=Retired Australian entertainer Jeanne Mitchell,Facebook post on Saturday night

 

[Ulitzer95 10,974]

24 minutes ago, alt obits guy said:

Jeanne Little, the legendary Australian entertainer, has died. She was 82.  A DDP pick, too.

 

https://www.smh.com.au/culture/celebrity/legendary-australian-entertainer-jeanne-little-dies-20201107-p56cgs.html#:~:text=Retired Australian entertainer Jeanne Mitchell,Facebook post on Saturday night

 

Finally!

She had been ill since 2009 and on our radars since 2011.

That's what you call brilliant coffin teasing right there.

[drol 10,035]

6 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Finally!

She had been ill since 2009 and on our radars since 2011.

That's what you call brilliant coffin teasing right there.

When she turned 80 they said she could go on for another ten years like a vegetable. Gladly it was not the case.

 

Among the surviving perennial dementia sufferers I count Carmen Sevilla, Joanne Woodward and the Queen of them all, Monica Vitti.

[drol 10,035]

I want to point out a thing anyway. Sir Creep always says that only the living don't get obits, but Carmen Sevilla is living and also has a Mirror QO. Points awarded everyone!

[YoungWillz 18,967]

Using her Sunday name, Jeanne gets a Qobit: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8923991/Australian-entertainment-legend-Jeanne-Mitchell-dies-aged-82.html