maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted March 18, 2010 The thinking man's Andy Kershaw, Charlie Gillett, has died. This could - just - be good news for the real and very much under-employed Mr Kershaw. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terminator 13 Posted March 19, 2010 Davy Crockett star Fess Parker has died aged 85. Finally met his alamo.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted March 19, 2010 Billy Wolfe, former leader of the Scottish National Party, has died aged 86. He is my first hit and a unique pick on the DDP - provided he gets a decent obit. Edit: BBC link. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted March 19, 2010 Elisabeth de Stroumillo, a gloriously eclectic life. Mebbe someday Kate Winslet will star in the biopic, or summat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grande Pablo 109 Posted March 19, 2010 Fashion designer Joseph Ettedgui http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/art...e-dies-at-71.do Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAFKAG 70 Posted March 21, 2010 Margaret Moth - Camerawoman. I agonised over including her or not for ages - at least three or four minutes - and decided she probably wouldn't get an obit. She was going to be my secret, unique and young pick, but I had to let her go. (For some reason I'm getting that awful Barry Manilow song in my head now ..."You made me so happy, oh Margaret / Well you came and you gave without taking / but I sent you away, oh Margaret" ) Moth heads for the flames. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted March 21, 2010 Gudrun Wagner, the 63 year old wife of Bayreuth Festival organiser Wolfgang Wagner, has died. Not particularly notable in itself, but consider the fact that Wolfgang is 88 and is deeply embroiled in the constant internecine squabbling that has marked the Wagner family for generations and one may start to wonder if he'll be long following her out the door. Wolfgang Wagner has died. Article below is in Danish. http://www.fyens.dk/article/1562651:Udland...-Wagner-er-doed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted March 22, 2010 Harmonica virtuoso Jerry Adler, the younger brother of Larry, has died aged 91. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted March 24, 2010 Blues singer Marva Wright died. A Dutch news site reported her death and since I'd never heard of this woman before (which isn't rare) I searched the BBC news website. Nothing. I stuck her name in Wikipedia, which returned no article and only references. Google gave me the LA Times link, but it seems to me she was world famous in Nu Awlins. It seems that nu.nl has a secret blues loving editor. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted March 24, 2010 Just been watching an episode of "Diagnosis Murder". Not only did we have Dick Van Dyke (81), but also guest stars Patrick MacNee (84), Robert Vaughn (74), Robert Culp (76) and Barbara Bain (75). Quite an array of possibilities talent there! Robert Culp has died at the age of 79 after: Hitting his head while taking a walk outside his home Presumably he fell over? Whatever, he's a unique pick on the DDP for Just One More Death... Lt. Columbo, unnatural death points TMIB? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted March 24, 2010 Just been watching an episode of "Diagnosis Murder". Not only did we have Dick Van Dyke (81), but also guest stars Patrick MacNee (84), Robert Vaughn (74), Robert Culp (76) and Barbara Bain (75). Quite an array of possibilities talent there! Robert Culp has died at the age of 79 after: Hitting his head while taking a walk outside his home Presumably he fell over? Whatever, he's a unique pick on the DDP for Just One More Death... Lt. Columbo, unnatural death points TMIB? He's certainly culpable for his own death, DDT... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madcow 6 Posted March 24, 2010 Just been watching an episode of "Diagnosis Murder". Not only did we have Dick Van Dyke (81), but also guest stars Patrick MacNee (84), Robert Vaughn (74), Robert Culp (76) and Barbara Bain (75). Quite an array of possibilities talent there! Robert Culp has died at the age of 79 after: Hitting his head while taking a walk outside his home Presumably he fell over? Whatever, he's a unique pick on the DDP for Just One More Death... Lt. Columbo, unnatural death points TMIB? He's certainly culpable for his own death, DDT... Graves then Culp - Shaping up to be a bad year for spies. Who's next? I'll go with Martin Landau or Leonard Nimoy, both Mission Impossible, although Tom Cruise deserves death for those crappy films. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted March 25, 2010 American crooner Johnny Maestro, lead singer of Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge, is apparently suffering from cancer. According to some of the comments left on his website in the last few hours, Johnny Maestro seems to have died. No other confirmation yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,527 Posted March 25, 2010 It's the worst that could have happened. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted March 25, 2010 105 year, obit worthy judge. I'm gutted at missing this one on my dead pools this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted March 26, 2010 Molly Rimington another fiesty old British maiden, cracking bit in the obituary when she found herself in charge of WRENS billeted in a former brothel, and took to sleeping with a revolver under her pillow! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted March 26, 2010 Oh aye, and The Bill is now on borrowed time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Applecool Downunder 10 Posted March 27, 2010 Oh aye, and The Bill is now on borrowed time. I think it's been in ill health for a decade. But would score well on DDP, under 30 years old! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madcow 6 Posted March 27, 2010 This time, a real spy! Daphne Park, Baroness Park of Monmouth has gone undercover for the last time. She sounded like an absolute hoot! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries...f-Monmouth.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted March 27, 2010 I've got Smyslov and Bronstein on my DDP team, but Spassky seems another good candidate Dead Grandmaster. Vasily Smyslov died today, picked by no one on this year's DDP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted March 28, 2010 Former King Gyanendra of Nepal may be worth a punt if he doesn't keep his mouth shut... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuber Mirum 125 Posted March 29, 2010 Former King Gyanendra of Nepal may be worth a punt if he doesn't keep his mouth shut... Wrong thread, but a nice hat nevertheless. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted March 29, 2010 Former King Gyanendra of Nepal may be worth a punt if he doesn't keep his mouth shut... Wrong thread, but a nice hat nevertheless. Oops. Yes it is a very nice hat. Looking at the rest of the Coronation outfit they must have blown their entire budget on it... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,527 Posted March 31, 2010 Jaime Escalante, possibly the word's most famous maths teacher and the inspiration behind the film Stand and Deliver, has cancer and is seriously ill. Class dismissed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted March 31, 2010 Rugby player Roger Addison has died at the age of 65. He was left quadraplegic after breaking his neck in a match in 1966 and had remained in hospital ever since. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
