msc 18,436 Posted August 19, 2023 On 17/10/2022 at 11:47, Bibliogryphon said: Derek Jacobi doesn't think he will be back on stage again but not retiring according to an interview in The Guardian He's on iPlayer talking about I Claudius filmed recently. Bar his hair going whiter that man hasn't aged in three decades. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted August 28, 2023 On 30/12/2020 at 02:40, msc said: Some living suggestions: Sarah Lawson (1928) - 50s TV regular Sarah Lawson Guardian Obit: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/aug/28/sarah-lawson-obituary She was 95. DDP-ed last year, off to check if she was carried over. @gcreptile yep, 2 teams including our very own @time 3 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,297 Posted August 28, 2023 On 30/12/2020 at 00:51, Ulitzer95 said: Sarah Lawson (wiki, b. 1928) Within These Walls Ann Morrish (wiki, b. 1928) The Expert; Crown Court; Break Point Thelma Barlow (wiki, b. 1929) Coronation Street; Dinnerladies British actress Sarah Lawson dead at 95 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,903 Posted August 28, 2023 14 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Sarah Lawson Guardian Obit: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/aug/28/sarah-lawson-obituary She was 95. DDP-ed last year, off to check if she was carried over. @gcreptile yep, 2 teams including our very own @time Yes she's in my Lost Media team and I think one of Time's teams too. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted September 7, 2023 Miriam Margolyes cant walk anymore because of her spinal stenosis: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/miriam-margoyles-fears-shell-wheelchair-30883830 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,311 Posted September 7, 2023 8 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Miriam Margolyes cant walk anymore because of her spinal stenosis: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/miriam-margoyles-fears-shell-wheelchair-30883830 Also had a TAVI earlier this year. Now she is virtually wheelchair bound I can't see her losing any weight , in fact she will probably gain more weight. Can't see her making 90. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted September 7, 2023 19 minutes ago, Sean said: Also had a TAVI earlier this year. Now she is virtually wheelchair bound I can't see her losing any weight , in fact she will probably gain more weight. Can't see her making 90. I kind of thought she was a little younger? She IS 82 now, so she could be doing much worse, i.e. not doing anything at all. She might enter DeathList consideration now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,436 Posted September 7, 2023 23 minutes ago, Sean said: Also had a TAVI earlier this year. Now she is virtually wheelchair bound I can't see her losing any weight , in fact she will probably gain more weight. Can't see her making 90. I don't want to say fine but she was much her usual self on The Last Leg in late June so if she's facing a wheelchair now that's a fairly rapid decline. 90 is generous. Within 30 months imo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted September 12, 2023 Report of the death of Aaron Harris (real name David Harris), Southampton born actor best known for his appearances in Fair City and Wycliffe, aged 70/71: https://www.rsvplive.ie/news/celebs/fair-city-actor-aaron-harris-30920653 Other notable shows include Minder, Holby City and Call The Midwife, and though not on his IMDB he claims an appearance in Eastenders here: https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220379-aaron-harris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,581 Posted September 13, 2023 On 22/09/2021 at 14:34, Bibliogryphon said: 1932 Names Jean Boht Prunella Scales Edward de Souza Phyllida Law Carmen Munroe Jack Smethurst Jean Boht has died aged 91. https://twitter.com/lizo_mzimba/status/1701903213883002901 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted September 19, 2023 Theatre and TV actor Richard Banks reportedly dead from cancer: Eastenders, Midsomer Murders, Not Going Out and Call The Midwife among the credits I can see. Worked as a production assistant on Bridgerton. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,569 Posted September 28, 2023 Following the death of Michael Gambon I have updated the ten earliest winners of the Evening Standard Theatre award for Best Actor 1980 Tom Courtenay 1983 Derek Jacobi 1984 Ian McKellen 1998 Kevin Spacey 1999 Stephen Dillane 2000 Simon Russell Beale 2001 Alex Jennings 2003 Michael Sheen 2006 Rufus Sewell 2007 Patrick Stewart Michael Gambon won in 1987 and 1995 which still leaves the three earlier winners from the eighties followed by the much younger winners in the late ninties and early noughties. However, the new addition to the list is the veteran RSC performer Patrick Stewart who would probably be considered alongside the top 3 in terms of potential longevity rather than the other six 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted September 28, 2023 Stage Obit for Sarah Benfield, theatre actress who is best known to viewers as Tabitha In the 1978 mini-series A Traveller In Time: https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/obituaries/sarah-benfield Other roles on Terry And June and Within These Walls. Became a drama teacher, hence her extended absence from our screens. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted October 1, 2023 On 17/07/2023 at 09:52, gcreptile said: Jake Abraham, minor British actor, but Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels among them, has stage 4 prostate cancer: https://www.nationalworld.com/culture/television/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-barrels-jake-abraham-cancer-diagnosis-4220508 Has had it for years, probably, and it's pretty advanced. Undergoing palliative care, but that might sound more dramatic than it is, imo. Not a "weeks left" situation, but also not THAT many years left. Jake Abraham reportedly dead: First time I saw him was in a sitcom called Help! iirc. RIP. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,903 Posted October 1, 2023 4 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Jake Abraham reportedly dead: First time I saw him was in a sitcom called Help! iirc. RIP. I remember that, I think one of the McGanns was in it. Jake will always be the alternative Dave Lister to me. R.I.P 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted October 1, 2023 Guess I was wrong about the "not a weeks left kind of case". Daily Star would-be QO is out, too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted October 1, 2023 Oh, and just yesterday, this article came out telling he was in hospice: https://theguideliverpool.com/dj-legends-come-together-in-bucketlist-gig-for-ill-liverpool-actor-jake-abraham/ So, a very fast decline. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly Ronnie 878 Posted October 1, 2023 2 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Jake Abraham reportedly dead: First time I saw him was in a sitcom called Help! iirc. RIP. He was in a Saturday morning kid's programme as well wasn't he? It's Wicked or something. Or was it 8:15 from Manchester. Either way, RIP. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted October 8, 2023 On 18/01/2023 at 18:27, The Old Crem said: Now she is known to have been born in 1931 Barbara Young (Last of the Summer Wine, Coronation Street I, Claudius) can be added to the list. If you doing a 1933 list anytime some suggestions Joan Collins Caroline Blakiston Shelia Hancock Sian Phillips Derek Martin Barbara Knox Keith Baxter (Lots of TV plays in the 1950’s/1960’s) Susan Penhaligon reports the death of Welsh actor Keith Baxter: DDP pick. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0062772/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,581 Posted October 8, 2023 13 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Susan Penhaligon reports the death of Welsh actor Keith Baxter: DDP pick. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0062772/ His wiki has been updated to see he died on holiday in Europe. Should Obit. I wonder if this the first time a death has been announced on here sourced to someone I’ve seen in real life. , Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly Ronnie 878 Posted October 8, 2023 2 hours ago, The Old Crem said: His wiki has been updated to see he died on holiday in Europe. Should Obit. I wonder if this the first time a death has been announced on here sourced to someone I’ve seen in real life. , Played Prince Hal/Henry V in Orson Welles' 1966 film Chimes at Midnight, which Welles himself considered his best film. "I know thee not, old man, fall to thy prayers. How ill white hairs become a fool and jester! I have long dream'd of such a kind of man, So surfeit-swell'd, so old and so profane. But, being awaked, I do despise my dream" RIP 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cgay 14 Posted October 10, 2023 His wiki page has removed his death I also cant find anything online to confirm this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,086 Posted October 10, 2023 The four words "complicated as he was" are doing some heavy lifting there 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkF 60 Posted October 10, 2023 If it w On 08/10/2023 at 17:30, The Old Crem said: His wiki has been updated to see he died on holiday in Europe. Should Obit. I wonder if this the first time a death has been announced on here sourced to someone I’ve seen in real life. , If it was anybody but Susan Penhligon who posted this I'd be looking for a obit. But she has personal (and very touching) connection with Keith in that they both adored Richard Warwick (her bestie, his ex-boyfriend). Keith Baxter | Richard Warwick actor (wordpress.com) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted October 14, 2023 On 02/11/2020 at 19:32, gcreptile said: Going through my longlist, you know the deal, lots of minor news on certain names... ...Brian Blessed gave an interview and revealed that his wife had cancer and COVID this year, but she survived both. His wife his also an actress, Hildegard Neil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegarde_Neil Interview: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/brian-blessed-praises-wife-after-22815633 Hm, why did I post it here and not in the Brian Blessed thread? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
