time 8,594 Posted August 18, 2018 Kofi Annan Dead aged 80. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathtreat23 189 Posted August 18, 2018 Kofi Annan Former United Nations Secretary General has died aged 80. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45232892 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,923 Posted August 18, 2018 14 minutes ago, Deathtreat23 said: Kofi Annan Former United Nations Secretary General has died aged 80. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45232892 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,313 Posted August 21, 2018 Unconfirmed Tweets saying Spencer P Jones has died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,130 Posted August 21, 2018 On 18/08/2018 at 11:01, drol said: Unfair. Both posts were made at 10.46. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted August 21, 2018 48 minutes ago, Sean said: Unconfirmed Tweets saying Spencer P Jones has died. Would’ve been amazed if he was still here in 2019, but that’s one of the two slam dunks not on my team I currently have for next year so far. Well, had in Jones case... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted August 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Sean said: Unconfirmed Tweets saying Spencer P Jones has died. Confirmed now. Awaiting the QO now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,313 Posted August 21, 2018 Also his wife has announced it on Facebook. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Joey Russ said: Confirmed now. Awaiting the QO now... Is that good enuff for 5-4-3-2-1 DP? 5-points if so Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted August 21, 2018 Ah, 3rd hit for my Generation Game team this month - if a QO comes up. But between early 2016 and mid-2018 there was no news on him. At least I couldn't find them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted August 22, 2018 Daily Mail obit for Jones: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6085223/New-Zealand-born-guitarist-songwriter-Spencer-P-Jones-dies-liver-cancer.html 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted August 22, 2018 Joey Mente, Filipino basketball player who might’ve been on your longlists for his cancer battle has died aged 42. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted August 23, 2018 On 17/08/2018 at 17:13, Spade_Cooley said: Walt Harris, the "voice of roller derby", is apparently in pretty bad shape and needs 24/7 care. Dunno about obit possibilities. Not like it’d matter much, he’s dead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted August 23, 2018 John Van Reenen, a South African athlete who broke the discus world record in 1975, has died. He was 71. https://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Athletics/sa-athletics-giant-john-van-reenen-dies-20180823 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 23, 2018 10 hours ago, Joey Russ said: On 17/08/2018 at 17:13, Spade_Cooley said: Walt Harris, the "voice of roller derby", is apparently in pretty bad shape and needs 24/7 care. Dunno about obit possibilities. Not like it’d matter much, he’s dead. Now he needs 0/0 care. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted August 24, 2018 No idea who Robin Leach DDP pick is, but looks like he dead: He dead: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robin-leach-dead-lifestyles-rich-famous-host-dies-1137244 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted August 24, 2018 5 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: No idea who Robin Leach DDP pick is, but looks like he dead: This guy next to Howard Finkel. US TV Brit iirc. Also, nearly 20 years younger than I have in my notes, apparently! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted August 24, 2018 9 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: No idea who Robin Leach DDP pick is, but looks like he dead: He dead: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robin-leach-dead-lifestyles-rich-famous-host-dies-1137244 "I made the change from a common thief/To up close and personal with Robin Leach". Looks like they're reunited now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted August 24, 2018 Well, whoever this UK non-entity is, dollar to a cent he gets more obits than Ian Toothill and David Fisher*. (*Saving Biblio's fingers). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted August 24, 2018 3 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Well, whoever this UK non-entity is, dollar to a cent he gets more obits than Ian Toothill and David Fisher*. (*Saving Biblio's fingers). From what I could see, he was sort of a Lloyd Grossman who went to the US and made Lloyd Grossman type TV shows. Before he moved to the States in the 60s he was a Daily Mail journalist. And Biblio ain't the only one pissed about the lack of Fisher's obit. Just seems a right lack of respect for certain folk (writers, TV character actors...) by major publications these days. Really this site is far more respectful, between the lot of us someone somewhere catches the news and reports it, and someone somewhere remembers them fondly (not counting Ian Brady types)... Even if it is for a stilted 30 second cameo at WrestleMania IV! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted August 24, 2018 Could it be that David Fisher didn’t receive an obit because he wasn’t in the public eye after his tenure on Doctor Who? That’s my only guess on why he might’ve not received an obit (but I feel he deserves one for sure)... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted August 24, 2018 Craig Mack, Lovebug Starski and now Robin Leach: that's three people namechecked in the lyrics of "Ready to Die" gone so far this year. Anyone know what Christopher Williams is up to? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted August 24, 2018 10 minutes ago, msc said: From what I could see, he was sort of a Lloyd Grossman who went to the US and made Lloyd Grossman type TV shows. Before he moved to the States in the 60s he was a Daily Mail journalist. Urgh, I now have an image of Ross King in my head. I don't know why!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted August 24, 2018 8 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Could it be that David Fisher didn’t receive an obit because he wasn’t in the public eye after his tenure on Doctor Who? That’s my only guess on why he might’ve not received an obit (but I feel he deserves one for sure)... After Dr Who, he worked with Hammer, BBC Radio and eventually wrote a number of history books with Anthony Read right up into the last decade or so when his health began to fail. Incidentally, Read''s own 2015 obit name-checked him too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted August 24, 2018 Well, howdy doody: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6095313/Robin-Leach-popular-Eighties-TVs-Lifestyles-Rich-Famous-dies-age-76.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
