Gisooo 3,302 Posted February 22, 2023 Scotish actress Wendy McClure (IMDb) dead at 91 back on Feb 16, 2022 She was also the widow of American actor David Knight 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted February 27, 2023 Could it be that Steve Woodmore, formerly world's fastest english speaker, has died this month: The one who sold stuff under the name "astrobatts" also has/had lymphoma and lives/lived in the same town: https://www.ebay.ie/usr/woodybuying?_trksid=p2047675.l2559 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted February 27, 2023 Pretty sure they are the same person. Here's Woodmore (the fast talker)'s Twitter avatar: And if you go to the domain attached to that ebay account's email address, you'll find a weblog with a photo of "astrobatts" here: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted February 27, 2023 Yeah, definitely then. He was hospitalised between the years and had disappeared since then. RIP... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,314 Posted February 27, 2023 His Facebook page states he has died as it is a memorial account and he is tagged in a R.I.P post dated 6th February.Last post he made was 14th January in hospital on oxygen and still struggling to breathe and his blood pressure crashed badly so yeah he has definitely gone between 14th January and 6th February. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sideik 236 Posted February 28, 2023 12 hours ago, gcreptile said: Could it be that Steve Woodmore, formerly world's fastest english speaker, has died this month: The one who sold stuff under the name "astrobatts" also has/had lymphoma and lives/lived in the same town: https://www.ebay.ie/usr/woodybuying?_trksid=p2047675.l2559 Curiously he has been on my shortlist since 28/02/2022...I think something about his health came up a year ago. Ok I checked, gcreptile himself gave update about cancer spreading and cancer becoming terminal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,582 Posted March 2, 2023 A name mentioned a couple of times on DL... an edit to the Wiki page of British actress Elizabeth Larner says that she died in Florida in 2022. Born 29 Oct 1932 so she would have been 89 or 90. A pretty big name in British TV and on stage over the decades (played a leading role in Up Pompeii! opposite Frankie Howerd). Though she later moved to Venice, Florida and fell off the radar. She lived there as Elizabeth Patricia Larner Calhoun. MyLife page here. Can anyone find a death record? @Gisooo, is there anything on Accurint? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,031 Posted March 2, 2023 13 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: A name mentioned a couple of times on DL... an edit to the Wiki page of British actress Elizabeth Larner says that she died in Florida in 2022. Born 29 Oct 1932 so she would have been 89 or 90. A pretty big name in British TV and on stage over the decades (played a leading role in Up Pompeii! opposite Frankie Howerd). Though she later moved to Venice, Florida and fell off the radar. She lived there as Elizabeth Patricia Larner Calhoun. MyLife page here. Can anyone find a death record? @Gisooo, is there anything on Accurint? Elizabeth Larner last picked for the DDP in 2017 if true @Death Impends http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2017/celebs_L.html#larne0 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,302 Posted March 2, 2023 2 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: A name mentioned a couple of times on DL... an edit to the Wiki page of British actress Elizabeth Larner says that she died in Florida in 2022. Born 29 Oct 1932 so she would have been 89 or 90. A pretty big name in British TV and on stage over the decades (played a leading role in Up Pompeii! opposite Frankie Howerd). Though she later moved to Venice, Florida and fell off the radar. She lived there as Elizabeth Patricia Larner Calhoun. MyLife page here. Can anyone find a death record? @Gisooo, is there anything on Accurint? Yes, she died on March 11, 2022 in Venice, Florida Also obit here but needed help because it was not known if it was her. 2 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,582 Posted March 4, 2023 The Wiki page AND the IMDb page for French singer Jean Philippe both state that he died on 9 January 2022 (aged either 90 or 91). France's 1959 Eurovision entry. Switzerland's 1962 Eurovision entry. I can't find him in matchID, though it's possible he moved to Switzerland, and their death records are notoriously bad to access. This is somewhat odd though I can believe it. Have we ever known a Eurovision act to die off radar @YoungWillz? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,031 Posted March 4, 2023 Possible - I guess it can happen in any walk of thread. I mean Jean Phillippe isn't exactly an unusual name. But Eurovish fans are just as rabid as Doctor Who fans so any possible link to an act would be tracked down and wrung out to within an inch of its life to confirm or deny. So possible but unusual certainly. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,302 Posted March 21, 2023 George Lefferts (Wiki), American writer and producer dead on Apr 2, 2018 at the age of 96 according to MyLife.com and Accurint. His original plays and films for TV have won the Emmy Award three times and the Golden Globe twice. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,302 Posted March 26, 2023 Aurora Segurra (Wiki), actress from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema dead in 2002 at 78-79! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve 596 Posted April 5, 2023 I can't find anything that indicates that Steve Woodmore has died as per posts above. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Immortal 634 Posted April 19, 2023 Found out two NASA officials prominent for their involvement in the events that led to the Challenger disaster have died off the radar. Arnold Aldrich - He was the manager of the Mission Management Team, responsible for Shuttle missions, before he became director of the Space Shuttle Program entirely post the Challenger disaster. It was Aldrich and William Lucas who gave Jesse Moore the final approval for Challenger to launch. Died in 2020 from cancer. Lawrence Mulloy - He was the manager of the Solid Rocket Booster program for the Shuttle. He became infamous for pushing for the launch despite the opposition from Roger Boisjoly and the other Morton Thiokol engineers. He was also given much of the blame in the Rogers Commision report and as a result, Mulloy resigned in disgrace from NASA. Stayed completely out of the public view until his appearance in Challenger: Final Flight. Died in 2020 as well. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,302 Posted April 29, 2023 Norwegian cinematographer Sverre Bergli (Wiki) dead in 2021 at the age of 95 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,302 Posted May 2, 2023 On 04/03/2023 at 12:40, Ulitzer95 said: The Wiki page AND the IMDb page for French singer Jean Philippe both state that he died on 9 January 2022 (aged either 90 or 91). France's 1959 Eurovision entry. Switzerland's 1962 Eurovision entry. I can't find him in matchID, though it's possible he moved to Switzerland, and their death records are notoriously bad to access. This is somewhat odd though I can believe it. Have we ever known a Eurovision act to die off radar @YoungWillz? As you updated, dead https://www.cimetieresduquebec.ca/outaouais/papineauville-protestant/photos/382205/#1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,582 Posted May 2, 2023 6 minutes ago, Gisooo said: As you updated, dead https://www.cimetieresduquebec.ca/outaouais/papineauville-protestant/photos/382205/#1 Yes, I did some extensive editing to his page, including digging out some old news articles in order to tie it all up. Quite surprising that he died off radar given that he twice appeared in Eurovision (representing both France and Switzerland). I found his Facebook page, and he was originally from Paris, but moved to Quebec in the 60s or 70s along with his entire family, setting up a restaurant. Explains why he faded into obscurity. Anyway, another one solved! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,582 Posted May 4, 2023 On 13/12/2022 at 21:55, Ulitzer95 said: Excellent spot Goose. Similarly I'd like to know if the following are alive if anyone has a sharper eye than me. A few we've covered on here before now. A few are new names: Sylvia Thorpe (wiki), 96, British romance novelist Margaret Storey (wiki), 96, British children's writer Kate Sedley (wiki), 96, British historical novelist Bernard Long (wiki), 96, British book illustrator and comic artist Rosie Harris (wiki), 97, British romance novelist (alive in 2015) Nancy Buckingham (wiki), 98, British gothic and romance novelist Eric von Gotha (wiki), 98, British illustrator and comic artist Margaret Crosland (wiki), 102, British biographer and translator British historical romance novelist Bill Spence (wiki, aka Jessica Blair), 98, I imagine is most certainly still with us as he was covered in the media as recently as 2020. British romance novelist Katharine Gordon (wiki) would be 107 now so I imagine long dead, but she travelled and lived across the world throughout her life so uncovering a record of death would prove difficult. According to an unsourced edit on Wiki from yesterday, Sylvia Thorpe died on 15 January 2023, aged 96. Her real name was June Sylvia Thimblethorpe, and using that last year I was able to find her on 192 to confirm she was still living. No obit. If anyone finds anything please post it here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,302 Posted May 5, 2023 American actor Damian London (Wiki) died last November at the age of 91 in LA. He made his appearance in various television series such as I Dreamed of Jeannie, Mannix, Bewitched, Three's Company, Little House on the Prairie, Diff'rent Strokes, Highway to Heaven etc. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,302 Posted May 7, 2023 Lisa Janti (Wiki), actress from the Golden Age of Hollywood reported dead last March at the age of 89 in Van Nuys, LA, CA. A notable figure appeared in supporting roles during the 50s in movies like Tomahawk Trail, Escape to Burma, Naked Paradise, The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold, Ten Thousand Bedrooms, World Without End etc. I contacted Glamour Girls and they updated, let's hope for an Hollywood Reporter obit. . 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,302 Posted May 10, 2023 Japanese-born American actress Eiko Ando (Wiki), best known for her lead role as Okichi opposite John Wayne in The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958) died five years ago in New York. So surprised that she didn't got any obituary 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,302 Posted May 10, 2023 American actress Lieux Dressler (Wiki) who appeared in The Bob Newhart Show, Days of Our Lives, Calling Dr. Gannon, Love American Style and Gunsmoke is dead according to her son on StarTiger, no date given but look like should be between January and June 2018 Nothing on Accurint but she was living in Woodland Hills, LA, CA. Plus her sister-in-law obit said that she predeceased her. Edit: Died on February 8, 2018 according to this 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 2,173 Posted May 10, 2023 16 minutes ago, Gisooo said: American actress Lieux Dressler (Wiki) who appeared in The Bob Newhart Show, Days of Our Lives, Calling Dr. Gannon, Love American Style and Gunsmoke is dead according to her son on StarTiger, no date given but look like should be between January and June 2018 Nothing on Accurint but she was living in Woodland Hills, LA, CA. Plus her sister-in-law obit said that she predeceased her. Edit: Died on February 8, 2018 according to this She also starred in the Columbo episode Death Lends a Hand, which, coincidentally, I watched less than a week ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,698 Posted May 11, 2023 US Masters Swimming record holder, WWII B-25 pilot Russ Witte, still marked living on Wikipedia (minor name, but he's had a Wiki page since 2013), died off-radar in 2016 at 99. There's a small group of people born in the 1910s still marked "living" on Wikipedia despite the fact that they probably died more than a decade ago. The most notable of those are probably Wesley P. Dahlberg, Steve Lu and Jiro Tanaka. Steve Lu has two home pages, the other page with contact info of him or a relative/someone who knew him, but I can't find any pictures of him taken after the 1990s. Jiro Tanaka was probably alive in 2008. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
