The Old Crem 3,608 Posted March 31, 2020 D-Day veteran Harold Pearsall, 97, dies after contracting coronavirus 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: Was always going to get worrying when people I remember being young upstart musicians start getting ill with it: Adam Schlesinger from the Fountains of Wayne is "very sick" but "nobody has used the word coma yet". I think he's the first person I know who has it. Chris Collingwood posted recently that he's improving. Oops, I see that's in the article. Edited March 31, 2020 by harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted March 31, 2020 George Alagiah diagnosed. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted March 31, 2020 28 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: George Alagiah diagnosed. He's recovered and out of hospital. He tested positive two weeks ago but kept it quiet. Just been on the news at six cancer wallowing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Prophet 251 Posted March 31, 2020 1 hour ago, The Old Crem said: D-Day veteran Harold Pearsall, 97, dies after contracting coronavirus This is an article from 2005 about him. https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/26/a3498726.shtml They interviewed two World War 2 Veterans. The second World War 2 Veteran who was interviewed in this article died not even a year ago at the age of 100. https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/8127973/Edward-Ted-Prosser Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,983 Posted March 31, 2020 Had worked with Jazz Legenda Chick Correa and Dizzy Gillespie in the past. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 488 Posted March 31, 2020 Nowhere near the exhaustive Wiki list, but a couple of names over the last day or two: Rafael Gómez Nieto, Spanish Resistance fighter and veteran of WW2 and the Spanish Civil War, dead at 99 in France. He was the last living survivor of La Nueve https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20200331/48215141168/rafael-gomez-nieto-la-nueve-paris-nazis-hitler-republicanos.html Andrew Jack, dialect coach for the Sherlock Holmes and Lord of the Rings movies, and major Caluan Ematt in the new Star Wars trilogy, dead at 76. https://comicbook.com/starwars/2020/03/31/star-wars-actor-andrew-jack-dead-death-coronavirus-obituary/ Daniel Yuste, Spanish Olympic racing cyclist, dead at 75 https://sportsfinding.com/former-madrid-cyclist-daniel-yuste-dies-of-coronavirus-at-75/27675/ Robert Garffe, speaker of the Utah House of Representatives from 1985 to 1987, dead at 77 https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/utah-business-titan-bob-garff-dies-from-covid-19-his-daughter-says Isaac Robinson, member of the Michigan House of Representatives since 2019, dead at 44. https://www.crainsdetroit.com/obituaries/state-rep-isaac-robinson-dies-suspected-coronavirus-infection Chato Galante, Spanish political prisoner during the Franco era, dead at 71. https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20200329/48157950745/chato-galante-coronavirus.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,983 Posted March 31, 2020 Patrick McEnroe Tennis commentator,former player and brother of John McEnroe has coronavirus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted March 31, 2020 1 minute ago, CaptainChorizo said: Patrick McEnroe Tennis commentator,former player and brother of John McEnroe has coronavirus You can not be serious!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 31, 2020 18 hours ago, Death Impends said: Instead of Hussein, this dubious distinction falls upon former Congolese President/Prime Minister Joachim Yhombi-Opango. Another dubious distinction. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SusanStoHelit 21 Posted March 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, Desmond Tutu said: He deserves his own thread let me start Even though he is dead already? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 488 Posted March 31, 2020 Pape Diouf, former president of Olympique de Marseille, dead at 68 per Twitter. Can't find an article yet, but here's a NYT reporter: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SusanStoHelit 21 Posted March 31, 2020 23 minutes ago, Desmond Tutu said: If a person has thread or not, is not down to dead or alive, look at pete burns, but down to their skin color. I thought we don't open new threads for people after their death. Well, I was wrong, apparently. But even though I'm relatively new here, I think I can say for certain skin color doesn't matter. What matters, or what should matter at any rate, is how many replies to the thread can be expected/how active it will be, right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 488 Posted March 31, 2020 Just now, SusanStoHelit said: I thought we don't open new threads for people after their death. Well, I was wrong, apparently. But even though I'm relatively new here, I think I can say for certain skin color doesn't matter. What matters, or what should matter at any rate, is how many replies to the thread can be expected/how active it will be, right? You're responding to a notorious troll btw 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SusanStoHelit 21 Posted March 31, 2020 3 minutes ago, CastAway said: You're responding to a notorious troll btw I saw them call someone racist for disagreeing wether or not another black person deserved a thread, I was naive to think it was meant seriously... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,146 Posted March 31, 2020 26 minutes ago, SusanStoHelit said: I saw them call someone racist for disagreeing wether or not another black person deserved a thread, I was naive to think it was meant seriously... He used to be Robert Mugabe. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,479 Posted March 31, 2020 1 minute ago, Toast said: He used to be Robert Mugabe. Which allowed me probably my greatest post to date. Although given TCD, Joey posted it, so he got all the likes! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted March 31, 2020 Fuck I'm slow. Desmond Tutu is Robert Mugabe... What? Also there's nothing wrong with responding to notorious trolls by the way. If people didn't most of us on here would be having one sided conversations.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,059 Posted March 31, 2020 Not as notable as you'd think, but bassist Samuel "Sandy" Anderson, a founding member of soul/disco combo Unlimited Touch, has died of the virus: https://www.soultracks.com/story-sandy-anderson-dies Apparently his bass part and the drums from this number were sampled right on to Faith Evans' All Night Long: Not a hit in the UK, but thought I'd mention it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted March 31, 2020 3 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Not as notable as you'd think, but bassist Samuel "Sandy" Anderson, a founding member of soul/disco combo Unlimited Touch, has died of the virus: https://www.soultracks.com/story-sandy-anderson-dies Apparently his bass part and the drums from this number were sampled right on to Faith Evans' All Night Long: Not a hit in the UK, but thought I'd mention it. Another nobody then? Look a lot of remotely famous people are going to die from this doesn't increase their fame score (above zilch)? Tell me when George Alagaih carks it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,059 Posted March 31, 2020 1 minute ago, Deathray said: Another nobody then? Look a lot of remotely famous people are going to die from this doesn't increase their fame score (above zilch)? Tell me when George Alagaih carks it. Did ok in the US Dance Charts, ah the humanity! George who? Already forgotten about him since he didn't die last year. He'll be the healthiest looking corpse in the morgue when he goes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted March 31, 2020 Just now, YoungWillz said: Did ok in the US Dance Charts, ah the humanity! George who? Already forgotten about him since he didn't die last year. He'll be the healthiest looking corpse in the morgue when he goes. The US Dance Charts? Yeah sounds fucking top of the tree that, was below or above the Cha Cha Slide? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,059 Posted March 31, 2020 Just now, Deathray said: The US Dance Charts? Yeah sounds fucking top of the tree that, was below or above the Cha Cha Slide? Oh it's an ancient choon (1981). Remember that's still a lotta records sold in the golden age of the vinyl disc. America's big you know. I'd hate to guess, but probably more sold than a lot of UK #1s. But hey, I thought the extra nugget re sampling was worth the post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted March 31, 2020 Just now, YoungWillz said: Oh it's an ancient choon (1981). Remember that's still a lotta records sold in the golden age of the vinyl disc. America's big you know. I'd hate to guess, but probably more sold than a lot of UK #1s. But hey, I thought the extra nugget re sampling was worth the post. And still, no one except you and other people who masturbate over NME remembers who the fuck he is...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
