Well known people who died recently

[SirRumpole]

One of the stars of the snooker program "Pot Black" in the 1970's, and 6 times World snooker Champion Ray Reardon has died age 91.

He was still playing and made a century break after his 91st birthday.

A great of the game.

Ray Reardon, the six-time world snooker champion known as 'Dracula', dies aged 91

The six-time world snooker champion's death followed a battle with cancer, his wife says.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Knobby22]

One of the stars of the snooker program "Pot Black" in the 1970's, and 6 times World snooker Champion Ray Reardon has died age 91.

He was still playing and made a century break after his 91st birthday.

A great of the game.

Ray Reardon, the six-time world snooker champion known as 'Dracula', dies aged 91

The six-time world snooker champion's death followed a battle with cancer, his wife says.

www.abc.net.au

Old snooker players needber die, they are just having a break.

 

[SirRumpole]

Old snooker players needber die, they are just having a break.

Yes, they could use a rest.

 

[farmerge]

Yes, they could use a rest.

Just lounging on the side cushion !!

 

[Dona Ferentes]

John Mayall, pioneering figure of British blues, dies aged 90​

Influential musician, whose band the Bluesbreakers played leading role in 60s blues revival, dies at home in California

John Mayall, the linchpin of the British blues scene who gave a platform to some of the 20th century’s greatest rock musicians, has died aged 90.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon; 08 November 1935 – 18 August 2024, was a French actor and producer. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century, Delon emerged as one of the foremost European actors of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. His style, looks, and roles which made him an international icon, earned him enduring popularity .

 

[dyna]

Jean- Pierre Melville 's " The Samurai "probably his best role ever , in one the greatest of the " films noire " genre to come out of France.
From memory he didn't have much to say in the movie , just the look on his face said it all ,about this contract killer with a heart of stone .
In an interview he once described it as a film about a hard , difficult man utterly alone in the world .
( A fair description of Delon himself , perhaps. )

 

[Dona Ferentes]

In an interview he once described it as a film about a hard , difficult man utterly alone in the world . (A fair description of Delon himself, perhaps. )

the best actors are those that play themselves,

 

[sptrawler]

the best actors are those that play themselves,

There is a lot of that going on, these days.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

on 21 January 2025 Garth Hudson died.

Canadian multi-instrumentalist best known as the keyboardist and occasional saxophonist for the rock group The Band.

He was the last surviving member, with all 5 now dead.