Well known people who died recently

[DB008]

Terry Jones: Monty Python star dies aged 77
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Monty Python star Terry Jones has died at the age of 77, after having suffered from dementia, his agent has said.

A statement from his family said: "We have all lost a kind, funny, warm, creative and truly loving man."

Fellow Python Sir Michael Palin described Jones as "one of the funniest writer-performers of his generation".

John Cleese said: "It feels strange that a man of so many talents and such endless enthusiasm, should have faded so gently away..."

He added: "Of his many achievements, for me the greatest gift he gave us all was his direction of Life of Brian. Perfection."

Eric Idle, another member of the highly influential comedy troupe, recalled the "many laughs, moments of total hilarity onstage and off we have all shared with him".

He went on: "It's too sad if you knew him, but if you didn't you will always smile at the many wonderfully funny moments he gave us."
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[qldfrog]

Not that well known but very sad
https://www.news.com.au/sport/tenni...t/news-story/e4976d9028785024ca8e8c4d0c5cae46
Too young to die rip

 

[Knobby22]

Not that well known but very sad
https://www.news.com.au/sport/tenni...t/news-story/e4976d9028785024ca8e8c4d0c5cae46
Too young to die rip

Terrible. Awful.
Altitude sickness?

 

[Dona Ferentes]

Guitarist Andy Gill, who supplied the scratching, seething sound that fuelled the highly influential British punk band Gang of Four, has died aged 64.

His death came after a brief respiratory illness.

"His uncompromising artistic vision and commitment to the cause meant that he was still listening to mixes for the upcoming record, whilst planning the next tour from his hospital bed," the band said in a statement.

Gill, along with original bandmates Jon King, Hugo Burnham and Dave Allen released in 1979 one of the most seminal albums of the punk era, Entertainment!.

It was named by Rolling Stone magazine in 2003 as one of the 500 greatest albums ever.

(wouldn't really call them "punk" !)

 

[Dona Ferentes]

Kirk Douglas. 103 big ones

 

[SirRumpole]

I can't see the reason for two death notice threads.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

I can't see the reason for two death notice threads.

are you saying that just in passing?

 

[Dona Ferentes]

I can't see the reason for two death notice threads.

PS I'd prefer Well known to Important, if the threads are going to be culled/ merged

 

[SirRumpole]

are you saying that just in passing?

Yes, I'm just on my way out.

 

[sptrawler]

PS I'd prefer Well known to Important, if the threads are going to be culled/ merged

I agree with you, when I posted the important people thread came up in the search function, but the last thing I would class an actor as is important.
To me that is the same as calling someone who presents information in the media, a reporter, when most IMO could really be classed as bloggers.
A bit like classing our daily papers as newspapers, when in my opinion they are tabloids and chat sheets.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

Julie Felix

https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/24/julie-felix-obituary?amp_js_v=a3&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA=#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/24/julie-felix-obituary

 

[basilio]

COVID 19 will keep coming up as the cause of death of many people.

Alan Merrill obituary
Musician and writer of the popular anthem I Love Rock’n’Roll

The singer and songwriter Alan Merrill, who has died aged 69 after contracting Covid-19, will be chiefly remembered for the song I Love Rock’n’Roll. Merrill composed it after hearing the Rolling Stones’ 1974 hit It’s Only Rock’n’Roll (But I Like It), which he considered took an unsuitably apologetic attitude to the music he loved. The Arrows’ 1975 version was not a hit, but a recording by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts spent seven weeks at the top of the US Billboard pop chart in 1982.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/05/alan-merrill-obituary

 

[basilio]

Retired judge and Cummings' uncle Sir John Laws dies after contracting Covid-19
Relative of No 10 adviser hailed as ‘one of the greatest lawyers of his generation’

Laws was one of the UK’s leading authorities in public law and democracy, asserting the primacy of the constitution over parliament in the balance of power in Britain. He rose to become an appeal court judge after representing the government as first Treasury counsel followed by a period as a high court judge. After retirement from the bar he was elected a visiting professor of legal science at Cambridge University.

https://www.theguardian.com/law/202...-john-laws-dies-after-contracting-coronavirus

 

[sptrawler]

Honor Blackman, died of natural causes age 94, one of the first Bond girls and preceded Dianna Rigg in the 'Avengers'.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/honor-blackman-pussy-galore-bond-girl-dies-024905732.html

 

[Dona Ferentes]

Guitarist Andy Gill, who supplied the scratching, seething sound that fuelled the highly influential British punk band Gang of Four, has died aged 64.

His death came after a brief respiratory illness.

and, later down the track;

Andy Gill returned from a tour in China on 23 November 2019 and fell ill in December with many symptoms of Covid-19. He died in St Thomas's hospital on 1 February. Doctors did consider whether it might be this new virus they were hearing about, but the timelines didn't seem plausible

... at the time.

 

[Knobby22]

and, later down the track;
... at the time.

64 is young, very suspicious.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

64 is young, very suspicious.

His partner got it, her stepfather passed. Very very suspicious

sorry about the link; it doesn't seem to come up.
try bbc.com/news/health-52935644

 

[macca]

Try this one

https://www.loudersound.com/news/was-gang-of-fours-andy-gill-an-early-victim-of-covid-19

 

[noirua]

Dame Vera Lynn, the Forces’ Sweetheart, dies aged 103
“I feel very fortunate to have reached 103, and my day will be made all the more special by hearing from people all around the world.

"We'll Meet Again" is a 1939 British song made famous by singer Vera Lynn with music and lyrics composed and written by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles. The song is one of the most famous of the Second World War era, and resonated with soldiers going off to fight and their families and sweethearts.
She is widely known as "the Forces' Sweetheart", and gave outdoor concerts for the troops in Egypt, India, and Burma during the war as part of Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). The songs most associated with her are "We'll Meet Again", "The White Cliffs of Dover", "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" and "There'll Always Be an England".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Lynn

Lynn has devoted much time and energy to charity work connected with ex-servicemen, disabled children and breast cancer. She is held in great affection by veterans of the Second World War and in 2000 was named the Briton who best exemplified the spirit of the 20th century.

 

[DB008]

Former 'Mythbusters' co-host Grant Imahara dead at 49​

Grant Imahara, a former electrical engineer who became co-host of Discovery Channel's "Mythbusters," has died, according to multiple reports. He was 49.

The Hollywood Reporter reports Imahara died suddenly after a brain aneurysm.

“We are heartbroken to hear this sad news about Grant," a Discovery Channel spokesperson told Variety in a statement. "He was an important part of our Discovery family and a really wonderful man. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family."

Imahara hosted more than 200 episodes of "Mythbusters" from 2005 to 2014, according to Variety.

Before "Mythbusters," Imahara worked at Lucasfilm's THX and Industrial Light and Magic, contributing on several iconic films including the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy, the two "Matrix" sequels and "The Lost World: Jurassic Park."​

https://www.abc10.com/article/news/...obit/507-82ddb2c7-5583-4334-b4de-6146043f2d12​