Dead Celebrities Thread

[ladymuck]

George Wendt, Norm from Cheers, 76

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...ad-cheers-norm

[DoctorStrangelove]

Richard Garwin, 97.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/h-bomb-cre...204615528.html

Who he? He designed the device used in Ivy Mike.

It worked rather well though it wasn't exactly deliverable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Mi...keFireball.gif

[Protagoras]

Duncan Campbell, reporter

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/may/16/duncan-campbell-celebrated-guardian-reporter-dies-aged-80

[gables]

Mike Peters - The Alarm - aged 66

An absolute hero of mine providing a soundtrack to my life since 1983.

[cojak]

Pope Francis

At least he lived long enough to do a great job of putting that squirt Vance in his place yesterday, skipping the meeting and sending a cardinal to preach at him about compassion instead

And he managed to get through Easter Sunday as well, good on him.

[NickFitz]

Pope Francis

At least he lived long enough to do a great job of putting that squirt Vance in his place yesterday, skipping the meeting and sending a cardinal to preach at him about compassion instead

[Zigenare]

Eurovision singer Clodagh Rodgers dies aged 78 - BBC News

Nice voice - not now of course but she was quite melodious.

[NickFitz]

Eurovision singer Clodagh Rodgers dies aged 78 - BBC News

[Uncle Albert]

Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer and failed presidential candidate aged 89.

Always slightly in the shadow of Gabriel García Márquez (who he once punched in the nose).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg41r4kx0lko

[DoctorStrangelove]

Jean Marsh, 90.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c045dk29xqqo