Dead Celebrities Thread

[vetran]

Bryan Marshall

May not know the name will know the face

British Bond star Bryan Marshall who appeared dies aged 81 | Daily Mail Online

[vetran]

Pongo Harris

possibly late



https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...96jrn6oHYJgOLk

or for our younger viewers

Alf Ventress i Heartbeat

[DoctorStrangelove]

possibly late



https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...96jrn6oHYJgOLk

or for our younger viewers

Alf Ventress i Heartbeat

From Swansea, apparently, there's tidy then.

And from Z Cars (for the truly s amongst us): Douglas Fielding:

Douglas Fielding death: EastEnders and Z-Cars actor dies aged 73 | The Independent

[Big Blue Plymouth]

possibly late



https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...96jrn6oHYJgOLk

or for our younger viewers

Alf Ventress i Heartbeat

Yes, always had a fag hanging out of his mouth

[Mordac]

possibly late

Definitely late, hence the obituary...

[greenlake]

RIP Lee Iacocca.



Lee Iacocca, auto executive who helped create Ford Mustang, dies at age 94 | The Guardian

[DoctorStrangelove]

RIP Lee Iacocca.



Lee Iacocca, auto executive who helped create Ford Mustang, dies at age 94 | The Guardian

Iacocca also had some duds, such as the Ford Pinto, an economy car that became notorious for exploding fuel tanks. “You don’t win ’em all,” he said of the Pinto.

There was a rusty yellow Pinto in "The Losers" that I watched the other night.

Sadly it didn't explode.

Also very popular for having an engine with metric fittings in a country even more wedded to the Imperial System than we are.

The 12 point star head bolts were a particular favourite.

[NickFitz]

Christopher Booker, first editor of Private Eye among many other achievements in the world of letters:

Private Eye Magazine on Twitter: "We are very sad to announce the death today of Christopher Booker. author, journalist, satirist and the first editor of Private Eye, after a short illness. He was 81.

A full appreciation of his life and contributions to the magazine will be published in a future edition.… https://t.co/FwEBdpkxeB"

[Big Blue Plymouth]

Christopher Booker, first editor of Private Eye among many other achievements in the world of letters:

Private Eye Magazine on Twitter: "We are very sad to announce the death today of Christopher Booker. author, journalist, satirist and the first editor of Private Eye, after a short illness. He was 81.

A full appreciation of his life and contributions to the magazine will be published in a future edition.… https://t.co/FwEBdpkxeB"

Lived round this way in the Chew Valley, I believe.

Once met him tearing a strip off a young copper making a complete pig's ear of managing an oversized truck blocking the way on the A37.

[greenlake]

RIP MAD Magazine.

After 67 years, hundreds of issues, a spinoff sketch comedy series and countless imitators, MAD Magazine as it has been known since 1952 is coming to an end, according to the magazine’s former editor, Allie Goertz.

Mad Magazine Shutting Down After 67 Years