Dead Celebrities Thread

[NickFitz]

Jim Lovell, who guided Apollo 13 safely back to Earth, dies aged 97

[WTFH]

I read one her spy novels written after she retired. She might have been a good spy but she was a terrible writer.

Better or worse than Peter Wright's "Spycatcher"?

[DoctorStrangelove]

I read one her spy novels written after she retired. She might have been a good spy but she was a terrible writer.

Thanks for that: one or other of her tomes has sat on one of my many bookshelves for decades. .

[cojak]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...5-dies-aged-90

Stella Rimington, 90

I read one her spy novels written after she retired. She might have been a good spy but she was a terrible writer.

[ladymuck]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...5-dies-aged-90

Stella Rimington, 90

[NickFitz]

James Whale: Radio and TV personality dies aged 74 - BBC News

[DoctorStrangelove]

More about Tom.

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-862431

[NickFitz]

Tom Lehrer, 97

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...hrer-dead.html

Poisoning pigeons in the park will never be the same now

A sad loss. Only 97! That's no age, really

A reminder that in 2022, he placed all his music and lyrics in the public domain and relinquished all rights thereto: https://tomlehrersongs.com/

[ladymuck]

Tom Lehrer, 97

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...hrer-dead.html

Poisoning pigeons in the park will never be the same now

[ladymuck]

Cleo Laine, jazz singer, 97

https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...dankworth-dies