Dead Celebrities Thread

[Scruff]

Confirmed on BBC: Covid-19: Captain Sir Tom Moore dies with coronavirus - BBC News

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember him...

[OwlHoot]

Radio news is quicker than the Beeb.

The only problem is you then have to Google for a link and the BBC are often late.

Wikipedia is quicker than anything!

Even as a celeb is gasping their final breaths, some ghoul of a Wikipedia editor will be submitting an datetime of death update!

[d000hg]

Wikipedia is quicker than anything!

Even as a celeb is gasping their final breaths, some ghoul of a Wikipedia editor will be submitting an datetime of death update!

I wait for BBC as they like to check first (except that person who was reported dead twice the other week).

[SueEllen]

I wait for BBC as they like to check first (except that person who was reported dead twice the other week).

Then she died.


Yes they do check but they probably checked with The Guardian.

More seriously this time his family came out with a statement almost immediately for the press.

[ladymuck]

Jim Weatherly, songwriter behind Midnight Train To Georgia, dies aged 77 | Pop and rock | The Guardian

'Natural causes'

[ladymuck]

Christopher Plummer, Sound of Music star and oldest actor to win an Oscar, dies aged 91 | Christopher Plummer | The Guardian

[SimonMac]

Leon Spinks: Ex-heavyweight champion who shocked Muhammad Ali dies aged 67

Leon Spinks: Ex-heavyweight champion who shocked Muhammad Ali dies aged 67 - BBC Sport

[DoctorStrangelove]

Christopher Plummer, Sound of Music star and oldest actor to win an Oscar, dies aged 91 | Christopher Plummer | The Guardian

[vetran]

Frank Shankwitz, who created the Make-A-Wish Foundation in honor of a terminally ill boy, dies at 77 | Daily Mail Online

Make-A-Wish Foundation creator Frank Shankwitz dies at 77 after helping a terminally ill seven-year-old to be cop for a day in 1980 gave him the idea for the organization that's now helped 500,000 children

• Frank Shankwitz who co-founded the Make-a-Wish Foundation has died aged 77
• The Arizona Highway Patrol officer helped a terminally ill seven-year-old boy realize his dream of being a motorcycle cop
• His police department decided to make the boy’s wish come true for a few days
• The charity estimates it has helped realize the wishes of more than 500,000 children. It has grown to 60 chapters nationwide

[BrilloPad]

Supremes co-founder and singer Mary Wilson dies aged 76 - BBC News