Dead Celebrities Thread

[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

[SueEllen]

Mrs Charlotte "Betty" Webb, 101.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bletchley-...133100736.html

I didn't realise who she was until some historian on a podcast I listen to explained.

She had about 15 years of living and not giving a f*** as she completely came out of her shell.

She wasn't actually a code breaker but an admin bod who ensured that the right parties got the right information in a very timely manner. (If you work on projects were there is an issue with communication someone like this is gold dust.)

She was also in her more mature years able to explain what happened in Betchley and in the army involving women. This was in more detail than historians initially got get information about after the war when they were finally able to ask questions about ordinary everyday things.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Colin Whitaker, 83. Who he? The vet who spotted the first case of Mad Cow Disease.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/colin-whit...170757508.html