Dead Celebrities Thread

[ladymuck]

https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...n-dies-aged-82

Sly Stone, funk and soul musician. of Sly and the Family Stone. You may know this tune of theirs

https://youtu.be/YUUhDoCx8zc?si=n7EFvgxJu62i0ogL

[DoctorStrangelove]

Frederick Forsyth, 86.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czj4ljxv17xo

[NickFitz]

Bill Atkinson

[xoggoth]

MASH actress Loretta Swit dies at age 87 - BBC News

Oh no! Not Hot Lips! She was hot! Mash was one of best series ever.

[Protagoras]

Andrew Norfolk, newspaper reporter.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...rfolk-obituary

[DoctorStrangelove]

Ed Smylie, 95.

Who he?

The chap who figured out how to save the crew of Apollo 13 from CO2.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ed-smylie-...143021872.html

[sadkingbilly]

Alan Yentob
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8dp75gw8lo

[ladymuck]

Placeholder: Billy Joel

https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...brain-disorder

[NigelJK]

Roger Nichols, the composer behind some of The Carpenters' biggest hits, has died at the age of 84.
https://metro.co.uk/2025/05/23/carpe...d-84-23227800/

[ladymuck]

Apparently what he disliked most was how disgusting the fake beer was. Considering how piss weak US beer is, I'm sure they could have served a proper one.