Dead Celebrities Thread

[ladymuck]

Roberta Flack, 88

https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...y-dies-aged-88

[sadkingbilly]

Auld Eric
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4ly8n0eepo

[DoctorStrangelove]

Joe Haines, Wilson's spin doctor.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...n-dies-aged-97

Strewth he lasted a lot longer than his boss.

[Snooky]

Rick Butler

Rick Buckler

This one hit me. I was a huge Jam fan, definitely the soundtrack of my formative years.

[NigelJK]

Rick Butler

[DoctorStrangelove]

Raymond Bird, 101, designer of the HEC.

Odd. Never heard of the HEC before.


https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/..._raymond_bird/


Gosh:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holler...ronic_Computer

[DoctorStrangelove]

Asil Nadir, 83.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/asil-nadir...123734814.html

Polly has finally Pecked.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Damn. Now I'll be whistling that for the rest of the day..

With added Simon Dee, a real rave from the grave. Whatever happened to him?

Bastard! An hour and a half later & I'm still fecking singing it.

Didn't know there was a Part II: "Last of the Breed".

He never got around to doing Part III: "The End of Marie Claire".

[xoggoth]

That's a funny coincidence. Was listening to me radio in the car earlier and it was playing "Where Do You Go to My Lovely" by Peter Sarstedt. Lyrics include "You know the Aga Khan He sent you a race horse for Christmas"

[vetran]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...r-dies-aged-88

apparently a spiritual leader and philanthropist.