Dead Celebrities Thread

[DoctorStrangelove]

Vernor Vinge, novelist, 79:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernor_Vinge

[Dactylion]

Steve Harley, cockney Rebel, 73

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

B*gger I had tickets to see him.....

Actually the gig had been postponed from March til April 25...
We thought at the time that it'd never happen :-(

Last time this sort of thing happened we'd been to see Eddy and the Hotrods on their "Done Everything I Wanna Do" tour.........
Then Barrie Masters snuffed it soon after :-(

Actually - I now I think about it Andy Scott should be a little worried, cos we saw him a few months ago with his incarnation of (The) Sweet...

Unfortunately:
a) He is the only left
b) He is also suffering with (fairly advanced) cancer

Sorry to be so depressing... but on this thread it's not exactly going to be joyful I guess

[ladymuck]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/202...-jr-actor-dies

Louis Gossett jnr, 87
First black man to win a supporting actor Oscar

[vetran]

Goodnight Vienna

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ld-friend.html

Chris Cross dead aged 71: Ultravox star who played and co-wrote classic Vienna hit has died as frontman Midge Ure pays tribute to 'loved and missed old friend'

• The bass player whose real name was Chris Allen died last week aged 71

[Dactylion]

Gerry Conway

For the philistines amongst us - Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull and Cat Stevens among others

[DoctorStrangelove]

Lynne Reid Banks, author of "The L shaped Room". 93.

No. I haven't read it either, or "The Indian in the Cupboard" for that matter.

[ladymuck]

Peter Higgs, him wot predicted/discovered the Higgs Boson, 94

https://www.theguardian.com/science/...n-dies-aged-94

[ladymuck]

OJ Simpson

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...on-dies-cancer

[SimonMac]

Looks like he ran out of juice

[WTFH]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68940716