Dead Celebrities Thread

[ladymuck]

Singer Marianne Faithfull dies at 78 - BBC News

She stole a song off the Nashville Teens.

Well, Mick Jagger heard them recording This Little Bird and got her to quickly record and release it before they could (or so the story was told to me).

[NickFitz]

George Roper: Brian Murphy: Man About the House actor dies aged 92 - BBC News

[vetran]

Oh no! Not Marianne! Saw her live once at Bristol uni. Got her records. Was always telling the missus I only married her because she reminded me of Marianne.

yer silver tongued cavalier! You.

[vetran]

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

apparently a spiritual leader and philanthropist.

[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"

[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".

[DoctorStrangelove]

Asil Nadir, 83.

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

Polly has finally Pecked.

[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

[NigelJK]

Rick Butler

[Snooky]

Rick Butler

Rick Buckler

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