Dead Celebrities Thread

[Mordac]

There was a lovely P-reg Austin Allegro estate that I passed on my way to see Mum this morning.

Quite possibly the worst car ever built by BL, and probably the one which made the biggest contribution to killing off BL. Your Datsun is almost a Bentley by comparison, even without an MOT...

[ladymuck]

Harris Mann, 85.

Who he? The chap who designed the Austin Allegro, the Triumph TR7, and the Austin Princess.

From the latter, it would appear he liked wedges.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/harris-man...162730392.html

There was a lovely P-reg Austin Allegro estate that I passed on my way to see Mum this morning.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Harris Mann, 85.

Who he? The chap who designed the Austin Allegro, the Triumph TR7, and the Austin Princess.

From the latter, it would appear he liked wedges.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/harris-man...162730392.html

[wattaj]

Sir Michael Parkinson: Chat show host dies aged 88

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66411604

Oh dear, there goes another little bit of civility from the world.

[SimonMac]

Sir Michael Parkinson: Chat show host dies aged 88

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66411604

[NickFitz]

Robbie Robertson Dead: The Band Guitarist and Singer Was 80 - Variety

[NickFitz]

I don't believe it! Doreen Mantle: One Foot In The Grave actress dies aged 97

[NickFitz]

William Friedkin: Director of The Exorcist and The French Connection dies aged 87 - BBC News

[wattaj]

Robbie Shepherd dies aged 87

Michty me, tha's awfae sad.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...tland-66382482

[NotAllThere]

Sinead O’Connor:

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/m...source=dlvr.it

Her son, aged 17, died last year.