Dead Celebrities Thread

[NickFitz]

Eggheads star quizzer Chris Hughes dies aged 77 - BBC News

I was thinking about him a day or two ago. There was a trailer for repeats of The Weakest Link and it reminded me of the time he was on there and got voted off by two dullards in the final round. In the bit where they talk to camera after they've been booted off he was absolutely livid, castigating them as "mediocrities" and so on

[DoctorStrangelove]

Joseph Wambaugh, 88, author, ex policeman, writer of rather good books.

[quackhandle]

From a few days back, have to add it given my addiction to chess.

Boris Spassky.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...assky-obituary

qh

[DoctorStrangelove]

James Harrison, 88. Who he? The man with the golden arm:

https://www.theguardian.com/australi...s-dies-aged-88

Seems to have done rather more for humanity than many.

[Uncle Albert]

Bill Dare, aged 64 of Spitting Image, Dead Ringers and The Now Show fame.

https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/b...-b1214494.html

[ladymuck]

Michelle Trachtenberg, 39. Dawn from Buffy, and Harriet the Spy actress.

My goodness, how did I miss this!

[vetran]

My goodness, how did I miss this!

not reading the wail enough, poor love was all over the front page. Very tragic.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Gene Hackman & his wife: she died of hantavirus before he died.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/police-giv...141800600.html

[sadkingbilly]

Stephen Clarkson

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg8z73d0xwo

"He'd been doing these commando-style moves to fight off the police, and he seemed well trained, but I grew up in Glasgow.

"It seemed natural to me that a wee forearm smash would sort it out."

weearrapeepel!

[gables]

Brian James - The Damned
RIP