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[DoctorStrangelove]

Graham Skidmore, the voice of Blind Date:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61949408

Actually he died in December but no one noticed. .


Also: Frank Williams, the vicar in Dad's Army, 90.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b2110046.html

[DoctorStrangelove]

Matt Zimmermann aka Alan Tracy of Thunderbirds, Not Go, but Gone.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/matt-zimme...153000747.html

[vetran]

Brett Tuggle

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...ac-cancer.html

Brett Tuggle dies at age 70: The keyboardist for Fleetwood Mac and The David Lee Roth Band passes away after battling cancer as Rick Springfield shares heartfelt tribute

• Keyboardist Brett Tuggle has died at the age of 70 after battling cancer
• He had toured for 20 years with iconic 1970s band Fleetwood Mac
• And he was one of the founding members of The David Lee Roth Band
• Tuggle also helped Roth write his 1988 hit song Just Like Paradise

[DoctorStrangelove]

Iann Barron: Inmos.

https://www.electronicsweekly.com/ne...arron-2022-06/

Must have been a fine chap since he got up Weinstock's nose. .

[vetran]

Not a conventional celebrity but he may affect the way the human race evolves. At the very least he has pioneered augmentation for disabilities.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...eacefully.html

• Dr Peter Scott-Morgan was given the diagnosis of motor neurone disease in 2017
• He refused to accept his fate and decided to challenge exactly what it meant to be human
• The roboticist underwent a series of complex and risky operations during his journey to become a cyborg
• This included laser eye surgery, feeding tubes and a voice box, as well as a remarkably life-like avatar

[WTFH]

Phil Bennett
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/59951325

[A Tablecloth]

Patricia Brake Probably best remembered in the BBC soap Eldorado

[Spellbinder]

Alec John Such

Original bass player with Bon Jovi passes at 71

[DoctorStrangelove]

Bo Hopkins. <sing> Shall we gather at the river </sing>

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bo-hopkins...161545455.html

[quackhandle]

My mother's favourite jockey (as he was to many back in the day).

Have to be honest, I thought he'd carked it ten year back.

RIP Lester Keith Piggott

qh

[ladymuck]

Lester Piggott, 86

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...t-war-era-dies

[vetran]

Depeche Mode keyboardist Andy Fletcher dies

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61597992

how sad and only 60.

a few favourites

[SimonMac]

Depeche Mode keyboardist Andy Fletcher dies

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61597992

[Spellbinder]

Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode has died at the age of 60

[Spellbinder]

YES Drummer Alan White died aged 72....Also played on John Lennon's Imagine album and George Harrison's All Things Must Pass amongst others....