Re: Celebrity Death List MMXXIV/The Death Thread 2024

by skully Mon 22 Apr 2024, 01:19

Aussie punters' favourite Lonhro has died at the ripe old age of 25. The stallion won 26 races from 35 starts.

by skully Mon 22 Apr 2024, 01:20

Bumpity. Still nobody off the mark for 2024 AFAIK (happy for corrections).

skully wrote:Ray Anthony - Glenn Miller Band trumpeter
Elizabeth Waldo - Violinist and composer
Graham Bailey - ex-Sheffield United defender
Guillermo Antonio Rodríguez - former dictator of Ecuador
Caren Marsh Doll - old stage actor and dancer
Foolio - u30 rapper

Fred Nerk wrote:Graeme Pollock (sport)
Barry Jones (pols)
David Dobrik (born 1996) - an 'Influencer'
Shirley McLaine
Eric Burdon
John Spalvins

OP Tipping wrote:Yvonne Chabot-Curtet (sport)
Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (politics)
Kyle Rittenhouse (u30)
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
Clint Eastwood
Ri Pyong-chol

embee wrote:Henry Blofeld
Barry Cable
Ric Evans
Clayton Oliver
Daniel Kerr
Penny Wong

lardbucket wrote:Wes Hall
Bill Lawry
Benjamin Netanyahu
Marcus King
Volodymyr Zylenskyy
Joe Biden

JGK wrote:Dickie Bird
Gene Hackman
Ian Chappell
Ian Sinclair
MJK Smith
L'il Xan (u30 rapper)

Red wrote:Khamtai Siphandone (Politics)
Sandy Roberts
Vic Seixas (Sport)
June Lockhart
Eva Marie Saint
Noah Cyrus (under 30)

by skully Mon 22 Apr 2024, 01:21

Bump.

All time Noms list in spoiler tags for space reasons.

Spoiler:

by skully Mon 22 Apr 2024, 19:56

Manager of the Kinks and The Troggs (amongst many others) in the 60s, Larry Page has died at 86.

He lived on the NSW Central Coast in latter years.

by lardbucket Tue 23 Apr 2024, 09:32

Different Larry Page to the one most of us would think of!

by skully Tue 23 Apr 2024, 12:13

Indeed.

by WideWally Wed 24 Apr 2024, 07:47

RIP Terry Hill aged only 52

Rugby League international who played club football with Manly, Wests, Easts & Souths.

by skully Wed 24 Apr 2024, 09:02

Heart attack in the Philippines. Shades of Warnie. RIP.

by embee Wed 24 Apr 2024, 09:02

by Nath Wed 24 Apr 2024, 11:15

by WideWally Thu 25 Apr 2024, 05:58

RIP Mike Pinder from the Moody Blues, aged 82

by lardbucket Thu 25 Apr 2024, 09:14

wince

by lardbucket Thu 25 Apr 2024, 09:17

Pinder introduced John Lennon to the mellotron … and Strawberry Fields was a beneficiary of this

by Fred Nerk Thu 25 Apr 2024, 09:54

Mike was the last of the original MB's. Hayward and Lodge who joined in 1966 (after Go Now but before Days of Future Passed) remain alive.
RIP to a pioneer.

by lardbucket Thu 02 May 2024, 16:08

RIP Duane Eddy.

by skully Thu 02 May 2024, 23:11

Also RIP to ex-golfer and early-onset dementia victim Peter Oosterhuis at 75 and ELO keyboardist Richard Tandy at 76.

by WideWally Fri 03 May 2024, 04:09

RIP Josh Baker, a 20yo Worcester spin bowler

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/josh-baker-worcestershire-spinner-dies-at-the-age-of-20-1431954

by lardbucket Yesterday at 01:34

lardbucket wrote:RIP Duane Eddy.

A nice tribute:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-02/duane-eddy-dead-guitarist-obituary-rebel-rouser-twang/103795114

by skully Yesterday at 22:11

RIP acclaimed Brit actor Bernard Hill, at 79.

His roles included Captain of the Titanic in the film of that name, and King Theoden in Lord of the Rings.

by skully Today at 08:34

RIP Aussie actor Brian Wenzel, best known for his policeman role in A Country Practice, passing at age 94.

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