Re: Celebrity Death List MMXXIV/The Death Thread 2024

[skully]

RIP Apollo 8 Astronaut William Anders (who took the famous first ever coloured photo of Earth dubbed "Earthrise"), who was killed at 90 in a solo plane crash. It looked like he was performing a "loop the loop" but failed to pull up as he approached a lake, crashing into the water.

[horace]

Darwin Award?

[embee]

Darwin Award?

horrie

you are the only one who would think a 90 year old might qualify for a Darwin Award

[lardbucket]

Michael Mosley is missing, presumed dead.

Now confirmed dead. Body found in a cave.

Not dead just fasting?

(too soon?)

[skully]

RIP.

[embee]

Turkey Tom Grljusich (83)

George's brother

South Freo and Central Districts player

played state games for WA and SA

retired as games record holder at Souths (since overtaken)

[Fred Nerk]

RIP John William Crosbie 'Ragsy' Goold, aged 83

Carlton Premiership player 1968 and 1970, a flashy, speedy half-back and wingman, also represented Australia at Polo, well known in his day as the Beau Brummell of the VFL (before Don Scott), a fashion designer during and after his career. As can be deduced from the above, not your typical footballer.

[lardbucket]

Francoise Hardy more famous as a singer, but I remember her mainly from the film 'Grand Prix' ... and from a short scene in that movie:

Would you like a drink? ... 'I don't drink'
Would you like a smoke? ... 'I don't smoke'

What do you do?

[skully]

Belated RIP to Mark James who died a week or so ago at 83.

He wrote my fave Elvis song "Suspicious Minds" as well as The King's "Always on my Mind".

[Fred Nerk]

Belated RIP to Mark James who died a week or so ago at 83.

He wrote my fave Elvis song "Suspicious Minds" as well as The King's "Always on my Mind".

MJ a comparative youth compared with the still-living best-known singer of Always On my Mind, 91-year-old Willie Nelson

I vaguely remember Grand Prix as a fairly dismal cinematic enterprise in which James Garner and various other billboard talent did the mid 60s version of 'phoning it in, and made the cars look like Olivier.

[lardbucket]

Was a long time ago! Miss Hardy stood out for reasons other than acting brilliance.

[WideWally]

RIP Anouk Aimee, aged 92

[WideWally]

RIP Willie Mays, aged 93

One of baseball's all-time greats.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-19/baseball-legend-willie-mays-dies/103996606

[skully]

RIP

[WideWally]

RIP David Johnson, aged 52

One of the more memorable Indian cricketers among those who played only 2 tests.

A very sad ending to his life.

[skully]

RIP, to the man with a very un-Indian name.

[WideWally]

RIP Donald Sutherland, aged 88

[lardbucket]

RIP Donald Sutherland, aged 88

Don’t look now …

[skully]

Aw. RIP to a quality actor.

[skully]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[skully]

Bump.

All time Noms list in spoiler tags for space reasons.

Spoiler:

[WideWally]

Anyone who follows sport in Ireland would be saddened to read of the passing of the famous commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh aged 93

[skully]

RIP Frank Duckworth - of the Duckworth-Lewis system for rain reduced score targets. He was 84.

[Red]

Singer Shifty Shellock is dead aged 49. Best known for the hit Butterfly.

[Fred Nerk]

Is/was he/she second best known for anything?

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