Deathwatch 2017

[Marc Meakin]

Tell that to the BBC

[Gavin Chipper]

Astronaut Michael Collins has died.

[Gavin Chipper]

The guy from the Levi's launderette advert has died. He was only 59. Must have been his bad jeans.

[Gavin Chipper]

Max Mosley.

[Marc Meakin]

RIP Charlie Watts

[Gavin Chipper]

RIP Charlie Watts

I have to admit I wouldn't have known who that was without it being in the news today.

[Marc Meakin]

RIP Charlie Watts

I have to admit I wouldn't have known who that was without it being in the news today.

Someone on my FB timeline posted a picture of Curly Watts instead

[Gavin Chipper]

Just looking at this article. Sorry to be shallow, but real ugly fuckers, the Rolling Stones. Quite scary as well.

[Fred Mumford]

Most bands in the 60s were ugly fuckers. It's almost as if in those days it was the actual music that mattered rather than their look. Thank God we've come so far since then.

[Marc Meakin]

The Animals looked pretty scary too

[Christy Cooper]

Sarah Harding has died recently too

[Marc Meakin]

RIP Jimmy Greaves, possibly the best striker I have ever seen live

[Gavin Chipper]

John Challis too (Boycie on Only Fools and Horses). A bit psychopathic to mention Jimmy Greaves and not him.

[Marc Meakin]

John Challis too (Boycie on Only Fools and Horses). A bit psychopathic to mention Jimmy Greaves and not him.

I felt they deserved seperated posts.
Plus he wasn't a prolific goalscorer in the sixties and early seventies

[Gavin Chipper]

John Challis too (Boycie on Only Fools and Horses). A bit psychopathic to mention Jimmy Greaves and not him.

I felt they deserved seperated posts.
Plus he wasn't a prolific goalscorer in the sixties and early seventies

True - he scored most of his goals in the eighties and early nineties.

Jimmy Greaves was one of those people who I was never quite sure whether he was laready dead or not, as he'd been in the news multiple times for having pretty bad health problems. It was like when Dudley Moore died. Again?

[Marc Meakin]

John Challis too (Boycie on Only Fools and Horses). A bit psychopathic to mention Jimmy Greaves and not him.

I felt they deserved seperated posts.
Plus he wasn't a prolific goalscorer in the sixties and early seventies

True - he scored most of his goals in the eighties and early nineties.

Jimmy Greaves was one of those people who I was never quite sure whether he was laready dead or not, as he'd been in the news multiple times for having pretty bad health problems. It was like when Dudley Moore died. Again?

Anyone under 50 would probably remember Jimmy for his punditry.
Towards the end of his playing career in the mid to late seventies he was heavily on the booze so its pretty remarkable he made irmt to 81
George best barely reached 60

[Gavin Chipper]

I've gone for an eclectic bunch of people, and I don't think any of them are over 90.

Michael Schumacher
Cher
Stephen Hawking
Frank Williams (F1)
Bill Maynard
Daniel Dennett
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Mark Serwotka
Brian Blessed
Nigel Farage

Frank Williams died the other day.

[Marc Meakin]

RIP Jethro

[Gavin Chipper]

RIP Jethro

Not before he got a Wikipedia article though!

[Gavin Chipper]

Sidney Potter.

[Ian Volante]

Sidney Potter.

Any relation of Harry?

[Gavin Chipper]

Sidney Potter.

Any relation of Harry?

No, because it's Harry Poitier.

[Gavin Chipper]

With Gary Waldhorn dying, only two of the main cast members of The Vicar of Dibley are still alive - Dawn French and James Fleet (Hugo Horton).

[Marc Meakin]

Meat Loaf

[Marc Meakin]

I see Meat Loaf jokes have started already.....
But I won't do that.

[Marc Meakin]

As mentioned elsewhere the comedy legend Barry Cryer died today.
I recently read his autobiography and he wrote for some legends The Two Ronnie's, Morecombe and Wise, Kenny Everett and even Frankie Howerd, where he wrote a lot of his monologues including his hesitations, repetitions and his seemingly spontaneous digressions.

[Gavin Chipper]

Bamber Gascoigne died the other day. Apparently he owned the house used in the sitcom Ghosts.

[Marc Meakin]

Bamber Gascoigne died the other day. Apparently he owned the house used in the sitcom Ghosts.

Im guessing he might still be there

[Gavin Chipper]

Bamber Gascoigne died the other day. Apparently he owned the house used in the sitcom Ghosts.

Im guessing he might still be there

Nice.

[Gavin Chipper]

Shane Warne.

Edit - Another Australian cricketer, Rod Marsh, has also died and as you can see in this BBC article, Shane Warne sent out an RIP Tweet just this morning!

[Marc Meakin]

Genuinely shocked

[Gavin Chipper]

No doubt Elliott will already know this, but oldest person in the world Kane Tanaka died recently at 119.