Death announcements for persons of note
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Derek Fowlds, famous as the slightly dim civil servant Bernard Woolley in "Yes, Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister" has died:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51147182
Think that's all the main guys from those series gone now.
[EDIT] And turns out Christopher Tolkien died this week as well, but apparently that wasn't important enough for the national news, just the local Oxfordshire news:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-o ... e-51143879
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51147182
Think that's all the main guys from those series gone now.
[EDIT] And turns out Christopher Tolkien died this week as well, but apparently that wasn't important enough for the national news, just the local Oxfordshire news:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-o ... e-51143879
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RIP Terry Jones, from Monty Python's Flying Circus
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/monty-python- ... 10119.html
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/monty-python- ... 10119.html
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sad stuff
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Gosh darn it. Still, between him and Graham Chapman the afterlife is starting to get a good comedy troupe together...RIP, Terry.Alee Enn wrote: ↑Wed, 22. Jan 20, 14:17RIP Terry Jones, from Monty Python's Flying Circus
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/monty-python- ... 10119.html
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Kobe Bryant. 41. Legend. And apparently his little girl might have been with him .
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Kirk Douglas has dies at 103, he had a good run anyway, in more than one way.
R.I.P. Kirk.
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Kirk Douglas was a great actor and one of the last (if not the last) from the Hollywood golden era.
I think he should have a funeral like he did in The Vikings.
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I think he should have a funeral like he did in The Vikings.
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sad news RIP
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Heather Couper, British astronomer and science populariser has died: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51562165
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I was surprised to hear that one, she was older than I thought she was--she looked really young (like, student young!) in those programmes she did back in the 80s.
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Larry Tesler has died aged 74.
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Physicist And Iconoclastic Thinker Freeman Dyson Dies At 96 (Dyson Sphere)
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/28/81043323 ... dies-at-96
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/28/81043323 ... dies-at-96
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burger1 wrote: ↑Sat, 29. Feb 20, 07:35Physicist And Iconoclastic Thinker Freeman Dyson Dies At 96 (Dyson Sphere)
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/28/81043323 ... dies-at-96
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Katherine Goble Johnson died on February the 24th, aged 101. What a remarkable, trailblazing woman. I'd not heard of her until today when I read her obituary in the Economist.
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Max von Sydow has died aged 90:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51803195
For some reason the first thing that comes to mind when I think of him is his performance as Ming the Merciless in the 1980s Flash Gordon movie. I don't know if he'd *want* to be particularly remembered for that, but it was certainly a memorable performance!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51803195
For some reason the first thing that comes to mind when I think of him is his performance as Ming the Merciless in the 1980s Flash Gordon movie. I don't know if he'd *want* to be particularly remembered for that, but it was certainly a memorable performance!
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Kenny Rogers has passed away aged 81
R.I.P. Kenny
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Albert Uderzo has died. Made it to 92 years. I was recently thinking about reading the Astérix series again.
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Eddie Large best known for comedy duo Little and Large dies of the coronavirus he was 78 years old https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radi ... s-son-says
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Yeah, saw that. - He had pretty bad heart failure and, as his family said, his 'heart couldn't take it.' - He came towards the end of the era of televised comedy double acts and, although not my favourite pairing, they certainly raised a few laughs.Ronald Sandoval wrote: ↑Thu, 2. Apr 20, 15:06Eddie Large best known for comedy duo Little and Large dies of the coronavirus he was 78 years old https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radi ... s-son-says
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