Deaths in 2023

[Gwydion]

Yes, I remember the same warning round our school. Not that I had any intention of trying it. I was playing prop at the time and I don't think I was quite the right shape for high jumping.
He hated the publicity he got from being a champion apparently.

[flamingpig0]

Fiddler on the Roof is one of our all time favourite films.

I love the fact that it inspired this.

[FierceKitty]

The funniest one in that lot is the parody of "To Life!"

[Ithoriel]

Lance Reddick(1962-2023)

One of those actors who is never the star but who pops up in so many good productions .... and is often one of the best things in them.

Charon in the John Wick series, Irvin Irving in Bosch, Cedric Daniels in The Wire and the unmistakeable voice of Sylens in Horizon Zero Dawn to mention but a few.

[flamingpig0]

Lance Reddick(1962-2023)

One of those actors who is never the star but who pops up in so many good productions .... and is often one of the best things in them.

Charon in the John Wick series, Irvin Irving in Bosch, Cedric Daniels in The Wire and the unmistakeable voice of Sylens in Horizon Zero Dawn to mention but a few.

You beat me to it. I thought he was great in "Fringe"

[fsn]

He's an "oh him!" actor. Name not familiar but the face is. 

Only 60! Very sad.


I notice no-one mentioned Arnold Wesker in Resident Evil. Probably wise. 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Paul O'Grady.

Just seamed like a genuinely nice bloke.

[steve_holmes_11]

Paul O'Grady.

Just seamed like a genuinely nice bloke.

Yes, few departees receive sucj a race of accolades.

From King's consort all the way to their local dog rescue centre.

[Leon]

That's a sad one and at a relatively young age these days too. 

Just seamed like a genuinely nice bloke.

Yep, always came across as a nice guy, especially his work with dogs.

[Steve J]

Dame Edna and Sir Les Patterson      .

[Ithoriel]

Both on the same day too!

RIP John Barry Humphries

[paulr]

[Techno 3]

RIP Sir Les. 

[fsn]

Len Goodman. Aged 78 of bone cancer.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Jerry Springer 78.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Jerry! Jerry!

[Gwydion]

Harry Belafonte aged 96, I loved 'Day-O!' as a kid. Still got it in my head (and the Stan Freberg take off).

[Steve J]

Harry Belafonte formed part of the soundtrack to my childhood, via school and Junior Choice on Radio 2 on a Saturday morning IIRC. Loved the Stan Freberg version as well as 'There's A Hole In My Bucket Dear Liza', plus of course all his other hits.

[Ben Waterhouse]

Harry Belafonte aged 96, I loved 'Day-O!' as a kid. Still got it in my head (and the Stan Freberg take off).

Top bloke all round, especially in the civil rights movement in the US

[steve_holmes_11]

"Britain's wild man of rock 'n' roll" Wee Willie Harris 90.  (25 March 1933 – 27 April 2023).

Britain's answer to Little Richard / Jerry Lee Lewis - and one of Ian Dury's Reasons to be Cheerful.