Diana Rigg.

Quote from: Raider4 on 10 September 2020, 01:43:00 PM
Diana Rigg.

. Oh no! Loved her in the Avengers. 😢

From Emma Peel to Olenna Tyrell - a varied career and a brilliant actress.

By all accounts a nice human being to boot.

"Do shut up, dear."

 

A superb actress .

Also Alan Minter, former boxing champion.

Quote from: Raider4 on 10 September 2020, 01:43:00 PM
Diana Rigg.

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A little part of my childhood has died. 

 

And in the Detectorists, one of my favourite  TV shows and only just found out that Racheal Stirling who played her daughter in the show is actually her daughter in real life.

Very sad. 

Paul

Alan Minter aged 69.  One of the best middle-weight boxers the UK ever produced.  British, European and World Champion in the days when fights went 15 rounds.  Very sad.

Toots Hibbert of Toots and the Maytals

Sir Terrance Conran aged 88. Hugely influential designer that brought us Habitat, the only place to get European design until IKEA arrived.

Shame about all of those.

Cheers - Phil

Conran really helped improve design and cuisine in the UK - I enjoyed eating at a few of his restaurants over the years.

I like the old style reggae of Toots and the Maytals so sad to see Toots Hibbert go too.

Another great drummer has gone to the rhythm section in the sky: Lee Kerslake, former Uriah Heep (and Ozzy Osbourne) drummer 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54225774

Bit niche maybe, but I'm a huge Uriah Heep fan and was lucky enough to be at the London gig mentioned at the end of the article - it had only taken me ~32 years to finally get to see them.

With him and Diana Rigg going I'm feeling quite bereft! 

The inventor of Gore-Tex has also passed away .