Deaths in 2026

[mollinary]

Kevin Keegan

Unbelievable - and so, so, sad. What a legacy for football.

[Steve J]

Ed Stourton of Radio 4 fame. Such a great broadcaster and yet another to fall to the dreaded prostate cancer .

Kevin Keegan, always the striker we pretended to be as kids. Again taken too young by the 'Big C' .

[Techno 3]

Great shame about both. 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

David Austin, who grew remarkably fine roses
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07/22/rose-grower-david-austin-dies-aged-67/

[Steve J]

A sad loss to the horticultural world and far too young too .

[Gwydion]

Bill Oddie, 85, on Saturday. I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again, The Goodies and Springwatch, to name a few. Don't mention The Funky Gibbon. Lovely bloke, sad loss.

[flamingpig0]

Bill Oddie, 85, on Saturday. I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again, The Goodies and Springwatch, to name a few. Don't mention The Funky Gibbon. Lovely bloke, sad loss.

As a kid I loved The Goodies

[Techno 3]

Awww, a very sad loss. 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Indeed so, will be missed.

[Steve J]

A sad loss indeed! We loved The Goodies as kids. He was very open about his mental health issues.

[sunjester]

A great shame, he seemed a genuinely nice bloke. And the Goodies were genius. Ecky Thump!!!

[Techno 3]

I shall listen to the end of 'The Breathalyser,' from Rick Wakeman's 'Criminal Record'. ... which features Bill Oddie on vocals.

"Ow man...that's piercing."

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

 

[Orcs]

I remember when the Goodies  did the western shoot out with the tomato shaped Ketchup bottles.

[flamingpig0]

I remember when the Goodies  did the western shoot out with the tomato shaped Ketchup bottles.

The kind of surreal humour that sadly has gone out of fashion

[Orcs]

Found it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bu69cnv0iU

Classic TV

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Jimmy Cricket

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Ronald Frederick Le Drew
Won't be known to any of us
Until you realise he was the puppeteer behind Zipoy from Rainbow and the giant hand from the Lottery adverts!
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/jul/29/ronnie-le-drew-obituary

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

William Orbit
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9ej0el7veo