I genuinely didn't know Rolf Harris had died - I was on holiday so must have missed it. A valuable service, adam t, thank you
― ailsa, Monday, 8 April 2024 11:02 (two years ago)
20+ yearsgood work Stanley Baxter
― nxd, Monday, 8 April 2024 11:18 (two years ago)
He came out as gay during that period too - when he was 94.
― Hunky Tory (Tom D.), Monday, 8 April 2024 11:30 (two years ago)
Did you read his biography?
― Sometimes It POLLS in April (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 April 2024 12:09 (two years ago)
Not yet.
― Hunky Tory (Tom D.), Monday, 8 April 2024 12:26 (two years ago)
He might write another one in a few years.
Just looking at the chapter headings is a shocka
― Sometimes It POLLS in April (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 April 2024 15:13 (two years ago)
Mr. Sly Stone in fact did not die sometime in the early 80s.
It's yet to be seen if he dies in his early 80s.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 8 April 2024 15:15 (two years ago)
Stanley's biography was great, might actually read it again. Very gossipy in places and outs at least one other actor.
― Overtoun House windows (aldo), Monday, 8 April 2024 17:03 (two years ago)
Terry Riley, 88. Found a CD copy in excellent shape of _A Rainbow in Curved Air_ today for $2; already have the album, but handy for the car.
― Slorg is not on the Slerf Team, you idiot, you moron (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 8 April 2024 18:38 (two years ago)
You've forced me to confront the reality that I'm disengaged from the festival circuit.
― clemenza, Monday, 8 April 2024 19:33 (two years ago)
Situationist International co-founder Michèle Bernstein, 91.
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 10 April 2024 17:48 (two years ago)
Not one but two Harold Wilson era political operators who are in the news today:
Joe Haines, 96Bernard Donoughue, 89
― My God's got no nose... (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 April 2024 09:23 (two years ago)
With the passing of OJ... Peter Lupus, the original Nordberg - still around at 91.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 11 April 2024 15:59 (two years ago)
Al Cowlings, 76.
― clemenza, Thursday, 11 April 2024 22:05 (two years ago)
a surprising number of mission: impossible! tv show stars are still with us
peter lupus (91) and barbara bain (92) may be the only ones who really count, but late replacements/recurring characters lee meriwether (88), lesley ann warren (77), sam elliott (79), about whom i had no idea, lynda day george (79), and barbara anderson (79) are still available to the secretary
― mookieproof, Friday, 12 April 2024 01:20 (two years ago)
Could have sworn Terry Riley died a few years ago! Though I might have been La Monte Young? Nope! Still here at 88
― ed.b, Friday, 12 April 2024 02:42 (two years ago)
Paul Evans, performer of shit 50s novelty records like "Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Backseat"
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 12 April 2024 07:53 (two years ago)
Bobbie Gentry, 81 years young
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 12 April 2024 16:48 (two years ago)
Were you thinking of Tony Conrad (RIP, 2016)?
― the scouse that roared (Matt #2), Friday, 12 April 2024 16:55 (two years ago)
Dabney Coleman, 92
― jaymc, Friday, 12 April 2024 22:56 (two years ago)
Suge Knight, thought he died a few years ago.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Saturday, 13 April 2024 00:55 (two years ago)
Is Corey Feldman dead? I can never remember
― brimstead, Saturday, 13 April 2024 00:59 (two years ago)
why am I asking this on a message board
Tom Courtenay, 87
― Mark G, Saturday, 13 April 2024 07:42 (two years ago)
Kenneth Cope, 93 today
― Overtoun House windows (aldo), Sunday, 14 April 2024 19:37 (two years ago)
Buzz Aldrin, 94.
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Monday, 15 April 2024 03:35 (two years ago)
Marty Wilde, 85 today.
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 15 April 2024 12:32 (two years ago)
Brit strongman and Highland Games competitor Geoff Capes, 74. Could have sworn he died years ago, maybe I was thinking of Giant Haystacks.
― the scouse that roared (Matt #2), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 12:38 (two years ago)
things that big ppl can hide beneath: capes and haystacks
― mark s, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 12:43 (two years ago)
And daddies.
― My God's got no nose... (Tom D.), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 12:44 (two years ago)
Gary Busey, 79.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 12:47 (two years ago)
Giant Haystacks was 6'11" and weighed 49 stone. Had no idea he was quite that big
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 12:49 (two years ago)
Geoff Capes otoh was 6'5" and a slender 26 stone. Tiny man in comparison
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 12:56 (two years ago)
Is there a more famous budgie fancier? Not sure I can think of one.
― Overtoun House windows (aldo), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 12:59 (two years ago)
Siouxsie
― subpost master (wins), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 13:04 (two years ago)
loool!
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 13:05 (two years ago)
Geoff Capes otoh was is 6'5"
as per the thread
Although maybe he's shrunk a bit now, as you do when you age
― the scouse that roared (Matt #2), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 13:20 (two years ago)
Bernard Purdie - 84, genuinely thought he had passed away some years ago
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 15:29 (two years ago)
purdie has to outlive ringo so he can re-up his claim it was him playing all the beatles drum parts
― mark s, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 16:24 (two years ago)
lol
― Andrew Goldsoundz (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 17:38 (two years ago)
Somebody once had a theory that he might once have actually overdubbed some tracks with Pete Best but who really knows or cares.
― Andrew Goldsoundz (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 April 2024 17:39 (two years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahpGCrlQc0k
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 17:42 (two years ago)
ymmv for 'famous' but British character actor Arnold Yarrow - most famous to me as Bellal in Death To The Daleks, the Pertwee-era Doctor Who story - is 104 today. He's the oldest living Who-related actor.
― Overtoun House windows (aldo), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 09:02 (two years ago)
Also apparently in Eastenders for a while but he died in 1989.
― My God's got no nose... (Tom D.), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 09:58 (two years ago)
yarrow with pertwee in his youth:
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2IzMTUyZDYtNDdjNy00NTc5LWFhYmEtYThjYzVmZGQxMDFkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjc0ODQ0NzM@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg
― mark s, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 10:12 (two years ago)
Geoffrey Robertson KC, he worked on the OZ trial along with many other cases defending civil liberties and free speech, he's only 77
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:28 (two years ago)
Wow.
― My God's got no nose... (Tom D.), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:29 (two years ago)
Whitey Herzog was still alive this week.
― pplains, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:25 (two years ago)
This isn't really that surprising, because he isn't that old, and he certainly isn't famous but the boy who provided the voice on Stockhausen's Gesang der Jünglinge is still alive. Which makes me happy. His name is Josef Protschka and he was 80 this year.
― My God's got no nose... (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 April 2024 07:28 (two years ago)