Celeb Deaths

[TheDonbytheDee]

47 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Jimmy Cliff RIP 

Aye, very sad.

RIP

[swaddon]

Sir Tom Stoppard, 88. Playwright and lucky bugger who dated Felicity Kendal in the 1990s.

[TheDonbytheDee]

Billy Bonds - Ex West Ham United captain, away at 79.

I remember my first Panini sticker book as a kid having the West Have Team of the time, around about 1980 ,and how old they all looked. 

799 games for West Ham, but actually started his career at Charlton,

[BigAl]

19 hours ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

Billy Bonds - Ex West Ham United captain, away at 79.

I remember my first Panini sticker book as a kid having the West Have Team of the time, around about 1980 ,and how old they all looked. 

799 games for West Ham, but actually started his career at Charlton,

Billy Bonds was a real footballer.

A favourite of mine back in the day 

[Mason89]

Robin Smith 

Handy with a bat, unless the ball was spinning 

RIP

[TheDonbytheDee]

Steve Cropper  - Guitarist with Booker T and the MGs and wrote/played guitar on some of the best tracks ever. 

 

RIP

[swaddon]

Stanley Baxter away at 99.

I bet you thought he died years ago.

[BigAl]

1 minute ago, swaddon said:

Stanley Baxter away at 99.

I bet you thought he died years ago.

Back in the day, Stanley Baxter was a great entertainer.

You're right though, thought he'd died many years ago.

Ninety nine is a fair innings to be fair

[Jupiter]

6 hours ago, swaddon said:

Stanley Baxter away at 99.

I bet you thought he died years ago.

I thought he'd been deid for about 30 years. I wonder how many other people I think are deid are actually still alive.

[TheDonbytheDee]

7 hours ago, BigAl said:

Back in the day, Stanley Baxter was a great entertainer.

You're right though, thought he'd died many years ago.

Ninety nine is a fair innings to be fair

My Mother was a huge fan back in the day, as I am sure were plenty others.

I remember more from the Kids TV series Mr Majieka

I just discovered he was gay. Not surprised, as he played the female parts with a lot of enthusiasm, but had never realised he had come out.

Married a woman, but it was a lavender marriage. Hard to believe the lengths they had to go to back then to hide their sexuality.

 RIP

[Kowalski]

Director Rob Reiner and his wife. 

[CurlsLikeTattie]

10 hours ago, Kowalski said:

Director Rob Reiner and his wife. 

His son has been arrested following their deaths!!

[fatjim]

this thread is sick. 

[Elgindon]

On 17/12/2025 at 13:48, fatjim said:

this thread is sick. 

Thanks for sharing.....(but you started the thread) 

Edited December 19, 2025 by Elgindon

[BigAl]

Chris Rea aged 74. 

[Elgindon]

58 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Chris Rea aged 74. 

Hasnt looked well for years it has to be said,sad news

[Kowalski]

3 hours ago, BigAl said:

Chris Rea aged 74. 

Car crash?

[RicoS321]

8 minutes ago, Kowalski said:

Car crash?

You set them up....

Driving home for Christmas....

I'll finish them off.

Just in case anyone didn't get your joke.

Edited December 22, 2025 by RicoS321

[BigAl]

1 hour ago, Kowalski said:

Car crash?

 

1 hour ago, RicoS321 said:

You set them up....

Driving home for Christmas....

I'll finish them off.

Just in case anyone didn't get your joke.

Decided not to go there lads

Extremely poor taste.

Next you'll be asking if he has AA recovery to tow his car home 

 

[Kowalski]

2 hours ago, BigAl said:

 

Decided not to go there lads

Extremely poor taste.

Next you'll be asking if he has AA recovery to tow his car home 

 

You’re going down a road to hell with patter like that. 

[swaddon]

John Robertson, 72.

Forest, Derby and Scotland player.

[BigAl]

30 minutes ago, swaddon said:

John Robertson, 72.

Forest, Derby and Scotland player.

Sad news

Great left foot

RIP 

[Jute]

2 hours ago, BigAl said:

Sad news

Great left foot

RIP 

Remember him scoring penalty against England. 

[wokinginashearerwonderland]

One of those players I wish I had been alive to have seen. From what I’ve heard people like Clough and O’Neill say about him, Robertson was something special. To earn 28 caps in that era,  he must have been decent. I’m guessing he would have been someone that would walk into the current national side (along with the ten Grant Hanleys obviously).

[RicoS321]

The Cure's Perry Bamonte.