Minor Celebrity DEAD (1 Viewer)

[octophone]

Famous for an anagram of his name being "shady wanker".

He was actually an important figure in the 80s - he did an awful lot to puncture the white Western concept of "world music" by making it clear that the music he was playing was from a city, in a country on a continent and would bristle when anyone talked about "African music" as if the entire continent has a single sound. He was however, a bad tempered, volatile sod to an extent only matched by his truly awful sister.

His final radio venture was basically a podcast from his kitchen but bands would come in and do sessions anyway. Says something I guess.

On balance, RIP.

 

[octophone]

CHANGED MY MIND

 

[rhythmbandit]

I have no recollection of her!

 

[lolly]

 

[lolly]

 

[VV]

She was in Corrie too apparently, but I can't remember her.

 

[big ron]

A fitting obituary that any actor would dream of

 

[K.C.]

 

[lolly]

Nedra Talley, the last surviving original member of The Ronettes

 

[Inner Smile]

She was in Corrie too apparently, but I can't remember her.

Elsie Kelly (born 7th June 1936 in Dovecot, Liverpool; died 21st April 2026 in Birkenhead) appeared on Coronation Street in March 2011 as Edna Hargreaves, an elderly customer of Audrey's salon who passed away while under the hairdryer.

 

[FetchFugly]

Nedra Talley, the last surviving original member of The Ronettes

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...e-ronettes-the-platonic-ideal-of-a-girl-group

 

[ManicKangaroo]

Kathleen Dooley of The Dooleys

https://www.STOP FUNDING HATE/celebrity-news/2198647/the-dooleys-kathy-dooley-dead-2198647

I think @lolly was a fan

 

[lolly]

I was indeed. The first concert I ever went to, after nagging my mum to take me at age 8 or 9. And they all signed my tour programme after.

Three top ten hits, this was my favourite. Kathy is in the black jacket.

 

[FetchFugly]

I'll give Love Patrol an early morning spin in tribute.

 

[VV]

Hot Chocolate guy died too.

 

[octophone]

Hot Chocolate guy died too.

To be a bit more speciic, this is Tony Wilson (no, not THAT Tony Wilson, he's been dead for ages) who left the band in the mid 70s. Errol Brown has been gone a long time too.

 

[big ron]

Hot Chocolate guy died too.

Another sentimental outpouring from moopys resident empath.

 

[lolly]

 

[VV]

Oh that's really sad about Ted . May he R.I.P.

 

[Agneeta]

Oh that's really sad about Ted . May he R.I.P.

Sorry but I keep thinking about Hot Chocolate guy, so I don't get about a dead dog.

 

[Shirley]

Dame SHIRLEY PORTER DEAD

GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD RUBBISH

 

[VV]

Who?

 

[hyperwoof]

Dame SHIRLEY PORTER DEAD

GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD RUBBISH

My mother always told me if you have nothing nice to say then please do tell me because i love all the shit.

Shirley Porter - who should have been stripped of her honour title, was a crook. That is all.

 

[Shirley]

I wouldn't normally be UNKIND about the DEAD but in this case I will MAKE AN EXCEPTION

 

[Agneeta]

Towie star Jake Hall dies in Majorca aged 35 after ‘smashing into glass door' | Metro News https://share.google/nCZOJirwt3aG1NljU

 

[hyperwoof]

I’m sorry but I don’t know who that is - so really was he ever alive at all?

 

[big ron]

What a strange and unusual way to cark it.

 

[octophone]

I’m sorry but I don’t know who that is - so really was he ever alive at all?

Harsh!

 

[VV]

I walked straight into the glass door of a shop once. It was so clean that I thought it was open!

 

[Agneeta]

I walked straight into the glass door of a shop once. It was so clean that I thought it was open!

Did it kill you?

 

[VV]

Did it kill you?

I don't think it did.

 

[Agneeta]

I don't think it did.

You might need a second opinion

 

[hyperwoof]

You might need a second opinion

I see the library is open.

 

[jivafox]

Koji Suzuki, author of horror novel 'Ring,' dies at 68

'Ring,' released in 1991, was adapted into movies in and outside Japan, becoming major hits.

www.japantimes.co.jp

 

[Agneeta]

BBC News - Jason Collins, NBA's first openly gay player, dies aged 47

Jason Collins: NBA's first openly gay player dies aged 47

Collins shared late last year that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[ManicKangaroo]

JJ Barrie who had a number 1 in 1976 with No Charge, dies aged 92

https://www.newmarkettoday.ca/obituaries/authors-barry-jackson-12289099

 

[Finn]

Sad news, as a kid I loved Peter Pan

 

[lolly]

Dreadful song, of course. And it knocked Fernando off #1.

 

[hyperwoof]

Dreadful song, of course. And it knocked Fernando off #1.

I mean he deserves death for that alone.

 

[VoR]

Speaking of 70s chart-toppers, the lead singer from Dr Hook also DEAD!

I do have a soft spot for this sexist claptrap.