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Thunderbirds are go!" Gerry Anderson dies aged 83

Ravi Shankar dies aged 92

Inspirational musician Ravi Shankar has died at the grand old age of 92. ..more

Singer Fontella Bass dies aged 72

There seem to have been a rather large number of celebrity deaths over Christmas 2012. Is it maybe that so many familiar names and faces have all grown old at once? Who knows. The latest however certainly brings back memories for us, Fontella Bass....more

Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore dies aged 89

Tributes are pouring in to veteran British Astronomer, loveable eccentric and host of the Sky at Night Sir Patrick Moore who has died aged 89.Sir Patrick died at his Sussex home peacefully. He had a brief spell in hospital . ....more

Larry Hagman dies aged 81

The man most remembered for his role as ten-gallon hat wearing J R Ewing in the TV series Dallas has died. It was announced that he died aged 81 ...more

Fearless British spy Sigrid Green, RIP

Maria Hardy
If you saw Sigrid Green during any time in her life you would not have guessed that she was part of the most important bombing raids of the Second World War.. ...more

American crooner Andy William dies aged 84

Evergreen popular entertainer Andy Williams has died aged 84. He had been fighting bladder cancer for more than a year. Mr Williams has remained a popular middle of the road singer as musical fashions have come and gone. Like so many long standing singers he has seen an increase in his popularity in recent years. He had become something of a legend in the World of entertainment. More Here

Iconic Press photographer Malcolm Browne dies

The dreadful yet Iconic image shown here was taken by Malcolm Browne in 1963. Today August 28, 2012 it has been announced that he has died.Browne captured this, and many other terrible images, during the Vietnam War. Those who are keenly pushing for more conflict in the World should view all such images day and night. . More Here

Neil Armstrong, first Man on the Moon dies aged 82

Neil Armstrong, who will go down in history as the First Man to Walk on the Moon, has died aged 82, from complications following cardiovascular surgery. Those of us old enough well remember the grainy, grey images on our basic TV sets of that first Moon walk. It was a time of hope and promise for the earth and its inhabitants. Years later conspiracy theorists made films and wrote articles denying that any astronaut had ever landed on the Moon. More Here

Stormin' Norman dies aged 78

Having written three celebrity obituaries over the Christmas period this fourth obituary relates to a member of the US military, who along the way became something of an unlikely celebrity. It has been announced by the family that General Norman Schwarzkopf, ....more

Scott McKenzie, plus TonyScott, RIP

Herbert Lom dies aged 95

The Human Jungle

Veteran, Czechoslavakian born actor Herbert Lom had died aged 85. He was born Charles Angelo Kuchacevich ze Schluderpacheru in 1917. We remember him in the British TV series of the sixties, The Human Jungle. More Here

Religious leader Sun-Myung Moon dies

Sage Stallone dies aged 36

Legendary film producer Richard Zanuck dies

Bee Gee Robin Gibb dies

Beastie Boy Adam Yauch dies aged 47

RIP Frank Carson - Belfast funeral

Jan, 20, 2012 - Etta James dies aged 73

St Trinians cartoonist Ronald Searle dies aged 91

Bob Welch commits suicide

Bob Holness dies aged 83

Ray Bradbury dies aged 91

Phyllis Diller dies aged 95

We were sad to read that US comedienne Phyllis Diller had died. She had reached the great age of 95, and so, had enjoyed a long life. News of her death brought back long forgotten memories of a madcap woman with a manic edge.In the UK, in the sixties, Diller managed to have UK audiences rolling in the aisles....... More Here

American photographer Eve Arnold dies aged 99

Whitney Houston dies aged 48

Gore Vidal dies aged 86

American media have reported that Gore Vidal has died aged 86. Mr Vidal was an outspoken political commentator who was primarily a novelist and playwright. . More Here