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JIMMIE DODGERED Pop singer Jimmie Rodgers has died aged 87. He had a number of top hits in the US charts in the 1950s, including the number 1 single Honeycomb, and saccharine top 10 hit Kisses Sweeter Than Wine. He was involved in a nasty incident in 1967 when his car was stopped by police […]

PHIL NOW A SPECTOR Music pioneer turned convicted murderer Phil Spector has died in prison aged 81. As creator of the Wall of Sound approach to record production, which revolutionised sound and led to him working with the hottest acts of the time from Dylan to the Beatles. He was also fond of eccentric behaviour, […]

THE SPANISHMAN WHO WENT UP A HILL BUT FELL DOWN A MOUNTAIN Mountaineer and former politician Sergi Mingote has died aged 49. He was part of the K2 mission which planned to reach the summit of the notorious mountain in Winter – and has achieved the fact since. He retired as the Socialist Mayor of […]

NEW YORK PALL (BEARER) New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain has died aged 69. He worked with them from 1971 to 1977, and has an anxiety inducing difficult name to spell. After this he worked on some solo albums, and performed with Glen Matlock. The guitarist was picked by 6 teams, including Grave Danger, Gris […]

GONNA HANG OUT THE OBITS ON SIEGFRIED’S DECLINE The unmauled half of Siegfried and Roy has quickly joined the other one in departing the stage for the last time aged 81. The magician duo were known for their Las Vegas live shows, which often included tigers. One such tiger decided to maul Roy Horn in […]

NASA MAUSOLEUM Astronaut William Thornton has died aged 91. He was the space physician (the real life Bones – and he worked on bones too!) on four Skylab missions, and conducted cardio testing on two Challenger missions. No, not the one that immediately springs to your mind, obviously. Although on his second flight in 1985, […]

KINGMAKER MEETS MAKER Republican favourite billionaire Sheldon Adelson has gone downstairs to spend more time with his friends aged 87. Adelson owned several large newspapers, and the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, so had a few pennies (33.5 billion) by time of death. He was heavily involved in politics, funding the anti-cannabis lobby, being a hawk […]

SMITH OUT FOR 97 English cricketer Don Smith has died aged 97. The cricketer, who played for Sussex, played three times for England in 1957. At time of his death, he was the oldest living English cricket international. He was also coach of the Sri Lanka team in the 1960s. Ian Thomson (born 1929) is […]

DOWN THE STRAIN Actress Julie Strain has died after a battle with dementia aged 58. A former Penthouse star, Strain became a cult B-movie actress in the 1990s, with appearances in Double Impact, Beverly Hills Cops III and Heavy Metal 2000. A fall horse riding in her twenties had wiped her childhood memories and given […]

HOW TO SURVIVE: DEATH Trailblazing journalist Katharine Whitehorn has met her final deadline, dying aged 92. Whitehorn had been sub-editor for Womans Own, before she moved to The Picture Post (where she met husband Gavin Lyall the crime novelist), The Spectator and The Observer. She started her Observer column in 1963, becoming the first British […]