David Hacking, 3rd Baron Hacking is a British hereditary peer. This means he gets to make laws simply because of who his father was. Welcome to the 21st Century. OK - he is also a qualified barrister and solicitor in England and Wales as well as an Att
Prolific American actor.
Body discovered on 26-Feb-25; Update: best estimate of actual date of death is "around the 18th", so DoD is updated to that. Natural causes, so no bonus.
Original Spandau Ballet frontman who has had an on-off friendship with the Kemp brothers. One of the few musicians to have openly backed the Tories for the past 30 years.
Retired speedway rider, who was particularly successful at Grass Tracks, winning 11 British titles. He branched out into manufacturing, making frames, forks, shock absorbers, and more
Apollo 13 astronaut, would have been the sixth man to walk on the moon were it not for all those explosions. Has already outlived the man who famously played him on screen, Bill Paxton.
Born 7 May 1936 (Raised in County Monaghan, Ireland)
He is an explorer based in Cornwall and is also the President of the charity Survival International. Previously he was the Chief Executive of The Countryside Alliance. He has also written 25 books, including 3 for children.
Seminal jazz pianist and bandleader who was instrumental in mixing other genres such as soul and funk as well as crossing over in to mainstream pop with the hit single 'Rockit' in 1983.
The first King of Norway to be born in the country since 1370. Acceded to the throne on the death of his father, Olav V, in 1991. Was a member of several of Norway's Olympic sailing teams. In September 2003 it was announced that he has bladder cancer.
Born 12 November 1970 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)
Former ice-skater who collaborated to attack her main rival, Nancy Kerrigan before the 1994 US Figure Skating Championships. That has lead to a downward spiral off the rink & she now looks much older than her years as a result.
The world's oldest competitve motorcycle racer (at least he was at the time - Sept 2023, at the age of 97. Wonder if there's been anyone take the crown yet). Born 1926.
Born 19 September 1927 (Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England)
BAFTA-nominated actress who played Spider Man's auntie. Is also mother to Jennifer Ehle who played Elizabeth Bennett in the 1995 adaptation of 'Pride and Prejudice'. Does that mean Lizzy and Spidey are cousins?
Born 15 September 1984 (Paddington, London, England)
Member of the Royal Family, third in line to the throne. In 2008, he served on active frontline duty in Afghanistan. If he's on the frontline again, he'll be insurgent target number 1. His party antics at home might get him first, however…
Former front man of boy band East 17, whose already stalled career sank to a new low when he appeared on Z-list TV programme 'I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here'. In May 2005, he managed to fall out of his car and run himself over in a bizarre apparent
Self-fancying star of 'Knight Rider' and 'Baywatch', whose move into anodyne pop ballads made him so ludicrously popular in Germany, of all places, that he even claims they played an important part in the reunification of the country.
Old Etonian actor with a degree in Theology! Played Prince Eric in the musical The Little Mermaid,and had a lead role in The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Will have a leading role in 2025 episodes of Doctor Who.
Born 21 November 1945 (Washington, District of Columbia, USA)
Actress who got her first break as a regular performer on 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In', but had to wait a further decade before really making it big when she took the title role in 'Private Benjamin' (1980). Knocking on a bit now to play her trademark
US actor with an impressive list of credits for both film and TV. He is possibly best known as Nick Tortelli, Carla's deadbeat ex-husband in Cheers, a role which also saw a short spin-off season entitled The Tortellis.
Born 18 July 1944 (Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England)
Won Gold for Britain in the 1968 400m Hurdles in the Olympic Games in Mexico. Also twice winner of the bizarre, but hugely watchable 'Superstars' TV programme of the 1970s.
Named by Den of Geek as the best ever producer of Doctor Who (2010). He also produced numerous other BBC and ITV dramas and served as script editor and script writer for others.
British artist, now based in California, whose (largely autobiographical) work is often described as Pop Art, although he himself has consistently shunned this label.
Journeyman manager who by some fluke, managed to secure the position as manager of Liverpool FC. Sacked 6 months later. Then by some other fluke became England manager in 2012.
Diminutive actor with a reputation for being difficult to work with. Has played a wide range of roles in his 80 or so movie and TV appearances, including a crippled street hustler in 'Midnight Cowboy', a cross-dressing actor in 'Tootsie' and an autistic
Born Terry Gene Bollea. Professional wrestler since 1978. A part in 'Rocky III' and a move to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) made him a star, and he proceeded to be at the centre of wrestling's transition from slightly suspect minority sport to mu
Born 22 February 1929 (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
American actor of Chinese descent with over 500 TV and film roles to his credit including providing voices for characters in 'Mulan' and 'KungFu Panda'
Actress who made up 1/2 of one of television's first interracial kisses when she appeared in a 1964 "Emergency Ward 10" plotline. Like every other British-based black actor over the age of 70, recently popped up in "Death In Paradise".
American actress and pop singer. She rose to prominence as a member of the pop group Tony Orlando and Dawn (Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree). As lead actress, Hopkins starred on Getting By from 1993 to 1994.
Retired US Army Officer and FBI sniper, whose inadvertent killing of the unarmed Vicki Weaver at the Ruby Ridge Standoff caused no small amount of controversy.
British track cyclist, multiple titles including 6 Olympic Golds and 11 World. He also competed on 4 wheels in the WRC and Le Mans, though less successfully than on 2. Knighted in 2009. He revealead a terminal cancer diagnosis in 2024/
Retired Aussie Rules footballer, commentator, police officer and fishing show host. He's what might be described as a 'colourful' chatacter, having been involved in fights, road rage, 15 years of infidelity, racial controversies and mental health issues.
Born 31 January 1974 (Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England)
School caretaker who murdered two 10-year-old girls in Soham, Cambridgeshire, in August 2002. Was sentenced in December 2003 to two terms of life imprisonment, and it was revealed after his trial that he had previously been accused of a string of sex cri
Born 8 March 1930 (Marlborough, Wiltshire, England)
Former diplomat, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary under the Thatcher and Major governments, but all that most people know (or care) about hi