Re: Departed during 2021
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I was lucky enough to see them live in the 80’s and also a few years ago t Hammersmith, place was absolutely rockingFD2 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:42 pmThanks Woody - sad news about a favourite band.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Scott_(actor)Clive Scott was born in Parkview, Johannesburg, South Africa in 1937, as Robert Clive Cleghorn and went to school in Springs. After the death of his father, his mother settled in Cape Town. His earlier adult career was in banking including a two-year stint in Rhodesia. Having enough of banking he left for the United Kingdom for three months but ended up staying twelve years. He studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art before taking up acting at various repertory theatres in England. In 1965, Scott would perform in The Mousetrap in London. Returning to South Africa in 1970, Scott would appear in one of the first South Africa television dramas in 1976, The Villagers as Ted Dixon, a series of 76 episodes over three years, and this popular series made him a household name. He has also starred in a number of South African television advertisements.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markie_PostMarkie Post, the actor known for The Fall Guy, There’s Something About Mary, and Night Court, died on Saturday following a battle with cancer. She was 70.
The American actor’s death was confirmed by her manager Ellen Lubin Sanitsky.
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Actor Una Stubbs, known for her roles in TV series such as Worzel Gummidge, Sherlock and EastEnders, has died at the age of 84.
Her agent said she died at home in Edinburgh, surrounded by her family. They told BBC News she had been ill for several months.
In a statement, her sons Joe and Christian Henson and Jason Gilmore said: “Mum passed away quietly today with her family around her, in Edinburgh. We ask for privacy and understanding at this most difficult and sad of times.”
Stubbs, who was born in Hertfordshire and started out as a dancer, rose to fame in the 1960s when she starred alongside Cliff Richard in Summer Holiday, and the films Swingers’ Paradise and Three Hats for Lisa. That same decade, she was cast in the sitcom Till Death Do Us Part.
Speaking to The Independent about the popularity of Till Death Do Us Part in 2013, Stubbs said: “The police always knew when we were on. Everyone stayed home. We had 23 million viewers a week.”
From the GuardianNanci Griffith, the Grammy-winning folk singer known for her literary songwriting, has died at age 68. Her management confirmed her death in a statement on Friday afternoon, but did not specify a cause.
“It was Nanci’s wish that no further formal statement or press release happen for a week following her passing,” Gold Mountain Entertainment said in a statement.
Griffith, who came of age in the mid-70s folk scene in and around Austin, Texas, was a celebrated country-folk artist – “folkabilly”, as she called it – considered a master of the songwriting craft, with such classics as Love at the Five and Dime and Outbound Plane.
Born on 6 July 1953 in Seguin, Texas, Griffith was raised in Austin. According to a 1999 profile in Texas Monthly, she wrote her first song, A New Generation, and played her first gig at age 12. Griffith worked her way up through Austin clubs in the 1970s before releasing her debut album, There’s a Light Beyond These Woods, in 1978.
She moved to Nashville in the 1980s, where she became a close collaborator of other folk artists, helping the early careers of singer-songwriters such as Emmylou Harris and Lyle Lovett.
Her album Other Voices, Other Rooms won the 1994 Grammy for best contemporary folk album. She was also known for her recording of From a Distance, from her 1987 album Lone Star State of Mind, which went on to become a popular Bette Midler cover.
Griffith’s work became increasingly political with age, openly criticising George W Bush and supporting Barack Obama. She described her 2012 record Intersection as “a protest album” and called herself too radical for the current state of politics in an interview at the time. It was her last album before she retired in 2013.
“Artists don’t choose to be artists, writers or singers,” she said in 2010. “It’s just something you know you have to do.”
Don McLean paid tribute to Griffith in a statement. “Nanci was a lovely person,” he said. “I worked with her on a TV special we did for PBS TV and on that show, we sang two duets. They were And I Love You So and Raining in My Heart. I never heard anyone sing harmony in a more beautiful way. We should have done an album together. At this taping in Austin, Texas she brought her father to see it. I really loved her spirit it was warm and loving and I’m really sorry to hear she has gone.”
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/58222495Bayern Munich and Germany legend Gerd Muller has died at the age of 75.
One of the best strikers in history, Muller scored 68 goals in 62 appearances for West Germany, including the winning goal in the 1974 World Cup final against the Netherlands. ...
She was born in my hometown.Wodrick wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 5:10 pmYvonne Sintes (born Yvonne Elizabeth van den Hoek on 8 September 1930 in Pretoria, South Africa.) Britian's first commercial aircraft Captain died 16/08.
She started commercial flying with Morton Air Services before becoming a Captain with Dan Air.
Met her many times.
RIP
Don Everly of the iconic rock 'n' roll duo the Everly Brothers has died at the age of 84 at his home in Nashville.
The singer's family told the Los Angeles Times through a spokesperson this Saturday that he had passed on that day.
His death comes seven years after he lost his brother Phil, with whom he formed the iconic rock 'n' roll duo that rocketed them both to stardom.