David Ogden Stiers, Major Winchester on ‘MASH,’ http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/davi...sh-1202716860/
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David Ogden Stiers, Major Winchester on ‘MASH,’ http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/davi...sh-1202716860/
The last surviving male northern white rhino in the world. There are only two females of the species left (his daughter and granddaughter).
A slightly belated one, but Azeglio Vicini passed away in January.
Was the Italian manager in Euro 88 and Italia 90.
Philip Kerr
I'm over half way through the Bernie Gunther novels and will now have to savour every sentence as there will be no more.
Incredibly talented writer who transported me back to 1930's & 40's Berlin.
French actress Stephane Audran https://theredlist.com/wiki-2-24-525...ne-audran.html
Stephen Bochco, creator of Hill St Blues and NYPD Blue, among others. Aged 74, leukemia.
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/201...steven-bochco/
Ray Wilkins, 61, following a heart attack and fall.
https://www.theguardian.com/football...r-dies-aged-61
Sad and surprising to hear. Always very quiet spoken and respectful of his interviewee. Good player in his day.
Eric Bristow has checked out. RIP
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/43663426
Fitting that he went out with a treble top. Crafty to the last.
Another one slightly late - but the pastor/televangelist Billy Graham died in Feb at the age of 99.
Worked with 12 US Presidents, from Truman to Obama.
Milos Forman, 86, director of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus and The People Versus Larry Flynt.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/201...r-dies-aged-86
R Lee Ermey, aged 74. Best known as the drill instructor in Full Metal Jacket.
https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/...-at-74-w519156
Morning Ireland reporting that 'Big Tom' McBride of Big Tom and the Mainliners has died. My dad's favourite singer. Never seemed to be off local radio when I was a kid.
I so want that to be true!
Edit.
Despite my efforts to appear an urbane sophisticate, Mary Wilson's show on Radio 1 has just namechecked the tiny Rossie townland where I grew up in her tribute to Big Tom. You can take the boy from the country etc....
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8309711.html
Barbara Bush, former first lady of the US. Aged 92.
First knew who she was thanks to The Simpsons..
Very unexpected, Dale Winton, 62.
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/201...-died-aged-62/
Disc Jockey Avicii has died, aged only 28.