Is it going to be one of those years for famous people dying?

[doodlebug]

Benjamin Zephaniah, Poet and Peaky Blinders star, only 65 years old.

 

[philw696]

Benjamin Zephaniah, Poet and Peaky Blinders star, only 65 years old.

Wow that's very sad only diagnosed with a tuma 8 weeks ago

 

[Koz]

RIP Zephaniah. There is still a painting of him in Handsworth/Villa Cross. Talented guy.

 

[Oneball]

RIP Zephaniah. There is still a painting of him in Handsworth/Villa Cross. Talented guy.

Where’s the one in Handsworth?

There used to be one at the Custard Factory but I think it’s been painted over.

 

[Koz]

Where’s the one in Handsworth?

There used to be one at the Custard Factory but I think it’s been painted over.

Coming along Hampstead Rd when you get to the Villa Cross crossroads.

 

[Oneball]

Coming along Hampstead Rd when you get to the Villa Cross crossroads.

I’ll see if I can spot it next time I’m there.

 

[doodlebug]

US actor Ryan O'Neal.

 

[zagatoes30]

It always feels like the number of losses seems to go faster towards the end of the year, as it they need to get a quota in, sure its just a feeling and not substantiated by Catman facts.

RIP Benjamin and Ryan

 

[RoaryRati]

US actor Ryan O'Neal.

Famed by Love Story - considered to be one of the most romantic films ever and possibly sponsored by Kleenex

 

[P5Nij]

RIP Ryan - watched him in 'The Driver' again last week.

 

[MarkMas]

Oh, no! Captain Holt!

Andre Braugher, the two-time Emmy winning actor who starred in the hit television series “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Homicide: Life on the Street,” died Monday after a brief illness. He was 61.

 

[midlifecrisis]

Oh, no! Captain Holt!

Andre Braugher, the two-time Emmy winning actor who starred in the hit television series “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Homicide: Life on the Street,” died Monday after a brief illness. He was 61.

I can say that you and the character of Captain Holt have a lot in common but he would never wear a V-Neck sweater.

 

[MarkMas]

I can say that you and the character of Captain Holt have a lot in common but he would never wear a V-Neck sweater.

You are right. Kevin is my clothing icon.

 

[midlifecrisis]

The sad cast, so far...

 

[P5Nij]

Not so much famous as well known in Maserati circles - I've just heard that David Askew, the parts supplier in Leicestershire has died.

 

[MarkMas]

Not so much famous as well known in Maserati circles - I've just heard that David Askew, the parts supplier in Leicestershire has died.

There's a Thread:

https://www.sportsmaserati.com/index.php?threads/sad-news.37968/#post-1009330

 

[P5Nij]

There's a Thread:

https://www.sportsmaserati.com/index.php?threads/sad-news.37968/#post-1009330

Thanks Mark, I didn't realise.

 

[zagatoes30]

BBC always do a list of well known faces we lost each year, this list includes a few that had passed me by

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/w8pmj2u36t/notable-deaths-2023

 

[Scaf]

I had missed some of those as well.

But let us also remember those more ordinary folk that make up our family and friends who we have lost……

I certainly raised a glass or two “to absent friends” over the past week…….

 

[zagatoes30]

I had missed some of those as well.

But let us also remember those more ordinary folk that make up our family and friends who we have lost……

I certainly raised a glass or two “to absent friends” over the past week…….

Always have a quite few minutes on New Years Eve for those who are only close to me in my heart