Notable Deaths 2018

[caffeine_demon]

Thought I might as well start the grizzly thread for this year.

anyway - Dolores O'Riodan of the Cranberries

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42696376

 

[CoasterWild]

Thought I might as well start the grizzly thread for this year.

anyway - Dolores O'Riodan of the Cranberries

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42696376

Aw, shucks! I'm expecting this whole year to not turn into a 'Landfill Fire'.

 

[CoasterWild]

Simon Shelton Barnes aka Tinky Winky of the Teleubbies, 52.

 

[Pokemaniac]

Mort Walker, creator of the Beetle Bailey comic strip, 94

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mort_Walker (since all my other sources are in Norwegian).

 

[Pokemaniac]

Ouch, two big ones in a row. Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA: https://www.di.se/nyheter/ingvar-kamprad-ar-dod/

 

[sandgrown]

RIP MES.

 

[CoasterWild]

Jeremy Wilkin (aka Virgil Tracy's alternative voice).

 

[CoasterWild]

Beloved ‘Frasier’ star John Mahoney, 77
http://pix11.com/2018/02/05/beloved-frasier-star-john-mahoney-dies-at-77-report/

 

[Howie]

Very sad news - Dodd's gone.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-43367267

 

[jayjay]

I never got on with Ken's humour, but with all his eccentricities, he seems to have an umblemished record. And 90 is a respectable age. Well done sir!

 

[sandgrown]

Finally reunited with his dad's dog.

 

[Howie]

Finally reunited with his dad's dog.

Clever!
I wonder how many people will 'get' that.

 

[GuyWithAStick]

Famed physicist Stephen Hawking, 76

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43396008...ng&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central

 

[Dave]

Jim Bowen host of Bullseye has died aged 80

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[jayjay]

I was just thinking the reaper had a light 2017

 

[GuyWithAStick]

I mean after such a hefty year like 2016, you'd want a little break too, wouldn't you?

 

[mouse]

Not while Piers Morgan is still alive.

 

[CoasterWild]

Toys "R" Us founder Charles Lazarus, 94: http://metro.co.uk/2018/03/22/toys-...eeks-lifes-work-collapses-7409651/?ito=social
Bozo the Clown, 89: http://www.syracuse.com/celebrity-news/index.ssf/2018/03/bozo_the_clown_dead_frank_avruch.html

 

[ThomVD]

Isao Takahata, the co-founder of Studio Ghibli has died at age 82

He has made wonderful films such as Grave of the Fireflies, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya and Only Yesterday.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/apr/06/studio-ghibli-co-founder-isao-takahata-dies-aged-82

 

[Howie]

Eric Bristow, dartist.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/43666907