The "which famous person died today" thread

[Blumooniac]

Gary Rossington: Lynyrd Skynyrd's last founding member dies aged 71

Guitarist Gary Rossington had survived a 1977 air crash that killed several of his bandmates.

www.bbc.co.uk

RIP

What a band...

 

[Summerbuzz]

Mystic Meg has died aged 80.

It was on the cards.

 

[JASR]

2+ months late:
I randomly came across this page on the BBC

US comic Kelly Monteith dies aged 80 - BBC News

The US stand-up comic had his own BBC TV series in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

www.bbc.co.uk

Kelly Montieth, I liked his humour style as a kid

 

[Bill Walker]

Mystic Meg has died aged 80.

It was on the cards.

She must've seen it coming

 

[johnnytapia]

Mystic Meg has died aged 80.

It was on the cards.

 

[PinkFinal]

Jerry Samuels Dies: One of Pop Music's Most Unique One-Hit Wonders as 'Napoleon XIV' - Best Classic Bands

He wrote and recorded "They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!," an instant hit single in 1966, with an equally bizarre B-side

bestclassicbands.com

 

[Blue Mist]

Jerry Samuels Dies: One of Pop Music's Most Unique One-Hit Wonders as 'Napoleon XIV' - Best Classic Bands

He wrote and recorded "They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!," an instant hit single in 1966, with an equally bizarre B-side

bestclassicbands.com

That takes me back, loved it as a kid, so funny, so weird.

 

[PinkFinal]

Cartoonist Bill Tidy who appeared on Countdown dies aged 89

The legendary artist, who appeared on shows including Blankety Blank, Through the Keyhole and Countryfile died with his two children, Sylvia and Rob, at his side.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Out on blue 6]

RIP Bill. Remember watching him drawing with a marker pen on a kids programme when I was young and being amazed how he did it so quickly. Talented man

 

[KS55]

RIP Bill.
I loved the Cloggies; their killer manoeuvre was “The Flying Arkwright”.