The "which famous person died today" thread

Died on this day in 2014, a true blue.
Warren Clarke was born in 1947 in Oldham. He spent his early childhood there, but the family moved and he grew up in Manchester.
He went to Barlow Hall Secondary Modern in Chorlton. He started work at the age of 15 as a copy boy at the Manchester Evening News. He started acting by doing amateur dramatics and made his first TV appearance on Coronation Street. His birth name was Alan, but he changed his acting name to Warren, because his girlfriend of the time had a crush on Warren Beatty.
He began to get regular TV work from the late 1960s and his big break came in 1971, when he was in Stanley Kubrick's ‘Clockwork Orange’. He went on to have a great acting career, becoming one of Britain’s most easily recognisable actors in numerous stage, TV and film roles.
After a short illness, he died in his sleep on this day in 2014.

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Bill Walker said:
Died on this day in 2014, a true blue.
Warren Clarke was born in 1947 in Oldham. He spent his early childhood there, but the family moved and he grew up in Manchester.
He went to Barlow Hall Secondary Modern in Chorlton. He started work at the age of 15 as a copy boy at the Manchester Evening News. He started acting by doing amateur dramatics and made his first TV appearance on Coronation Street. His birth name was Alan, but he changed his acting name to Warren, because his girlfriend of the time had a crush on Warren Beatty.
He began to get regular TV work from the late 1960s and his big break came in 1971, when he was in Stanley Kubrick's ‘Clockwork Orange’. He went on to have a great acting career, becoming one of Britain’s most easily recognisable actors in numerous stage, TV and film roles.
After a short illness, he died in his sleep on this day in 2014.

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RIP 'Dim".
Bill Walker said:
Died on this day in 2014, a true blue.
Warren Clarke was born in 1947 in Oldham. He spent his early childhood there, but the family moved and he grew up in Manchester.
He went to Barlow Hall Secondary Modern in Chorlton. He started work at the age of 15 as a copy boy at the Manchester Evening News. He started acting by doing amateur dramatics and made his first TV appearance on Coronation Street. His birth name was Alan, but he changed his acting name to Warren, because his girlfriend of the time had a crush on Warren Beatty.
He began to get regular TV work from the late 1960s and his big break came in 1971, when he was in Stanley Kubrick's ‘Clockwork Orange’. He went on to have a great acting career, becoming one of Britain’s most easily recognisable actors in numerous stage, TV and film roles.
After a short illness, he died in his sleep on this day in 2014.

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RIP Dim.
 
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Sorry to hear of this. Takes me back to Christmas Day in 1978. My mate and I saw PIL at the Rainbow in London for their first UK gig. We had nowhere to stay but my mate's granny who was not a nice person lived in London. She was staying up in Manchester with his family for Christmas so my mate pinched the key to her flat and we stayed there. We had to creep about so no-one would know someone was in there and call the police. Was it really 44 years ago ? Dear me, we grow old.
 
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Bill Walker said:
Died on this day in 2014, a true blue.
Warren Clarke was born in 1947 in Oldham. He spent his early childhood there, but the family moved and he grew up in Manchester.
He went to Barlow Hall Secondary Modern in Chorlton. He started work at the age of 15 as a copy boy at the Manchester Evening News. He started acting by doing amateur dramatics and made his first TV appearance on Coronation Street. His birth name was Alan, but he changed his acting name to Warren, because his girlfriend of the time had a crush on Warren Beatty.
He began to get regular TV work from the late 1960s and his big break came in 1971, when he was in Stanley Kubrick's ‘Clockwork Orange’. He went on to have a great acting career, becoming one of Britain’s most easily recognisable actors in numerous stage, TV and film roles.
After a short illness, he died in his sleep on this day in 2014.

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Blimey wondered why I'd not seen him for years, must have missed him passing.

RIP belated.
 
Bill Walker said:
Died on this day in 2014, a true blue.
Warren Clarke was born in 1947 in Oldham. He spent his early childhood there, but the family moved and he grew up in Manchester.
He went to Barlow Hall Secondary Modern in Chorlton. He started work at the age of 15 as a copy boy at the Manchester Evening News. He started acting by doing amateur dramatics and made his first TV appearance on Coronation Street. His birth name was Alan, but he changed his acting name to Warren, because his girlfriend of the time had a crush on Warren Beatty.
He began to get regular TV work from the late 1960s and his big break came in 1971, when he was in Stanley Kubrick's ‘Clockwork Orange’. He went on to have a great acting career, becoming one of Britain’s most easily recognisable actors in numerous stage, TV and film roles.
After a short illness, he died in his sleep on this day in 2014.

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He walked past me outside Wembley before the Rag semi game, and if it wasn't that one, it was one of the others. Yer couldn't miss that mush!
 
Bill Walker said:
Died on this day in 2014, a true blue.
Warren Clarke was born in 1947 in Oldham. He spent his early childhood there, but the family moved and he grew up in Manchester.
He went to Barlow Hall Secondary Modern in Chorlton. He started work at the age of 15 as a copy boy at the Manchester Evening News. He started acting by doing amateur dramatics and made his first TV appearance on Coronation Street. His birth name was Alan, but he changed his acting name to Warren, because his girlfriend of the time had a crush on Warren Beatty.
He began to get regular TV work from the late 1960s and his big break came in 1971, when he was in Stanley Kubrick's ‘Clockwork Orange’. He went on to have a great acting career, becoming one of Britain’s most easily recognisable actors in numerous stage, TV and film roles.
After a short illness, he died in his sleep on this day in 2014.

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Great actor. Long time ago so I might be misremembering, but in Sleepers I think when he went on the run he took a (his daughters?) City monkey with him.
 
Newman Noggs said:
Sorry to hear of this. Takes me back to Christmas Day in 1978. My mate and I saw PIL at the Rainbow in London for their first UK gig. We had nowhere to stay but my mate's granny who was not a nice person lived in London. She was staying up in Manchester with his family for Christmas so my mate pinched the key to her flat and we stayed there. We had to creep about so no-one would know someone was in there and call the police. Was it really 44 years ago ? Dear me, we grow old.
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Wasn’t the Pistols’ last UK gig on Christmas Day? Some miners’ club in Yorkshire?
I bought our kid the Kev Cummins book that depicts it. I think!
 
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