The 2024 Noteworthy Deaths Thread

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FourWheelDrift said:

paulguitar said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Worlds oldest man and 4th oldest man ever Juan Vicente Pérez, 114.

So young. What could have happened?

He was a smoker and drank strong alcohol like it was going out of fashion.

The Keith Richards secret to health and happiness.

[540TORQUES]

FourWheelDrift said:

Worlds oldest man and 4th oldest man ever Juan Vicente Pérez, 114.

That explains why Max was one second a lap faster.

[CooperD]

Actor Adrian Schiller from The Last Kingdom and Victoria died aged 60.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-6873...

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Lord Doug Hoyle, 98.
Former Labour MP between 1974 and 1997. Father of the current speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-6...

[cuprabob]

Joe Kinnear, aged 77.

Former Wimbledon manager Kinnear dies aged 77 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68757582

[ajprice]

Cole Brings Plenty, 27.

Actor in the 1923 and Yellowstone series. His body was found in woods, the investigation is ongoing.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-6874...

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Nobel prize winning theoretical physicist Peter Higgs, aged 94.

[Eric Mc]

Sir Paul Fox - a giant in the TV industry from the 1950s to the 1980s and responsible for some well loved TV programmes - e.g. "The Two Ronnies", "Parkinson", "The Generation Game".

[Yahonza]

SpudLink said:

Nobel prize winning theoretical physicist Peter Higgs, aged 94.

RIP to the great man - I heard that he'd quarked it.

[James P]

Paulo Pininfarina, 65 is no age these days.

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2024/04/09/car-des...

[Stan the Bat]

Yahonza said:

SpudLink said:

Nobel prize winning theoretical physicist Peter Higgs, aged 94.

RIP to the great man - I heard that he'd quarked it.

I hadn't realised that he was that old.

Still remember the announcement at CERN when he was in the audience.

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Stan the Bat said:

Yahonza said:

SpudLink said:

Nobel prize winning theoretical physicist Peter Higgs, aged 94.

RIP to the great man - I heard that he'd quarked it.

I hadn't realised that he was that old.

Still remember the announcement at CERN when he was in the audience.

His work on the Higgs boson particle was published in 1964. It just took a few decades to build the equipment to detect it.

[dandarez]

Norman Edward 'Ted' Toleman. 86

[Petrus1983]

OJ Simpson - 76. Without doubt one of the biggest trials of that century.

[dudleybloke]

Petrus1983 said:

OJ Simpson - 76. Without doubt one of the biggest trials of that century.

The Dr's said he had a 50/50 chance of surviving, but there was only a 10% chance of that.

[CountyAFC]

The juice ain't loose.

[FourWheelDrift]

Petrus1983 said:

OJ Simpson - 76. Without doubt one of the biggest trials of that century.

Suspicious circumstances?

[CountyAFC]

Hard to believe the trial was 30 years ago!

[bigothunter]

CountyAFC said:

Hard to believe the trial was 30 years ago!

Or how fast your life is going by...

[Petrus1983]

CountyAFC said:

Hard to believe the trial was 30 years ago!

And his lawyer was a Kardashian