The 2024 Noteworthy Deaths Thread

The 2024 Noteworthy Deaths Thread

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DodgyGeezer

42,553 posts

200 months

Tuesday 10th December 2024
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trickywoo said:
Just seen reported that Tom Voyce the former rugby player is likely dead suspected swept away in a storm related flood.
frown

M5-911

1,477 posts

55 months

Tuesday 10th December 2024
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Russell Malone. Absolute gentleman. Played with some of finest jazz musicians.

ajprice

29,910 posts

206 months

Wednesday 11th December 2024
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Arnold Yarrow, 104. Believed to be the oldest surviving cast member of Doctor Who, he played Bellal in Death of the Daleks with Jon Pertwee.

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/arnold-yarrow...

blue_haddock

4,102 posts

77 months

Thursday 12th December 2024
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Comedy and variety hall performer Duncan Norvelle aged 66.

Milkyway

10,137 posts

63 months

Thursday 12th December 2024
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blue_haddock said:
Comedy and variety hall performer Duncan Norvelle aged 66.
His catchphrase was "Chase me"... that's all I can remember really.

Wildcat45

8,129 posts

199 months

Thursday 12th December 2024
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DodgyGeezer said:
trickywoo said:
Just seen reported that Tom Voyce the former rugby player is likely dead suspected swept away in a storm related flood.
frown
His body was found today.

Bluevanman

8,137 posts

203 months

Friday 13th December 2024
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Milkyway said:
His catchphrase was "Chase me"... that's all I can remember really.
He had a stroke years ago but came back to continue working.....in a wheelchair if memory serves me right..... I recall seeing him in a show about seaside resorts a couple of years back and he performed in a b&b for the holiday makers

craigjm

18,672 posts

210 months

Friday 13th December 2024
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Milkyway said:
blue_haddock said:
Comedy and variety hall performer Duncan Norvelle aged 66.
His catchphrase was "Chase me"... that's all I can remember really.
Yeah that’s what I remember. When I was a kid he would be doing the end of the pier cabaret shows at the uk holiday resorts. Can’t believe he was only 66 I was expecting 76

Bonefish Blues

30,260 posts

233 months

Friday 13th December 2024
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craigjm said:
Milkyway said:
blue_haddock said:
Comedy and variety hall performer Duncan Norvelle aged 66.
His catchphrase was "Chase me"... that's all I can remember really.
Yeah that’s what I remember. When I was a kid he would be doing the end of the pier cabaret shows at the uk holiday resorts. Can’t believe he was only 66 I was expecting 76
That's my immediate reaction too.

Chauffard

644 posts

7 months

Friday 13th December 2024
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Duncan was close to Saturday Night bigness, he recorded a LWT pilot for a show that was re-named Blind Date, but it was given to some no hoper scouse singer.

ninepoint2

3,595 posts

170 months

Friday 13th December 2024
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DodgyGeezer

42,553 posts

200 months

Friday 13th December 2024
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Wildcat45 said:
DodgyGeezer said:
trickywoo said:
Just seen reported that Tom Voyce the former rugby player is likely dead suspected swept away in a storm related flood.
frown
His body was found today.
for some reason the news found it worth saying that his wife was heartbroken - like that even needed to be said frown

ajprice

29,910 posts

206 months

Saturday 14th December 2024
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Isak Andic, 71. Founder of the Mango fashion brand. Fell down a 150m ravine while hiking in the Montserrat mountains. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3wed2egp4vo

Wildcat45

8,129 posts

199 months

Sunday 15th December 2024
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DodgyGeezer said:
Wildcat45 said:
DodgyGeezer said:
trickywoo said:
Just seen reported that Tom Voyce the former rugby player is likely dead suspected swept away in a storm related flood.
frown
His body was found today.
for some reason the news found it worth saying that his wife was heartbroken - like that even needed to be said frown
To be fair to the media it was a quote from a statement the family issued via the Northumbria Police Press Office along with a request not to approach the family directly.

MarkwG

5,294 posts

199 months

Wednesday 18th December 2024
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Steve Lewinson, bass player with Simply Red, but also played with Annie Lennox, Kylie Minogue, Amy Winehouse, George Michael, Sade, Massive Attack and Herbie Hancock.

Esquire

261 posts

10 months

Wednesday 18th December 2024
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Eddie Stobart 95

cuprabob

16,103 posts

224 months

Wednesday 18th December 2024
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Esquire said:
Eddie Stobart 95
I imagine that there will be an impressive funeral procession at his funeral.

gareth_r

6,071 posts

247 months

Wednesday 18th December 2024
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Definitely PH-worthy...

Tommy Robb, 90. Northern Irish motorcycle racer. One of the first non-Japanese riders for Honda. Runner-up in the 1962 350cc World Championship. Winner at the TT, the Ulster Grand Prix, the North West 200, and the Japanese GP.

Eric Mc

123,186 posts

275 months

Wednesday 18th December 2024
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Proper bike racer - from an era when they ALL took on the roads

brake fader

1,140 posts

45 months

Wednesday 18th December 2024
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rejoins some of the best Northern Irish road racers up on gods highway.