Well known personalities who have passed away recently (Renamed)

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American singer-songwriter Lou Christie, a 1960s music idol who soared to the top of the charts in the US and UK with songs including "Lightnin’ Strikes", and "Two Faces Have I", has died aged 82. Christie died at home in Pittsburgh after a short illness.

He was born Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco in February 1943 in Glenwillard, Pennsylvania. He was known for his stupendous singing voice, that had a four-octave range and a distinctive falsetto.

Christie is survived by his beauty queen wife Francesca, who he married in 1971, and their daughter Bianca. Their son Christopher died in a motorbike crash aged 46 in 2014. RIP Lou.

 

Edited June 20 by onetrack

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Eileen Bond, wife of Alan Bond,  passed away yesterday at the age of 87, after suffering a stroke on Sunday.

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Australian actor and son of former Prime Minister Billy McMahon, Julian McMahon, has died  at the age of 56. He suffered from cancer.

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Michael Madsen has also died.

Best known for his role in Reservoir Dogs, where he dances to "Stuck in the middle with you" while torturing a cop with a straight razor.

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Actor Julian McMahon, son of former Prime Minister Sir William McMahon has passed away from cancer.

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OME, see my post above,  this page.

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Peter Russell Clarke has passed at 89 years,

I grew up watching come and get it in the afternoons. I believe he was one of our first tv chefs.

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Here's the ABC obituary about Peter Russell-Clarke, I had no idea he was as old as he was. He was married for 65 yrs, that's some record!

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-06/peter-russell-clarke-dies-aged-89/105500112