Well known personalities who have passed away recently (Renamed)

[facthunter]

I Like Arnie and Clint Eastwood.   When I was a teenager All the chicks had a crush on  Robert Redford.  I've had 3 Red Fords.  Bigga Redda Car in Italian. Nev

[onetrack]

I'm getting worried now, virtually all the stars of my younger years and my era are gone, or just about gone. To add to my gloom, I've been looking up all the veterans I served with in Vietnam, and I've found a large number of them have died.

The bloke who slept in the bed next to mine in our hut in Nui Dat, just died late last month, I never saw him again after I left 'Nam, and it appears he got dementia and spent the last few years in an aged care home.

He was just an ordinary, decent enough bloke, he didn't achieve great fame or fortune, he came from Canowindra, he went back to Canowindra after he did his National Service, and apparently just lived out his life there.

[facthunter]

I know the Town.  Near Orange . A lot of People don't pronounce it correctly.  Nev

[old man emu]

Is it still the hot-air ballooning capital of Australia?

[red750]

Legendary Seven News presenter Roger Climpson has died, with his passing confirmed today. He was 93. He hosted Australia's Most Wanted.

 

[old man emu]

Back in the day, it was common practice each morning to glance over the Births, Deaths and Marriages in the newspaper. It is becoming a habit, on this forum, to check this thread each morning for that sort of information.

 

 

Births, Deaths and Mrriages was also known as "Hatches, Matches and Dispatches".

[onetrack]

I missed this one - but Sergei I. Sikorsky, son of the famous Igor Sikorsky, died on Sept 18th, aged 100. What a great life! He decided he would design aviation machines at age 8, when he took a ride with his father in one of Igors seaplane designs. 

 

Sergei spent nearly all his life in the employ of Sikorsky aircraft, apart from WW2 and a few post-war years. He joined the U.S. Coast Guard in 1942, as a helicopter mechanic. His father was already producing helicopters for the U.S. Navy by this time.  The U.S. Coast Guard was transferred to the USN in Dec 1941, and the USN allocated Sergei to the Helicopter Development Program.

 

He joined United Technologies (owner of Sikorsky Aircraft) in 1951 as a marketing specialist. United Technologies was previously named United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, and it had purchased the Sikorsky Aviation Corp in 1929. He retired from the company in 1992. Amazingly, there is no Wikipedia information page for Sergei Sikorsky.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Y6czS1hOA

 

[red750]

Legendary cricket umpire Dickie Bird has died at the age of 92.

Born Harold Dennis Bird in Barnsley, Dickie played cricket for Yorkshire and Leicestershire but became a household name as an umpire.

"It is with profound sadness that The Yorkshire County Cricket Club announces the passing of Harold Dennis 'Dickie' Bird MBE OBE, one of cricket’s most beloved figures, who died peacefully at home at the age of 92," read a statement from Yorkshire CCC.

In his remarkable career, he umpired 66 Tests and 69 One Day Internationals, including three World Cup Finals.

[red750]

Sixties screen siren Claudia Cardinale dies aged 87.

 

Claudia Cardinale, a leading lady of Italian cinema in the 1960s, whose voluptuous beauty was celebrated by the film directors Luchino Visconti, Sergio Leone and Federico Fellini as she drew acclaim as Italy’s “dream girl,” has died in Nemours, France. She was 87.

 

Her agent, Laurent Savry, confirmed the death to Agence France-Presse on Tuesday. The cause was not reported. Ms. Cardinale had lived in Nemours, south of Paris, in recent years.

[red750]

Renowned naturalist Jane Goodall has passed away at the age of 91.

[red750]

Dame Katherine Patricia Routledge (/ˈraʊtlɪdʒ/ ROWT-lij; 17 February 1929 – 3 October 2025) was an English actress and singer, best known for her comedy role as Hyacinth Bucket in the popular BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance in 1992 and 1993.

[ClintonB]

Was a great show, along with others we used to watch like “to the manor born” 

we were only allowed to watch ABC as kids.

[kgwilson]

Yea these shows were excellent. The Poms love to laugh at themselves. Mrs Bucket ahem Mrs Bouquet. Also the Good Life. Richard Briers, Peter Bowles & Penelope Keith & Paul Eddington (Yes Minister) were all great from the same era.

[red750]

English actor John Woodvine has passed away at the age of 96. He appeared in more than 70 theatre productions, as well as a similar number of television and film roles.