Well known personalities who have passed away recently (Renamed)

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Bob 'Bongo' Starkie, guitarist with Aussie band Skyhooks, has died after an battle with Leukemia. He was 73.

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Toni Lamond, the Australian actress, cabaret and TV star, has died aged 93. She was famous for starring in Annie Get Your Gun, My Fair Lady, and Oliver. Her TV appearances were in Number 96, The Unisexers and The Last Frontier. She was often a guest on variety and talk shows such as the Graham Kennedy Show, The Mike Walsh Show, The Bert Newton Show, and Good Morning Australia.

Her sister was Helen Reddy. Toni's husband died suddenly in 1966 by committing suicide, an event that left her heartbroken for many years.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-29/australian-performer-toni-lamond-has-died-aged-93/106082102

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Steve Cropper has played his last riff.

Co writer of Dock of the Bay and acted in the Blues Brothers movie.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-04/steve-cropper-dies-aged-84/106100460

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Veteran Australian presenter Arthur Higgins, whose remarkable broadcasting career in TV and radio spanned six decades, has died aged 85 following a long illness.

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Tributes flow for legendary Irish-Australian comedian Brian Doyle after his death at age 88: 'The lights are now dimmer'

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15336145/Tributes-flow-legendary-Irish-Australian-comedian-death-age-88-lights-dimmer.html?utm_social_post_id=610508847&utm_social_handle_id=1565601097008288&ito=social-facebook_Australia

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Dr. Keith Suter passed away peacefully in hospital at the age of 77. He was a renowned foreign affairs commentator and a respected voice on Seven's news programs.

 

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Actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in LA home in apparent homicide.

Their son is being treated as a suspect.

 

Read more here.

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Pulp Fiction star found dead in apartment as tributes paid to 'truly great actor'

 

Read more here.

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9 minutes ago, red750 said:

Pulp Fiction star found dead in apartment as tributes paid to 'truly great actor'

 

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Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.

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British singer Chris Rea, best known for the 1980s festive hit Driving Home for Christmas, has died at the age of 74.

 

"Singer/songwriter and guitarist Chris Rea passed away earlier today in hospital following a short illness," his family said in a statement.

 

One of my favourite songs : 

 

 

Chris has spoken about his health issues in the past. He said that he had an abscess on his colon so he had to have a colostomy bag. He also said that they took away his pancreas, the duodenum, the gall bladder and the left quadrant of the liver. Chris was also Type 1 Diabetic which meant that he had to take 34 pills every day.