Well known personalities who have passed away recently (Renamed)

[red750]

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

[onetrack]

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

[Marty_d]

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

[red750]

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

[red750]

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

[red750]

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.

 

[red750]

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.

[red750]

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

 

Read more here.

[Marty_d]

9 minutes ago, red750 said:

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

 

Read more here.

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

[red750]

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.

 

 

 

[red750]

The Australian soap opera community is mourning the loss of the beloved actress Belinda Giblin, famous for her role as Martha Stewart in the hit series Home and Away. She passed away peacefully at her home at the age of 75 following a period of declining health.

 

She made a significant mark in other prominent TV series, including The Box, The Sullivans, and Sons and Daughters. She was also an accomplished stage actress.

 

[onetrack]

Former MP and Senator Nick Bolkus, a Greek Australian who was Minister for Consumer Affairs and Administrative Affairs in the Hawke Govt (1988-1990), and Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs in the Keating Govt (1990-1993), has passed away peacefully, aged 75. He was an MP from 1980 to 2005.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-25/nick-bolkus-obituary/106178484

[red750]

Brigitte Bardot, the French actress and singer who became an international sex symbol before turning to animal rights activism, has passed away aged 91.

 

Bardot had been ill in hospital in Toulon, according to local media. The star’s animal rights charity announced her passing on Sunday morning with a statement.

[red750]

The inventor of the arrow on a car's dashboard which indicates which side of the vehicle the fuel filler is located on has died at the age of 80. 

 

James Moylan came up with the inventive solution in the late 1980s and has made life easier for millions of drivers ever since.

[old man emu]

I don't know about the original arrow, but I was lead to believe that nowadays the location of the image of a fuel bowser on the instrument panel performs the same function. 

[red750]

Variation on a theme.

[Jerry_Atrick]

What was wrong with knowing where the filler cap was located before getting in the car. I had no idea about the arrow/bowser indicating where it was. Never had a problem locating the filler cap yet.

[red750]

Which side of the pump do you poll up to. Nothing worse than trying to stretch the hose across the car and still get the nozzle in the tank.

[Marty_d]

I've never seen an arrow pointing out which side the filler cap is on.

[onetrack]

I had to laugh in the Costco service station a few weeks back. Costco have signs saying something along the lines of, "pull in anywhere, the hoses will reach across your vehicle".

 

I do this regularly. However, you do have to apply a bit of effort to pull the hose right out, to get it across your vehicle.

 

There was a lady behind me who had parked with her filler on the far side from the bowser - and she'd called the attendant in a fit of annoyance, claiming "the hose won't reach, it's not long enough!"

 

Naturally, she hadn't pulled the hose right out, only relying on the loose hose length available. The attendant pulled on the hose to extend it to her filler, and she was greatly embarrassed.