Well known personalities who have passed away recently (Renamed)

[Marty_d]

I think this article says more about Sam Neill than most I've seen.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/14/sam-neill-new-zealand-remembers-local-star

[red750]

Sir Garfield Sobers, widely regarded as the greatest all-rounder in cricket history, passed away on July 17, 2026, at the age of 89. He Played for Barbados.

[old man emu]

He also played for South Australia in the early 60s and he helped them with the Sheffield Shield.

[red750]

They just keep comming.

 

Aussie actor Terry Donovan, and father of Jason, has passed away.

[facthunter]

None of us are getting out of THIS alive.  While this list here is very active Most of us older folk experience the Loss of People. Friends and relatives we have known for ages and relatives passing on and it gets a bit depressing when you add it all up.  Maybe one gets a bit of Survivors Guilt?  Nev 

[rgmwa]

I wouldn’t say survivor’s guilt but it certainly gets your attention when you start to remember more and more people for who they were rather than who they are.

[old man emu]

6 hours ago, rgmwa said:

for who they were rather than who they are.

 

 

'for whom they were rather than whom they are'

 

[rgmwa]

Sorry OME. I'm still trying to learn this archaic language.

[facthunter]

The use of WHOM is dying out, and who being considered acceptable more often. Your time is yet to come.  "To WHOM it may concern" may hang on a while .  Easy to look up. Nev

[old man emu]

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

The use of WHOM is dying out, and who being considered acceptable more often

All living languages evolve. While an academic grammarian would insist on 'whom', a linguist would accept 'who' as an example of the evolution of a language. One could say that the grammarian is pedantic, while a linguist is a realist.

[red750]

Thank you, Prof. OME.

[Marty_d]

He's our resident cunning linguist.

[facthunter]

Glad I didn't say that. Us older folks are inclined to be Pee don'ts. Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

I did a search in case I missed it being posted, but Bill Oddie of Goodies fame (and later a wildlife show presenter) passed away yesterday aged 85. 

[ClintonB]

We showed our kids some youtube of the Goodies, they thought we were insane for watching this. yet they watched shows with a talking slice of pizza theat was friends with a hotdog and a talking flying.

tiger.

 

 

[Marty_d]

Ecky-Thump!

[old man emu]

19 hours ago, ClintonB said:

We showed our kids some youtube of the Goodies, they thought we were insane for watching this. yet they watched shows with a talking slice of pizza theat was friends with a hotdog and a talking flying tiger.

To appreciate The Goodies one had to have been exposed to English humour. The show involving pizza and hot dogs suggests to me that it was American, and we all know that American humour is not as intelligent as that of the British.

 

The British made excellent children's programmes. Did anyone ever watch Worzel Gummage starring  Jon Pertwee and Una Stubbs? Pertwee was, of course the third Dr Who.

[Jerry_Atrick]

In America, people find me humorous; that is an indictment on American humour.

[Marty_d]

3 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

In America, people find me humorous;

They should find ya humerus somewhere between ya shoulder and elbow.

[Jerry_Atrick]

They may find humus there these days