Notable Passings and other milestones

[Andy_Ross]

RIP Ted.

Ted, the Patterdale Terrier mix, who found fame on BBC’s Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing alongside Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse has died.

Ted was rescued from a dog’s home in Surrey in the Spring of 2013 when he was about six months old and went to live with Lisa Clark, Executive Producer of Gone Fishing.

He made his first appearance on the popular BBC Two show in Series 3 (episode 3) in 2020, quickly becoming a fan favourite.

Ted will appear in one episode for the forthcoming series nine – which will be his final appearance on the show.

Remembering Gone Fishing’s Ted - Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse pay tribute

The Patterdale Terrier mix made his first appearance in Series 3 in 2020

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Trebuchet]

Moya Brennan, singer and harpist from the Irish folk/pop band Clannad.

Tributes paid to singer Moya Brennan: ‘Her voice was the signature sound of Clannad’

Celebrated musician won a Grammy and an Emmy during hugely successful career

www.irishtimes.com

I had to check and see if she was Enya's sister. She was.

 

[alfaniner]

Gerry Conway.

Gerard Francis Conway (September 10, 1952 – April 2026) was an American comic book writer and editor, science fiction writer, screenwriter, and television writer and producer.

Although I didn't even know what he looked like, I saw his name in many of the comics I've had in the last several decades.

 

[EHocking]

Former F1 driver and Paralympic gold medallist, Alex Zanardi dies at 59

Alex Zanardi, the former Formula One driver who lost both legs in a racing crash and went on to win Paralympic gold medals, has died at the age of 59. Zanardi, from Bologna, made his F1 debut in 1991 and achieved success in the Cart series in the United States, winning back-to-back championships in 1997 and 1998.

His life took a dramatic turn in September 2001 when he was involved in a high-speed crash during a Cart race in Germany that led to the amputation of both legs. Zanardi refused to end his sporting career and instead turned to para-cycling, becoming one of Italy’s most successful Paralympic athletes. He won four gold medals and two silver medals in the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Games.

F1 tribute video

 

[shemp]

CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87

Ted Turner, the media maverick and philanthropist who founded CNN, a pioneering 24-hour network that revolutionized television news, died peacefully Wednesday, surrounded by his family, according to a news release from Turner Enterprises. He was 87.

 

[JayUtah]

Love him or hate him, he transformed television.

 

[shemp]

Clarence Carter, 90.

 

[Vixen]

Clarence Carter, 90.

So ev'ry mornin' 'fore I went to SCHOOL!
I fed the chickens and chopped wood TOO!

 

[Vixen]

Dennis Locorriere of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show 'Sylvia's Mother' fame has died.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2056027482176803319

 

[SteveAitch]

Dame Felicity Lott, one of Britain's best-loved sopranos, has died at the age of 79.

 

[alfaniner]

Dennis Locorriere of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show 'Sylvia's Mother' fame has died.

Perhaps he'll make the cover of the Rolling Stone. Again.

 

[Andy_Ross]

RIP Michael Keating. A fine actor with a wonderful career, but to me he will always Vila

 

[Darat]

RIP Michael Keating. A fine actor with a wonderful career, but to me he will always Vila

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Damn - all the major role actors dead, I feel especially old today!

 

[SteveAitch]

Sonny Rollins - age 95.

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[alfaniner]

Sonny Rollins - age 95.

I'm surprised that as a tenor saxophone player myself, I don't have any of his music in my library (unless it's in collections). I may have to remedy that.

 

[Mojo]

Artists with three albums in the suggested "core collection" of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings:

Miles Davis
Duke Ellington
Charlie Parker
Sonny Rollins
Cecil Taylor

 

[jeremyp]

Damn - all the major role actors dead, I feel especially old today!

Jenna, Calli, Dayna and Tarrant are all still alive.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Soolin doing very well.
Just finished a 114 episode stint in Hollyoaks

 

[alfaniner]

Sonny Rollins - age 95.

I'm surprised that as a tenor saxophone player myself, I don't have any of his music in my library (unless it's in collections). I may have to remedy that.

That has just been corrected and I bought the mp3 album The Definitive Sonny Rollins On Prestige (etc.).
Listening to it now. Love it!

 

[Mojo]

That has just been corrected and I bought the mp3 album The Definitive Sonny Rollins On Prestige (etc.).
Listening to it now. Love it!

It only seems to have a couple of tracks from Saxophone Colossus on it. Get the whole album.