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RIP Corporal Marsh (Tony Selby)
6 September 2021
Get Some In! star Tony Selby has died aged 83. His management, LCM Limited, shared a statement on Twitter announcing he had died in London on Sunday (5th September).
It read: "With great sadness, we...
Ed Asner of ‘Lou Grant’ and ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’, dies
29 August 2021
Seven-time Emmy-winning actor Ed Asner, who starred as tough-talking TV newsroom head Lou Grant on the long-running sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show and the spin-off drama Lou Grant has died, aged 91.
His...
Charlie Watts: Rolling Stones drummer dies at 80
24 August 2021
The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has died at the age of 80.
It had been announced earlier this month that Watts would miss the band's American tour dates to recover from an unspecified...
Don Everly dies aged 84
21 August 2021
Don Everly (pictured above left), one half of the rock’n’roll duo the Everly Brothers, has died at his home in Nashville at the age of 84. A spokesperson for the family confirmed Everly’s death...
Missing Morecambe & Wise Show episode found
28 July 2021
The son of comedian Eric Morecambe has found a missing episode of The Morecambe and Wise Show in the family home's attic.
While searching for paperwork in the attic, Gary Morecambe, 65, found five...
ZZ Top bassist dead at 72
28 July 2021
Dusty Hill, the bass player of US blues-rock band ZZ Top, has died at the age of 72.
Bandmates Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard said that Hill died in his sleep at his home...
R.I.P. Love Boat and Mary Tyler Moore Show star Gavin MacLeod
29 May 2021
Gavin MacLeod, famed as the news writer Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Captain Merrill Stubing on The Love Boat, died on Saturday 29 May 2021 at his home in...
The Children’s Film Foundation
Between 1951 and 1982 this unique institution made films exclusively for those attending the hundreds of Saturday morning children's matinees hosted in Britain's cinemas each week.
Now a long-forgotten tradition, the first matinee was held in...
‘Neighbours’ house sells for $1.6m (AUD)
3 May 2021
A nondescript brick house at 1 Pinoak Court, Vermont South - a suburb of Melbourne, Australia - has just sold for $1.6m AUD, the first time it has changed hands in 30 years.
The...
Marilyn Monroe in Korea (1954)
In February 1954, actress Marilyn Monroe travelled to Korea to entertain the American troops stationed over there.
Marilyn was asked if she wanted to do a solo show or entertain as part of a ten-man package...
Little-known Facts About the Rovers Return
The Rovers Return Inn (formerly The Rover's Return Inn and often referred to as The Rovers Return or The Rovers) is located on Coronation Street, Weatherfield and is arguably the most famous public house in...
Bond’s First XI (and what happened to them)
Ursula Andress walked from the sea in Dr No in 1962 and became the first of many beautiful women who found fame in James Bond films. Some of the Bond girls such as Andress and...
Tribute to Mary Wilson of The Supremes
8 February 2021
Mary Wilson was born in Greenville, Mississippi, on 6 March 1944. Her parents separated when she was young and she was raised by family members until she was 10 years old, believing for...
Cloris Leachman dies aged 94
27 January 2021
Cloris Leachman, best known for her comedic work as the self-absorbed Phyllis Lindstrom on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970 - 1977), and in her own spin-off follow-on series, Phyllis (1975 - 1977),...
Phil Spector dies at 81 after contracting COVID-19
17 January 2021
Revolutionary and controversial music producer Phil Spector has died from COVID-19 related complications at the age of 81.
Spector was diagnosed with COVID four weeks ago and was transferred from his prison cell at...
Gerry Marsden dead at 78 after short illness
3 January 2021
Gerry and the Pacemakers star Gerry Marsden has died aged 78 after a short illness involving a heart infection.
The band had hits with I Like It, How Do You Do It? and Ferry...
Why we all turned to nostalgia to get through 2020
31 December 2020
In a year of such jarring change, it is perhaps no surprise that many of us have longed to turn the clocks back – but is there more to nostalgia than just a...
Gilligan’s Island actress Dawn Wells dies
30 December 2020
American actress Dawn Wells has died of causes related to COVID-19 at the age of 82.
Wells, who portrayed Mary Ann Summers in the classic sitcom Gilligan's Island, passed away peacefully in Los Angeles...
Dame Barbara Windsor has died at the age of 83
10 December 2020
Carry On legend Dame Barbara Windsor has died at the age of 83 following her tragic but brave battle against Alzheimer's disease.
She died at 8.35 pm GMT on Thursday at a London care home.
Her...
Squiggy dies at 73
5 December 2020
Actor David Lander, best known as Squiggy on the ABC sitcom Laverne and Shirley, died on Friday evening at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 73.
Lander died of complications related to...
