Celebrity Deaths

[moreton407]

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Former BBC Radio 2 newsreader and presenter Colin Berry has died at the age of 79. Berry was a fixture on Radio 2 from the early 1970s to the early 90s, hosting the early slot and late-night shows including Night Ride and You and the Night and the Music. He stood in for daytime presenters including Sir Terry Wogan, and was a host on BBC Three Counties Radio from 2004 to 2019. He was also familiar to Eurovision viewers, reading out the UK jury's results between 1978 and 2002.

[moreton407]

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Clodagh Rodgers, who represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971, has died at the age of 78. Rodgers, from Warrenpoint, County Down, came fourth with the song Jack In The Box. She was chosen to represent the UK at the contest being held in Dublin, during the Troubles.

[NathanR]

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Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, a day after he appeared in St. Peters Square to wish 'Happy Easter' to thousands of worshippers

He had recently been discharged from hospital after 5 weeks of treatement for an infection

RIP.

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(21/04/2025 09:38)NathanR Wrote:  Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, a day after he appeared in St. Peters Square to wish 'Happy Easter' to thousands of worshippers

He had recently been discharged from hospital after 5 weeks of treatement for an infection

RIP.

Very sad news for the Vatican and Catholic community after all the years of great work that he has done

[moreton407]

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Original Coronation Street star Philip Lowrie has died aged 88. He appeared in the first episode of the ITV soap in 1960 as the original bad boy Dennis Tanner.

[moreton407]

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The founder of the Kwik Fit garage chain, Sir Tom Farmer, has died at the age of 84.

[B10B6514]

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Former BBC 1 and 2 controller, Alan Yentob, who was the executive responsible for ending Jeremy Clarkson's BBC career, after that punch, passed away over the weekend at the age of 78 years.

[Metroline1511]

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John Peters, presenter on Boom Radio having started out on Trent Radio in 1975, died last Saturday evening.

[moreton407]

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US actor Jonathan Joss has been shot dead in what his husband says was a homophobic hate crime, although police have said they have found no evidence of that.

joss, 59, was known for voicing John Redcorn on long-running TV animation King of the Hill, and played Chief Ken Hotate in sitcom Parks and Recreation.

His husband Tristan Kern de Gonzales said a man "started yelling violent homophobic slurs" then opened fire when they were visiting their former home, which was destroyed in a fire in January.