Celebrity Deaths

[wirralbus]

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(23/12/2013 08:47)Penny Return Wrote:  

(22/12/2013 00:00)wirralbus Wrote:  

(21/12/2013 22:17)MPTE1955 Wrote:  David Coleman has passed away at the age of 87.

He was one of the best all round sports commentators , rest in peace David Coleman.

He was the best,especially on the footy,with Harry carpenter a close
second

David Coleman had that passion for everything he did whether it was commentating or doing Question of Sport .

I do wonder whether the BBC will show some classic Question of Sport programmes now .

[MPTE1955]

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I doubt it, but they would still be better than today's awful question of sport. I would hope that they will do some sort of tribute programme to him.

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Just heard actor James Avery has died following complications from open heart surgery he starred in the fresh prince of bel air alongside Will Smith RIP James.

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Phil Everly (ie one of the Everly Brothers) died last Friday, 3rd January. MP Paul Goggins, for Wythenshawe and Sale East, died this week, as did recent Guardian columnist Simon Hoggart. So quite a few deaths for the start of 2014.

[wirralbus]

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Ariel Sharon former prime minister of Israel passed away on Saturday , he had been in a coma since he suffered a stroke nearly 8 years ago.

[MPTE1955]

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Sadly, it has just been reported that Roger Lloyd Pack, Trigger from Only Fools & Horses has passed away at the age of 69.

[wirralbus]

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Lord McAlpine, the former UK Conservative Party deputy chairman has died.

As well as a politician, the peer was an art collector, property developer, author and fundraiser.

He was also part of the McAlpine construction dynasty.

He died Friday night (17 January).

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Former British athlete Sir Chris Chataway has died at the age of 82.

Chataway, who broke the 5,000m world record in 1954, is more famously remembered as the man who helped pace Sir Roger Bannister to breaking the four-minute mile barrier the same year.

He was named the first-ever BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1954.

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Oscar-winning American actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has been found dead in New York, police sources have said.

The 46-year-old was found in his Manhattan apartment after a friend called the emergency services.

Medical officials have not yet commented on the the cause of death.

Hoffmann made his name in the 1990s in films including Boogie Nights and the Big Lebowski, before winning the best actor Oscar for his 2005 portrayal of writer Truman Capote.

Throughout his career he featured in independent films as well as Hollywood blockbusters such as Mission Impossible III.

His latest role was in the Hunger Games series of films.

As well as films, he also starred in Broadway plays and was nominated for two Tony Awards.

British actor John Hurt, who starred alongside Hoffman in the 2003 drama Owning Mahowny, said the news had hit him "very hard".

"He was a great actor, a great member of the film and theatre community. An extraordinary talent, directorially as well as an actor. He'll be greatly missed," he said.

Last year Hoffman told celebrity news website TMZ that he had sought treatment for drug abuse.

Source - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26009575

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Shaktar Donetsk striker Maicon has died in a car crash, aged 25.