Celebrity Deaths 2009

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[quote=“dancarter”]Humble apologies Link

Can I add Mike Tyson so please[/quote]

Ive just consulted my legal team,we would have no objection to the inclusion of Mike Tyson.He might be lucky for you.

102

TLW, you’re doing a sterling job keeping track of the runners and riders here.

103

Thanks,thats mainly because im hugely confident that my own team are going to come through for me big time and i dont want any duplications or that kind of thing hampering my victory when some of them cross the line.

104

my five for bucket kicking

madelaine mccann
jack nicholson
jack boothman
sean quinn
angela lansbury

105

Objection…I was not allowed have madeline mccann last year as she is missing presumed dead…pick again art

106

I beg to differ, she is being treated as kidnapped and very much alive

107

Well Flano said last year it wasn’t allowed so you have to change it as he is all knowing;)

108

ehhhhh, riiiiiigggggghhhhhhhtttt…

109

Pete Doherty

Amy Winehouse

110

;):smiley:

Its in the rules as we all know (or at least should). I don’t expect much out of Artfoley though, ever.

111

I might as well say can I add Trevor Deeley on the list.

112

Sure I might add Fiona Sinnott and Jo-Jo Dollard if thats the case

113

Irish one today. Think one of his pieces was on my Jumior or Leaving Cert English paper.

http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0212/leonardh.html

The award-winning playwright, Hugh Leonard, has died in Dublin.

He was 82 and had been ill for some time.

Leonard won a Tony award in 1978 for ‘Da’ which formed the basis of a film starring Martin Sheen and Barnard Hughes in 1988.

He wrote screenplays and adapted several books for BBC.

He also adapted the James Plunkett novel, ‘Strumpet City’ for RT Television and wrote two volumes of autobiography ‘Home Before Night’ in 1979 and ‘Out After Dark’ in 1989.

His weekly humorous column for the Sunday Independent was very popular with readers for many years.

Hugh Leonard was born John Keyes Byrne in 1926 in the village of Dalkey which would later feature prominently in his writing.

His first wife, Paula, predeceased him. He is survived by his second wife, Kathy, and his daughter, Danielle.

President Mary McAleese has expressed her sadness at the announcement saying “Hugh will be greatly missed by all who had the pleasure of his company and counsel throughout the years.”

She described him as “a fascinating man whom I have had the privilege of knowing personally over the last 30 years. As a playwright, journalist and radio contributor, Hugh infused his work with a unique wit, all the while demonstrating a great intuition, perceptiveness and forgiveness of human nature.”

The Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, said “Hugh will be remembered as a great literary figure of modern Ireland. He was one of this country’s most distinguished playwrights as well as being a journalist of distinction.”

He continued “Hugh Leonard was a man of strong views and great wit and these traits were reflected in his writings. His Curmudgeon column which ran for many years in the Sunday Independent was required reading and was always guaranteed to raise a smile.”

Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Martin Cullen has expressed his sympathy saying “Hugh Leonard’s legacy is immense. As a storyteller he was creative and compelling. As an individual he was honest, engaging, with a sharp wit and an enquiring mind. His plays in particular evoked a sense of nostalgia and of the triumph of the human spirit.”

114

Pauline Fowler Rip

Former EastEnders actress Wendy Richard has died aged 65, her agent has confirmed.
The star, who played Pauline Fowler in the BBC One soap opera, had been suffering from cancer.
Her agent Kevin Francis said: “She was incredibly brave and retained her sense of humour right to the end.”
Last October, Richard revealed she had an aggressive, terminal form of cancer. Soon after that she married her long-term partner John Burns.
Planned funeral
Francis said the star passed away in the Harley Street Clinic in London with her husband by her side.
In an interview with the Sunday Express last year, Richard revealed she had already planned her funeral and written her will.
She discovered the disease had returned after her usual annual check-up, which revealed cancerous cells in her left armpit.
She told the paper: "Now I have a cancerous growth on my right kidney and the cancer has spread to my bones.
“It’s more aggressive this time, unfortunately, and has spread to the top of my spine and left ribs.”
In 2000 Richard was awarded the MBE for services to television and in 2007 she was given a British Soap Award for Lifetime Achievement for her role in EastEnders.
On top of her 21 years on Albert Square, Richard starred in sitcoms Are You Being Served?, Dad’s Army and Grace and Favour.
She joined EastEnders when the programme began in 1985 and remained in it until 2006, when her character died.
The reason she gave for her departure was because she objected to producers making her character remarry.

115

My final list

[quote=“Bandage”]MGG, you’re limited to 5 entries and, for example, one of the Followill Brothers will count as three selections.

Get pruning.[/quote]

Prince Phillip
Tony Blackburn
Doris Day
Sophie Anderton
Christy Dignam

116

Seeing as Frank Kelly was objected to, I’ll go with Tina Turner.

  1. Paul Hogan
  2. Nancy Reagan
  3. Amy Winehouse
  4. Tina Turner (sub)
  5. Pat Ingoldsby
117

[quote=“HangBlaa”]Michael Smurfit
Ana Manahan
Roger Moore
Bobby Charlton
Albert Reynolds[/quote]

Anna Manahan passed the finishing post on Saturday for Hangblaa,
hes in a commanding lead in this now,twas a shrewd selection out of him,2 will have to cark it off all the rest of our lists now or hes the winner.Hed be trading at no better than even money now id imagine.

118

Aah Big Ears is dead. Shame.

119

[quote=“THE LINK WALSH”]Anna Manahan passed the finishing post on Saturday for Hangblaa,
hes in a commanding lead in this now,twas a shrewd selection out of him,2 will have to cark it off all the rest of our lists now or hes the winner.Hed be trading at no better than even money now id imagine.[/quote]

To get one on the board in the first quater was quiet a coup. She was a good age, and it is a sad passing of this great Dise woman, but it is quiet fitting that a Waterford man should have her on the list.

120

I’m surprised she was allowed on your list

She was in a hospice