Obituaries...

[janet]

The tall, lanky, lugubrious comedian, Eli Woods, He was 91.
RIP Eli

 

[The Mad Collector]

RIP Eli

 

[Tonyblack]

RIP

 

[meerkat]

This is getting so sad!

 

[janet]

I know Meer
By definition this thread ain't gonna be a bundle of laughs at the best of times

 

[Catch-up]

So many losses recently.

 

[Watchman44]

Elena Baltacha: Former British Tennis number one dies of liver cancer. Very sad. RIP.

 

[janet]

Very sad indeed
RIP

 

[wicked woman]

Only 30, that's terrible. RIP Elena.

 

[Tonyblack]

RIP

 

[The Mad Collector]

RIP, far too young

 

[mirandashell]

That's a bit mad. She was playing last season wasn't she?

Far too young to go.

 

[The Mad Collector]

Virgin Soldiers author Leslie Thomas has died aged 83

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-27308147

 

[Tonyblack]

RIP

 

[Jan Van Quirm]

RIP Leslie - your words will live on

 

[Conforumist]

I don't know how well known Farley Mowet is around the world, but he's quite legendary here in Canada. It's almost impossible not to know his books, movies, poems and his work as an environmentalist.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/farley-mowa ... -1.2634772

 

[phalarope]

I first read Farley Mowatt as a small child (Owls In The Family), and read People Of The Deer at the age of 11. He was a masterful writer and storyteller, and not just on environmental issues. I strongly recommend The Gray Seas Under.

 

[hnorwood]

Colin Pillinger has died aged 70. He was a planetary scientist responsible for the Beagle 2 expedition to Mars (that unfortunately failed). Great loss.

 

[The Mad Collector]

RIP

 

[Quatermass]

I'm not sure how many of you will care, but I do. Paul Spragg, of Big Finish, has died very recently.

http://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/paul-spragg

I've had correspondence with him before, and he was a very patient, kind and tolerant person. And he was doubtless a hard worker. He was too young to die.