Celebrity Deaths 2009 Edition

[AeRo]

Not forgetting the Shell Suits and cigars

 

[Dave]

Being held together by Febreeze

 

[Emmett]

Norman Painting, the voice of Philip Archer on long-running Radio 4 drama The Archers, has died at the age of 85.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8331558.stm

 

[tanya]

^ balls I was just coming to post that!

 

[Lewis]

Cricket umpire David Shepherd has died after a long battle with cancer at the age of 68.

He was most famous for standing on one leg whenever a player or team reached 111 or similiar (222, 333 etc.) as it is known as a 'Nelson'.

http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content ... 31815.html

 

[LiveForTheLaunch]

Tony Toldo, Canadian Philanthropist, died at 84.

He lived in my city, actually.

 

[mrclam]

Tony Toldo, Canadian Philanthropist, died at 84.

I think you should only get a point for that - if you can explain what a Philanthropist is..

 

[Gavin]

Not Tony Toldo?!

Devastated!

 

[LiveForTheLaunch]

^ He was nice!

Clam, he did a lot of work for charity, so I'm guessing it means that you do a lot of good work for charity!

 

[jokerman]

Why not use a dictionary, and then you can be precise? Seems like the obvious thing to do, don't you think?

 

[Pokemaniac]

Claude Lévi-Strauss, French antropologist, died Saturday night, at an age of 100 years.

Source:
http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/utenriks/1.6848415

 

[Ian]

Is an anthropologist somebody who does a lot of work for charity?

 

[Pokemaniac]

^Should I answer seriously to that question, or LOL at the joke?
I guess Launchie wants to have her guess first, so I'm putting the answer in spoiler tags.

Spoiler

Nah, it's a person who studies cultures and peoples

 

[Ian]

It was meant to be a "LOL at the joke" moment. If I didn't know what something was, I'd look it up before appearing all Canadian.

 

[LiveForTheLaunch]

I know what anthropology is, I took a course in it thank you very much . And I also knew what a philanthropist was.. It seemed sort of obvious since he did a lot of work for charity.

 

[Emmett]

Irish singer, Beverley O'Sullivan dies aged 28.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/bre ... king32.htm

 

[Ollie]

Ex-Radio 2 presenter Laycock dies:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8351614.stm

 

[Gavin]

Jerry Fuchs, drummer for a bunch of indie bands apparently, has fallen down an elevator shaft and is now deaded.

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdai...r-jerry-fuchs-dies-after-elevator-shaft-fall/

Fuuuuuuuuuuucccccchhhhhs........!

 

[LiveForTheLaunch]

^ Ugh, elevators are so scary..

 

[Smithy]

Robert Enke