Notable Deaths 2011

[marc]

And the winner of 2011 is ......... Nic

 

[tks]

Slightly morbid winning a competition based on people dying

 

[Nic]

and?

 

[ECG]

Nigerian footballer Uche Okafor, who had 34 caps & played professionally in Germany, Portugal, France, Belgium & Israel before ending his career in the USA, committed suicide.
Saw him play quite a few times & interviewed him twice. Really nice guy.
http://www.fox4kc.com/news/wdaf-exk...afor-commits-suicide-20110107,0,3920656.story

 

[Pierre]

Hahaha the real reason for Pete Postelthwaites death has finally been uncovered.

http://www.durbartandoori.co.uk/HTML/ourmenu.html

 

[jokerman]

Gabrielle Giffords, US congresswoman shot dead.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12143774

 

[Thekingin64]

David Hart, A politician who helped Thatcher through the miner strike of 1984 has died aged 66.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8241884/David-Hart.html

 

[RCF]

Gabrielle Giffords, US congresswoman shot dead.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12143774

She's actually not dead. She's in critical condition and in surgery currently.

 

[jokerman]

^In which case it's poor reporting. Mind you, if someone gets shot in the head at close range, you don't really expect them to survive!

 

[Ian]

Hmm, latest news reports say that she is in a critical condition, but still alive.

Therefore no points will awarded yet. A point can only be awarded to the first member who posts it when they are certified dead. I've watched with interest how her wikipedia page has changed throughout the last few hours!

 

[Nic]

Film director, Juan Piquer Simon
http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/41772/ ... sim%C3%B3n

 

[marc]

Peter Yates died, directed such movies as Bullitt and Summer Holliday, has died aged 81

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12154652

 

[Jools]

Wow either you're sad for posting people who I've never heard of constantly, or I'm sad because I don't know them, It's making my brain fuzz. :lol:

 

[Smithy]

Richard Butcher, pro footballer who started with the Cobblers.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/10012011/ ... asses.html

 

[tomahawk]

Didn't see this anywhere, but Richard "Dick" Winters, the man behind 'Band of Brothers' died last week. 92.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wir ... d=12581222

 

[marc]

Derek Gardner died. He was an F1 car designer and was famous for the 6 wheel f1 car.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 359030.stm

 

[Mushroom]

David Nelson, 74

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12171234

 

[ECG]

FYI (for those that can't be bother to click on the link) - David Nelson was a star of TV's original family sitcom & was the last surviving member of "America's Favorite Family," on "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet." His younger brother Ricky, who died in a plane crash in 1985, became a world-wide heartthrob thanks to his musical career.

 

[Smithy]

Trish Keenan.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bi ... m-12194530

 

[jokerman]

Susannah York, actress, 72

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...-aged-72-cancer-battle.html?ito=feeds-newsxml