Celebrity (and not so) Deaths 2024/25

Get A Job.

Pee Wee Wilson, who is still around I believe.

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Vale Shirley Valentine

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She and her husband, John Alderton, played sundry P G Wodehouse characters in three series. She caught the foppish 20s and 30s so well, poking fun at the upper crust.

After they’d crossed paths as a maid and footman in Upstairs Downstairs.

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Was in a 1967 Doctor Who story and offered an ongoing role (39 episodes) as a companion, but declined. Did make a return visit to the show 39 years later, though!

Wodehouse >>>>> Dr Who

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There would have been a seven year gap between the two, so…

She didn’t get any consistent (screen) work until three years later, with Upstairs Downstairs.

And I don’t say this lightly, as I do love a bit of Jeeves and Wooster…

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Well, I have a full collection of PGW, even including his school books like Mike Goes to Wrykyn and The Pothunters, but have seen but one episode of Dr Who.

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Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson voted out permanently aged 76.

With his lifestyle he lived decades longer than predicted

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Grim Reaper has been busy these last 36 hours

Gilson Lavis… long time drummer for (UK) Squeeze and more latterly Jools Holland also crossed the bridge over the last couple of days. The most perfectly compact drum break leading into the 1st verse…

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97, had good genes…

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You know what I mean…

And also in honour of the man…

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Far out, Once were warriors was so intense.

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