The actor Richard Briers has died, aged 79 – after battling lung cancer. Briers had a long and distinguished career of over 60 years, appearing on stage, TV and Movie screens. His credits include the popular 70′s and 80′s sitcoms … Continue reading
Master Jedi Yoda featured quite prominently in the news this week. The first being the death of the artist Stuart Freeborn, behind the original look of Jedi Master Yoda, aged 98. Alongside this was the confirmation that aswell as the … Continue reading
The Director, restaurant critic and car insurance advertiser Michael Winner, died aged 78 yesterday. Winner was a controversial figure whose films included Deathwish 1 – 3 with Charles Bronson and The Big Sleep with Robert Mitchum. Everybody knows the cultural … Continue reading
The actor Jack Klugman star of Quincy M.E. and the Odd couple, died on Monday – he had just turned 90 on 24 December. Klugman’s career ran for 70 years starting in the late 1940′s and he was still acting … Continue reading
The renowned Astronomer Patrick Moore has died, aged 89. Moore will always be known as the host of the long running BBC Science programme : Sky At Night. Remarkable due to having presented it for the last 55 years (in … Continue reading
Actor, Producer and Director Larry Hagman – who played JR Ewing in Dallas, has died in Hospital from throat cancer and liver complications. The actor, who was 81; had recently returned to the new series of Dallas to reprise the … Continue reading
The actor Clive Dunn who played Corporal Jones in Dads Army, has died aged 92. He retired from acting in the 1980′s and spent the last 3 decades living in Portugal, where he died following surgery. He was also a … Continue reading
Sad news as good ole Teletext Ceefax service is finally switched off tonight, after 38 years. First broadcast in 1974, with its blocky graphics and simple interface, Teletext was one of those early morning preserves of the terminally insomniac and … Continue reading
The Singer Andy Willians and actor Herbert Lom have both died. Williams was 84 and Lom – 95. Williams had suffered from bladder cancer for a year and Lom passed away peacefully, in his sleep. Williams was the king of … Continue reading