There has been some kick off this week due to some anti-Thatcherite’s clubbing together to ensure that the Wizard Of Oz’s ‘Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead’ charts in the Top 10, then this Sunday. Pro-Thatcherites are outraged by this … 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 veteran actor Ernest Borgnine has died today from kidney failure. Borgnine who was 95, starred in The Posideian Adventure, The Wild Bunch and a childhood favourite’s of mine : Treasure Island In Outerspace & Airwolf. Borgnine primarily played villians … Continue reading
Bee Gee singer Robin Gibb has died yesterday, aged 63. Gibb, who had been battling colon and liver cancer for the last 18 month is survived now only by remaining Bee Gee brother – Barry, aged 65. Robin’s twin brother … Continue reading
The singer Donna Summer has died after a long battle with cancer. Summer, who was just 63 years old had a number of hits in the 1970′s including : ‘I Feel Love’, ‘Could It Be Magic’ and her first solo … Continue reading
Hairdresser Vidal Sassoon has died at his Los Angeles home, aged 84. Police said that Sassoon was found in his home and had died of natural causes. Sassoon was regarded as the best known hairdresser of his generation. In the … Continue reading
The next Short Straw Award no. 9 in the series goes to the category : The goriest reveal ever committed to celluoid – period. Having cornered Robocop in the Steel mill, Emil Antonowsky (played by Paul McCrane) drives straight for … Continue reading
The Darts Legend Jocky Wilson has died aged 62, after a battle against illness. Wilson, whose heyday was in the 1980′s, was a 2 time World Champion Darts winner in 1982 & 1989. He had been suffering from pulmonary lung … Continue reading