h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Trevor Lock, hero of Iranian embassy siege, dies aged 85.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8x8ewgwzqqo

Best known as the author of the Crongton series of young adult novels, Alex Wheatle, who has died aged 62 of prostate cancer, was a writer, speaker and activist whose well-observed stories based on his own life gave a painful and vivid picture of his tough early years and adolescence in south London.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/06/alex-wheatle-obituary

Richard Chamberlain was picked six times in the past - all by Magwitch, between 2009 and 2014.

Dave Allen, the bassist for British post-punks Gang of Four, has died aged 69. His surviving bandmates, vocalist Jon King and drummer Hugo Burnham, said that Allen had been suffering from early-onset mixed dementia.


http://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/07/gang-of-four-bassist-dave-allen-dies-aged-69

Clem Burke, the drummer for 1970s new wave band Blondie, has died aged 70 following a "private battle with cancer", the band's spokesperson has confirmed to the BBC.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1wd0qvx2gvo

Mike Berry

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn80zvvy2zvo

Jean Marsh

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c045dk29xqqo

The former Wimbledon Crazy Gang member and Sunderland coach Carlton Fairweather has died at the age of 63. Fairweather, who enjoyed a 22-year association with Sunderland in various coaching and community roles after his playing career, died surrounded by his family on Monday night, months after it was revealed he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.


http://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/15/former-wimbledon-crazy-gang-midfielder-carlton-fairweather-dies-aged-63

Wink Martindale has died aged 91.

I have a memory of my father playing "Deck of Cards" on our turntable. I wondered why his mother had called him "Wink",

http://deadline.com/2025/04/wink-martindale-dead-1236369288/

Former BBC Radio 2 newsreader and presenter Colin Berry has died at the age of 79.

Berry was a fixture on Radio 2 from the early 1970s to the early 90s, hosting the early slot and late-night shows including Night Ride and You and the Night and the Music.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly160ydd72o

Eurovision singer Clodagh Rodgers dies aged 78

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj3x8mpznlgo

David Thomas, who fronted the wild and free-thinking American rock band Pere Ubu, has died aged 71.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/24/david-thomas-pere-ubu-dies

Virginia Giuffre (nee Roberts) age 41, suicide. Although, if you load Twitter...

http://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/virginia-giuffre-dead.html

Mike Peters, frontman of the Welsh rock band The Alarm, has died from blood cancer aged 66.

The musician, who was forced to cancel a US tour last year after being diagnosed with fast-growing lymphoma, had been undergoing treatment at the Christie NHS foundation trust in Manchester.

His death was announced by a spokesperson for the charity he co-founded with his wife.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/29/the-alarm-frontman-mike-peters-dies-aged-66