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

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Icy

Wayne Osmond
not well known enough for the BBC it seems.
Condolences to all the family

http://kslnewsradio.com/2168326/wayne-osmond-dies-at-73-years-old/

The Beeb will probably catch up, Here's the Grauniads report.

Wayne Osmond, member of the singing Osmond family, dies aged 73

Utah-born singer dies at hospital after ‘massive stroke’, making him first of hugely successful US pop group to die.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/02/wayne-osmond-dies-aged-73

Wayne Osmond was picked once in this game, in 2014 by me.

Is he really the first to die - that's an amazing achievement by that large family. I guess they're not the hell-raisers you get elsewhere in the business.

Author and critic David Lodge, best known for his Booker Prize-nominated comic campus novels Small World and Nice Work, has died at the age of 89.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2nzgp5yp0o

Former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis dies aged 88

http://www.euronews.com/2025/01/05/former-greek-prime-minister-costas-simitis-dies-aged-88

The Vivienne http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gw1v51yezo

The Welsh Liberal Democrat politician Jenny Randerson has died at 76.

Baroness Randerson was elected in 1999 and represented Cardiff Central, beating Labour candidate Mark Drakeford for the seat.

She represented the party in the then Welsh Assembly - now the Senedd - from 1999 to 2011 and served in the Welsh Labour-Lib Dem administration of the 2000-2003 Welsh Assembly government.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c205v1n30vro

Jean-Marie Le Pen.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgm2jvkl2yo

J-M le P was picked twice in the past, by myself in 2022 and by Logicus a year later.

I think the Guardian captures his legacy quite well here:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/07/jean-marie-le-pen-french-far-right-leader-dies

Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul and Mary, writer of Puff the Magic Dragon:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/07/peter-yarrow-of-folk-trio-peter-paul-and-mary-dies-aged-86

Mary died in 2009, but I think Paul's still going.

A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys
Painted wings and giants' rings make way for other toys
One gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more
And Puff, that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.
His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane
Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave
So Puff, that mighty dragon, sadly slipped into his cave.

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Sam Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave that was known for such definitive hits of the era as Soul Man and Hold On, I'm Comin', has died aged 89.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/11/soul-man-singer-sam-moore-dies-aged-89-from-surgery-complications

Laurie Holloway, the former musical director of BBC entertainment shows such as Parkinson and Strictly Come Dancing, has died aged 86.

The pianist and composer was well known to a generation of TV viewers, and also worked with singers such as Petula Clark, Tom Jones and Englebert Humperdinck.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn7glx0x5r6o

Former Scotland rugby union captain Peter Brown has died aged 83 following a long illness.

Born in Troon to a sporting family, Brown played at club level for West of Scotland and Gala, making his international debut in a home win against France on 4 January 1964.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c3w8q1zj1v6o

British actor and comedian Tony Slattery has died aged 65, his family has confirmed.

Slattery was known for his quick-witted improvisations on the popular Channel 4 show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, from 1988 onwards.

The Londoner also played comedic and serious roles in films such as The Crying Game, Peter's Friends and How to Get Ahead in Advertising.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93lqxgznnwo

Tony Book

http://www.msn.com/en-ie/sports/other/tony-book-dead-at-90-man-city-lead-tributes-legendary-captain-and-manager-who-led-the-club-to-a-golden-era-of-success/ar-BB1rqPWE?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Neither Tony was picked in this game

Linda Nolan

15 days after I replaced her on my list. First picked in 2018 by Galaxy Babe.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/15/linda-nolan-singer-and-television-personality-dies-aged-65