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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