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

That poor family, she's the second to die too young

Christopher Benjamin, 90, English actor (Doctor Who)
http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2025/01/christopher_benjamin_1934_2025.html

Diane Langton, 77, English actress (Carry Ons, Eastenders, Only Fools and Horses)

http://www.lbc.co.uk/news/only-fools-and-horses-star-soap-legend-diane-langton-dies-77/

Former Hollyoaks actor Paul Danan, who played Sol Patrick in the Channel 4 soap between 1997 and 2001, has died at the age of 46, his management company has said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn93gnz7853o

To steal Ghosho's Line
"They are dropping like flies"

David Lynch, incomparable director of classics such as 'The Elephant Man', 'Dune' (1984), 'Blue Velvet', 'Twin Peaks' etc
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly9vymjexvo

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to the four above.

None had ever been picked in this game.

Dame Joan Plowright, one of Britain's most celebrated stage and screen stars and the widow of Sir Laurence Olivier, has died at the age of 95.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyppre55gyo

Former Scotland, Manchester United and Manchester City striker Denis Law - the only Scottish player to have won the Ballon d'Or - has died at the age of 84.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ckgvny01x9go

Dame Joan Plowright is on coelacanth's list, BB.

My eyesight must be dim this morning, I looked at the list and missed her.

John Sykes, a guitarist with the rock bands Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, has died aged 65. A statement said his death followed "a hard-fought battle with cancer"

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/21/thin-lizzy-whitesnake-guitarist-john-sykes-dies

A couple of days getting "Don't Panic", so I'll see if it works now...
Garth Hudson, founding member of the Band, dead at 87:"He was always all about the music"

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/garth-hudson-founding-member-of-the-band-dead-at-87-he-was-always-all-about/article_983498e8-d7fc-11ef-ac3c-4b6836c7f137.html

Barbara Clegg, who has died aged 98, had a successful acting career before moving into writing, and managed to make an impact on popular culture in both disciplines.
She was an actor in Emergency Ward 10 and first woman to write a story for Doctor Who.

born 1 March 1926; died 7 January 2025

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jan/21/barbara-clegg-obituary

Michael Baggott. "Flog It" presenter has died aged 65. There's no BBC link to his obituary, strangely, as he was a BBC star. I could only find online newspaper links full of ads so I will leave this here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/52XNXll47rPdPX5Q2bXG97W/michael-baggott

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/michael-baggott-death-flog-it-b2688242.html

It's on the BBC now. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3604xz1pyzo

Tony Martin, 80, "English farmer and convicted criminal" so says Wiki. I remember him as the farmer who shot and killed a burglar, and he was jailed for that.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0rq4evqq75o