"Celebrity deaths 2015"

The only one I've heard of is Jimmy Greenspoon, and that's only because his name came up on the telly recently

Posted By: Worzel Scrimmage on May 6th 2015 at 17:59:18

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Sad about Errol Brown. I think I'll do a "Recently Dead" spotify playlist. (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 17:33:13
- Lux Interior and Ron Ashton (n/m) (General Chat) - Barno, May 6, 21:27:33
- Dozy from Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mitch and Titch - bend it (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, May 6, 20:49:13
- I guess it would be appalling taste to suggest alternative lyrics (General Chat) - Old Man, May 6, 19:29:16
- Had forgotten his name but the bass player from MC5 in 2012, Michael Davis (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 6, 19:21:42
- Gosh! And Pete Gutteridge of The Clean and Snapper (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 6, 19:10:01
- Jon Brookes, Drummer from the Charlatans (n/m) (General Chat) - strap_on sally, May 6, 19:08:46
- How could I forget! Nick Talbot of Gravenhurst! (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 6, 19:06:39
- Elvis... got knocked down by a bus in Runcorn last month... (General Chat) - Pixelman, May 6, 19:04:50
- Was going to suggest Roy Harper. Turns out he's not actually dead. (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, May 6, 19:03:29
  - Well if we're going down that route I'll say (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, May 6, 19:07:56
    - If it wasn't such appalling taste, I'd suggest a "lingering" playlist or something. (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, May 6, 19:12:20
      - In that case (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, May 6, 19:13:01
        
        I had my photo taken with Jet Black once. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, May 6, 19:47:07
        
        I refused Hugh Cornwall entry to a nightclub once (General Chat) - Old Man, May 6, 19:49:26
        
        Nice. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, May 6, 20:01:32
        
        haha, that's quite a claim to fame (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 6, 19:56:12
        
        what's up with Jet Black? (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 6, 19:42:42
        
        Circling The Drain (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, May 6, 19:30:32
    - Oof. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 19:09:09
- (Steven) Seething Wells in 2009 is close enough (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 6, 19:01:43
  - 2009? (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, May 6, 19:04:20
    - Is anyone you listen to still alive? (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 6, 19:18:03
  - I remember those days; he used to write in the NME, didn't he? (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 19:03:29
    - Yes, mostly as Steven Wells; but as Susan Williams in the earlier days (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 6, 19:12:02
  - Was he a WACCOE regular? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, May 6, 19:02:59
- You need to extend to at least 2006 for Grant McLennan (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 6, 18:56:47
- Percy Sledge (n/m) (General Chat) - John in Texas, May 6, 18:54:02
- I couldn't find this one on Spotify, but definitely worthy of inclusion... (General Chat) - bird table, May 6, 18:53:52
  - I bloody knew it. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 18:54:26
- The dude from Rockford Files has passed too. So you could put Ben Folds Five (General Chat) - pants, May 6, 18:53:46
- Jack Ely from The Kingsmen just a week or so ago (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 6, 18:51:36
  - Tricky will WW2 you in a minute. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 18:53:46
    - Yeah, I just saw that (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 6, 18:54:14
      - Cred points. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 18:55:48
- Zak Maylik... (General Chat) - Pixelman, May 6, 18:50:32
- Robert Burns, original drummer of Lynyrd Skynyrd. (n/m) (General Chat) - John in Texas, May 6, 18:50:16
- This is what I've done so far. (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 18:42:07
- Reg Presley and Ray Manzarek... (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 18:35:29
- always liked this (General Chat) - earthleakage, May 6, 18:33:09
- Seth Putnam of the legendary (General Chat) - woody, May 6, 18:23:45
- Steve Strange. Forgot that one. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 18:23:15
  - cripes, didn't know he was dead (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 6, 18:58:33
- Arthur Lee (General Chat) - pants, May 6, 18:18:25
  - Agreed - meets my dead(!)line of 2006 too (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 6, 19:00:04
    - Syd Barrett does too (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 6, 19:07:54
      - Yes, Syd too (thought that was more recent actually) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 6, 19:16:02
        
        I know a mouse, and he doesn't have a house, I don't know why I called him (General Chat) - LittleMouseWithClogs, May 6, 19:18:25
        
        rolf (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 6, 19:22:38
        
        haha (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 6, 19:22:25
  - Pre-2010. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 6, 18:19:19
- All of the Ramones! (n/m) (General Chat) - woody, May 6, 18:15:43
  - God yeah. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 18:16:30
- This should help. (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 18:12:23
  - Doug Fieder out of off of the Knack. (General Chat) - Old Man, May 6, 19:21:17
  - our help is no longer required (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 6, 18:15:41
    - You started it (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 6, 18:17:59
      - the famous ones had already gone (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 6, 18:23:17
    - I prefer the personal input. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 18:16:17
      - Demis Roussos? that was last year I think (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 6, 18:25:47
        
        I miss him (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, May 6, 19:18:34
        
        haha (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 6, 19:23:46
        
        lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 6, 19:22:58
- John Holt earlier this year (n/m) (General Chat) - woody, May 6, 18:08:52
- Jimmy Greenspoon, Johnny Kemp, Maxee Maxwell, John Renbourne (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 6, 17:57:04
  - CB41 knows something you don't (General Chat) - camcan, May 6, 18:38:38
    - I suspect he knows lots of things I don't (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 6, 18:54:51
      - Pentangle (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, May 6, 19:17:08
  - You're just making up names (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 6, 17:57:58
    - "Celebrity deaths 2015" (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 6, 17:59:18
- That punk lady, wossername. Recent enough? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 6, 17:49:42
  - Poly Styrene? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 6, 17:54:43
    - Good enough. Was it that long? Jebus. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 17:55:45
      - Oh, well then this playlist has huge number of potential entrants (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 6, 17:57:04
        
        Handel? (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, May 6, 18:03:49
        
        I'm not going before 2010. Is that ok? (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 18:02:40
        
        Amy Winehouse should be in there. Suspect she'll be the youngest on it. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 6, 18:17:09
        
        so that means Captain Beefheart and Sugar Minott are in (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 6, 18:10:37
        
        and Joe Cocker (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 6, 18:14:28
        
        No Handel then? (n/m) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, May 6, 18:05:06
        
        Soz. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 18:07:21
    - Four? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 6, 17:55:20
      - It do. Particularly once you get to your age. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 6, 17:56:11
  - Oh yeah, Poly Styrene. And Ari Up from the Slits. (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 17:53:50
    - HONK! (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 6, 17:54:35
  - Ryan Bertrand? (n/m) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, May 6, 17:51:54
    - Not him. A lady. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 6, 17:53:39
      - Poly Styrene from X Ray Spex? (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, May 6, 17:55:09
        
        Not a bad innings that! (n/m) (General Chat) - woody, May 6, 18:08:15
- Inezita Barroso. (n/m) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, May 6, 17:45:46
  - Eh? I must keep up. (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 17:46:20
    - ... (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, May 6, 17:47:10
- Depends what you count as recent I guess. (n/m) (General Chat) - woody, May 6, 17:40:16
  - Last year or two - it'll need updating as we go. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 17:41:33
    - Lou Reed. (n/m) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, May 6, 17:48:36
      - Yes indeed. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 18:00:59
- Ben E King I guess (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 6, 17:39:20
  - Good start. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 17:39:59
  - And the guy who sang Louie Louie. I liked that. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 6, 17:39:55
    - Oh, and Percy Sledge (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 6, 17:41:57
      - Good for a playlist though... (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 17:43:22
        
        I guess that's some comfort for the families. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 6, 17:44:55
        
        I like to think I'm providing a service. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 17:45:37
    - The Kingsmen were the band. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 6, 17:40:54

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