Age 66 – Celebrity Death Club

Rod Temperton, 66…. Dead!

Songwriter behind Michael Jackson’s hits Thriller, Off the Wall and Rock with You. As a member of the 1970s funk band Heatwave he also wrote Boogie Nights, Always and Forever and Ain’t no half steppin

Thoughts on the 2026 List 5th February 2026
We were saying the same thing about a good couple of those half a decade ago!
Thoughts on the 2026 List 5th February 2026
I still think this could break the record. I mean, does anyone see Rantzen, Murray, Rollins, Jackson, Chomsky, Marcos, Woodward, Sasse, Starmer-Smith, Cooke, Turner, Farrakhan, Redgrave, or Hall making 2027? Add another few random ones here and there, and you could break the record. Likely? No. Unrealistic? Also no.
People Who Are Dead According To Wikipedia... 5th February 2026
Alan Trustman, writer of The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt, and They Call Me Mister Tibbs!, dead at 95, per an editor claiming to be his son on the talk page.
Businesspeople, Investors, CEO's 5th February 2026
Interesting. Did think it odd that someone like him died and the first mention would be an obit in The Times over a month later. Definitley would have a high enough profile to get some sort of media reports as opposed to just appearing all of a sudden in the obit section of The Times.
Kill or Save: UK No.3 Hits of the 50s 5th February 2026
5th Feb 80 Connie Francis - Lipstick on Your Collar 63 Little Richard - Long Tall Sally +4 48 Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop 20 Neil Sedaka - Oh! Carol 13 The Crickets - Oh, Boy! 12 Shirley Bassey - Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me 09 Elvis Presley - (Let Me […]
Kill or Save: Best of the Rest Top 20 Hits of the 90s 5th February 2026
5th Feb 98 Travis - Driftwood 62 Weezer - Buddy Holly 54 Queen - No-One But You 53 Alanis Morissette - Ironic 37 The Wannadies - You And Me Song 35 The Cardigans - My Favourite Game 31 The Lightning Seeds - Sugar Coated Iceberg 28 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Walking On The […]
Kill or Save: The Themed Games 5th February 2026
5th Feb 68 The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony 53 Pulp – Common People 50 James – Laid 27 Boo Radleys – Wake Up Boo! +4 26 Elastica – Connection 25 Radiohead – Paranoid Android 25 Rialto – Monday Morning 5:19 24 Suede – The Drowners 24 Mansun – Wide Open Space 24 Lightning Seeds – […]
Businesspeople, Investors, CEO's 5th February 2026
The Times have now deleted their obituary for Eddy Shah. Alive???
Pumping Them Out In The Birthing Pool 2026 5th February 2026
Molly-Mae Hague has announced she's pregnant - Tommy Fury is the father https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7v029q0p79o
Kill or Save: The Themed Games 5th February 2026
Feb 5 2026 68 The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony +4 53 Pulp – Common People 50 James – Laid 26 Elastica – Connection 25 Radiohead – Paranoid Android 25 Rialto – Monday Morning 5:19 24 Suede – The Drowners 24 Mansun – Wide Open Space 24 Lightning Seeds – Lucky You 23 Gene – For […]