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

Country For Old Men (And Women) 17th January 2026
Tommy Crook, a native Tulsa country/bluegrass guitarist (and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame inductee) who in the past collaborated with Leon Russell, Chet Atkins, and Merle Haggard, has advanced Alzheimer's and has recently rapidly declined, according to his daughter's (?) GoFundMe.
Eurovision thread not about deaths 16th January 2026
I saw that they were going to go on tour and did ponder going to it. Though I feel some of the people I would love wouldn't appear in the tour etc.
UK Singles Chart 16th January 2026
Updated The Orlons for the death of Stephen Caldwell in October 2025 (aged 82). Whole charting act now dead.
Rumours 16th January 2026
Some rumours going around on Facebook about the health of incumbent Jamaican deputy PM/Jamaica Labour Party GenSec since 1976 Horace Chang. Either hospitalised for routine tests, gravely ill after a medical emergency or isn't hospitalised but instead "recovering at home". Underwent surgery last month.
People Who Are Dead According To Wikipedia... 16th January 2026
American composer Ted Nichols (Wiki) reported dead at 97 He was best known for his work at Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1963 to 1972, where he composed scores for various shows produced by the studio such as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Space Ghost, Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, and Josie and the Pussycats, among others Sad […]
Kill or Save: Best of the Rest Top 20 Hits of the 90s 16th January 2026
Jan 16 2026 65 Queen - The Show Must Go On 51 Talk Talk - It's My Life 45 The Cranberries - Linger +4 37 R.E.M. - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight 34 Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes 34 Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy 32 Marc Almond - Jacky 31 Depeche Mode - Policy […]
Kill or Save: The Themed Games 16th January 2026
Jan 16 2026 58 Heroes +4 57 Life On Mars? -6 54 Starman 45 Ashes To Ashes 20 Space Oddity
Kill or Save: Best of the Rest Top 20 Hits of the 90s 16th January 2026
Jan 16 2026 65 Queen - The Show Must Go On 51 Talk Talk - It's My Life 41 The Cranberries - Linger 37 R.E.M. - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight 34 Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes 34 Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy 33 The Cranberries - Zombie 32 Marc Almond - Jacky 31 […]
Famous celebrity births , pregnancies and babies 16th January 2026
Tyler Blevins (aka Ninja), a Twitch streamer/gamer and his wife are expecting a baby girl https://www.dexerto.com/twitch/ninja-and-wife-jessica-announce-pregnancy-with-surprise-gender-reveal-3305734/
People Who Are Dead According To Wikipedia... 16th January 2026
Armenian architectural historian Murad Hasratyan (wiki) reportedly dead at 90.