Age 93 – Celebrity Death Club

Peter Vaughan, 93…. Dead!

The star, best known for his roles as Maester Aemon on Game of Thrones and Grouty in Porridge, has died aged 93. Vaughan described himself as a character actor, saying he did not have the looks to play romantic leads.

Death Anniversary Thread 27th January 2026
Francis Drake died on this day 430 years ago, aged 56. - Drake started his career as a mariner at a young age, working as a treasurer on a relative's ship. By the time he was 22 years old he turned to privateer work, raiding Portuguese slave ships- though he sold the Africans aboard rather […]
Baseball 27th January 2026
Zack Monroe who made one appearance for the New York Yankees in the 1958 World Series as part of a two-year Major League career that included 24 regular season games, has died. He was 94. https://www.newsweek.com/sports/mlb/yankees-world-series-champion-dies-11420958
Kill or Save: UK No.3 Hits of the 50s 27th January 2026
27th January 45 Little Richard - Long Tall Sally 44 Connie Francis - Lipstick on Your Collar 37 Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop +1 33 The Crickets - Oh, Boy! +1 31 Elvis Presley - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear +1 30 Neil Sedaka - Oh! Carol 30 Shirley Bassey […]
So .. What Do You Watch On TV? 27th January 2026
My wife has just binged the first four episodes of The Irish version. The dynamic is very different for one thing they are obsessed with tea - Mrs Doyle is real. The presenter falls between Claudia and Alan Cumming but I feel she is just getting into her stride. She has watched the US, NZ […]
31. Sidney Cooke 27th January 2026
This actually makes a lot of sense. Also obviously explains why a lot of laid back people in low stress environments tend to live to 100.
The Happy Birthday Thread 27th January 2026
Alan Cumming is 61.
Kill or Save: The Themed Games 27th January 2026
Jan 27 2026 25 The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony 24 James – Laid +2 23 Pulp – Common People +2 22 Radiohead – Paranoid Android 22 Paul Weller – The Changingman 21 Super Furry Animals – If You Don’t Want Me To Destroy You 21 Longpigs – Lost Myself 21 Ash – Girl From Mars […]
Kill or Save: Best of the Rest Top 20 Hits of the 90s 27th January 2026
Jan 27 2026 42 Travis - Driftwood 37 Queen - No-One But You 35 The Cardigans - My Favourite Game 35 Weezer - Buddy Holly 34 The Wannadies - You And Me Song 32 Mike & The Mechanics - Over My Shoulder 29 Alanis Morissette - Ironic +1 28 The Lightning Seeds - Sugar […]
31. Sidney Cooke 27th January 2026
It's not coincidence or some sort of weird anti-karma that the types you mentioned live super long lives - they're just wired differently, to their benefit. Monsters like that generally don't experience stress in the same way (no empathy for others, so no energy expended on worrying about or for others, etc). They can glide […]
Celebrity Chefs 27th January 2026
Peter Napolitano AKA Produce Pete, known for his weekly fruit and veggie segments on WNBC in New York, dead at 80. https://nypost.com/2026/01/26/media/weekend-nbc-new-york-mainstay-produce-pete-dies-at-80/