Died in 2018 – Celebrity Death Club

Week 337. Bill Maynard, 89…. Dead!

Bill Maynard, perhaps most famous for his role as Greengrass in the long running TV police drama ‘Heartbeat’, has died at the age of 89. He starred as the character Greengrass from 1992 until 2000, reprising the role for several

Kill or Save: The Themed Games 13th January 2026
13-Jan 72 Starman -6 71 Life On Mars? +2 55 Heroes 53 Ashes To Ashes 33 Let's Dance 28 Space Oddity +2
UK Singles Chart 13th January 2026
Eddie McCreadie reported dead by Chelsea: https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/eddie-mccreadie-1940-2026
Political Discussions And Ranting Thread 13th January 2026
It's not how asylum works, I'm afraid. I guess the question that arises really as you point out is what to do when they get here. Deporting genuine asylum seekers within 24 hours would be a breach of our obligations. And indeed all British morality and values, so cherished by the British public of any […]
Political Discussions And Ranting Thread 13th January 2026
I don’t want them jailed, removing them from the country within 24 hours is sufficient for me. If the government made a statement tonight saying “not a single arrival on dinghys will ever be allowed to settle here” the boats would stop immediately, that’s what Australia did with the Vietnamese boat people and the boats […]
Political Discussions And Ranting Thread 13th January 2026
I know it’s such a cliche to just scream “fascist” at anyone who disagrees with you, but Umberto Eco himself outlines this in his “How to Spot a Fascist” essay. 5: Besides, disagreement is a sign of diversity. Ur-Fascism grows up and seeks for consensus by exploiting and exacerbating the natural fear of difference. The […]
Political Discussions And Ranting Thread 13th January 2026
Or - hear me out - if it is illegal as you say, they should be locked up in prison. Now, tell me how many prisons have been built in say the last 30 years? Maybe it is our fault for not being well equipped enough to deal with our home grown criminals, never mind […]
Derby Dead Pool 2026 13th January 2026
David Webb QO https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-15459627/Hong-Kong-activist-investor-David-Webb-dies-60.html
Deathrace 2026 13th January 2026
David Webb has shaken up the podium a little Not that I want to cast aspersions, or owt, but... We're a fortnight in (bear in mind carkers on New Year's Eve count in this pool), and everyone's joker is still breathing! And, let's have a look at the old scoreboard! Banana - 1439 Grim up […]
Alt Obituaries Deadpool 13th January 2026
I get to play catch-up with at least some of the leaders. David Webb is my first hit. Not official yet, but he has a Bloomberg obituary. He was also my final accepted pick, a replacement after Khaleda Zia died in between when I sent my list in and the end of the calendar year […]
Activists 13th January 2026
He could also go in the Video Game Nerds thread, as he was responsible for the ZX Spectrum game Starion, a 3D space shooter/history quiz/anagram puzzle. https://worldofspectrum.net/item/0004870/ He also wrote a couple of books on Spectrum programming. His machine code book introduced some clever tricks, including one that made it possible to display more than […]