LONDON — Chris Rea, the singer and songwriter best known for the hit “Driving Home for Christmas,” has died at 74, his family said Monday.
Rea died in the hospital following a short illness, according to a statement from his family to Britain’s Press Association news agency.
Driving Home for Christmas has been a perennial submission to Reader Fave Christmas Carols and always welcomed.
Steve Cropper, the legendary guitarist with Booker T and the MGs, has died at the age of 84.
The musician, who played on and co-wrote Otis Redding’s Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay and Wilson Pickett’s In the Midnight Hour, died on Wednesday in Nashville, the Associated Press reported, citing a source who was informed by Cropper’s family.
Sarah Beckstrom, one of the West Virginia National Guard members shot in a cowardly ambush by an Afghan refugee, has died.
President Trump announced the passing of the 20-year-old during a Thanksgiving evening address.
“She’s just passed away. She’s no longer with us. She’s looking down at us right now,” Trump said.
Dick Cheney, a giant of Republican politics who was considered one of the most powerful vice presidents in US history, has died, his family announced early Tuesday. He was 84.
h/t Mauser and PA Cat
Diane Keaton, who won an Academy Award for best actress for her portrayal of the titular quirky woman in Annie Hall and portrayed the outsider Kay Adams-Corleone in the three Godfather films, has died. She was 79.
Her death in California was reported by People magazine. Further details were not immediately available.
Our longtime reader Dave Sanderson has passed away.
You may recall he was hospitalized last month due to a wonky heart.
Dave was an active friend to this blog, contributing not just his comments but numerous story tips over the years.
I consider Dave a friend even though we never met in real life.
I will miss his sense of humour, his insight and Dave just being Dave.
Over the years a number of friends of this blog have passed away.
I remind myself that we are blessed by such constant friends as Dave.
His obit may be viewed here, thanks to JF for bringing it to my attention.
Godspeed DS.
BCF
Renowned anthropologist and conservationist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91.
The Jane Goodall Institute took to social media Wednesday to announce that the legendary British scientist, best known for her lifelong study of chimpanzees, died of natural causes during a visit to California.
Tens of thousands of people will descend on Arizona this weekend for the funeral of Charlie Kirk.
The service, which will be held in a 60,000-seat stadium in Glendale will be attended by President Trump, JD Vance and a number of senior White House officials.
Robert Redford, the big-screen charmer turned Oscar-winning director whose hit movies often helped America make sense of itself and who, off screen, evangelized for environmental causes and fostered the Sundance-centered independent film movement, died early Tuesday morning at his home in Utah. He was 89.
Ken Dryden, the Hall of Fame goaltender whose long resume in and out of hockey included six Stanley Cup victories and helping backstop Canada’s generation-defining victory at the 1972 Summit Series, died Friday at the age of 78 after a battle with cancer.
A key member of the Montreal Canadiens’ 1970s dynasty, Dryden’s career in the spotlight was only just getting started when he retired from the game — and while at the top of his own game — in his early 30s.
Ronnie Rondell Jr – who was famously set alight for the front cover of Pink Floyd’s iconic Wish You Were Here album cover – has died at the age of 88.
The Hollywood stuntman and actor died on 12 August at a care home in the US state of Missouri, according to an online obituary.
Captain Rolfe Monteith, of the Royal Canadian Navy, who has died aged 101, was one of the teenage Dominion volunteers who crossed the Atlantic to serve in the Second World War, and one of the last survivors of the wartime Arctic convoys.
Inspired by family holidays in Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island, young Monteith was eager to go to sea. In 1941, aged 17, he volunteered for the Royal Canadian Navy and soon found himself on his first Atlantic crossing – not yet in uniform – aboard the armed merchant cruiser Laconia with convoy HX 147. The voyage was perilous, passing through wreckage from convoy SC 42, which had recently been mauled by German U-boats off Greenland.
Loni Anderson has died, just days before her 80th birthday.
The actress’ longtime publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan, said she died at a Los Angeles hospital following a “prolonged” illness, per the Associated Press.
“We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our dear wife, mother and grandmother,” Anderson’s family said in a statement.
h/t blackglass
Two-time WWE Hall of Famer and former world champion Hulk Hogan, whose real name was Terry Gene Bollea, died Thursday at the age of 71, according to Clearwater, Florida, police and World Wrestling Entertainment.
“WWE is saddened to learn WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan has passed away,” the company said. “One of pop culture’s most recognizable figures, Hogan helped WWE achieve global recognition in the 1980s. WWE extends its condolences to Hogan’s family, friends, and fans.”
