The 2024 Noteworthy Deaths Thread

The 2024 Noteworthy Deaths Thread

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Legacywr

12,342 posts

191 months

Friday 14th June
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Mark James who wrote Elvis’s Suspicious Minds amongst others.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/arts/music/mark...

ajprice

28,046 posts

199 months

Saturday 15th June
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Millwall goalkeeper Matija Sarkic, 26.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cv22z9...

wazztie16

1,491 posts

134 months

Saturday 15th June
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ajprice said:
Millwall goalkeeper Matija Sarkic, 26.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cv22z9...
And ex Arsenal and Everton player Kevin Campbell.

RIP both.

Pitre

4,728 posts

237 months

Saturday 15th June
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wazztie16 said:
ajprice said:
Millwall goalkeeper Matija Sarkic, 26.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cv22z9...
And ex Arsenal and Everton player Kevin Campbell.

RIP both.
Too young. Kevin Campbell only 54. RIP both.

CooperD

2,894 posts

180 months

Monday 17th June
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy00dgr4yjvo

90's Dance Musician Dario G aka Paul Spencer dies aged 53. No age at all RIP..

Mammasaid

3,993 posts

100 months

Monday 17th June
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CooperD said:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy00dgr4yjvo

90's Dance Musician Dario G aka Paul Spencer dies aged 53. No age at all RIP..
An Ibiza classic...RIP


Jordie Barretts sock

5,041 posts

22 months

Tuesday 18th June
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Not notable for many here, I guess, but former Maori All Black and Highlanders rugby player Connor Garden-Bachop after a medical incident. Only 25.

nismocat

502 posts

11 months

Tuesday 18th June
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Jordie Barretts sock said:
Not notable for many here, I guess, but former Maori All Black and Highlanders rugby player Connor Garden-Bachop after a medical incident. Only 25.
Why wouldn't it be notable for PHers?

GT3Manthey

4,585 posts

52 months

Tuesday 18th June
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nismocat said:
Why wouldn't it be notable for PHers?
Well , most on here Join as they are car, not rugby enthusiast.

Unreal

3,825 posts

28 months

Tuesday 18th June
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GT3Manthey said:
nismocat said:
Why wouldn't it be notable for PHers?
Well , most on here Join as they are car, not rugby enthusiast.
If only. winkbiggrin

Jordie Barretts sock

5,041 posts

22 months

Tuesday 18th June
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Unreal said:
GT3Manthey said:
nismocat said:
Why wouldn't it be notable for PHers?
Well , most on here Join as they are car, not rugby enthusiast.
If only. winkbiggrin
Indeed.

My point was also he's a New Zealander that perhaps many UK centric posters will not have heard of. Rugby fans or not.

cuprabob

14,958 posts

217 months

Tuesday 18th June
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Jordie Barretts sock said:
Unreal said:
GT3Manthey said:
nismocat said:
Why wouldn't it be notable for PHers?
Well , most on here Join as they are car, not rugby enthusiast.
If only. winkbiggrin
Indeed.

My point was also he's a New Zealander that perhaps many UK centric posters will not have heard of. Rugby fans or not.
A valid point but some people, like me, are always interested in hearing about individuals they are are not familiar with. The knowledge gained might come in handy one day when answering the £1m question on WWTBAM smile
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Voldemort

6,317 posts

281 months

Tuesday 18th June
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Noam Chomsky.

Vasco

16,627 posts

108 months

Tuesday 18th June
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Voldemort said:
Noam Chomsky.
??

vladcjelli

2,996 posts

161 months

Tuesday 18th June
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Vasco said:
Voldemort said:
Noam Chomsky.
??
Access to PH but not google?

Well regarded academic, sad loss.

Roofless Toothless

5,812 posts

135 months

Tuesday 18th June
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vladcjelli said:
Vasco said:
Voldemort said:
Noam Chomsky.
??
Access to PH but not google?

Well regarded academic, sad loss.
Actually, one of the greatest minds of his generation.

Biker's Nemesis

39,144 posts

211 months

Tuesday 18th June
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Vasco said:
Voldemort said:
Noam Chomsky.
??
The Noam Chomsky I knew

New Statesman
https://www.newstatesman.com › ideas › 2024/06 › the-...

37 minutes ago — Noam Chomsky, the American intellectual who died at the age of 95 on 18 June, made it harder by apologising profusely for his late arrival

Vasco

16,627 posts

108 months

Tuesday 18th June
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vladcjelli said:
Vasco said:
Voldemort said:
Noam Chomsky.
??
Access to PH but not google?

Well regarded academic, sad loss.
So, everybody has to Google rather than you give even a vague clue?

vladcjelli

2,996 posts

161 months

Tuesday 18th June
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Vasco said:
vladcjelli said:
Vasco said:
Voldemort said:
Noam Chomsky.
??
Access to PH but not google?

Well regarded academic, sad loss.
So, everybody has to Google rather than you give even a vague clue?
I didn’t post it.

Replied with a vague clue.

HTH.

732NM

5,275 posts

18 months

Tuesday 18th June
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Vasco said:
So, everybody has to Google rather than you give even a vague clue?
It's a lot easier to do that than post ?? like a dummy.

Ideally people give some extra info, but come on, no need for ?? is there.