The 2026 Noteworthy Deaths Thread

[rjfp1962]

13 and a half hours until 2026 and looks like Trump, for one makes it past 2025....!

[Warhavernet]

Justin Toper 67. Newspaper Astrologer.

[hidetheelephants]

Warhavernet said:

Justin Toper 67. Newspaper Astrologer.

But did he see it coming?

[Legacywr]

hidetheelephants said:

Warhavernet said:

Justin Toper 67. Newspaper Astrologer.

But did he see it coming?

He waited for the new 2026 thread….

[CanAm]

Legacywr said:

hidetheelephants said:

Warhavernet said:

Justin Toper 67. Newspaper Astrologer.

But did he see it coming?

He waited for the new 2026 thread .

Not really, he died on December the 18th.

[Warhavernet]

hidetheelephants said:

Warhavernet said:

Justin Toper 67. Newspaper Astrologer.

But did he see it coming?

He predicted, I think we all predicted, you would post that.

[Austin Prefect]

Looks like Scott Adams isn't going to last much longer, stage 4 prostate cancer, no feeling below the waist plus heart failure.

Although he did say a staggeringly stupid thing a couple of years ago, he's a very clever and funny guy.

[ajprice]

Victoria Jones, Tomme Lee Jones' daughter, 34. Found unresponsive in hotel room and pronounced dead at scene by paramedics on new year's day morning.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/us-celebrity-news/tom...

Edited by ajprice on Friday 2nd January 08:48

[Legacywr]

CanAm said:

Legacywr said:

hidetheelephants said:

Warhavernet said:

Justin Toper 67. Newspaper Astrologer.

But did he see it coming?

He waited for the new 2026 thread .

Not really, he died on December the 18th.

It was a joke, he couldn’t actually predict the future…

[hidetheelephants]

Christopher Hitchens said:

I know that Pythagoras refuted astrology by the simple means of pointing out that identical twins do not have the same future, I further know that the zodiac was drawn up long before several of the planets in our solar system had been detected, and of course I understand that I could not be "shown" my immediate or long-term future without this disclosure altering the outcome. Thousands of people consult their "stars" in the newspapers every day, and then have unpredicted heart attacks or traffic accidents. (An astrologer of a London tabloid was once fired by means of a letter from his editor which began, "As you will no doubt have foreseen.") In his Minima Moralia, Theodor Adorno identified the interest in stargazing as the consummation of feeble-mindedness.

[StuntmanMike]

ajprice said:

Victoria Jones, Tomme Lee Jones' daughter, 34. Found unresponsive in hotel room and pronounced dead at scene by paramedics on new year's day morning.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/us-celebrity-news/tom...

Edited by ajprice on Friday 2nd January 08:48

As a father to two daughters, outliving them would be my biggest nightmare.

[Alickadoo]

StuntmanMike said:

ajprice said:

Victoria Jones, Tomme Lee Jones' daughter, 34. Found unresponsive in hotel room and pronounced dead at scene by paramedics on new year's day morning.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/us-celebrity-news/tom...

Edited by ajprice on Friday 2nd January 08:48

As a father to two daughters, outliving them would be my biggest nightmare.

Surely your daughters dying would be your biggest nightmare?

[Arrivalist]

Alickadoo said:

StuntmanMike said:

ajprice said:

Victoria Jones, Tomme Lee Jones' daughter, 34. Found unresponsive in hotel room and pronounced dead at scene by paramedics on new year's day morning.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/us-celebrity-news/tom...

Edited by ajprice on Friday 2nd January 08:48

As a father to two daughters, outliving them would be my biggest nightmare.

Surely your daughters dying would be your biggest nightmare?

Pedantry having a good start to 2026.

[SpeckledJim]

Alickadoo said:

StuntmanMike said:

ajprice said:

Victoria Jones, Tomme Lee Jones' daughter, 34. Found unresponsive in hotel room and pronounced dead at scene by paramedics on new year's day morning.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/us-celebrity-news/tom...

Edited by ajprice on Friday 2nd January 08:48

As a father to two daughters, outliving them would be my biggest nightmare.

Surely your daughters dying would be your biggest nightmare?

I don't think anyone could accomplish the former without encountering the latter.

[cuprabob]

Clare Balding s father, aged 87

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/racing/2026/01/02/ian-...

[Warhavernet]

cuprabob said:

Clare Balding s father, aged 87

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/racing/2026/01/02/ian-...

People not understanding the word noteworthy also contributing to a bad start to 2026.

[Castrol for a knave]

Warhavernet said:

cuprabob said:

Clare Balding s father, aged 87

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/racing/2026/01/02/ian-...

People not understanding the word noteworthy also contributing to a bad start to 2026.

He got an obit in the Telegraph. I am not a horse type and even I've heard of him.

Whilst I appreciate it's not Bernie Ecclestone hit by falling piano, it's noteworthy.

[Eric Mc]

Warhavernet said:

People not understanding the word noteworthy also contributing to a bad start to 2026.

One of the first fails on this thread each year is somebody deciding who is "noteworthy" or not. It didn't take long.

Just because you may not of heard of somebody does not mean they are not recognised by others. Do not use your own ignorance as a yardstick to decide who should be remembered ot not.

[Earthdweller]

Castrol for a knave said:

Warhavernet said:

cuprabob said:

Clare Balding s father, aged 87

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/racing/2026/01/02/ian-...

People not understanding the word noteworthy also contributing to a bad start to 2026.

He got an obit in the Telegraph. I am not a horse type and even I've heard of him.

Whilst I appreciate it's not Bernie Ecclestone hit by falling piano, it's noteworthy.

Likewise no Interesr in horse racing and even I've heard of him

Lots of wins and I think used to train the Queen's race horses

[Johnspex]

Eric Mc said:

Warhavernet said:

People not understanding the word noteworthy also contributing to a bad start to 2026.

One of the first fails on this thread each year is somebody deciding who is "noteworthy" or not. It didn't take long.

Just because you may not of heard of somebody does not mean they are not recognised by others. Do not use your own ignorance as a yardstick to decide who should be remembered ot not.

The irony. Mention of ignorance of others in a 2 line paragraph that includes “ may not OF heard…”