Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (19 August 1939 – 6 October 2019) was an English drummer. He was a founder of the rock band Cream. His work in the 1960s earned him the title of "rock's first superstar drummer". Baker is known for his musical genres jazz fusion, heavy metal and world music.
In 2013, Baker was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In September 2019, his family announced he was critically ill and asked fans to keep him in their prayers. While it was announced Baker was holding his own three days later; he eventually died on 6 October 2019 at the age of 80.
Johnny Beattie
John Gerard Beattie MBE, (9 November 1926 – 9 July 2020) was a Scottish actor and comedian. He was born in Glasgow. He was known for appearing on the sketch show "Scotch & Wry" and the sitcom "Rab C. Nesbitt". Later in life, he became known for playing Malcolm Hamilton in the soap opera "River City".
Beattie was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2007.
Beattie died on 9 July 2020 under hospice care in Clydebank, Scotland at the age of 93.
Howard S. Becker
Howard Saul Becker (born April 18, 1928) is an American sociologist. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is known for his works to the sociology of deviance, sociology of art, and sociology of music. Becker also wrote extensively on sociological writing styles and methodologies.
Becker's 1963 book "Outsiders" created the foundations for labeling theory. He works at the University of Chicago.
Nino Benvenuti
Giovanni "Nino" Benvenuti (born 26 April 1938) is a retired Italian boxer and actor. He was an amateur welterweight boxer he won the Italian title in 1956–60, the European title in 1957 and 1959, and an Olympic gold medal in 1960. An actor, he is known for his roles in "Sundance and the Kid" (1969) and then in "Mark Shoots First" (1975).
Benvenuti was born in Isola d´Istria, Italy . He was added in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1992.
Mark Wilson (magician)
James "Mark" Wilson (April 11, 1929 – January 19, 2021) was an American magician and author. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was known for becoming the first major "television magician" and for showing illusions on television format.
Wilson died on January 19, 2021 at the age of 91.
David Berglas
David Berglas (born 30 June 1926) is a British magician and mentalist. He was one of the first magicians to appear on UK television. In the 1950s, Berglas created what is now referred to as the "Holy Grail" of card magic, known as "The Berglas Effect." The effect was first named "The Berglas Effect" by Jon Racherbaumer in his 1984 book "At The Table"
Berglas was awarded an MBE in the 2019 New Year Honours List.
John Bird (actor)
John Bird (born 22 November 1936) is an English satirist, actor and comedian. He is best known for his work with John Fortune. Bird was born in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, England.
Bird is known for his works in "A Dandy in Aspic" (1968), "30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia" (1968), "This, That and the Other" (1969), "Take A Girl Like You" (1970), "Jabberwocky" (1977), "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution" (1976), and "Yellow Pages" (1988).
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Barbara Taylor Bradford OBE, (born 10 May 1933) is a British-American novelist. Her debut novel, "A Woman of Substance", was published in 1979 and has sold over 30 million copies worldwide. It ranks as one of the top-ten bestselling novels of all-time. She was born in Leeds, Yorkshire.
Terry Carter
Terry Carter (born December 16, 1928) is an American actor and movie director. He is known for his roles as Sgt. Joe Broadhurst on the seven-year TV series "McCloud" and as Colonel Tigh on the original "Battlestar Galactica". He was born in New York City.
Peter Cellier
Peter Cellier (born 12 July 1928) is an English actor. He is known for his role as Sir Frank Gordon in "Yes Minister" and then "Yes, Prime Minister" in the 1980s.
Stevie Chalmers
Thomas Stephen Chalmers (26 December 1935 – 29 April 2019) was a Scottish footballer. He was born in Glasgow. He played as a centre-forward. He is best known for scoring the winning goal for Celtic in the 1967 European Cup Final. From 1964 to 1966, he played for the national team.
In 2017, it was confirmed that Chalmers had dementia. He died on 29 April 2019, at the age of 83.
Michael Charlton
Michael Charlton (born 1 May 1927) is an Australian-born British journalist and broadcaster. He was born in Sydney. He worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for many years.
In 1961 he was the inaugural presenter of "Four Corners", an Australian current affairs programme. In 1963 he was the recipient of the Australian Gold Logie award.
Leah Chase
Leah Chase (January 6, 1923 – June 1, 2019) was an American chef, author and television personality. She was born in New Orleans but was raised in Madisonville, Louisiana, before moving back to New Orleans to attend catholic school. Chase was known as the Queen of Creole Cuisine. She supported African-American art and Creole cooking. Her restaurant, Dooky Chase, was known as a gathering place during the 1960s among many who participated in the Civil Rights Movement.
Chase died on June 1, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the age of 96.
Madisonville, Louisiana
Madisonville is a town in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 748 at the 2010 census.
Charles Clarke
Charles Rodway Clarke (born 21 September 1950) is an English Labour Party politician. He was born in London. Clarke was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich South from 1997 until 2010. He was Home Secretary from December 2004 until May 2006.
Roy Clarke
Royston Clarke OBE (born 28 January 1930) is an English comedy writer. He was born in Austerfield, West Riding of Yorkshire. Clarke is best known for creating the sitcoms "Last of the Summer Wine", "Keeping Up Appearances", "Open All Hours" and its sequel series, "Still Open All Hours".
John Cocks
John Cocks (23 August 1966 – 6 February 2019), also known as John 'Cocksy' Cocks, was a New Zealand celebrity builder and television presenter. He was most notable for working on the "My House My Castle" series in the 1990s for New Zealand's TV2.
In 2016, he was diagnosed with terminal kidney cancer. He died from the disease on 6 February 2019 at his home in Tairua, New Zealand, aged 52.
Martin Cooper
Martin "Marty" Cooper (born December 26, 1928) is an American engineer. He was born in Chicago. Cooper is a pioneer in the wireless communications industry. He is known for creating the first mobile phone.
Kenneth Cope
Kenneth Charles Cope (born 14 April 1931) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Marty Hopkirk in "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)", Jed Stone in "Coronation Street" and Ray Hilton in "Brookside". Cope was born in Liverpool.
Cope was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 2013.
Michael Craig
Michael Francis Gregson (born 27 January 1928), known professionally as Michael Craig, is a British actor and screenwriter. He was born in Pune, British India. He is known for his work in theatre, movie and television both in the United Kingdom and Australia.
In movies, he is known for his roles in "Campbell's Kingdom" (1957), "Sea of Sand" (1958), "The Silent Enemy" (1958), "Sapphire" (1959), "Doctor in Love" (1960), "Mysterious Island" (1961), "The Iron Maiden" (1962), "Modesty Blaise" (1966), "Turkey Shoot" (1982), "Ride a Wild Pony" (1975) and "Appointment with Death" (1988).
Jon Culshaw
Jonathan Peter Culshaw (born 2 June 1968) is an English actor and comedian. He is best known for his work on the radio comedy "Dead Ringers" since 2000.
Culshaw has voiced many characters for ITV shows including "2DTV" (2001), "Spitting Image" (1994–96) and "Newzoids" (2015–2016), as well as appearing in "The Impressions Show" alongside Debra Stephenson from 2009 until 2011.
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