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[Kerrins]

Zoot Money sad news. Great record that Big Time Operator.

Real name George Bruno

[steveqpr881]

R.I.P. renowned thesp, Dame Maggie Smith.

[steveqpr881]

& R.I.P. singer Cissy Houston.

[steveqpr881]

Again, kerrins takes his eye off the ball & lets me slip in with this:
R.I.P. top musician, Quincy Jones.

[Kerrins]

That is sad. His Wife Prunella Scales suffered from dementia. Great Actors both.

No more canal boat journeys

[steveqpr881]

R.I.P. jazz drummer Roy Haynes, aged nearly 100.
He played with all the greats, including the Duke of Wellington ( Duke Ellington, shurely?? - ed.)

[steveqpr881]

R.I.P. 60s record producer, Shel Talmy.
Produced many of that era's great songs, including Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks,
Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James by Manfred Mann & My Generation, by The Who.[/b]

[steveqpr881]

I knew you'd beat me to it, Bernard!
Mind you, he might have a Jag or 2 at the funeral.....
Afraid the best I can come up with is Vic Flick, who played the twangy guitar bit on the James Bond theme.
And a point for me, as Shel* Talmy gets his obit in today's Times. ( *= short for Sheldon. Now you know. )

[steveqpr881]

And another - record producer Charles Blackwell.
Amongst his many claims to fame, he arranged the theme music to Fireball XL5.

[steveqpr881]

R.I.P. legendary disc jockey, Johnnie Walker.