The Death List 2025

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Mick Ralphs, musician, member of Mott the Hoople and Bad Company, from stroke complications at 81.

Mott The Hoople's Mick Ralphs dies aged 81

A bandmate in another of Ralphs' outfits says his "heart just hit the ground" on hearing the news.

www.bbc.co.uk

Mick Ralphs - Wikipedia

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[bluestar1079]

Bobby Sherman, 60's and 70's Teen Idol aged 81.

Bobby Sherman, teen idol in the 1960s and '70s, and later a CPR teacher, dies at 81

Former teen idol Bobby Sherman has died at 81. His winsome smile and fashionable shaggy mop top helped make him into a star in the 1960s and ’70s with bubblegum pop like “Little Woman” and “Julie, Do Ya Love Me.”

apnews.com

 

[KaraBulut]

Lou Christie, age 82, whose hits included "Lightnin' Strikes" and "Rhapsody in the Rain."

Lou Christie - Wikipedia

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A little Lou Christie throwback...

 

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Léon Krier CVO, architect, at the age of 79.

Léon Krier obituary

Visionary architect appointed master-planner by King Charles for his model new town of Poundbury in Dorset

www.theguardian.com

Léon Krier - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[NotHardUp1]

Bill Moyers, liberal journalist, activist, and ordained Baptist clergyman, has died at age 91.

https://apnews.com/article/bill-moyers-dead-eed7ecae0e20c2db4b82500996916dfe Associate Press article, 26-June-2025

He served in the LBJ White House and progressed to a life of activism through journalism for progressive causes.

 

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Lalo Schifrin, composer, aged 93.

Lalo Schifrin: Mission Impossible theme composer dies aged 93

The Grammy Award-winning musician is remembered for a career spanning 60 years with more than 100 scores to his name.

www.bbc.co.uk

Lalo Schifrin - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Alistair]

Hazard County Deputy Cletus Hogg dies at 79

Rick Hurst, ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’ star, dead at 79 | CNN

Actor Rick Hurst, best known for playing Deputy Cletus Hogg in the hit sitcom “The Dukes of Hazzard,” has died at age 79.

amp.cnn.com

 

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Louis Moholo-Moholo, jazz drummer, aged 85.

Louis Moholo-Moholo obituary

Jazz drummer with the Blues Notes who brought enthralling new sounds from South Africa to the wider world in the 1960s

www.theguardian.com

Louis Moholo - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

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Stuart Burrows OBE, operatic tenor, at the age of 92.

Stuart Burrows, internationally renowned opera singer, dies at 92

The internationally renowned opera singer Stuart Burrows has died following a short illness.

www.bbc.co.uk

Stuart Burrows - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

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Henderson Alexander "Sandy" Gall CMG CBE, journalist and TV foreign correspondent, aged 97.

Sandy Gall obituary

Veteran foreign correspondent and broadcaster who reported from all over the world for 60 years

www.theguardian.com

Sandy Gall - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

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Henry Conyngham, 8th Marquess Conyngham, hereditary peer and rock concert promoter, from cancer at 74.

Henry Mount Charles, owner of Slane Castle, dies aged 74

Peer who brought some of the world’s biggest acts to play at his Co Meath home was suffering from cancer

www.irishtimes.com

Henry Mountcharles - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[NotHardUp1]

Jimmy Swaggart, infamous Pentecostalist Tele-Evangelist, cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis, and hypocrital whoremonger, has died at age 90.

https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-swaggart-dies-obituary-ae4b9f551dc141cc820437ab7c194766 Associated Press Article on Jimmy Swaggert, July 1, 2025

It is a very sad day, to think that Swaggart can only die once. Pity that.

 

[KaraBulut]

Jimmy Swaggart, infamous Pentecostalist Tele-Evangelist, cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis, and hypocrital whoremonger, has died at age 90.

https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-swaggart-dies-obituary-ae4b9f551dc141cc820437ab7c194766 Associated Press Article on Jimmy Swaggert, July 1, 2025

It is a very sad day, to think that Swaggart can only die once. Pity that.

It took so long because Satan didn't want him, either.

 

[NotHardUp1]

It took so long because Satan didn't want him, either.

I was going to post that, too, but I didn't want to rob y'all of ALL the good lines.

I hope he's doing the Hookie Lau.

Dang! I see I misspelled "hypocritical"!

I have SINNED!

 

[Vannie]

I still haven't gotten over Harold Camping.

 

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Wayne "Ned" Larkins, Northamptonshire and England cricketer, in hospital awaiting bypass surgery at 71.

Wayne Larkins obituary

Northamptonshire and England cricketer hailed as a fearless batsman who was nicknamed ‘Ned’

www.theguardian.com

Wayne Larkins - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[NotHardUp1]

I still haven't gotten over Harold Camping.

Just don't Google "Hairy Camping".

You'll be sorry.

 

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Maurice Gee, novelist, at the age of 93.

Maurice Gee obituary

New Zealand author who wrote about his country’s darker side and was best known for his Plumb trilogy of novels

www.theguardian.com

Maurice Gee - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

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Diogo Jota (Diogo José Teixeira da Silva), footballer, killed in a car crash at 28.

Liverpool manager Arne Slot remembers 'friend to everyone' Jota after death in car crash

The Liverpool forward and his brother, André Silva, were killed on the way to catch a ferry from Spain to England for pre-season training.

www.bbc.co.uk

Diogo Jota - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

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Major General Mikhail Gudkov, deputy head of the Russian navy, killed in a Ukrainian missile strike aged 42.

Deputy Russian Navy chief killed in strike near Ukraine border

Major General Mikhail Gudkov was killed in the Kursk region during what Russia's defence ministry described as "combat work".

www.bbc.co.uk