John
Inman has died aged 71
John
Inman 1935 -
2007
John
Inman obituary
(The Independent)
Ian
Richardson has died aged 72
Ian
Richardson CBE, 1934 - 2007
Ian
Richardson obituary
(The Seattle Times)
Magnus
Magnusson has died aged 77
Magnus
Magnusson 1929 - 2007
Magnus
Magnusson obituary
(24dash.com)
Charlie
Drake has died aged 81
Charlie
Drake 1925 - 2006
Charlie
Drake obituary
(Screenonline)
Joseph
Barbera has died aged 95
Joseph
Barbera 1911 - 2006
Joseph
Barbera obituary
(timesonline)
BBC
Chairman Michael Grade to move to
ITV
BSkyB
buys 17. 9 per cent stake in the UK broadcaster ITV
Plc
Actor
William Franklyn has died
William
Franklyn 1926 - 2006
William
Franklyn Obituary
(BBC)
Actor
Peter Barkworth has died
Peter
Barkworth 1929 -
2006
Peter
Barkworth Obituary
(BBC)
British
actor Tom Bell has died
Tom
Bell 1933 -
2006
Tom
Bell Obituary
(BBC)
Goonhilly
Satellite Station to Close
Cracker
creator
blasts 'chav' TV
Mike
Douglas has died aged 81
Mike
Douglas
Mike
Douglas 1921 - 2006
The
pioneering American talk-show host, Mike Douglas has died aged 81. Mike Douglas
was born in Chicago in 1921, his show, The Mike Douglas Show, was syndicated
on American
Television from 1961 until 1982, and he interviewed at least 3,000 guests
over the years. He died in Florida on August 11 2006. Mike Douglas is survived
by his wife Genevieve and his three children.
(Posted
on August 14 2006)
Actor
Patrick Allen has died aged 79
Patrick
Allen
Patrick
Allen 1927
- 2006
"I
have to say, he was excellent at everything..." -
Jonathan Kydd -
Actor
Actor
and prolific voice-over artist, Patrick Allen has died aged 79 after a long illness.
Patrick, who was known affectionately as King of Voice-overs was
born in Nyasaland (now Malawi), in Central Southern Africa in 1927. Patrick married
Sarah Lawson, whom he met whilst appearing with the Royal Shakespeare Memorial
Company at Stratford. Patrick Allen starred in films, television and on the radio,
he also had a busy schedule with his voice-over work. Patrick died peacefully
in hospital on July 28 2006, he is survived by his wife Sarah and his two sons.
(Posted
on August 8 2006)
Patrick
Allen Obituary
Charles
Allen to resign
ITV
chief executive Charles Allen is to resign after two and a half years in the job.
A report in the The Guardian on August 3 2006 said that the 49 year-old
Scot had told friends that he will offer to stand down at an ITV board meeting
on Monday, ahead of Wednesday's interim results, with the intention of overseeing
the transition to a new chief executive.
(Posted
on August 5 2006)
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