Post someone that died in 2015

hampden98 – whilst I agree with your comments about Rik Mayall he died in 2014, not 2015 – 9 June 2014 to be exact – this year the daily mirror highlighted the fact that he had died intestate and left his family with a huge tax bill http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/rik-mayalls-family-face-huge-5556336

cheers

Allan

Not a good year mortality-wise among friends.
I lost four friends who were instrumental in the acquisition and restoration of my vintage roadster…so thanks to Rod, George, Bill and Charlie. Strange to lose them all in one year, two were 85, the other two were 89…all were well respected, successful in their careers, well travelled and honored, so I’m left with the consolation that they had “good innings” as my UK friends say.

There is an aviation connection…Charlie was a career C-130 loadmaster, a fine man, world class Jeep restorer, builder and racer. He was a friend to everyone he met, had been everywhere and seen just about everything and had friends around the world. Not a bad legacy.

Author and Humanist David Nobbs. Best known for Reginald Perrin and “A Bit of a Do” but IMHO his masterpiece was the novel “Second From Last In The Sack Race” featuring the trials and tribulations of young Henry Pratt. Have to say I think he lost his way a bit in his later novels though, which seemed a little self-indulgent and where he had an irritating habit of talking directly to the reader on occasion.

Richard Smith, 26.

Son of a friend, killed by the Hunter at Shoreham as he cycled past on the way towards the Downs for an MTB ride, his passion.

Moggy

I put BBC1 on this morning and caught the tail end of an obituary programme for 2015.
Quite a few who I didn’t realize had left us, and quite a few who I thought had died years ago.