2023 Obituary Thread

[Bobj]

Henry Kissinger, 100, former US Secretary of State

[Chris Plumb]

Denny Laine

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67630264

[wotnobivvy]

Shirley Anne Field: Alfie actress dies aged 87

[*Ant*]

 Emmerdale actor Steve Halliwell 77 

[Chris Plumb]

This one got missed!

Dennis Flack – was a famous mini-species record hunter – in 1998 held 4 British records simultaneously (Bleak, Bitterling, Silver Bream & 3 Spined Stickleback – the Bleak & Bitterling records still stand) – a feat no single angler has ever achieved. The one record he really wanted eluded him however. He is credited with catching over 100 dace over 1lb many mere drams from the British Record – including two 1lb 4oz fish on the same day (when the record was 1lb 4oz & 8 drms). He once caught a dozen 1lb+ dace in a single session – a jaw dropping achievement. An interview with him in Waterlog in 2002 called him ‘Dennis The Dace Man’, a fitting epithet. Dennis died on 12th Dec 2023 – he was 92. See also: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/things-to-do/fishing/blogs-articles-and-news/the-fisheries-and-angling-team/dennis-flack-a-living-legend

[wotnobivvy]

OJ Simpson, NFL star cleared in ‘trial of the century’, dies aged 76