dudley sutton, 85, actor. probably most well known for playing tink in lovejoy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Sutton please log in to view this image
Kevin Beattie. Ipswich Town & England. RIP Only 64. Sad news. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-45541588?SThisFB
Enzo Calzaghe, the father and trainer of former world boxing champion Joe, has died at the age of 69.
RIP to a fellow Tiger Widow's heartbreak as Hull City fan Steve Claxton dies from brain tumour he never knew he had Steve Claxton battled with cancer for the past five years A Hull City fan has died the day after his 15th wedding anniversary from a brain tumour he did not know he had for decades. Loving father and grandfather Steve Claxton, 49, discovered in October 2013 he had a tumour which had been growing in his brain since he was a teenager. He had suffered a seizure, and was taken to hospital where doctors found he had a "massive" brain tumour. The following month he had life-saving surgery to try and remove the tumour, followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy at the Queen's Centre in Castle Hill Hospital. But by August 2015, more tumours had grown, and doctors gave him between nine months and 18 months to live. But Mr Claxton defied the doctors’ odds, dying peacefully at a care home on September 12. His widow, Janet Claxton, said Mr Claxton made every moment of his life count. please log in to view this image Steve Claxton was a big Hull City fan (Image: Janet Claxton) "Live for today was Steve's motto," said Mrs Claxton, who has spoken out to try and give people who may be in similar situations hope that it is possible to defy the odds. "He really did live his life to the fullest. "Right to the end he said he wasn't going to let it beat him. "He created a bucket list when he got his diagnosis and managed to tick most things off, including a visit to the Shard. "He's paraglided, ziplined, snorkelled and scuba-dived - you name it, Steve tried it.” Mrs Claxton said Mr Claxton was "positive throughout", and she said all the team at Castle Hill helped make the journey easier. "They were all fantastic," she said. "I know Steve would want me to thank them for all their help and support over the years. please log in to view this image Mr Claxton defied the odds he was given (Image: Janet Claxton) "It wasn't just medical support they gave us, but the emotional support too, I couldn't fault them." Mrs Claxton said the dad-of-two and grandfather to three was laid back, generous, kind – and a “huge, life-long Hull City fan”. "Steve had three main interests and they were Hull City, darts and working as a joiner," said Mrs Claxton. "He was a City fan since his dad took him to his first game at Boothferry Park when he was just seven, and supported them ever since. "He also played darts for Humberside County and then went on to play darts internationally for Cyprus when we moved over there. "My husband liked City that much that he even flew over from Cyprus to support his team at the match in Wembley when they got to the Premier League. please log in to view this image Mr Claxton owned more than 30 different Hull City shirts (Image: Janet Claxton) "A couple of days before he passed, Steve also got to meet Dean Windass, which meant a lot to him as Dean was his hero who scored the goal at Wembley that got City through to the Premier League." Mrs Claxton said her husband, of Burstwick, was a people person and a bit of a joker, and threw "legendary" New Year's Eve parties when they lived in Cyprus. "He was 'the host with the most' and liked to be the centre of attention, have a laugh and a joke and wind people up now and again,” she said. "He was a real party person and enjoyed going out and meeting with people and loved his 80s music. "Steve didn't have a bad word to say about anyone and we never fell out in the 20 years that we were together. "He was very calm and happy, always had a solution to any problem and nothing was too much effort for him.” Mrs Claxton said Mr Claxton's illness never stopped him from having a good time. She said: “He never really got ill, just got weaker and he truly thought that he could battle the disease right up to the end.” All family and friends at Mr Claxton's celebration of life event have been asked not to wear black, and instead take the chance to wear Hull City shirts. All the flowers will be in the Hull City colours. There will also be an opportunity to donate to Macmillan Cancer Support.
I met him in a bar in Peyia, Cyprus a few years back whilst watching City on the box, and kept in touch - what a thoroughly nice bloke, would always ask how me and my family were, rather than dwelling on his own illness. Went in Botanic with him last year after he'd returned from Cyprus and he recognised a few of the old faces that he used to go away with on Simon Grey coaches. R.I.P. Steve
Awful news this, she was a very talented golfer. RIP https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45558504
Don't think anyone will mind if I post the guardian obituary. Kevin Beattie obituary Footballer who was central to the success of Ipswich Town’s cup-winning side of the 1970s and 80s please log in to view this image Kevin Beattie playing for Ipswich Town against Sheffield United, 1974. Photograph: Colorsport/Rex/Shutterstock When Ipswich Town were a footballing power in the late 1970s and early 80s, Kevin Beattie was at the core of their success. A central defender of unusual poise and class, he was the best player in a team that not only won the FA and Uefa cups but gave the great Liverpool side of that era a run for their money in the league. Beattie, who has died aged 64 of a heart attack, was hailed by Ipswich fans as the club’s greatest ever player. But a greater measure of his standing was the universal respect he generated among his peers, who recognised not just his great technical prowess but the courage, strength and application that went with it. His ability to win the ball and then distribute it with calm precision drew comparisons with Bobby Moore, and of his generation there were few English footballers more highly rated within the game. Yet given the level of acclaim that came his way, Beattie played a surprisingly small number of games for England – nine in total. Injuries were mostly to blame; he was often forced to withdraw after being selected, and at 28 had to make an early retirement with a longstanding and serious knee problem. What he failed to achieve on the international stage, however, he made up for on the domestic front with Ipswich, in 225 league appearances across a highly successful decade for the side. He remained close to the club for the rest of his life, including for a number of years as a football analyst on BBC Radio Suffolk. please log in to view this image Despite his long affiliation with Ipswich, Beattie was born in Carlisle. His background was a poor one – his father, a coalman, and his mother, a cleaner, had nine children, and his father’s heavy drinking took up much of the household income, often meaning Kevin did not eat for two or three days running. He left St Patrick’s Roman Catholic senior school, where he occasionally played truant because he had no shoes to wear, at 14 to work in factory and warehouse jobs. Spotted by a scout playing in local leagues, at 15 Beattie was invited to talks with the Liverpool manager Bill Shankly, but when he arrived in the city the club had forgotten to send anyone to meet him, and with no money to get to the ground he returned on the first train home. Shortly afterwards Ipswich jumped in to exploit Liverpool’s missed opportunity and their manager, Bobby Robson, is said to have told his chief scout that he would lose his job if he failed to rendezvous with the youngster. Beattie turned up at the interview wearing his father’s shoes, and when Ipswich signed him as an apprentice in 1970, Robson’s first act was to make sure he was properly shod. Beattie turned professional in 1971 and the following year made his debut, aged 18, in a 2-1 win against Manchester United. He was the inaugural winner of the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Young Player of the Year award in 1974, and was playing for England – in a 5-0 win against Cyprus – by 1975. Immensely strong, athletic, and extremely quick over the first 10 yards, Beattie was a superb tackler, could spring impressively high when heading the ball, and had a powerful left-footed shot. “He was quite annoying, really, because everything came so easy for him,” said his Ipswich colleague Roger Osborne. “He was just stronger, fitter and better than anyone else. He didn’t have to try.” please log in to view this image In the season before Beattie’s debut, Ipswich were placed 13th in the First Division, but in all but one of the nine campaigns in which he featured, the club finished no worse than sixth, including runners-up to Aston Villa in 1980-81. With Beattie in the side they also won the FA Cup final in 1978 – a 1-0 victory against Arsenal, courtesy of an Osborne goal – and while he did not play in the two legs of the 5-4 Uefa Cup final victory over the Dutch club AZ Alkmaar three years later, he was eventually awarded a medal by Uefa to recognise his contributions earlier in the competition. He had played in what turned out to be his last match for Ipswich shortly before that final, when he broke his arm in an FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City. By then, years of problems with his knees had already taken their toll, ending his England career in 1977 and increasingly interfering with his club availability. After the fifth in a series of unsuccessful operations in 1981 Beattie was forced to call time with Ipswich at the end of the year. He tried short-lived comebacks in lower leagues with Colchester United and Middlesbrough during 1982-83, then moved into non-league football in the mid-80s, interspersed with brief periods at three minor teams in Scandinavia. Despite having received £50,000 from a testimonial match with Ipswich and a fee for acting as Michael Caine’s body double in the football sequences of the 1981 film Escape to Victory, Beattie lived for much of the rest of his life in straitened circumstances. In recent years, however, he had received financial help from the PFA and had put his life on a more even keel, acting as a full-time carer to his wife, Margaret, as her multiple sclerosis worsened. Affable and down to earth even at the height of his fame, Beattie remained a popular figure in Ipswich, and returned to the public eye through his matchday work on local radio from 2008 onwards. In 2012 he was given a 12-week curfew as punishment for benefit fraud, having failed to declare his modest radio earnings for fear that he would lose income support. He is survived by Margaret (nee Boldy), whom he married in the early 70s, and by their three daughters, Emma, Sarah and Louise. • Thomas Kevin Beattie, footballer, born 18 December 1953; died 16 September 2018
