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Thank you for your service.
Thank you for your service.
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More notably, got to have a go on Pamela Stephenson in her prime.
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What a shame...after a long struggle with the Big C. After The Two Fat Ladies, TV needed some big characters in the kitchen to take their place. It found them in Dave and Si King. RIP
Dave Day yesterday. 20,000 bikers went from London to Barrow-in-Furness yesterday in memory of Dave, some amazing scenes although I imagibe it was carnage trying to get anywhere on the M6
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Latest Update.. RIP Dr Michael Mosley
Very sad news.
Very sad news.
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Tragic unnecessary loss. Thoughts with his family. RIP.
Sad news. Extraordinary he went walking without his phone. I wonder whether that is relevant.
He'd left his phone in the accomodation, went to beach with his wife, felt unwell and decided to walk back. Suggestion is it was heat stroke
The Independent reports that he left to visit a monastery on Mount Skopos. He had an umbrella but didn't take his phone. His body was seen by a Greek TV crew from a boat, lying next to a fence on a beach. So, close to the sea...
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RIP Akira, impossible to calculate how many lives he's saved or prolonged !
Ranking Roger, Terry Hall, and now Gaps....some serious rude boys having a dance off in the great gig in the sky
The Selecter frontman Gaps Hendrickson dies
Arthur ‘Gaps’ Hendrickson has died after a short illness, a spokesperson for The Selecter has announced
11 June 2024, 18:41 BST
Updated 1 hour ago
Arthur ‘Gaps’ Hendrickson, frontman of 2-Tone band The Selecter, has died.
In a post on X, a spokesperson for the Coventry band announced the vocalist had died after a short illness.
"The world has lost a 2-Tone original, a talented musician and an absolute gentlemen," the post said.
The Selecter, which also featured lead singer Pauline Black OBE and drummer Charley 'Aitch' Bembridge, was formed in 1979.
The band's debut album Too Much Pressure was released a year later, before they went on to release five top 40 singles in the UK.
Black posted on her Facebook page to say she was "too devastated to say anything coherent at the moment" but shared a message from Hendrickson's family.
In it, they said their "dearly beloved Gappa" died during the early hours in Coventry, the city "where he came to fame".
With the hit Too Much Pressure, he bought a captivating angst and frustration as he described the trials and tribulations of the working man, they added.
"Gappa was actively performing with the group until he was diagnosed with cancer last year", their statement said.
"Even then, he fought his way back from ill health to join Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra as a guest artist for their autumn/winter tour 2023.
"He will be sorely missed by all those who knew him."
The family said funeral arrangements would be made in due course.
Coventry's music scene sprang up in the 1970s with bands such as The Selecter and The Specials playing a central part in its growth.
The Selecter frontman Gaps Hendrickson dies
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Arthur ‘Gaps’ Hendrickson has died after a short illness, a spokesperson for The Selecter has announced
11 June 2024, 18:41 BST
Updated 1 hour ago
Arthur ‘Gaps’ Hendrickson, frontman of 2-Tone band The Selecter, has died.
In a post on X, a spokesperson for the Coventry band announced the vocalist had died after a short illness.
"The world has lost a 2-Tone original, a talented musician and an absolute gentlemen," the post said.
The Selecter, which also featured lead singer Pauline Black OBE and drummer Charley 'Aitch' Bembridge, was formed in 1979.
The band's debut album Too Much Pressure was released a year later, before they went on to release five top 40 singles in the UK.
Black posted on her Facebook page to say she was "too devastated to say anything coherent at the moment" but shared a message from Hendrickson's family.
In it, they said their "dearly beloved Gappa" died during the early hours in Coventry, the city "where he came to fame".
With the hit Too Much Pressure, he bought a captivating angst and frustration as he described the trials and tribulations of the working man, they added.
"Gappa was actively performing with the group until he was diagnosed with cancer last year", their statement said.
"Even then, he fought his way back from ill health to join Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra as a guest artist for their autumn/winter tour 2023.
"He will be sorely missed by all those who knew him."
The family said funeral arrangements would be made in due course.
Coventry's music scene sprang up in the 1970s with bands such as The Selecter and The Specials playing a central part in its growth.
Millwall goalkeeper Matija Sarkic has passed away at the age of just 26-years-old after falling ill while on international duty with Montenegro.
RIP
RIP