Renowned Australian chef Bill Granger - the "godfather" of avocado toast - has died. A self-taught cook from Melbourne, he became a celebrated global restaurateur and food writer. He passed away in a London hospital on Christmas Day, aged 54.
South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, best known for his role in the Oscar-winning film Parasite, has been found dead. The actor, 48, was found unconscious in a car in one of Seoul's main parks on Wednesday. It is unclear if Lee took his own life, but police said they received a report that he had left home after writing a note. He had been under investigation for alleged drug use since October. In Parasite, Lee played the patriarch of the wealthy Park family which is infiltrated by members of a poor family posing as unrelated individuals. The vicious social satire won four Oscars, including best picture.
Former Antiques Roadshow expert Henry Sandon has died at the age of 95.
Former European Commission President Jacques Delors - described as the architect of the modern EU - has died aged 98. He served three terms as European Commission president, longer than anyone else.
British actor Tom Wilkinson, known for films like The Full Monty, Shakespeare In Love and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, has died suddenly aged 75 as reported by the BBC.
RIP.
Glynis Johns, known best for her role as suffragette mother Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins, has died at the age of 100.
Derek Draper, the former political adviser to Tony Blair and author has died at the age of 56, he had been living with extreme complications from Covid since contracting the disease in March 2020.
RIP.
Actor David Soul, best known for his role in the television series Starsky & Hutch, has died at the age of 80.
German actor Christian Oliver and his two daughters were killed in a plane crash in the Caribbean, police say. The star of films Speed Racer and Valkyrie had left the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and was en route to St Lucia on Thursday. "Moments after taking off, the aircraft experienced difficulties and plummeted into the ocean" investigators say.
Wales and British and Irish Lions rugby legend JPR Williams has died at the age of 74. The former London Welsh, Bridgend and Barbarians full-back was synonymous with Wales and the Lions' glories of the 1970s. Williams captained Wales and Bridgend, winning 55 caps for his country.