The Liverpool poet Brian Patten has died at the age of 79. Born in Liverpool in 1946, Patten came to prominence with 1967's The Mersey Sound, which is thought to be one of the best-selling poetry anthologies of all time. Patten grew up in a working-class neighbourhood and left school at 15, finding work as a junior reporter on the Bootle Times, he was honoured with the Freedom of the City of Liverpool in 2001
Actress Dame Patricia Routledge, known for playing Hyacinth Bucket in classic TV sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, has died at the age of 96. She also starred in Alan Bennett's TV monologues and played BBC One's crime-busting Hetty Wainthropp. Katherine Patricia Routledge was born in Birkenhead on 17 February 1929.
Only Fools And Horses star Patrick Murray has died at the age of 68. Murray played Mickey Pearce, a friend to Sir David Jason's Del Boy and Nicholas Lyndhurst's Rodney Trotter, across 20 episodes between 1983 and 2003 on the BBC comedy series. He also had roles in 1979 films Quadrophenia and Scum, 1990s TV sitcom The Upper Hand, as well as The Bill, ITV Playhouse and Bergerac.
Dame Patricia Routledge & Patrick Murray two classic poeple, we will miss
Patricia Routledge, best known as Hycinth" Bouquet" Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, died yesterday aged 96.
Author Dame Jilly Cooper has died aged 88. Her most successful works were The Rutshire Chronicles, beginning with Riders in 1985, which portrayed the scandals, sex lives and social circles of the wealthy horse-loving country set. Follow-up Rivals was published in 1988 and was turned into a hit Disney+ TV series last year. She sold more than 11 million books in total in the UK alone.
(04/10/2025 13:17)Metroline1511 Wrote: [ -> ]Patricia Routledge, best known as Hycinth" Bouquet" Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, died yesterday aged 96.
As mentioned in the previous two posts.
Veteran stage and screen actor John Woodvine has died peacefully at his home at the age of 96. He was widely recognised for his roles in the 1981 horror comedy An American Werewolf In London and as Detective Inspector Witty in the 1960s BBC drama Z Cars. He also starred in The Crown, Doctor Who, Edge Of Darkness, and the recent film Enys Men.
The Moody Blues vocalist John Lodge has died "suddenly and unexpectedly", aged 82.
Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has died after being attacked in jail. Watkins, 48, was jailed in December 2013 for a string of child sex offences, including the attempted rape of a baby. The disgraced rock star from Pontypridd was serving a 29-year sentence at HMP Wakefield.