Icons/well-known people we grew up with that are sadly no longer with us :(

[Butters and Pepper]

The list just keeps getting bigger

Steve Irwin
Peter Brock
Russell Ebert
Princess Diana
Max Walker
Rod Marsh
Shane Warne
Vitas Gerulaitis
John Bannon
Bob Hawke
Danny Frawley
Tony Greig
Richie Benaud
Dean Jones
Martin Crowe
Trevor Barker
Michael Hutchence
Marie Fredriksson (Roxette)
Kevin Crease
Michael Jackson
Whitney Houston
David Bowie

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Elvis is alive!

 

[Lawnchair Larry]

The list just keeps getting bigger

Steve Irwin
Peter Brock
Russell Ebert
Princess Diana
Max Walker
Rod Marsh
Shane Warne
Vitas Gerulaitis
John Bannon
Bob Hawke
Danny Frawley
Tony Greig
Richie Benaud
Dean Jones
Martin Crowe
Trevor Barker
Michael Hutchence
Marie Fredriksson (Roxette)
Kevin Crease
Michael Jackson
Whitney Houston
David Bowie

That very old, flickery, black and white newsreel TV show ending with:
"These are but a few of the passing parade."

 

[raptalia]

Lionel Williams
Bob 'Fatty' Francis
Kenny Rogers
John Denver
John Lennon
George Harrison
HRH Prince Phillip
Bert Newton
Don Lane
Graham Kennedy
Max Walker
Murray Walker
Phillip Satchell
Ayrton Senna

The list goes on and on.

 

[DaTBird187]

Geez, I could write a list as long as these just for musicians from Seattle.

 

[Loony Juice]

John Bannon

Michael Jackson

Bob Francis

Bob Hawke

Whitney Houston

Princess Diana

Fall into the well known category, but far from icons in my opinion.

1 did SA over
A rock spider
1 did Australia over
A druggo
A ****=shallow, promiscuous attention seeker

Pretty sad day when Bob Francis actually tops a list

 

[sobrave]

HRH Prince Phillip

Is anyone really upset that a 100 year old racist died?

 

[backtozero]

 

[Grave Danger]

Jon Lord
Graham Chapman (and later Terry Jones)
Concorde
Bob Willis
Sean Connery
R.F. Ebert

 

[Butters and Pepper]

ONJ, bloody hell

 

[Grave Danger]

ONJ, bloody hell

Just a couple of days after Judith Durham.

 

[Butters and Pepper]

Margaret Urlich.

RIP.

 

[1954]

John Bannon

Michael Jackson

Bob Francis

Bob Hawke

Whitney Houston

Princess Diana

Fall into the well known category, but far from icons in my opinion.

1 did SA over
A rock spider
1 did Australia over
A druggo
A ****=shallow, promiscuous attention seeker

Pretty sad day when Bob Francis actually tops a list

You aren't too far off the mark with those opinions.

I met Francis a couple of times when one of my sisters was married to another 5AD disc jockey back in the 70's.
My first impression was ordinary bloke, my 2nd impression was `very' ordinary bloke!

 

[raptalia]

Sadly Christine Mc Vie of Fleetwood Mac fame joins the list of the those departed but not forgotten.

Stevie Nicks heartbroken as Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie dies aged 79

FLEETWOOD Mac legend Christine McVie died following a short illness at the age of 79, her family confirmed. British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, founded in London in 1967, sold more than 100 m…

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[PAFC_FOREVER]

Fall into the well known category, but far from icons in my opinion.

Michael Jackson, Princess Di and Whitney aren't Icons?

Seriously.

They dwarf everyone listed on that OP.

 

[Butters and Pepper]

Another child-star gone, that's sad. I enjoyed "Eight is Enough" when I was a kid.

Eight Is Enough star Adam Rich is dead at 54 Eight Is Enough star Adam Rich is dead at 54 via https://dailym.ai/android

Makes me wonder how many child stars from 70s or 80s have managed to break the addiction cycle. Amazing that one of the most high profile, Todd Bridges, is still with us and must be pushing 60.

 

[Papa G]

Elvis is alive!

Lisa Marie ain't.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Lisa Marie ain't.

I thought of this thread and my comment, when I saw the Indaily email with the story, 30 minutes ago.

 

[Grave Danger]

RIP Renee Geyer. Like Pell, died from complications following hip surgery, but it was also discovered that she had inoperable lung cancer. Probably the ciggies that gave her voice that distinctive jazz/soul timbre.

Australian soul singer Renée Geyer dies aged 69

Australian soul singer Renée Geyer — who shot to fame in the 1970s and became known for her husky vocals — dies, aged 69.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Garibaldi Red]

RIP Renee Geyer. Like Pell, died from complications following hip surgery, but it was also discovered that she had inoperable lung cancer. Probably the ciggies that gave her voice that distinctive jazz/soul timbre.

Australian soul singer Renée Geyer dies aged 69

Australian soul singer Renée Geyer — who shot to fame in the 1970s and became known for her husky vocals — dies, aged 69.

www.abc.net.au

A mate of mine unfortunately no longer with us either, told me a story about Renee Geyer playing at the Largs Pier.

Somehow he found himself on the lighting that night and got it wrong. She belted out something like “get that *ing light back on me”.

RIP Renee
RIP Ron

 

[Grave Danger]

A mate of mine unfortunately no longer with us either, told me a story about Renee Geyer playing at the Largs Pier.

Somehow he found himself on the lighting that night and got it wrong. She belted out something like “get that *ing light back on me”.

RIP Renee
RIP Ron

Paul Kelly wrote Difficult Woman for her and in Kelly's words she took hold of it and made it her badge of honour, later calling her autobiography Confessions of a Difficult Woman. I think she probably out-divad the likes of Marcia Hines and Kate Ceberano.