Entries Tagged as 'Obituary'
Sinead O’Connor
Sinead O’Connor (1966 – 2023) “I think God saves everybody whether they want to be saved or not. So when we die, we’re all going home … I don’t think God judges anybody. He loves everybody equally.” ~ Sinead O’Connor Singer, songwriter and activist Sinead O’Connor departed this world last week. As a rebel, she […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 18 June 2023
Glenda Jackson (1936 – 2023) “Any prize was a benign irrelevance for her. People often say they don’t care about awards: Jackson really did not. Neither gushing nor contemptuous…” ~ Susannah Clapp, Theatre critic for the Observer Actor and Politician in equally effective measure, Glenda Jackson died this week, after a short illness, at the […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 28 May 2023
Tina Turner (1939 – 2023) “There’s always been an emotion in my voice because it reached back to the life I was living. Where there were tears in stage, it wasn’t Hollywood, it was real” ~ Tina Turner No prizes for guessing the subject of today’s blog (nor to guessing which stories I swerved this […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 30 April 2023
Len Goodman (1944 – 2023) “Seven!” ~ Len Goodman The top judge on the top show – it doesn’t get much better than that…the much loved Len Goodman passed away last week, at the age of 78. His life seems to have been mapped out for a trajectory of dancing success in the ballroom. Birth […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 23 April 2023
Barry Humphries (1934 – 2023) “Both Gifted and a Gift” ~ Anthony Albanese, Australian prime minister Barry Humphries, otherwise known as his alter ego Dame Edna Everage, died yesterday at the age of 89, peacefully after complications from hip surgery. Adopted in the U.K. from his native Australia, he became a national treasure here. We […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 16 April 2023
Mary Quant (1934 – 2023) “A leader of fashion but also in female entrepreneurship – a visionary who was much more than a great haircut” ~ Alexandra Shulman The swinging sixties fashion icon, Mary Quant, died this week aged 93. She was responsible for the slick haircut, the mini-skirt (you had to have the legs), […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 9 April 2023
Nigel Lawson (1932 – 2023) “My golden boy” ~ Margaret Thatcher Nigel Lawson, famously a Chancellor of the Exchequer in Margaret Thatcher’s government, has died this week at the age of 91. Many people would quarrel with his values, but he did not care what others thought. He was a Piscean, normally a sign that […]
Aspects for the week beginning 2 April 2023
Paul O’Grady (1955 – 2023) “…funny, fearless, brave, kind and wise” ~ Lorraine Kelly The nation had many reasons to love Paul O’Grady: from those who loved to be entertained, to dog lovers, to the LGBTQI community. He died at the age of 67 this week, unexpectedly, but peacefully. Birth Chart Paul O’Grady had the […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 12 March 2023
Chaim Topol (1935 – 2023) “If I were a rich man, yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum/All day long I’d biddy biddy bum/If I were a wealthy man…” ~ Tevya, Fiddler on the Roof Chaim Topol (whose name means Tree of Life in Hebrew), passed away this week at the age of 87. […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 5 March 2023
Betty Boothroyd (1929 – 2023) “The passion, wit and sense of fairness she brought to politics will not be forgotten.” ~ Rishi Sunak Betty Boothroyd, the first female Speaker of the House of Commons, died this week at the age of 93. An affable personality, and capable politician, she stood out as a straight talking […]