Jeff Beck (1944 – 2023) “Jeff could channel music from the ethereal…his imaginations apparently limitless” ~ Jimmy Page Jeff Beck, regarded as one of the greatest guitar players of all time (the “guitarists’ guitarist), died this week unexpectedly, after contracting meningitis.  He was 78 years of age, and many musicians have paid tribute to his […]

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Fay Weldon (1931 – 2023) I was in two minds about writing a blog about novelist Fay Weldon, since Astrology and astrologers incurred her wrath after one of her husbands left her for an astrological therapist.  But I have to admit she was an interesting woman, who led an interesting life.  She died this week […]

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Ruth Madoc (1943 – 2022) “Funny, kind, salty, shrewd and beautifully uncynical” ~ Russell T. Davies Two comedy actresses left us this week.  One was Kirstie Alley, but it turned out there were three different birth dates in different years for her, so there was no basis for an analysis of her chart, interesting though […]

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A Re-Post from 5 August 2018, about Christine McVie who passed away this week: Fleetwood Mac – A Soul Group – Part 3:  Christine Perfect/McVie “If you wake up and don’t want to smile If it takes just a little while Open your eyes and look at the day You’ll see things in a different […]

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Loretta Lynn (1932 – 2022) “Well, I was borned a coal miner’s daughter In a cabin, on a hill in Butcher Holler We were poor but we had love That’s the one thing that daddy made sure of” ~ Loretta Lynn Country singer Loretta Lynn died peacefully in her sleep in Tennessee at the age […]

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Hilary Mantel, prolific author, has died suddenly from a stroke at the age of 70.  She was a genius in her main chosen field of historical fiction, but  was denied a third Booker prize for the third novel in her trilogy “The Mirror and The Light”.  I am reposting parts of my 2013 blog, written […]

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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1926 – 2022) “I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service” ~  Elizabeth, 1947 As a nation, and also in the wider world, we are shocked and stunned at her passing this week on 8th September, even […]

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Mikhail Gorbachev (1931 – 2022) One of the great statesmen of the 20th Century Mikhail Gorbachev of Russia died this week at the age of 91. He envisaged peaceful global relations, but against his wishes his domestic policies resulted in the break-up of the Soviet Union.  Thus it is that he is more fondly remembered […]

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Darius Danesh (1980 – 2022) “He couldn’t have been a nicer, warmer guest [to The Kumars at No. 42] with a great sense of self-deprecation.” ~ Sanjeev Bhaskar Do you remember Darius Danesh?  Who could forget his falsetto rendering of “Baby One More Time” in Popstars in 2001?  Sadly, we heard this week that he […]

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Olivia Newton-John (1948 – 2022) “People don’t want to hear that you’re nice, but that’s what  I am.  In fact, I’m pretty boring” ~ Olivia Newton-John Singer and Actress Olivia Newton-John died this week at the age of 73.  She made her mark on this world in several ways, not least in promoting health research, […]

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