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83. Ohhhh Thelma….

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Another one to add to yesterday’s toll of the deceased, I read that playwright and artist John Byrne has died at the age of 83.

He will be best remembered as the writer of Tutti Frutti and Your Cheatin’ Heart for television, but I also love his colourful artwork, You might know his 50′ tall Billy Connolly mural in Glasgow, or the album cover of the compilation Beatles Ballads. A decade or more ago I was thrilled to stumble on a sale exhibition of his more recent work in a gallery in Edinburgh and the life and joy of those paintings lives with me still.

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70 – this one’s a shock. I found him to be one of the few honourable people in British public life in the last 20 years.

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Just announced…

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From a massive stroke the other day. It’s from the Hoffman forums so I don’t think it’s fiction.

Balls.

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So near and yet so far in semis at Euro 96

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I can’t let Joss Ackland’s passing go unremarked. I don’t really know him as a film actor, though he was in a great many films. But I remember him most from the television play First & Last, which I saw decades ago and have never forgotten. It’s a wonderfully understated little film in which Ackland plays a retired man who decides to fulfill his life-time ambition and walk from Lands End to John O’Grotes. The play had been shot with Ray McAnally in the lead, but he died before it was finished, so they reshot it with Ackland. He gives a moving and sensitive performance. Shocking to think he was my age when it was made, he looks much, much older (or I look much, much younger?). Sadly the play doesn’t seem to be available online. But here’s a little clip, feature whatshername out of Eastenders.

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A message from Annabel’s children appeared online today saying that she was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour in July, and died yesterday.

I dabbled in Am Dram about 33 years ago and she was someone who had started at the same place when she was younger. There was an anniversary reunion event and there she was – very friendly and very funny. Since then, I was always interested in what she was doing and her Twitter posts were frequently hilarious. I think she was also a fully qualified psychiatrist and had her own practice in Brighton.

Not really involved in music per se, but she was with Midge Ure at the time of Band Aid and was very involved in getting the celebs together because as a model she knew some of the people better than him or Bob G. This is why she is in the Ultravox video posted here. RIP.

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Saxophonist for The Waitresses, The Psychedelice Furs, Liquid Soul and the NRG Ensemble. Ampullary (small intestine) cancer.

Played his final gig with the Furs two days before.

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“Sean Martin from The Night Cafe has died suddenly, aged 26, the Liverpool band has announced in an Instagram post.

The group said they were “devastated” by the death of their band mate and “childhood best friend”.

Indie rock band, The Wombats, who The Night Cafe toured with, said Martin was “literally the nicest, most lovely guy to have around on tour”.

In April last year, he had revealed he had been struggling with his health and would be having some surgery.”

26 is far too young.

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Pretty shocking. Only 54. Was a troubled guy, but seems that didn’t play a role in his death.

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Blue Aeroplanes and Massive Attack guitar hero Angelo Bruschini died of lung cancer yesterday.

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I was really sad to hear that Tony Husband had died. Perhaps best known for the “Yobs” cartoon in Private Eye, it was interesting to read that he originally called it “Skinheads” and it was done as a response to being beaten up by a group of them when he was a young man. Not a fighter, he decided to avenge the attack by ridiculing them for decades.

His drawings were simple but instantly recognisable as one of his. It’s amazing that he can capture complex human emotions just with a couple of dots and a line.

Cartoonists are rarely massive, major stars and I am sure that he walked around unrecognised by the public his entire life. But like another cartoonist who recently left us, Bill Tidy, his work was always there and always very funny. RIP.

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Several sources report that Carl Bley died yesterday aged 87 after complications from brain cancer. I have a few of her albums including the Duets album with Steve Swallow and one called Sextet that included Hiram Bullock on guitar. I liked her economical keyboard style very much and she had a knack of writing tunes that were quirky and catchy. I saw her just the once, 30 years ago when The Very Big Carla Bley Band played at RNCM, Manchester

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Rudolph Isley, whose smooth vocals graced Isley Brothers hits like Summer Breeze and That Lady, has died at the age of 84.

The musician, who also co-wrote many of the band’s biggest songs, died in his sleep, his brother Ernie said.

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A member if the Fraser Hayes Four – if you know, you know . . .

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Writer of the wonderful Green, Green Rocky Road and close friend of Bob Dylan (he Drove the LARSHM to see Woody Guthrie on his deathbed) who performed at MLK’s Freedom March on Washington.

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League Champion with Manchester City & Derby, later became Manchester City Chairman.

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One of the all-time greats. Always worth watching. I just heard on the news that he started his acting career in the same way as Orson Welles by blagging a role from Michéal MacLiammior in the Gate Theatre using a fake CV. I doubt that MM was fooled – he just liked to give young actors a start.

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90 – not a bad innings for a super spy. Hope it wasn’t THRUSH

RIPMr McCallum and thanks for brightening up this and many other AWers’ childhoods

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Died aged 82, he had quite the CV. I was surprised how many records he played on that I have.

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Maybe a bit of a niche artist, but Cropredy regulars will likely know the name. A fine melodeon player, he played with Little Johnny England, the Phil Beer band and was an occasional in Ashley Hutchings later live Morris On forays. Bowel cancer.

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Passed away in France aged 87. Worldwide album sales of 50 million – hearing him always takes me back to my childhood days.

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I’ve just read that John Marshall died yesterday (16/09/2023). I was aware that he had been ill for some time but had only retired from playing with Soft Machine fairly recently. Played with Nucleus, then took over with the Softs around the fifth album – Phil Howard left halfway through recording so John appears on one side and Phil on the other. He played on the remainder of the Soft Machine albums, and also on the offshoot groups which appeared with former members. He was 82.

RIP, John