Celebrity death pool - special coronavirus edition

[Epico]

Michael Rosen in ICU

ETA was in ICU overnight but now back on ward so hopefully recovering.

Shit, this is my penance for wishing ill on dickheads.

 

[Part-timah]

Some May be Disappointed, "wing - nut" is outta isolation ...

Coronavirus: Prince Charles out of self-isolation

The Prince of Wales, 71, spent seven days self-isolating after testing positive and having mild symptoms.

www.bbc.co.uk

Nope. He’s probably still infectious.

 

[wiskey]

I'm going to be absolutely gutted if Michael Rosen succumbs to covid

 

[petee]

John Prine

with us yet

 

[Part-timah]

Some Japanese comedian: Ken Shimura, famed Japanese comedian, dead at 70 after contracting coronavirus

 

[Fez909]

Paul Chuckle looks to have escaped Covid's clutches

Paul Chuckle Recovering After Being 'Laid Up' With Coronavirus: 'It's Not Nice'

The Chuckle Brothers star said he was "on the mend" as he begged fans to stay inside.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

 

[Badgers]

Paul Chuckle looks to have escaped Covid's clutches

Paul Chuckle Recovering After Being 'Laid Up' With Coronavirus: 'It's Not Nice'

The Chuckle Brothers star said he was "on the mend" as he begged fans to stay inside.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

 

[keybored]

Paul Chuckle looks to have escaped Covid's clutches

Paul Chuckle Recovering After Being 'Laid Up' With Coronavirus: 'It's Not Nice'

The Chuckle Brothers star said he was "on the mend" as he begged fans to stay inside.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Should have followed his own social distancing advice.

"Two metre, you!"

 

[Part-timah]

Paul Chuckle. Shit just got real:

Coronavirus: Comedian Paul Chuckle reveals he has been suffering from COVID-19

The 72-year-old - who was part of comedy duo The Chuckle Brothers - urges the British public to stay indoors to combat the virus.

news.sky.com

 

[Argonia]

Dr Janina Ramirez has got it.

What a self-isolating medieval mystic can teach us

 

[Part-timah]

Yanky TV producer: CBS journalist Maria Mercader dies at 54 of coronavirus

 

[TopCat]

John Prine

Oh no! gloworm got me into this country ballad singer what 16 year ago.
Saw him play at the London Palladium.
He was a big donator of funds to strikers.
Me and she used to sing this.

 

[danny la rouge]

Dr Janina Ramirez has got it.

What a self-isolating medieval mystic can teach us

Get well soon Dr Ramirez!

 

[May Kasahara]

Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne.

Singer Adam Schlesinger, of Fountains of Wayne, dead at 52 of coronavirus

Fellow songwriters pay tribute to award-winning musician behind Stacy’s Mom and songs for film and TV

www.theguardian.com

 

[Fez909]

Ellis Marsalis dies aged 85

Jazz legend Ellis Marsalis has passed away aged 85 at a New Orleans hospital, and his son Branford has said his death was due to complications of coronavirus (COVID-19).

www.contactmusic.com

 

[brogdale]

 

[Dogsauce]

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Used to (and possibly still did?) live up at Cadbury Camp, where all the proper millionaires lived back in the 70s/80s, luxury modern houses with long driveways, paddocks etc. Not far from where I grew up, most famous resident of those parts at the time. BBC says he was living in Portishead, which is close.

 

[elbows]

Cristina from Things Fall Apart.

Things Fall Apart singer Cristina reportedly dies from coronavirus

The pop performer, who was known for being a part of the 80s underground New York scene, was 61

www.theguardian.com

 

[Sir Belchalot]

Cristina from Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart was one of her songs btw, this was my fave, a cracking cover:

 

[elbows]

Oops, sorry for that botched detail.

 

[UrbaneFox]

Ellis Marsalis, jazz pianist and father to Wynton and Branford, dies aged 85

New Orleans star, who was admitted to hospital with Covid-19 symptoms, saluted as ‘giant of a musician and even greater father’

www.theguardian.com

Ellis Marsalis

ooo Fez already dunnit

Anyway, Paul Chuckle and now Eddie Large. Who will be the next comedy giant to succumb?

 

[Teaboy]

Anyway, Paul Chuckle and now Eddie Large. Who will be the next comedy giant to succumb?

Don't go writing off comrade chuckle yet. He's still with us and fighting hard.

 

[D'wards]

Don't go writing off comrade chuckle yet. He's still with us and fighting hard.

Quite- yer man gave us quite the start

 

[Raheem]

Eddie Large. We're going to be losing a good chunk of that showbiz generation. Not nice

 

[Sprocket.]

Don't go writing off comrade chuckle yet. He's still with us and fighting hard.

And he’s a lovely, decent bloke too.

 

[Argonia]

Were Little and Large coincidentally called those names or did they change them?

 

[wiskey]

Paul Chuckle. Shit just got real:

Coronavirus: Comedian Paul Chuckle reveals he has been suffering from COVID-19

The 72-year-old - who was part of comedy duo The Chuckle Brothers - urges the British public to stay indoors to combat the virus.

news.sky.com

Oh no!

ETA: oh he's ok? That was a short rollercoaster of emotions!

 

[belboid]

Were Little and Large coincidentally called those names or did they change them?

changed them

 

[chilango]

Adam Schlesinger, from the US power pop band Fountains of Wayne, has died aged 52 in a New York hospital, his family lawyer has confirmed.

 

[stavros]

Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne.

Singer Adam Schlesinger, of Fountains of Wayne, dead at 52 of coronavirus

Fellow songwriters pay tribute to award-winning musician behind Stacy’s Mom and songs for film and TV

www.theguardian.com

I only know Stacy's Mom, which is a very good pop song. His death has led me to read a bit more, and apparently they've got some really good stuff in their back catalogue.