When it’s your time, you get your rhyme.

03 November 2024
(91 years)
Quincy Jones
Record producer

There’s no more Quincy  

Ever since he  

Lay down flat  

And Stuff Like That 

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25 October 2024
(84 years)
Phil Lesh
Bassist (Grateful Dead)

Phil Lesh  

Is no longer flesh.  

I guess it was fateful  

That he’s Dead now and Grateful. 

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23 October 2024
(75 years)
Geoff Capes
Shot putter and strongman

Geoff tossed his orb around.  

His head must have weighed fifty pounds,  

But now he’s stopped, to be covered in palls.  

But still, imagine the size of his balls. 

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21 October 2024
(66 years)
Paul Di'Anno
Singer

Paul Di’Anno played in  

Early Iron Maiden  

He sang in perfect key  

but now he’s Running Free. 

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16 October 2024
(31 years)
Liam Payne
0.2 directions

Liam Payne was popular  

And attracted much affection,  

But when you fall from a balcony  

You go in one direction. 

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28 September 2024
(88 years)
Kris Kristofferson
Country singer

Kris Kristofferson  

Won’t accept offers on  

Tickets for his shows  

As in the ground he goes. 

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27 September 2024
(89 years)
Maggie Smith
Actress

If you like films  

You’ll be unhappy with  

The news of the death  

Of Dame Maggie Smith. 

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26 August 2024
(76 years)
Sven-Göran Eriksson
Football manager

Begorra  

Sven-Goran  

Is a goner. 

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22 July 2024
(90 years)
John Mayall
Blues musician

John Mayall found fame  

With his Bluesbreakers.  

He now has a gig  

With the undertaker. 

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11 July 2024
(75 years)
Shelley Duvall
Actress

Another star’s death  

Sends us whining.  

Farewell Shelley Duvall  

Out of The Shining. 

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17 March 2024
(73 years)
Steve Harley
Singer and songwriter

The news today  

Is ter-rible  

For Steve Harley  

Of Cockney Rebel,  

And though that rhyme  

Lacks some style  

I hope at least  

It made you smile. 

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28 February 2024
(66 years)
Dave Myers
Hairy Biker

Hairy Biker  

Dave Myers  

Is the latest  

Of the diers. 

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16 February 2024
(47 years)
Alexei Navalny
Russian opposition leader

Alexei Navalny  

Was murdered by Putin  

Whose intolerance  

Is worse than gluten. 

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13 February 2024
(69 years)
Steve Wright
DJ

Why did Steve  

Have to leave  

So soon  

In The Afternoon? 

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02 February 2024
(77 years)
Ian Lavender
Actor

Farewell Ian Lavender  

Who in Dad’s Army we did like.  

But what was his character’s name?  

Don’t tell him, Pike! 

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11 January 2024
(83 years)
Annie Nightingale
DJ and television broadcaster

I’ve just heard a frightening tale  

About Annie Nightingale.  

It’s the final disaster  

For this music broadcaster. 

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05 January 2024
(80 years)
David Soul
Actor, Singer

It’s time to give up on him  

Though we liked him very much.  

Farewell David Soul  

Of Starsky and Hutch. 

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“I love finding out about celebrity deaths through the medium of sub-standard verse.”
“It’s a shame they never get to read them themselves.”
“When’s Piers Morgan going to die?”


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