Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, 

Each one of them will some day die. 

Babs has gone 

Carry on. 

Dame Barbara Windsor 

Truly had a flair 

And everyone admired her 

Lovely looking pear. 

The Green Cross Code Man 

Has crossed the greatest highway. 

Was Darth Vader too. 

Diego Maradona 

Had the Hand of God, 

But now the Hand has taken 

That cheating little sod. 

Des O’Connor 

Is a goner. 

Finally late 

At 88. 

It’s a wonder James Bond 

Never got gonorrhoea 

Now he won’t as the world is 

Not Connerier. 

Nobby Stiles 

Danced with his teeth 

But now his actions 

Are all beneath. 

Cannon and Ball 

Played all the big places. 

Farewell Bobby 

And your stretchy braces. 

Once again 

Another grave is 

Dug, this time for 

Spencer Davis. 

Tears on my pillow 

Broken hearted 

Johnny Nash 

Is dear departed 

Eddie Van Halen 

Got cancer of the throat. 

Sad to say he’ll never 

Play another note. 

He got up and nothin’ got him down 

He got it tough, he’d seen the toughest around 

But now his guitar isn’t making any sound 

And Eddie van Halen is lyin’ in the ground 

She was woman 

Hear her roar. 

She’s not breathing 

Any more. 

Michael Lonsdale, 

Hugo Drax in Moonraker, 

Now takes off 

For the undertaker. 

Pamela Hutchinson 

Gave the best of her love. 

But now she’s gone 

To the Boogie Wonderland above. 

Ruth Bader Ginsburg 

Has had to budge. 

Farewell to this 

Supreme Court Judge. 

Robert Gore’s invention 

Was nothing short of magic. 

Let us all applaud 

His waterproof fabric. 

For Toots Hibbert 

Of Toots and the Maytals. 

His pressure dropped 

To something fatal. 

Diana Rigg 

Had many adventures, 

But cancer has taken her. 

Who will avenge her? 

Late Diana Rigg 

From "The Great Muppet Caper" 

To the Queen of Thorns. 

James Bond’s only wife. 

Caucasian Chalk Circle. 

The Cherry Orchard. 

Diana Rigg 

Went to the great gig 

Emma Peel 

Was a pretty big deal 

Even superheroes 

Can’t whack cancer. 

A sad farewell 

To the Black Panther. 

Olivia de Havilland 

Graced the silver screen 

Now she’s gone with the wind 

No more to be seen. 

Peter Green 

Was a Man Of The World, 

But from it he has 

Now been hurled. 

Ennio Morricone 

An outstanding composer 

Will he also be 

A great decomposer? 

Late Sir Ian Holm 

Has left the realm of the earth 

For eternal home 

Bilbo Baggins 

Of bag end 

Has gone on an adventure 

One, without end 

Won the war for us 

She did. 

Now who’ll sing us through 

Covid? 

Christo’s life 

Was never a drag. 

He’d put buildings 

In a bag. 

A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop 

a-wop-bam-boom 

Now Little Richard 

Has met his doom. 

Golden Crown, hide from the sun 

Gets you down, with it there’s no fun 

Out of the light, nothing’s all right 

Into the ground with Golden Crown 

If you want to see 

Tony Allen this summer 

You can’t because we’ve 

Lost another drummer. 

Florian Schneider 

Didn’t need a rider 

To play his synthesizer 

’Cos he was much wiser. 

Leider 

Schneider 

They called him the man of steel, 

But from corona he could not heal. 

A Goody down 

As Covid 19 

Takes away from us 

Dear TBT. 

Tim was a Goodie. What does that mean? 

I’m sorry I haven’t a clue. 

But his death from corona will send him 

Where the sky is a fine shade of blue. 

Stirling Moss 

Drove round and round, 

But the checkered flag 

Has now come down. 

Stirling Moss. 

We’re mourning his loss. 

The Game of Life 

Was written by John Conway, 

But now his cells 

Have gone the wrong way. 

Honor Blackman 

Dies at ninety four 

Rest in peace 

Pussy Galore. 

Lord Bath of Longleat 

Eccentric marquess 

Leaves behind 

Loads of widowlets. 

Eddie Large 

Was big and round. 

Respect to he who must 

Dig the ground. 

Bill  

Was ill 

Withers 

Withered 

Too late to lean on him now. 

And Kenny finished speakin’ 

He turned back toward the window 

Crushed out his cigarette 

And faded off to sleep 

And somewhere in the darkness 

The gambler he broke even 

But in his final words 

I found an ace that I could keep. 

Throbbing Gristle 

Made me whistle 

But sadly Genesis 

Has met their nemesis. 

To live to a hundred and three 

Is nothing short of marvellous. 

Let us follow his lead - 

All cry ’I’m Spartacus!’ 

Barrie Masters 

Of Eddie and The Hot Rods 

Did anything he wanted to do 

But now joins the gods. 

Nicholas Parsons 

Deserves our adulation 

Without repetition 

Hesitation 

Or deviation. 

Two down, 

Four to go. 

We salute you, 

Terry Jones. 

Neil Peart 

Had masses of kit. 

I often wondered 

How he knew what to hit.