Farewell Desmond Tutu 

Heroic Archbishop 

Let us drink a toast to you 

Or even have a piss up. 

Hey, hey, we’re the monkees 

And people say we monkey around. 

But we’ll take Michael Nesmith 

And bury him in the ground. 

Oh dear, I’ve just 

Heard the news. 

Gone is the Edge! 

(Of the Moody Blues) 

Another major 

Rock disaster - 

Down Down goes 

Alan Lancaster. 

The nation grieves 

For Jimmy Greaves. 

I tell you no jive, 

He built the C5, 

But now Sir Clive 

Isn’t alive. 

Another star 

We have to bury 

Say farewell to 

Lee Scratch Perry 

Let us all give lots 

Of praise for Charlie Watts 

Who helped to paint it black 

But isn’t coming back. 

The time will come 

For all who drum. 

 

The Rolling Stones 

Becoming bones. 

Say goodbye to another 

Everly Brother. 

Don 

Is gone. 

Eight out of ten cats 

Will be saddened to hear that 

Sean Lock’s not around 

And will do no more Countdown. 

Maki Kaji 

The Father of Sudoku 

Died at 69 

Dusty Hill 

Into the ground we push 

But all he was looking for 

Was some Tush. 

Time to put another leader 

Six feet under. 

This time, from Zambia, 

It’s Kenneth Kaunda. 

He flew round the Earth in Gemini 10. 

He flew round the Moon in Apollo 11. 

So now since his birth 

Are 90 full years 

But sadly so soon 

He ascends into heaven. 

Jim Steinman 

Was a fine man. 

They’ll put him in wood 

Where he’ll be bad for good. 

Prince Philip tried to make us laugh 

And did so with his mighty gaffs. 

Oh, what joy to hear him speak. 

Blessed are indeed the Greek. 

Mary Wilson 

Sang Supreme songs 

But now she can’t 

Keep hanging on. 

Leon Spinks 

Gave Ali a clout 

Now he’s out 

For the count. 

He starred in The Sound Of Music 

Did Christopher Plummer 

And Hamlet and King Lear 

But not Dumb and Dumber. 

Captain Sir Tom Moore 

Earned the nation’s awe. 

This officer walked around his mess 

For us all and the NHS. 

Back in the years of who-knows-when 

Came a new TV station called CNN. 

It broadcast the news and American views 

And whether the US teams win or lose. 

But the most striking thing for the casual viewer 

Was the first real famous CNN interviewer 

A brilliant broadcaster who was named Larry King 

And designer braces were really his thing. 

As the years passed by and his fame increased  

He could ask hard questions to the best and least 

Till the sad day came when Larry King retired 

Though the following anchors were less inspired. 

Now on this sad day in 2021 

The news is that Larry King has finally gone. 

Phil Spector 

Made a Wall of Sound. 

Now let’s make a hole 

In the ground. 

By cancer 

Yet one more is slain. 

New York Dolls lose 

Sylvain Sylvain 

Gerry Marsden 

Had his Pacemakers, 

Now he’ll meet 

His undertaker.