In__Memoriam

✝️ Alan Stanley JONES MBE 🧺 2 Nov. 1946, Melbourne 🇦🇺 🪦 5 Nov. 2026 📜 Racing driver, broadcaster Jones was the first driver to win an F1 World Championship with the Williams team, becoming the 1980 World Drivers' Champion. He competed in a total of 117 Grands Prix, winning 12

✝️ Giovanni "Tinto" BRASS 🧺 26 Mar. 1933, Milan 🇮🇹 🪦 4 Nov. 2026, Rome 🇮🇹 📜 Film director, screenwriter In the 1960s and 1970s, he directed many critically acclaimed avant-garde films of various genres. Today, he is mainly known for his later work in the erotic genre.

✡️ Alan Howard “John” FRIEDA 🧺 9 Jul. 1951, London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🪦 3 Nov. 2026 📜 Celebrity hairstylist, businessman He created The Purdey page-boy cut for Joanna Lumley. Frieda went on to open his own salons but then reinvented himself as the king of styling products.

✝️ Horst ECKERT, “Janosch” 🧺 11 Mar. 1931, Hindenburg, now Zabrze 🇵🇱 🪦 3 Nov. 2026, Tenerife 🇪🇸 📜 Author, illustrator He gained fame for his character Tigerente, a tiger-duck hybrid. He also published several books for adults.

✝️ John Allen Wisden NICKS 🧺 22 Apr. 1929, 🇬🇧 🪦 3 Nov. 2026 📜 Figure skating coach, pair skater With his sister, Jennifer Nicks, he is the 1953 World champion. As a coach, he mentored over 1,200 skaters during his career.

✝️ Clemente Anselmo Agustino CATTINI 🧺 28 Aug. 1937, London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🪦 2 Nov. 2026, London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 📜 Rock and roll drummer Cattini was a member of the Tornados and was one of the most prolific drummers in British recording history, appearing on 42 UK number one singles.

✝️ Jesús DE MIGUEL ALAMEDA 🧺 21 Sep. 1996, Madrid 🇪🇸 🪦 3 Nov. 2026, Santa Cruz de Tenerife 🇪🇸 📜 Professional footballer “Demi”

✝️ John Francis Christopher DUCKER, “John Leeson” 🧺 16 Mar. 1943, Stoneygate 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🪦 1 Nov. 2026 📜 Actor He was known for portraying Bungle in Rainbow and voicing K9 in Doctor Who and spin-offs The Sarah Jane Adventures and K9.

✝️ Ciara MAGEEAN 🧺 12 Mar. 1992, Portaferry 🇬🇧 🪦 1 Nov. 2026 📜 Middle-distance runner Mageean was a four-time European Athletics Championship medallist at 1500m, having also won bronze in 2016, silver in 2022 outdoors and bronze in 2019 indoors.

✝️ Horst FASCHER 🧺 5 Feb. 1936, Hamburg 🇩🇪 🪦 31 Oct. 2026 📜 Manager, producer Fascher was a friend and business associate of the Beatles during their early career playing in Hamburg, Germany.

✝️ Stephen John ELLIS 🧺 7 Apr. 1950, Edgware 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🪦 30 Oct. 2026 📜 Singer His biggest success was with the band Love Affairin the late 1960s.

✝️ Sandra KERR 🧺 14 Feb. 1942, Plaistow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🪦 29 Oct. 2026 📜 Folk singer Kerr was a member of the Critics Group from 1963 to 1972. With John Faulkner, she wrote the music for the television series Bagpuss and voiced the character of Madeleine (the rag doll).

✝️ Elke SOMMER, (née von Schletz) 🧺 5 Nov. 1940, Berlin 🇩🇪 🪦 28 Oct. 2026, Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸 📜 Actress In 1964, Sommer won a Golden Globe award as Most Promising Newcomer Actress for The Prize, a film in which she co-starred with Paul Newman and Edward G. Robinson.

✝️ Sir Patrick STEWART OBE 🧺 13 Jul. 1940, Mirfield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🪦 28 Oct. 2026, Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸 📜 Actor

✡️ Walter Marvin KOENIG 🧺 14 Sep. 1936, Chicago, IL 🇺🇸 🪦 25 Oct. 2026, Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸 📜 Actor, screenwriter He began acting professionally in the mid-1960s and quickly rose to prominence for his supporting role as Ensign Pavel Chekov in Star Trek (1967–1969).

✝️ Susan Jane MILLER, “Susan Saint James” 🧺 14 Aug. 1946, Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸 🪦 26 Oct. 2026, Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸 📜 Actress She is known for her appearances in the TV detective series McMillan & Wife (1971–1976), and as Kate McArdle in the sitcom Kate & Allie (1984–1989).

✝️ Thomas Roy SKERRITT 🧺 25 Aug. 1933, Detroit, MI 🇺🇸 🪦 21 Oct. 2026, Seattle, WA 🇺🇸 📜 Actor, director He starred in notable films like Alien (1979), The Dead Zone (1983), Top Gun (1986), SpaceCamp (1986), Steel Magnolias (1989), and A River Runs Through It (1992).

✝️ The Rev. Ronald LANCASTER MBE CChem FRSC 🧺 9 Mar. 1931, Huddersfield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🪦 18 Oct. 2026 📜 Anglican clergyman, chemist, businessman, teacher He taught chemistry at Kimbolton School. He was a fireworks manufacturer, having founded and remained owner of Kimbolton Fireworks.

✝️ Kenneth John FRIAR OBE 🧺 13 Aug. 1934, London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🪦 13 Oct. 2026 📜 Football executive “Mr. Arsenal”

✝️ Margaret Elaine HAMILTON (née Heafield) 🧺 17 Aug. 1936, Paoli, IN 🇺🇸 🪦 30 Sep. 2026, Cambridge, MA 🇺🇸 📜 Computer scientist At MIT, she led the development of the on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo Guidance Computer for the Apollo program.