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The poll resulted in nominees including Guy Fawkes, who was executed because of his role in the plot to blow up the Parliament of England; Oliver Cromwell, who created a republican British state (the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland); Richard III, suspected of murdering his nephews; James Connolly, an Irish nationalist and socialist who was executed by the Crown due to his part ...
Edward Bond, 89, British dramatist (Saved, Narrow Road to the Deep North, The Sea) and theatre director. [103] Dan McCartan, 84, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer, selector and manager. [104] 4 March Maurice Bembridge, 79, English golfer. [105] (death announced on this date) Tony Green, 85, British sports commentator and television announcer .
David Gold, 86, British retailer, publisher (Gold Star Publications), and football executive, chairman of West Ham United (since 2010). [ 7 ] Fay Weldon , 91, British author ( The Life and Loves of a She-Devil , Puffball , The Cloning of Joanna May ), essayist and playwright.
Famous faces including JK Rowling, Stephen Fry, Sir Philip Pullman and Paddington Bear were among those to pay their respects to the monarch. Sir Elton John leads British celebrity tributes to ...
Norman Angell (1872–1967), British internationalist and economist; William Beveridge (1879–1963), economist and social reformer; Edwin Cannan (1861–1935), economist and historian; Colin Clark (1905–1989), British and Australian economist; Ronald Coase (1910–2013), Nobel Prize–winning economist; Martin Ellison, consultant to the Bank ...
A famous tree that has stood sentinel on Britain’s Roman-built Hadrian’s Wall for more than 200 years has been “deliberately felled” in what authorities have called an “act of vandalism.”
Denis Wick, 93, British trombonist. [63] 13 February – Ronnie Boyce, 82, English footballer (West Ham United). [64] 14 February Patrick Barclay, 77, British sportswriter (The Times, The Sunday Telegraph) and television personality (Sunday Supplement). [65] (death announced on this date) Fulke Johnson Houghton, 84, British Thoroughbred ...
This is a list of comedians of British birth or famous mainly in Britain. Many of the comedy panel-game regulars and sitcom actors may not be regarded as comedians by some people but they are included here because this page uses the word "comedian" in its broadest possible sense. Fictional comedians are not included.