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Victoria Wood CBE (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, lyricist, singer, composer, pianist, screenwriter, producer and director. Wood wrote and starred in dozens of sketches, plays, musicals, films and sitcoms over several decades and her live comedy act was interspersed with her own compositions which she performed at the piano.
Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
Variety Obituaries is a 15-volume series with facsimile reprints of the full text of every obituary published by the entertainment trade magazine Variety from 1905 to 1994. The first eleven volumes were published in 1988 by Garland Publishing , which subsequently became part of Routledge .
The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5] The site attracts more than 30 million unique visitors per month and is among the top 40 trafficked websites in the world. [4]
Vicki Wood and her '58 Pontiac taught men drivers a lesson in winning the 50 m.p.h. safe passing event". [5] She retired from racing in 1963. In the late 1960s she and her husband moved to Florida, where she worked in a department store. Wood was inducted into the Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame in 2019. [6]
Adrian Schiller, 60, English actor (Victoria, The Last Kingdom, The Danish Girl). [93] Philippe Sellier, 92, French literary critic. [94] Gadilbek Shalakhmetov, 80, Kazakh journalist and politician, MP (2004–2007). [95] Patti Starr, 82, Canadian public servant (Patti Starr affair). [96] Michael Tanner, 88, British philosopher and opera critic ...
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[297] (death announced on this date) Tonke Dragt, 93, Dutch writer (The Letter for the King, The Secrets of the Wild Wood). [298] Alex Forsyth, 69, Canadian ice hockey player (Washington Capitals, Springfield Indians, Tulsa Oilers), complications from Alzheimer's disease. [299] Rod Fyffe, 75, Australian politician, four-time mayor of Bendigo. [300]