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Former rugby league match official Fred Lindop, who refereed the 1970 World Cup final, four Challenge Cup finals and many Test matches, has died aged 84.

Lindop, who was part of the Wakefield society of referees, famously took charge of the 1980 all-Hull Challenge Cup final - won by Kingston Rovers.

His final game was the 1988 final between holders Halifax and Wigan, and he received the MBE a year later.

"Fred was a role model for me," current referee Ben Thaler said.

"He will go down as one of the greatest officials to ever grace the game of rugby league.

"His contribution to the sport goes well beyond that of a referee, inspiring many young players through the amateur clubs of Eastmoor and Oulton, as well as his dedication to moving officials to a new level - he really was a one-off."

RIP

 

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Loved her in Ice Cold In Alex. RIP

 

Sad news - RIP

 

Sad news, a lovely actress & person RIP Sylvia

 

RIP Sylvia

 

was watching her in Ice Cold in Alex last week and thought then she was the sole survivor of the film. She was a stunning looking actress.
Rest in Peace Sylvia

 

RIP Barry Martin….A real hero.

 

RIP

 

Clare Drakeford, the wife of the First Minister of Wales, has died at 66 years of age.

RIP

 

Tom Verlaine now dead, Television were one of my favourite bands and Marquee Moon was just brilliant, they only made two albums, adventure also very good. This is a sad one for me

 

RIP

 

Oh no, now Barrett Strong, not only had motowns first hit, money, also co wrote

 

RIP

 

agree with Marquee Moon being a superb album

 

Annie Wersching: The Last of Us video game and 24 actress dies at 45

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By Helen Bushby
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Actress Annie Wersching, who played the character Tess in the hit video game The Last of Us and was in 37 episodes of TV drama 24, has died aged 45.

"You left us way too soon," said The Last Of Us creator Neil Druckmann, confirming the news on Twitter.

24 star Kiefer Sutherland called her "a beautiful person" and "my friend", and said "my heart breaks" for her family.

The actress, who also played the Borg Queen in Star Trek: Picard, was diagnosed with cancer in 2020.


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Wersching, who was born in Missouri, began her career in 2002 with an appearance in an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, playing Liana.

She also appeared in TV shows including Frasier, Charmed, General Hospital, The Vampire Diaries and The Rookie.


Alexi Hawley, showrunner for The Rookie, shared a fundraising page for the actress's family, saying: "Such sad news. Annie was part of The Rookie family. A special person and true talent who brought joy to our set and elevated every scene she was in."


Julie Plec, The Vampire Diaries' showrunner, added: "I became a fan from 24 and was lucky to be able to have Annie play mama to two of the hottest vamps in town… RIP Annie, you wonderful soul."

Actor Michael Chiklis, who starred in The Shield and two Fantastic Four films, added: So sad to hear that Annie Wersching has died. Too young. Cancer is a heartless, murderous thief."

Wersching is survived by her husband, Stephen, and three sons, Eddie, Ozzie and Archie, aged 12, nine and four.

 

Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams actress, dies at 64

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Lisa Loring, best known for her character Wednesday Addams in the first TV adaptation of The Addams Family in the 1960s, has died at the age of 64.

Her daughter, Vanessa Foumberg, told The Hollywood Reporter she died of a stroke caused by high blood pressure.

"She went peacefully with both her daughters holding her hands," Foumberg said.

The actress had been on life support for three days, her friend Laurie Jacobson posted on Facebook.


"She is embedded in the tapestry that is pop culture and in our hearts always as Wednesday Addams," she said in her post.

The Addams Family, which was the first adaptation of Charles Addams' New Yorker cartoons, ran from 1964 to 1966 on ABC.


Ms Loring also appeared in the soap opera "As the World Turns" and the sitcom "The Pruitts of Southampton."

Originally born Lisa Ann DeCinces, in the Marshall Islands, she started using a stage name at age three when she started modelling.

Her work inspired later versions of the Wednesday Addams character, such as Christina Ricci's portrayal in the 1991 movie "The Addams Family" and its sequel.

The most recent actress to play Wednesday Addams is Jenna Ortega in the Netflix horror comedy hit "Wednesday". The show is one of Netflix's most watched shows of all time.

In December, Ms Ortega told Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight show she "payed homage to Lisa Loring, the first Wednesday Addams", doing "a little bit of her shuffle that she does".

John Astin, who played Gomez Addams, is the last living cast member of "The Addams Family".

 

The competing Munsters was mild by comparison to the original Addams Family that gave me the creeps as a child. 64's much too young. RIP

 

Heartbreaking news from Turkey and Syria, and amongst the thousands lost;

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