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adrian0719

Posted 09 May 2013 - 11:03 PM

View PostGuest, on 09 May 2013 - 10:56 PM, said:

I am simply stunned and shocked by that news. This is a dark day in tha anals of British sport :(

Yes, I'm sure the anals will be gaping for a long time over this one.

Guest

Posted 09 May 2013 - 10:56 PM

I am simply stunned and shocked by that news. This is a dark day in tha anals of British sport :(

adrian0719

Posted 09 May 2013 - 10:42 PM

Andrew Simpson has been killed after his yacht capsized in San Francisco Bay.

Dr. Zorders

Posted 09 May 2013 - 10:41 PM

British Gold Medallist Andrew Simpson dies after capsizing in San Fransisco

http://www.bbc.co.uk...canada-22476320

Grande Pablo

Posted 03 May 2013 - 10:31 PM

Equestrian 2008 Paralympian Jo Pitt

http://www.edp24.co....at_34_1_2179378

Grande Pablo

Posted 29 April 2013 - 10:12 PM

Cypriot Commonwealth Games pole valut medallist Marianna Zachariadi

http://uk.news.yahoo...-185653930.html

maryportfuncity

Posted 23 April 2013 - 08:03 AM

View Postthemaninblack, on 22 April 2013 - 08:03 PM, said:

View PostOctopus of Odstock, on 22 April 2013 - 07:41 PM, said:


Presu...

themaninblack

Posted 22 April 2013 - 08:03 PM

View PostOctopus of Odstock, on 22 April 2013 - 07:41 PM, said:


Presumably it is from ITV News (however brief) and should count...

Octopus of Odstock

Posted 22 April 2013 - 07:41 PM

Here you go Blackie - http://www.itv.com/n...medallist-dies/

themaninblack

Posted 21 April 2013 - 09:27 AM

View PostOctopus of Odstock, on 17 April 2013 - 10:14 PM, said:

The last surviving British Gold Medallist of the 1948 Olympic Games in London, David Bond, has died - http://www.falmouthp...avid_Bond_dies/


I see this would be a DDP hit for MPFC - does itv.com count as a valid obit source? If not, then he hasn't - yet - got the required obituary.

Where's the ITV link?

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