Obituaries

[grapevine]

Brenda Fricker, Irish Oscar-winning actor, has died aged 81
(17 February 1945 – 16 July 2026)
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/f...-died-aged-81/

Brenda Fricker, among the most respected Irish actors of her generation, has died at the age of 81, her agent has confirmed.

A busy performer on television and film, she became, in 1990, the first Irish woman to win an acting Oscar when she took the best supporting actress prize for Jim Sheridan’s My Left Foot.By that stage she was already a familiar presence on television thanks to her role as Megan Roach on the BBC medical soap Casualty. Other key film roles included those in Omagh, A Man of No Importance and Sheridan’s The Field.

Fricker was an unmistakable Dubliner. Her mother, Bina, from Kerry, was a teacher of languages at Stratford College in Rathgar. Her father, Desmond Fricker, worked in the Department of Agriculture and as a journalist for The Irish Times."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6BV393g8k2Q

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

UK footballing legend Kevin Keegan has died aged 75. That's very sad indeed. When I was kid Keegan was looked upon as a god.

https://x.com/SkySports_Keith/status...10214604128661

[Ewan]

Posted by Mark (Star Mariner) (here)
UK footballing legend Kevin Keegan has died aged 75. That's very sad indeed. When I was kid Keegan was looked upon as a god.

https://x.com/SkySports_Keith/status...10214604128661

Indeed he was, one of my biggest heroes. Not just for his accomplishments but also his honesty, his heart on the sleeve comments. One of the true giants.

(Plus: I was a Newcastle United supporter who got to see him as a player and a manager)

[Brigantia]

Posted by Mark (Star Mariner) (here)
UK footballing legend Kevin Keegan has died aged 75. That's very sad indeed. When I was kid Keegan was looked upon as a god.

Yes, that saddens me as well. I watched him play a few times in my home city at Filbert Street; he was a brilliant player. He was not only a great player but gentlemanly too.