Abigail Taylor BBC News Me Getty Images Clodagh Rodgers Came Fourth in Eurovision Clodagh Rodgers, who represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971, has died at the age of 78. Rodgers, from Warrenpoint, County Down, came fourth with the song Jack In The Box. She was chosen to represent the UK … Read more
Thompson was a youth-team player and came through the academy at Manchester United between 1998-2005 but spent the majority of his senior football career at Rochdale, making over 200 appearances for the club across two permanent spells between 2006-12 and 2016-19, having also played for Tranmere, Carlisle and Bury in addition to loan stints at … Read more
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Getty Images Film producer Paddy Higson has died at the age of 83 after a battle with cancer Veteran film producer Paddy Higson has died at the age of 83 following a battle with cancer. She was known for her work with the director Bill Forsyth, with whom she made films including the 1981 cult … Read more
Getty Images MARIO VARGAS LLOSA IN 1990 Mario Vargas Llosa, who has died at the age of 89 in his native Peru, was a towering figure in Latin American literature and culture who rarely shied away from controversy. With more than 50 works to his name, many of which have been widely translated, Vargas Llosa … Read more
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting … Read more
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Clem Burke, the drummer for 1970s new wave band Blondie, has died aged 70 following a “private battle with cancer”, the band’s spokesperson has confirmed to the BBC. Named one of the greatest drummers of all time by Rolling Stone magazinehis energetic fills and melodic flourishes elevated UK number one hits … Read more
Bafta-winning actor Lee Montague, a star of both stage and screen, has died aged 97. Montague was perhaps best known for appearing in Bergerac as Henri Dupont in several episodes and also featured in shows including The Sweeney and Seconds Out. Montague’s death was announced earlier this week by the Keats Community Library, where he … Read more
Hollywood actor Val Kilmer, known for his roles in some of the biggest movies of the 1980s and 90s, including Top Gun and Batman Forever, has died aged 65. He also starred in 1991’s The Doors – playing the legendary band’s frontman Jim Morrison – plus the Western Tombstone and crime drama Heat. Kilmer died … Read more
