Matches, Hatches, Dispatches

702 ABC Sydney reporting that Andrew Sachs has died aged 86. Sachs was best known for playing Manuel on Fawlty Towers.

Ryan Stokes, the managing director and chief executive officer of Seven Group Holdings, has married ‘Queensland shoe heiress’ Claire Campbell at Sydney’s Garden Island.

Alice Drummond, best known for her role of spooked librarian in the original Ghostbusters movie and Monica and Ross’s grandmother in Friends, has died aged 88.

Van Williams, star of 1966 TV show The Green Hornet, has died aged 82 from renal failure.

Ronan Keating and his Australian wife Storm are expecting their first child together (Ronan’s fourth).

Broadcaster, author and journalist Anne Deveson, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s two years ago, has died, aged 86. It came after her daughter, author Georgia Blain, passed away at the weekend from cancer. Very sad.

Alan Thicke, best known for playing Jason Seaver on Growing Pains, has died of a heart attack aged 69.

Man I’m in Shock. I have just finished re watching season one of growing pains and he makes a guest star in season two of Fuller House.

:joy::trolleybus: Rip

Losing so many stars connected to our childhood memories. So sad.

Bernard Fox, who played Dr Bombay in Bewitched from 1966 to 1972, has died aged 89.

Hollywood actress and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor has died aged 99 after suffering a heart attack just 2 months shy of her 100th birthday.She had been sick for many years.She is probably best known for having had nine husbands.

Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt has died aged 68, from a severe infection due to complications with a pre-existing shoulder injury.

Singer George Michael has died at the age of 53.

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Shocked to hear this. We lost so many big performers this year.

British character actress Liz Smith has died aged 95.She would be best known to Australian viewers from her roles on sitcoms The Vicar of Dibley and The Royle Family

Carrie Fischer, best known for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the Star Wars franchise, has died, aged 60.

She is one with the Force now.

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Such sad news. RIP. :worried:

We’ve lost so many in TV and music industry this year.

The bad news of 2016 continues. So sad Carrie Fisher has passed away and that we won’t have Princess Leia in any more Star Wars sequels.

Singer Pink gave birth to her second child, a boy named Jameson Moon, on Boxing Day.

Actress and singer Debbie Reynolds, 84, has died after suffering a suspected stroke, a day after her daughter Carrie Fisher.