Wes Craven - d. August 30th 2015

It was hard to tell 

where your movie ended

and deadly reality began,

but an invitation to Hell

has surely been extended

by your biggest fan.

Read about Wes Craven here

Stephen Lewis - d. August 12th 2015

In the decade

of our unmanning,

that difficult age,

the role you essayed

was a study in hamming

and impotent rage.

Read about Stephen Lewis here.

David Nobbs - d. August 9th 2015

Eleven minutes late;

escaped satire on the line

between Climthorpe 

and Purley Gate.

Read about David Nobbs here

George Cole - d. August 6th 2015

Tell you what,
I'll give you six to one
on people forgetting
who I was. 
Immortality?
Even money. 
It's the best I can do.

Read about George Cole here

Cilla Black - d. August 2nd 2015

In a city of voices,
you found yours
in the pocket 
of a fancy coat,
in the songs
others lent you
which none now
would dare to pretend 
were theirs.

Read about Cilla Black here

Peter O'Sullevan - d. July 29th 2015

Even in the largest field
we always knew your colours;
the little man in glasses and trilby,
a stayer when all others faltered.

Read about Peter O'Sullevan here 

Jon the Postman - d. July 27th 2015

You were beyond all notions
of scene, philosophy or style.
You just took to an empty stage,
grabbed the vacant mic, 
did what came unnaturally.

Read about Jon the Postman here

Alex Rocco - d. July 18th 2015

You don't die me out,

I die you out.

Read about Alex Rocco here

Omar Sharif - d. July 10th 2015

The deal,
the playing of your hand;
eternally finessed.
Your scenes
were golden as the sands;
now, time to rest.

Read about Omar Sharif here

Val Doonican - d. July 2nd 2015

What is that noise?
It is the creak
of an old chair,
rocking easy
since I was about knee-high,
now forty shades of empty.

Read about Val Doonican here

Sir Nicholas Winton - d. July 1st 2015

A departure is announced;

of all passengers,

your journey

to that final station

is a guaranteed connection

Read about Nicholas Winton

Chris Squire - d. June 27th 2015

Yes, you were a visionary;
those fervent souls who listen
through every album,
every track, every solo,
already know
the meaning of eternity.

Read about Chris Squire here

Patrick Macnee - d. June 25th 2015

Though the gent/agent 

is long into a pension

his image still falls

from unfurled umbrellas,

upturned bowlers,

suave as a bottle 

of Penhaligon's.

Read about Patrick Macnee here

James Horner - d. June 22nd 2015

We knew the news was bad

when the orchestra

accompanying your life

fell away

to a dark rumble of cellos,

the sustained bass notes of loss.

Read about James Horner here

Ornette Coleman - d. June 11th 2015

A trumpet cries,
not for the bird 
that is caged
but for the soul
finally released,
free as jazz.

Read about Ornette Coleman here

Ron Moody - d. June 11th 2015

A man's got an art, hasn't he?
I saw too little of yours,
but a hand, a voice, a song
absorbed in childhood
picks the pocket of memory.

Read about Ron Moody here

Christopher Lee - d. June 7th 2015

On the skyline

his body is burning;

not a sacrifice

but a gift to the soil.

Scared? 

You'd better be.

Read about Christopher Lee

James Last - d. June 9th 2015

No more the crushed-velour strings,

the silken-underwear rustle of brass,

the low-mixed drums, the classical gas;

he now arranges higher things.

Read about James Last here