The RIP Famous Person Thread

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British crime writer Ruth Rendell, one of Britain's best-selling authors, died in hospital on Saturday at the age of 85, her publisher said.

She is best known as the creator of Detective Chief Inspector Wexford.

The books were definitely better than the film versions . . . rather boring, really

Hot Chocolate frontman Errol Brown has died, aged 71. His manager, Phil Dale, said the singer had been suffering from liver cancer. He died at home in the Bahamas.

Sad, but living on the Bahamas meant his life wasn't foul

Oscar Carl Holderer, The last known surviving member of the German engineering team that came to the United States after World War II

Oh, they 'came' . . . rather than 'were brought'

Survivors include his wife, two sons and two stepchildren.

Survived? Survived what?

. . . is survived by sounds better, though still odd.