John Peel

John Peel

male, deceased (2004)
Top of the Pops, death by myocardial infarction, English, From heswall, Alternative Rock, BBC Radio 1…OldSalopian
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August, 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio pr...
Richard Ingrams

Richard Ingrams

male, 72 years old
Old West Down, Private Eye contributor, OldSalopian, Alumni of University College, Oxford, University College, Oxford, Private Eye contributors
Richard Ingrams was the second editor of British satirical magazine, "Private Eye", taking over from Christopher Booker in 1963. Richard Ingrams...
Willie Rushton

Willie Rushton

male, deceased (1996)
Private Eye contributor, Up Pompeii!, Shrewsbury school, television actor, illustrator, Audio book narrator…OldSalopian
William George Rushton, commonly known as Willie Rushton (18 August, 1937 in Chelsea, London - 11 December, 1996) was an English cartoonist,...
Paul Foot

Paul Foot

male, deceased (2004)
Marxist journalist, buried at Highgate Cemetery, Marxist, death by myocardial infarction, Private Eye contributor, OldSalopian
Paul Mackintosh Foot (8 November 1937 - 18 July 2004) was a British investigative journalist, political campaigner, author, and long-time member of...
Christopher Booker

Christopher Booker

male, 72 years old
Private Eye contributor, SunTel, Satire Boom, Richard North, SunTel editor, The Neophiliacs…OldSalopian
Christopher John Penrice Booker (born October 7 1937) is an English journalist and editor, educated at Shrewsbury School. He was a founding editor...
Michael Palin

Michael Palin

male, 66 years old
Brasenose College, Oxford University, BBC TV, Reform Club, A Fish Called Wanda, Oxford University alumni, father of 3…OldSalopian
Michael Edward Palin, CBE (born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members...

Julian Critchley

male, deceased (2000)
knight, politician, Shrewsbury school, conservative, Knights Bachelor, prostate cancer…OldSalopian
Sir Julian Michael Gordon Critchley (8 December 1930 - 9 September 2000) was a politician in the United Kingdom, educated at Shrewsbury School and...
Nevil Shute

Nevil Shute

male, deceased (1960) (Highland Park, Illinois, United States)
Old Dragon, racecar driver, atomic war, engineer, Australian, aviator…OldSalopian, Old Dragons
Nevil Shute Norway (January 17, 1899 in London - January 12, 1960 in Melbourne) was, as Nevil Shute, one of the most popular novelists of the...
Richard Todd

Richard Todd

male, 90 years old
OldSalopian, World War II, Army Officer, British Military, operation overlord, Shrewsbury school
Richard Todd (born June 11, 1919) is a British actor.

Andrew Irvine

male, deceased (1924)
Old Birkonian, Mountain climber, disappeared, missing person, mountaineering, mountaineer…OldSalopian
Andrew "Sandy" Irvine was an English mountaineer who took part in the third British Expedition to Mount Everest in 1924. Irvine disappeared...