This week's celebrity death

[Hibby70]

Mike Peters from The Alarm after a long battle with leukemia. Kept fighting and performing to the end.

[wookie70]

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Mike Peters from The Alarm after a long battle with leukemia. Kept fighting and performing to the end.

I have been watching and listening to the Alarm for 40 years. He fought his illness with such courage, dignity and spirit. A massively under-rated band and his death has hit me harder than any celebrity death perhaps with the exception of Stuart Adamson. So sad

[Caversham Green]

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I have been watching and listening to the Alarm for 40 years. He fought his illness with such courage, dignity and spirit. A massively under-rated band and his death has hit me harder than any celebrity death perhaps with the exception of Stuart Adamson. So sad

He actually fronted Big Country in place of Stuart Adamson a few years back - I saw them at The Hexagon in Reading. Very good in his own right and a very moving tribute to Stuart, but they just weren't the same without him.

[Sloop67]

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Mike Peters from The Alarm after a long battle with leukemia. Kept fighting and performing to the end.

Really shocked and saddened when I heard this at lunchtime , I've been a fan for years .He was a realy nice guy who had time for everyone apparently . I'd always hoped I'd get the chance to see him live again sometime , he's the kind of guy who'd be perfect for MacArts. The Spirit of 76 will live on forever

[Aldo]

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Really shocked and saddened when I heard this at lunchtime , I've been a fan for years .He was a realy nice guy who had time for everyone apparently . I'd always hoped I'd get the chance to see him live again sometime , he's the kind of guy who'd be perfect for MacArts. The Spirit of 76 will live on forever

Just heard the news and totally shocked. One of my first Gigs was seeing the Alarm in the summer of 88.

Also saw him a few times with Big Country. Mostly smaller venues and always had time for a chat.

[grunt]

Norm

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Norm

Oh no!

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BBC arts broadcaster Alan Yentob dies aged 78

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8dp75gw8lo

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BBC arts broadcaster Alan Yentob dies aged 78

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8dp75gw8lo

Sorry to hear that. At the heart of BBC output when they had something good to offer. Including the launch of CBeebies!