In history thousands of well known people have died much sooner than their 'Three Score Years and ten'. There are long lists online.
Apart from Colin who was only 61, here are a couple of others that I missed when they died.
The first was Richard Beckinsale. The actor who starred alongside Ronnie Barker in the comedy Porridge and at the same time was in Rising Damp with Leonard Rossiter and Don Warrington who of course is still going strong in Death in Paradise.
He died in 1979 aged just 31.
Paul Hunter, who was a talented snooker player he died in 2006 aged just 27. He would have won more titles for sure.
And what other incredible music would Freddie Mercury (45) and Amy Winehouse (27) have gone on to give us if they were still around.
People often say they know where they were when they heard that famous people died (JFK and John Lennon are often mentioned) but the only person I can say that about is Princess Diana in 1997. I came downstairs to make a cuppa early on the Sunday morning and youngest daughter had the TV on - that was when there were childrens programmes on early mornings at weekends. She said " Princess Diana has died" and I said "are you sure - she's much too young, maybe you mean Princess Alice or one of the others". Of course I soon found YD was right and then we had the weeks and weeks of news and mourning which all got a bit too much.
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