FabSwingers.com forum: R.I.P.

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Susannah York

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Susannah York has died at the age of 72 after suffering from cancer, her son has said. She appeared in film, TV and theatre during a career which began in the 1960s.

Susannah York received an Oscar nomination for her role in the 1969 film They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

She was also nominated for a Golden Globe for her role as Alice.

More recently, she appeared in the BBC dramas Holby City and Casualty.

In later years she also featured as Superman's mother in three Superman movies, and wrote two children's books.

Outside her professional work, she was a supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and Mordechai Vanunu, the technician imprisoned for 18 years for revealing Israel's secret nuclear programme

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Nat Lofthouse

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Bolton Wanderers and England legend Nat Lofthouse has died at the age of 85.

The striker, who scored 255 goals in over 450 games for the Trotters between 1946 and 1960, died peacefully in his sleep at a nursing home in Bolton.

Lofthouse OBE, who worked for Bolton in a number of roles after he hung up his boots, also scored 30 goals in 33 matches for England.

Lofthouse captained Bolton in two FA Cup finals, the first time in 1953 when he came up against Sir Stanley Matthews, when the Trotters were memorably beaten 4-3 by Lancashire rivals Blackpool at Wembley.

Five years later, Lofthouse won a winner's medal after scoring both goals in the 2-0 win over Manchester United, only three months after the Old Trafford club had been involved in the Munich air disaster.