David Graham

By randy-johnson

Thu, 31 Jul 2025
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Just one year ago, he was alive and walking around.
But he passed away and he's buried in the ground.
He provided the voices of Daleks on the classic Doctor Who.
When people say he was a talented actor, it's certainly true.
When his life came to an end, it was a shame.
He was British and David Graham was his name.
When Graham became an actor, he made it big. 
He provided the voice of Grandpa on Peppa Pig.
When it comes to this man, I wish I could say that things are fine."
But I'm sorry to say that he died last year at the age of ninety-nine.

 

[Dedicated to David Graham (1925-2024) who died on September 20, 2024]

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Submitted by Tom Brown on

I think you have an excellent idea here Randy.

These days whenever a celebrity from "long ago" is mentioned the first question to pop up in your mind is "Is he still alive?" Famous actors, singers, politicians and such.

And each day on the radio “this guy and or that” passed today or yesterday at 75 or at 90 and the claim to fame, and we play some songs to dedicate. Seemingly an endless stream of passed celebrities and public figures by now impossible keep up.

I have thought of this you know, establishing a central database of “famous dead people” updated daily so you can just go and check up and we don't have to hear of it all the time. Really it's getting rather grimm to hear all this “News” every day and honestly you cannot remember all of it/them anycase or even who they were.

Keep well! Tom Brown