Blog Heap o'Art of Links 6 January 2012

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Ex-Fleetwood Mac Guitarist Bob Weston Dead at 64
Rolling Stone Fri 2012-Jan-6 2:01pm
Bob Weston, a guitarist who played as a member of Fleetwood Mac on their early Seventies albums Penguin and Mystery to Me, has died at the age of 64. Police found the musician's body at his home in North London. An autopsy report indicates that was suffering from a gastric intestinal hemorrhage, cirrhosis and a throat ailment at the time of his death. Weston joined Fleetwood Mac as a replacement for guitarist Danny Kirwan in 1972. He was later fired from the band by drummer Mick Fleetwood after it was discovered that he was having an ongoing affair with Fleetwood's wife, Jenny Boyd.
Movie sword-fight master who played Darth Vader dies at 89
USA Today Fri 2012-Jan-6 1:27pm
Olympic fencer and movie sword master Bob Anderson appeared in some of film's most famous dueling scenes — though few viewers knew it…. donned Darth Vader's black helmet and fought light saber battles in two of the three original "Star Wars" films…. worked with actors from Errol Flynn to Antonio Banderas during five decades as a sword master, fight director and stunt performer….
Cartoonist Ronald Searle dies aged 91
Guardian (UK) Fri 2012-Jan-6 1:22pm
One of the UK's most beloved cartoonists, Ronald Searle, creator of the tearaway girls' school St Trinian's, has died aged 91.