Alvin Stardust was due to release his first album for 30 years and six days after what became his last show at the Regal Cinema, Evesham. He had been diagnosed with prostate cancer 18 months earlier, which later metastasised. Alvin Stardust Bernard William Jewry (27 September 1942 – 23 October 2014), known professionally as Shane Fenton and later as Alvin Stardust, was an English rock singer and stage actor. Performing first as Shane Fenton in the 1960s, Jewry had a moderately successful career in the pre-Beatles era, hitting the UK top 40 with four singles in 1961–62. However, he became better known
DSV Alvin bomb lost in a United States Air Force midair accident over Palomares, Spain. The bomb, found resting nearly deep, was raised intact on 7 April. On 6 July 1967, the "Alvin" was attacked by a swordfish during dive 202. The swordfish became trapped in the "Alvin"s skin, and the "Alvin" was forced to make an emergency surface. The attack took place at below the surface. The fish was recovered at the surface and cooked for dinner. During Dive 209, on 24 September 1968 "Alvin" found an F6F Hellcat, #42782, 125 miles southeast of Nantucket. The aircraft had ditched 30 September