gbq no 24

[grandad]

Last one to find.
What links Billy Cotton, Kenneth Horne, Rudyard Kipling, Archibald Mcindoe, Berttram Mills, Vic Oliver and Don Revie?
I am willing to swap answers to get this one.

[swannbaker]

They're all dead , so take it from there .

[grandad]

Very funny but I have the answer now. No thanks to people like you.

[BabsG]

Would you like to post a tiny clue please Grandad? (Surely you can't refuse your grandchildren?)

[grandad]

Swannbaker. My reply should read "Got it now thanks to people like you." One word makes all the difference.

[swannbaker]

Babs . You will not get a better clue , tiny or otherwise , than "They're all dead" . If you are still struggling , try making an anagram of "Rogers legend" .

[grandad]

Swannbaker. Brilliant clue. The one I thought of was " what happened next"

[swannbaker]

So what is gbq no 24 anyway ? Is it one of these puzzles from the Daily Telegraph ?

[grandad]

swannbaker. gbq is a monthly postal quiz and 24 was the number of the question.