How to find out if someone has died.

You could look for their name on this site, for the UK:
funeral-notices.co.uk/national/death-notices

There's a website 192.com which you can search for a smail cost but I don't know how up to date that is.

Do you have any mutual friends / contacts you could try.
You could also search local papers for an obituary...if printed

There is a BMD site which is free.
I don't know how up-to-date it is or how precise but it could have the information you need.

www.freebmd.org.uk/

Phone their local council and ask if there has been a funeral for them.

Could you contact their local registry office?

192 will give you everyone of that name in the area you asked for and they will have the other occupants names alongside .That way you can edit to just people with relatives names you would recognise.At that stage you'll have a postal area but if you want the full address and phone number you'll need to pay .
Strangely I was doing just this last night because I saw a friends social media and business website had all been deleted .Hes not on the address either just his wife and daughter so I'm about to call her now.

I have a similar problem. My supervisor from when I was working has always sent a Christmas card, but nothing for the last 3 Christmases. I still send to her, but have heard nothing for 3 years. If she`s still with us, she`ll be around 86 years old. I don`t know any of her family, so don`t know who to ask.

Could you contact your old work place Hellogirl?

They might know, perhaps work pension or other staff members might have more up to date information.

Look up Scotland's People. It's a super, free site for Deaths, Births, Marriages etc

tiredoldwoman

Look up Scotland's People. It's a super, free site for Deaths, Births, Marriages etc

Scotland's People is not free you have to buy credits to loo up something.

If you googled the name plus obituary that often works .

Calendar girl, my old work place no longer exists, it`s been demolished and is now a housing estate.

You could try the government probate search site, you will need year of death but you can try all years since you had heard from them. It is free unless you want a copy

www.gov.uk/search-will-probate

Scotlands people is free to see basic death record you only need to pay if you want to view the death certificate ( £1.50 )

Try going on the towns local page on FB and ask if anyone knows this person as you want to contact them it often works a treat I ve seen that on our local town page and there’s always answers which might give you a clue

Ancestry is free in some libraries

Hellogirl1

Calendar girl, my old work place no longer exists, it`s been demolished and is now a housing estate.

No Christmas card last year so I will wait and see what happens this year. One thing I’ve thought of doing is writing a letter and posting to a nearby neighbour.

VB000

You could look for their name on this site, for the UK:
funeral-notices.co.uk/national/death-notices

I tried that site and did a search for both my parents - I couldn't find either of them so it is not particularly reliable.

When you send cards, do you put an address label for you on the back. I always do that, and more than once have had a communication from someone to tell me the person has died

Yes, Maria59. I used it many times freely . It's good , isn't it ?

You can check on Scotland’s People. You have to register but it’s free and you only pay if you want further information

Your local library might have a prepaid subscription to most family history sites. Usually accessible in house with a library card X

I find rightmove.co.uk sold prices handy to find it friends have moved, there is a delay of a couple of months from sold to on the site. If they owned their own home might be some help to see if sold or not, good luck