Sad to start this off but
Graham Taylor Watford and England manager has passed away
I was at a work colleagues funeral yesterday. He was one of the unsung pioneers who made 'email' actually work.
let's not forget Pete Sarstead he's gone too
Quote from: jimduncanuk on 12 January 2017, 02:40:18 PM
I was at a work colleagues funeral yesterday. He was one of the unsung pioneers who made 'email' actually work.
A friend at works granny prints out her email then replies in writing and sending it through the post. She also tried to print out a you tube video
Quote from: Fenton on 12 January 2017, 01:56:08 PM
Sad to start this off but
Graham Taylor Watford and England manager has passed away
Oh heck!
At least we made it to the twelfth before this topic started!
I'd heard about Peter Sarstead.....But not Graham Taylor.
Shame.....Seemed like a very nice chap. :(
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Fenton on 12 January 2017, 02:48:13 PM
A friend at works granny prints out her email then replies in writing and sending it through the post. She also tried to print out a you tube video
;D
... my comment is in the post.
Quote from: Fenton on 12 January 2017, 02:48:13 PM
A friend at works granny prints out her email then replies in writing and sending it through the post. She also tried to print out a you tube video
I had a works client who refused to use email. All her correspondence was done by typed letters (kept a secretary quite busy) and any communications that could not be done face-to-face was done by telephone.
She was ex-Army and the school breathed a sigh of relief (so did the secretary) when she finally retired. She took up flying helicopters as a hobby thereafter.
;D
Helicopters with all-mechanical linkages no doubt.
Top Gear Dog
Technically 2016
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38597071
and now :(
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38594764
I suppose you could argue he got a few 'extra' years (decades) for losing the toss of a coin, all those years ago.
Still a shame, though. :(
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: fsn on 12 January 2017, 05:55:43 PM
Loved this song!
Wierdly I had this going round my head for a day, then I found out he'd died. Freaky. Must have slipped in subliminally somewhere...
Lord Snowdon
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/13/lord-snowdon-royal-photographer-dies-aged-86?CMP=fb_gu
This was one of my favourite Snowdon pics.
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/03/14/01/3229DF9C00000578-3490823-image-a-27_1457917590211.jpg)
What a posh bath cap !
(He could have cropped himself out of the photo, though. ;))
Cheers - Phil
Gene Cernan, last man on the moon! https://mobile.twitter.com/NASA/status/821082534821892098
:(
:(
Was it 1972 when the last man stood on the moon? That's 45 years ago! :o
Remember the optimism of moon bases and space stations and pushing on to Mars?
Somebody better get the finger out and invent warp drive pretty damned soon.
Listen to the radio 4 extra series, that's on at the moment, Nobby ! (I think it's called 'The World in peril')
Written in the '50's......Staring 'Jet Morgan' & 'Lemmy' (Yes, really).
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 13 January 2017, 08:06:15 PM
(He could have cropped himself out of the photo, though. ;))
You are only assuming that that is Snowdon. :D
Whoever it is, that foot seems a very strange shape.....Not even sure it belongs to the photographer. :-\
Cheers - Phil
Princess Margaret had a very realistic wooden leg.
OIK !
Cheers - Phil ;)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-38664893
A pioneer in her field
My dear Sis, early this morning. :(.......One of the kindest & sweetest people you could ever hope to meet.
Part of me is very sad.....The other part is pleased for her...as she's been fighting Motor Neuron disease for such a long time.
RIP, Sis.
Phil.
My condolences Phil!!!
Oh Phil mate, I am very sorry for your loss.
Remember the good times.
Hugs
Will
So sorry to hear that Phil.
So sorry, Phil.
Mollinary
Really sorry to hear of your loss Phil.
Take care of yourself.
Meirion
My sympathies Phil.
My condolences Techno.
Your feelings echo mine when I lost my sister who was trapped in her house due to various ailments.
Jim
Sorry to hear this Phil, my condolences.
:(
Condolences.
So sorry to hear of your loss, Phil.
As you said, she is now free.
Peace and Grace,
Bill
Oh, Phil - what a blow! Such sad news. Having lost my only brother some years ago to cancer, I understand your feelings at this time. My sincere condolences.
Very sad news, my condolences.
Sorry to hear it, not that anything one tries to say is ever any use. Be strong, boyo.
Phil
My sincere condolences :(
Matt
Really sorry to hear that Phil, I hope you guys are doing OK.
My condolences Phil, sad for all who knew her, relief for her
Very sorry to hear your sad news
I am sure all of the Pendraken forum is with you and your family in spirit
I offer you my condolences.
A very genuine thanks to you all for your kind thoughts, here on the forum, and also the emails and PMs that you've sent.
A very 'strange' day, because of having such mixed feelings about her death, which I hope everyone can understand, from what I put in the original post.
Thanks, again - Phil
When my Mum passed away, we had the same feelings as she had been suffering badly with dementia for 5 years, so know where you are coming from Phil.
Same here Phil, when my brother passed (he had Duchenne muscular dystrophy), he had been suffering for about half of his life. Absolutely understand the mixed feelings.
Fully understand both lots of feelings
Really sorry to hear about your sister Phil, i totally understand the mixed feelings matey, i'd feel just the same.
Take care mate.
kev
Keep it together Phil.
IanS
Phil,
I am sorry for your sad loss, My thoughts are with you.
Mark
Thanks again, Guys !
Cheers - Phil
now Gorden Kaye Rene artois from 'allo 'allo has left us
Awww....And we were only talking about 'Allo 'allo a few days ago..... :(
Another actor , I missed having passed away, a few days ago, was Miguel Ferrer who played Owen Granger in NCIS Los Angeles, amongst loads of other parts in TV and film.
RIP both !
Cheers - Phil
And I though he had passed many years ago.
Must just have been when he had his accident.
What a shame.
Oh Eck :( :( :( :(
Mary Tyler Moore http://pge.sx/2jSum7a
and now :(
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38747061
grew up her with shows
Aw no!
I had a crush on MTM when I was young! :-[
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/3f/e5/b0/3fe5b0b623a4fb8833c66fbf2f9cb5ca.jpg)
Another yup! :)
Shame. :(
Cheers - Phil
Just been listening to Dick van Dyke talking about MTM on Radio 4.
He revealed that he is going to be filming "Mary Poppins 2".
Fortunately, there will be no Cock-er-ney.
You know his voice coach was an Australian who had no idea what a Cockney sounded like, he just needed the money!! ;D
John Hurt
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38778145
yet another actor of talent, gone.
Quote from: d_Guy on 28 January 2017, 03:59:28 AM
John Hurt
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38778145
yet another actor of talent, gone.
Damn. That's a loss.
Oh no
Quote from: fsn on 25 January 2017, 08:59:25 PM
Aw no!
I had a crush on MTM when I was young! :-[
Nobby, a shorter list would be who you didn't have a crush on !!
Quote from: d_Guy on 28 January 2017, 03:59:28 AM
John Hurt
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38778145
yet another actor of talent, gone.
That IS a
great shame !
Cheers - Phil
No, no, no, no, no!
Huge loss.
Quote from: Orcs on 28 January 2017, 08:24:44 AM
Nobby, a shorter list would be who you didn't have a crush on !!
True, true.
John Hurt a real loss :(.
Quote from: Orcs on 28 January 2017, 08:24:44 AM
Nobby, a shorter list would be who you didn't have a crush on !!
I know. He used* to have a crush on me (but who could blame him?). What a pest! He even had the Sherlock Holmes deerstalker hat ....
* until I posted a new topic on Aztecs.
John Hurt. Mary Tyler Moore. Thanks for entertaining us.
RIP Geoff Nicholls of Black Sabbath
Good grief
Quote from: Fenton on 28 January 2017, 10:25:27 PM
RIP Geoff Nicholls of Black Sabbath
Rest in
Peace - Black Sabbath :-\
:(
Cheers - Phil.
As one who truly loves Mr. Richard Adams "Watership Down", having made two trips across the pond just to see the places of the story, and being honored to have had tea with Mr. and Mrs. Adams in their home on the second trip, we are especially saddened to read of John Hurt's passing. He was the voice of Hazel in the 1978 "Watership Down" movie. Not to mention the passing of Mr. Adams. And last we heard, Sandleford Warren was also going to truly be destroyed to build homes that were not wanted or needed. - equally as sad.
Terry
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38812944
Quote from: mad lemmey on 31 January 2017, 11:36:53 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38812944
Aye noticed this on Facebook, sad one. :(
BBC2 have just announced Desmond Carrington has passed on...
RIP Desmond loved to listen to his programme
:(
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38874396
:(
Cheers - Phil
Richard Hatch, the original Battlestar Galactica Apollo!
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/feb/08/richard-hatch-battlestar-galacticas-original-apollo-dies-at-71?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=212235&subid=15204226&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2
Hans Rosling - statistician extrodinaire!
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/feb/07/hans-rosling-obituary (https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/feb/07/hans-rosling-obituary)
Quote from: fsn on 08 February 2017, 10:23:43 AM
Hans Rosling - statistician extrodinaire!
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/feb/07/hans-rosling-obituary (https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/feb/07/hans-rosling-obituary)
Very sad news :(
Quote from: mad lemmey on 08 February 2017, 07:36:38 AM
Richard Hatch, the original Battlestar Galactica Apollo!
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/feb/08/richard-hatch-battlestar-galacticas-original-apollo-dies-at-71?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=212235&subid=15204226&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2
I was a fan of the original Battlestar Galactica in my youth. Saw him at a convention about 10 years ago and got his autograph [I'm not really an autograph person...]. He was actually pretty friendly and struck up a conversation with me and my buddy. It was nice to see his career get a little reboot when the new Battlestar series came out.
Alan Francis Simpson OBE 1929 - 2017
One half of Galton & Simpson. RIP
Loved Steptoe & Son and then later on caught up on some of the Hancock's Half Hour repeats. Some great memories of these sitcoms.
Here's another. Not really famous for anything though
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38911818
Oh dear, I thought she was on the mend.
The British and American forces were involved in really heavy fighting with the Taliban.
The worst of the fighting was in and around the caves of Tora Bora.
The American forces dubbed them, 'The Caves of Death'.
The British forces referred to them as, 'Tora Bora Tomkinson'.
Quote from: fsn on 08 February 2017, 10:23:43 AM
Hans Rosling - statistician extrodinaire!
There are Lies, There are Damned Lies and then there are Statistics
shame :(
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38919614
Quote from: Orcs on 09 February 2017, 08:48:52 PM
There are Lies, There are Damned Lies and then there are Statistics
As a BSc Hons in Applied Statistics may I put the other case, as expounded by Andrew Lang (Scottish poet, philospher and critic)? "He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts—for support rather than illumination."
Though my mother was impressed by my father's ability to quote statistcs until she heard him telling a friend "if you just make it a point something percentage, then it's credible."
This is of course correct 85.2% of the time.
Quote from: fsn on 10 February 2017, 08:02:34 AM
As a BSc Hons in Applied Statistics may I put the other case, as expounded by Andrew Lang (Scottish poet, philospher and critic)? "He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts—for support rather than illumination."
Though my mother was impressed by my father's ability to quote statistcs until she heard him telling a friend "if you just make it a point something percentage, then it's credible."
This is of course correct 85.2% of the time.
;D =D>
82.7% of statistics are made up. Jim Moyre, 1997
Quote from: fsn on 10 February 2017, 08:02:34 AM
This is of course correct 85.2% of the time.
;D
You cleverly omitted the Confidence Level which would normally appear in 2pt type in a footnote in some obtuse appendix on page 127 of the study report.
Al Jarreau!!!!!
2017 is as poopy as 2016!
Just not fair, what a voice! 💀 take Beiber and give him back!
Sad gaming day to day
It was announced that Loren Wiseman passed away
Forgot he was also in the best band called Oasis too!
:(
Cheers - Phil.
Skellern?! :'(
Bill Paxton :(
Age 61, complications from surgery.
Great shame. Loved his work.
"Game over, man." :(
Damn shame.
RIP, Bill.
Cheers - Phil
Neil Fingleton, Game of Thrones star
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/feb/26/neil-fingleton-game-of-thrones-star-and-uks-tallest-man-dies-aged-36
Just read that too
Bill Paxton
Many, many great roles
"We're on an express elevator to hell!"
Aw no! "Aliens" is by far the best movie in the series!
(https://ewedit.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/paxtonaliens.jpg?w=1800&h=1190&crop=1)
I read last night that he holds the singular 'award' for being the only actor to have been killed by an Alien, A Terminator and a Predator.
(Though I have to admit, off the top of my head, I can only remember his part in Alien.)
Cheers - Phil.
Quote from: Techno on 27 February 2017, 07:53:04 AM
I read last night that he holds the singular 'award' for being the only actor to have been killed by an Alien, A Terminator and a Predator.
(Though I have to admit, off the top of my head, I can only remember his part in Alien.)
Cheers - Phil.
Apparently not - although definitely the first:
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g9Qo5k1Ngyo/WD5FuW0LklI/AAAAAAAAp3Y/5dWp2Tz4y2cLc5bIbwNR1gYW90_R0676gCLcB/s640/lance-henriksen-killed-by-alien-predator-and-terminator.jpg)
Actually, I'm going to modify that to probably not - since Bishop is still moderately functional at the end of Aliens... :-[
...and - thinking about it far too much - it isn't punk Bill who's heart Arnie rips out in Terminator, so maybe there are no actors who have been killed by all three! :-
Damn shame all the less, RIP Bill Paxton :(
Good research, Meirion !
Cheers - Phil
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-39248169 :(
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/12/joni-sledge-obituary :'(
John Surtees or has everyone forgotten him?
No.....That was a shame too ! :(
Cheers - Phil
Chuck Berry dies at 90 on the news. Loved his music.
Roll Over Beethoven and make room for Chuck. RIP
:'(
RIP Chuck
A true music great
Hear, hear !! :(
Cheers - Phil
A real childhood memory from the fifties. Even had some of his stuff on 78rpm, when we also had a wind up gramophone.
The last Rockefeller at 101. http://www.snopes.com/2017/03/20/billionaire-david-rockefeller-dies-age-101/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social
I thought he was gone years ago but then I do not move in his circles.
Martin McGuinness; despite his earlier stance he has to be recognised for accepting and taking a different path to make a more peaceful Northern Ireland possible.
Colin Dexter....Inspector Morse's creator.
Cheers - Phil
Another one of those "well I thought he'd been dead for years". Perhaps I'm confusing him with John Thaw?
Quote from: fsn on 21 March 2017, 06:10:43 PM
Another one of those "well I thought he'd been dead for years". Perhaps I'm confusing him with John Thaw?
I must be honest, I thought the same.
MickS
Yes, with you there.
"And its goodnight from Him" !
Ronny Corbett has got to tell Shaggy Dog stories in the Sky
Goodbye to someone who made me laugh till it hurt.
Didn't he pass away last year?
Quote from: Fenton on 03 April 2017, 02:48:52 PM
Didn't he pass away last year?
Yes, March 2016.
Mollinary
Quote from: Orcs on 03 April 2017, 02:19:49 PM
"And its goodnight from Him" !
Ronny Corbett has got to tell Shaggy Dog stories in the Sky
Goodbye to someone who made me laugh till it hurt.
... What? Again?
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,13948.0.html (http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,13948.0.html)
Orcs! Wake up! ;D ;D ;D
Try and keep up, Mark. X_X
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Grumpy Phil. (I shouldn't be grumpy......It looks like I've got a month off from doctors and hospitals, after tomorrow....from being poked, prodded or scanned....Then it all starts again......SIGH !)
Re RIP Ronnie Corbett...there actually is a 'most popular' headline on todays BBC News page 03/04/17...though article is dated 2016. Why so popular? Maybe people liked him more than May, Trump, Putin, Sturgeon or Jong-un?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35934024
Quote from: Heedless Horseman on 03 April 2017, 09:56:38 PM
Re RIP Ronnie Corbett...there actually is a 'most popular' headline on todays BBC News page 03/04/17...though article is dated 2016. Why so popular? Maybe people liked him more than May, Trump, Putin, Sturgeon or Jong-un?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35934024
Yes, This is why I got confused. Sorry.
:(
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39520006
Oh no!
Tim Pigott-Smith. Best known for The Jewel in the Crown. I saw him on stage fairly recently in Charles III - great performance. Looks like he died unexpectedly as, of all the plays any actor could be involved in before he dies, he was due to perform in Death of a Salesman in Northampton on Monday. :(
:( :(
Quote from: Westmarcher on 07 April 2017, 06:40:21 PM
Tim Pigott-Smith. Best known for The Jewel in the Crown. I saw him on stage fairly recently in Charles III - great performance. Looks like he died unexpectedly as, of all the plays any actor could be involved in before he dies, he was due to perform in Death of a Salesman in Northampton on Monday. :(
Very sad news. He was also an excellent narrator of audio books. His telling of Bernard Cornwell's Arthur trilogy, the Winter King, Excalibur and Enemy of God, was first class.
Mollinary
:( :(
Cheers - Phil
One for us Kiwis:
http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2017/04/kiwi-comedian-john-clarke-dies.html
:(
:( :( :(
Doubly sad coming so soon after Murray Ball
Yep - both legends. My personal favourite of Clarke's was the Fred Dagg version of "We Three Kings" :)
Sadly for us Aussies as well. He and Bryan Dawe presented an insightful but oft times hilarious political satire segment each week on the Australian ABC News website. These will be much missed for mostly taking the P!$$ out of our politicians regardless of their persuasion.
Quote from: Kiwidave on 10 April 2017, 02:00:11 AM
One for us Kiwis:
http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2017/04/kiwi-comedian-john-clarke-dies.html
:(
http://news.sky.com/story/sheriff-jw-pepper-james-bond-star-clifton-james-dies-aged-96-10839369
:(
Powers Booth
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/powers-boothe-dead-agents-shield-sin-city-actor-was-68-1003667
His iconic line, "Well, bye" seems an appropriate epitaph. Some really great roles in his career.
:(
And also Geoffery Bayldon, who played 'Catweazle'.
Cheers - Phil
Scared the very living out of me, did old Catweazle!
Only 2 series as well!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/05/12/geoffrey-bayldon-actor-played-catweazle-obituary/ (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/05/12/geoffrey-bayldon-actor-played-catweazle-obituary/)
Ian Brady.
A truly evil b*stard......Good riddance.
Cheers - Phil
Sadly he never said where the last body was buried did he? Sadly can't get that out of him now :/
Quote from: toxicpixie on 16 May 2017, 09:01:23 AM
Sadly he never said where the last body was buried did he?
No.....He appears to have thought that holding back that information gave him some sort of power...and that that meant he 'won'.
He also believed that the crimes he was convicted of were 'trivial'.
Cheers - Phil
I suspect he didn't know. Saddleworth moor is a bleak and gloomy place.
I loved catweazle as a boy, especially his 'electrickery'.
Quote from: ianrs54 on 16 May 2017, 11:02:24 AM
I suspect he didn't know. Saddleworth moor is a bleak and gloomy place.
Combined with as Techno says the thrill of dangling relatives and police around by not saying, I suspect you're right.
Chris Cornell!
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/18/chris-cornell-former-soundgarden-singer-dies-aged-52?CMP=fb_gu
That's no age is it!
Roger Moore.
Cheers - Phil
Aw no!
:(
Oh no!
He was always THE James Bond to me.
Oh no!
I always liked him as the Saint, more than Bond. Still, lovely story here about him -
https://mobile.twitter.com/mrkenshabby/status/867036448037511169
Me, too (ref. The Saint) .... and Ivanhoe!
Unfortunately, couldn't read all of the anecdotal story, but got the jist of it. :-bd
I remember him from 'The Persuaders' with Tony Curtis, which I used to enjoy. Not my favourite Bond, but a great raconteur with a dry, self deprecating wit about him.
This may sound strange ... but I remember best his performance in "The Spice Girls Movie".
With Meatloaf.
Definitley not my favourite Bond, but thought he was great (if a little animated for Sir Roger) in "North Sea Hijack" as bad tempered, woman hating, tapestry-doing, cat loving, marine commando ffoukes. Also "Wild Geese", and "The Sea Wolves".
He was great in The Cannonball Run as well
I also remember him in 'The Persuaders' with Tony Curtis which was on Sundays if I remember correctly.
He also did a lot of valuable charity work.
Martin
Quote from: Steve J on 24 May 2017, 06:42:16 AM
I remember him from 'The Persuaders' with Tony Curtis, which I used to enjoy.
Currently being shown on the True Entertainment (Freeview channel 61) every weekday evening at 21:00.
Stay tuned afterwards, and enjoy The Prisoner at 22:00 as well.
Cheers, Martyn
--
I am not a number. I am a ham actor!
Gregg Allman. :(
Cheers - Phil.
John Noakes!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/29/blue-peter-presenter-john-noakes-dies-at83/
Down Shep, Down .
Truly a black day for anyone who was a Blue Peter fan!
Good grief.
I met him when he wandered into the sports shop I was working in, after leaving school......Early seventies ?
"You haven't got a ciggy, have you ?" , said he.
(I didn't smoke in those days....that was to come.....and go.....But it ruined an illusion.....John Noakes ?.....A smoker ? :o :o :o)
Cheers - Phil
Oh my Lord :o! Just heard the news on the radio :(. So many happy memories of, to my mind, the classic Blue Peter line up of John Noakes, Valerie Singleton and Peter Purves.
So sad to learn of John Noakes' passing. I was thinking of him the other day, remembering the classic Blue Peter days and wondering how he was doing. 😔
Saw that clip on the news last night of him climbing 'Nelson's column'. (Which I'd forgotten about.)
Made me wince....He didn't appear to have a safety harness on. :o :o :o :o
Cheers - Phil
The man was my hero.
Much better than that stuck up Mr La-di-da Peter Purves.
I don't think he did have safety harness on when he was up Nelson's Column.
I remember him doing the jump with the Red Devils.
And the bobsleigh.
And the elephant.
Like I say, he was my hero.
Didn't he also climb a ships mast right to the top to be the 'button boy', if that's the correct terminology?
Another childhood hero passes.
QuoteI don't think he did have safety harness on when he was up Nelson's Column
No, classis Blue Peter was filmed in the olden days before Health and Safety was invented.
EEEEEK !!!
X_X X_X X_X X_X X_X X_X X_X
Cheers - Phil
Peter Sallis. :(
(Just been announced on the radio, though there doesn't seem to be any confirmation on the net, yet.)
Cheers - Phil.
Oh Wallace has gone to meet his maker :( :( :(
:'(
He lived to be a ripe old age, 96 I think; fondly remembered.
Quote from: Steve J on 05 June 2017, 09:22:02 PM
He lived to be a ripe old age, 96 I think; fondly remembered.
Absolutely. A fine, gentle, talent. RIP.
Mollinary
Aw! What a lovely gentleman he was.
There are so few of them left.
Sad to learn of Peter Sallis' passing. 😕 I remember him as Mr. Gudgin in The Ghosts of Motley Hall.
Just read that Vin Garbutt a folk singer from Middlesbrough has died. Whilst his style may not have been to everyone's liking, I enjoyed his shows a lot. I was lucky enough to meet and drink with him on several occasions in the Knight's social club in Middlesbrough, often after Boro matches. He was a very down to earth man, who loved people and making music, as well as encouraging others to play too. Usually he had his guitar with him and we would often get an impromptu mini concert.
A sad loss to the music scene. :(
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA03UN0ssu4
Ian
Quote from: Sandinista on 08 June 2017, 08:44:13 AM
Just read that Vin Garbutt a folk singer from Middlesbrough has died. Whilst his style may not have been to everyone's liking, I enjoyed his shows a lot. I was lucky enough to meet and drink with him on several occasions in the Knight's social club in Middlesbrough, often after Boro matches. He was a very down to earth man, who loved people and making music, as well as encouraging others to play too. Usually he had his guitar with him and we would often get an impromptu mini concert.
A sad loss to the music scene. :(
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA03UN0ssu4
Ian
Ian, were you there when he sang at the 'Welly Folk night' in the early 80's with Steve Curtis and the lads
Dave
Adam West :(
http://news.sky.com/story/adam-west-iconic-batman-dies-10911046
🦇 😢
No!
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Actually, I hated the 1966 Batman series.
Awwww..... :(
Cheers - Phil
Pow!!! :(
Great 'tongue in cheek' performances ..... but 'over my head' when I first saw him as a lad! :-[
Quote from: Leon on 09 June 2017, 06:20:28 PM
Ian, were you there when he sang at the 'Welly Folk night' in the early 80's with Steve Curtis and the lads
Dave
Yes, that rings a bell, the Welly was an odd pub then :) Last time I was in there it was an awful place, sh*t beer, sh*t music and the worst elements of Boro life
Any idea what Steve Curtis is up to these days?
Cheers
Ian
Quote from: Sandinista on 11 June 2017, 08:09:26 AM
Yes, that rings a bell, the Welly was an odd pub then :) Last time I was in there it was an awful place, sh*t beer, sh*t music and the worst elements of Boro life
Any idea what Steve Curtis is up to these days?
Cheers
Ian
Steve is still in south Africa, but looking to retire back to Europe?
Stephen Furst best known for Flounder in Animal House and Vir in Babylon 5 has passed away aged 63
Now it's Stephen Furst, I remember him and Peter Sallis (now both sadly left us ) playing Gestapo men in a BBC children's series about escaping POWs.
Vir was one of my favourite characters in Bab5, which is one of my all-time favourite TV shows, and Stephen Furst was the same age as me. Never send to know for whom the bells tolls ... :(
Brian Cant! :'(
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40335213?SThisFB
Nooooooooo. :'(
I heard the news of the way home. Gave voice to a primeval roar of anguish.
(http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article10650112.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/cant01.jpg)
Didn't half upset the lady in the next car as we stood at the traffic lights.
For those of a certain age, Anita Pallenberg died last week, aged 73. Great friend to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
MickS
Poor Brian
I am crying through the round window
First John Noakes, now Brian Cant :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Dear gods, not Brian Cant too? :(
On the news last night, they were showing clips of Trumpton Town (Cant was narrator) - heart warming to see that again.
Quote from: Dave on 11 June 2017, 10:05:40 AM
Steve is still in south Africa, but looking to retire back to Europe?
Say hi to him next time you speak
Cheers
Ian
Michael Bond!
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jun/28/paddington-bear-author-michael-bond-dies-aged-91?CMP=fb_gu
91, good innings! 🐻
A friend went through Paddington Station today, said that people are leaving flowers and marmalade at Paddington's statue in tribute! :'(
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A great innings and fond memories of the tv show of Paddington bear.
What a lovely gesture at Paddington Station.
Cheers - Phil
A good innings indeed
I particularly like the marmalade tribute :)
Hopefully it will be passed on to a good cause
This year it seems that the Icons from my childhood are being called to meet the maker :( :(
Barry Norman
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/barry-norman-dead-83-film-critic-bbc-presenter-author-writer-radio-family-tributes-a7818046.html
Another great gone :(
Hear, hear ! :(
Cheers - Phil.
Grotbags
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40516754
Bloomin 'eck!
Seems as if the chap with the scythe is reading the Radio Times from 1982 to get ideas!
now Shinwell :(
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40546257
George A Romero, master of the zombie movie genre.
Will the grave hold him?
Martin Landau, whose acting credits were as long as the odd coloured sleeve he wore as Commaner Koenig in Space 1999.
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Quote from: fsn on 17 July 2017, 07:39:50 AM
Martin Landau, whose acting credits were as long as the odd coloured sleeve he wore as Commaner Koenig in Space 1999.
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He was really creepy in
North by North-West.
He was quite creepy in Space 1999.
He also popped up in the original Mission Impossible.
Remember him from Mission Impossible, certainly.
Didn't watch Space 1999 very much.
Cheers - Phil
I remember him from both, much preferring Space 1999. I think it was the cool models that swayed it to be honest.
I fancied the cute little Burmese in Space 1999, even though I had to watch it dubbed into Afrikaans.
1999 was excellent (well, the first season was...), but the best thing Martin Landau did for the world (along with Barbara Bain, also a 1999 stalwart) was give us Juliet Landau, AKA Druscilla from Buffy...
Just heard Chester Bennington has commited suicide. One of my idols when I was still in school.only 41! :(
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/20/chester-bennington-lead-singer-of-linkin-park-dies-at-age-41
John Heard: Home Alone actor
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40692317
He was also in Big.
Sam Shepard also recently gone. He was a good actor. Black Hawk Down and many others.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001731/?ref_=nv_sr_1 (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001731/?ref_=nv_sr_1)
For once I'll post here.
Jeanne Moreau, famous actress died. :(
I hope she was also known outside of France.
For me she was "The french madame"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Moreau (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Moreau)
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Quote from: ronan on 01 August 2017, 06:21:07 PM
Jeanne Moreau, famous actress died. :(
I hope she was also known outside of France.
I knew her from "Jules et Jim" but not much else. That said, I recognised the name immediately I heard it on the radio when they announced her death.
Robert Hardy- http://www.itv.com/news/2017-08-03/robert-hardy-actor-best-known-for-all-creatures-great-and-small-and-harry-potter-films-dies-at-91/
Also Hywel Bennet as well, who I remember as Shelley from too long ago to mention.
Robert Hardy was an expert in the longbow as well, seem to remember he did a documentary on the longings a while ago.
Is it just me or are we losing a lot of famous faces this year?
Robert Hardy also wrote Two books about the longbow. "Longbow a social and military history " and "Great Warbow"
Robert Hardy great in 'All creatures Great & Small' and enjoyed his stuff on the longbow. Hywel Bennet I remember, but damned if I know what tv series!
Quote from: Steve J on 03 August 2017, 09:24:46 PM
Robert Hardy great in 'All creatures Great & Small' and enjoyed his stuff on the longbow. Hywel Bennet I remember, but damned if I know what tv series!
I remember Hywel Bennet as Ricki Tarr in the amazing TV Series of Timker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy with Alec Guinness.
What a shame! Hardy was a favourite - Siegfried and Cornelius Fudge (plus the longbow stuff). However, at age 91, a pretty good innings, as they say, and a great career.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362735/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362735/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)
We do appear to be hitting a streak of high profile deaths indeed.
:(
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: smallchild139 on 03 August 2017, 05:51:43 PMIs it just me or are we losing a lot of famous faces this year?
Yeah, but we said that last year too. We're losing '
our' generation, whichever one that is...
...we're getting old, and so are they. :-X
now Glenn Campbell :( :( :(
http://news.sky.com/story/rhinestone-cowboy-singer-glen-campbell-dies-aged-81-10980070
I liked Glen Campbell. He was one of those country stars along with the likes of Dolly Parton, John Denver, Crystal Gayle and Kenny Rogers who made country popular.
He also knew hopw to play the guitar!
Sad news. Country & Western not my thing but he did some great songs.
Who.
He played the original Godzilla
I just watched the latest Toho studios version. CGI, but motion captured from a guy pulling a tractor tyre around apparently. Good solid remake with just a bit too much fancy new powers.
Always loved the Gojira films, no pretence at realism, just good fun.
now Brucie :( :(
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40978576
Not my cup of tea at all, but he had a damned good innings.
Oh dear! Still he'd reached a good age.
And Sonny Landham (Billy from Predator)!
Yep, Just saw It.
http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3454127/r-p-predator-star-sonny-landham/
Colin Meads
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40991029
Jerry Lewis
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/jerry-lewis-dies-dead-nutty-professor-1202533899/
Quote from: NTM on 20 August 2017, 06:55:51 PM
Colin Meads
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40991029
:( :( :( :( :(
Jerry Lewis reminds me of the films that were on during the Summer holidays as a kid. IIRC he was teamed up with Dean Martin, who went on to greater fame.
Brian Aldiss :(
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/21/science-fiction-author-brian-aldiss-dies-aged-92
Good grief.
I thought he died years ago. (must be thinking of another sci-fi author.)
Cheers - Phil
Sad to hear about him. He could write.
Walter Becker of Steely Dan, aged 67. :(
Cheers - Phil.
Just heard. Aaaw! :(
Oh dear
Anyone of my age from the North East will be sad to learn that Mike Neville of Look North and then Tyne Tees news fame has died after a battle against cancer. I always remember the way he put his pen in his pocket at the end of the bulletin!
Mark
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41209608
and
http://news.sky.com/story/troy-gentry-of-duo-montgomery-gentry-dies-in-helicopter-crash-11026168
:(
http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2017/09/bell-tolls-len-wein.html
Harry Dean Stanton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41288546
:(
Cheers - Phil
I liked him as an actor and he certainly lived to a ripe old age.
Alien!
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Red Dawn!
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William G Stewart
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/sep/21/william-g-stewart-host-of-15-to-1-dies-aged-84?CMP=fb_gu
Just heard that a friend, and one of the regular RPG players from my time in London, died suddenly at the weekend. He was only in his 40's, still quite young. Being out here in NZ, suddenly each one of the miles separating my from that group of friends seems to be multiplied by ten.
I am pleased that we met up again in April and May for a few games of Traveller when I was in London, which as usual descended into madness with hair-brained schemes a plenty. So that my last memory is his smiling face, masking some dastardly plot :)
I will miss Fraser, as he was one of the genuine nice guys
Cheers, I'll have a beer for you tonight friend.
Ian
Sorry to hear that Sandainista >:<
Sorry to hear that Sandinista.
Waiting for us all, that thin chap with the scythe....
Sorry for the loss, Sandinista. Thanks for the rememberence. Better days.
:(
Sorry to hear that, Ian.
Cheers - Phil
Hugs
My condolences Sandinista.
Anyone who plays Traveller is OK in my book.
Sorry for your loss and of one at a relatively young age :(
Sean Hughes, only 51
Scarily young :(
Quote from: mad lemmey on 16 October 2017, 12:46:47 PM
Sean Hughes, only 51
:o
Just saw this on the BBC! (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41632761)
He was great on Buzzcocks and loved Sean's Show back in the day :(
That's a great shame ! :(
Cheers - Phil
Eamonn Campbell; The Dubliners died yesterday at age 70...
Way too young, but what a legacy!
Let's play some music today.
Cheers,
Rob
:(
Actress Rosemary Leach
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41714112
George young died yesterday aged 70
Big brother of the young brothers of ac/dc fame.
In the 60s he formed the easybeats who had a big hit with friday on my mind.
Helped his brothers form ac/dc and produce all their first 5 albums (the best ones in my opinion) with his easybeats mate harry vanda.
Rip george.
Jim
Probably on his way down 'the Highway' then...
R.I.P.!
There was a brilliant radio documentary on AC/DC last year, that was fascinating to listen to. Lots of stuff on him and how broad his music career was.
Fats Domino :'(. Loved his music and still do.
Dear me.
Someone else who I thought had passed away some time ago.....What a shame ! :(
Cheers - Phil
Well he was only a 1/3 of your age Phil at 89....
Yep, I too thought he had already died sometime ago.
Pity about that one. :(
John Mollo RIP.
The author of numerous books on military uniforms. According to The Times on 28th Oct, Mr. Mollo died 'from the effects of vascular dementia on October 25th 2017, aged 86.' Mr. Mollo won an Oscar for costume design for the first Star Wars film. His first involvement with films was as an adviser on Tony Richardson's Charge of the Light Brigade, no wonder the uniforms looked so right.
A sad loss and I've got quite a few books of his. A great legacy he has left behind.
A loss indeed but a name that will be remembered!
Another very knowledgeable man gone. just looked at the uniform guides on the shelf above my painting table and there atre three of his there. I think there are several more downstairs.
Oh...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/31924ed1-bf1a-4ebc-b077-5cebac133e58?=clear-cache
Antonio Carluccio :(. Loved watching his cookery programmes. A sad loss.
Oh no! :'(
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/10/chuck-mosley-former-lead-singer-of-faith-no-more-dies-at-57?CMP=fb_gu
Quote from: mad lemmey on 11 November 2017, 09:31:03 AM
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/10/chuck-mosley-former-lead-singer-of-faith-no-more-dies-at-57?CMP=fb_gu
We Care a Lot :(
and now Dik Mik of Hawkwind fame :(
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/michael-dikmik-davies-hawkwind-rip/
Space Ritual is still the greatest live album ever, in my opinion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw3ivffgG_c
Cheers
Ian
Sad to hear!
Silver machine is one of my favourite songs!
Shame ! :(
Cheers - Phil
Joy Lofthouse. (94) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-42012740
One of the last remaining 'Attagirls'.
Ironic.....I was talking to the MIL, a couple of days, ago about how 'the girls' had helped the war effort.....And the 'Attagirls' were one of the things I talked to her about.
Cheers - Phil
Malcolm Young of AC/DC :( :( :'( :'( :'(
https://news.sky.com/story/visionary-acdc-co-founder-malcolm-young-dies-11131685
Sex, and drugs and Rock and roll will get you in time :( :(
Quote from: old smokie on 18 November 2017, 02:32:59 PM
Malcolm Young of AC/DC :( :( :'( :'( :'(
https://news.sky.com/story/visionary-acdc-co-founder-malcolm-young-dies-11131685
:'(
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:( :( :( :( :(
Cheers - Phil
:'(
Malcolm young .
Absolutely gutted.
A hero of mine since i was 13.
Ride on malcolm.
Jim :'(
David Cassidy...
Are you sure about that one, Will ?
He's VERY ill at the mo' (from what I read).....But I can't find any reports that he's actually died.
But there is one other report from this morning.....
Charles Manson......No loss there. (Some of you are probably too young to remember his infamy.)
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 20 November 2017, 08:21:07 AM
Charles Manson......No loss there. (Some of you are probably too young to remember his infamy.)
Got a photo of me looking like Manson....
Maybe an early report onDC, family at bedside
Jana Novotna, the tennis player. Only 49 :( :o
Quote from: Steve J on 20 November 2017, 10:02:57 AM
Jana Novotna, the tennis player. Only 49 :( :o
Just heard on the radio whilst driving into work. Only 49 - a huge shock :(
Good grief ! :o
Cheers - Phil
Damn. I knew her. Sweet person.
Sad about Novotna... and very likely soon David Cassidy.
As for Manson... good riddance.
Rodney Bewes :( :(
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42067506
David Cassidy :(
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42076323
I loved 'What Ever Happened to the Likely Lads'. Sad loss indeed.
Della Reese Great Lady with a magical voice.
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/celebrity/randb-singer-della-reese-dead-she-was-a-mother-to-me-says-touched-by-an-angel-co-star/ar-BBFpNsy?ocid=ientp
Christine Keeler
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/05/christine-keeler-former-model-at-heart-of-profumo-affair-dies?CMP=fb_gu
Johnny Halliday
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42247551
Who
Jim
He was the French Elvis.
Snowy. :(
Last of our 'Molly' lambs. (She was pretty old for a sheep.)
Had to be done.....(Lead poisoning....Not shot by me, I hasten to add) .....So I'm not upset....She had a really cushy life, bless her.
(Getting far too used to death, living on 'the farm'.)
Cheers
Johnny Hallyday French music icon,100 million records sold dies age 74
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42249556
Sorry I didn't see Peters post and now I can't delete mine
Quote from: Techno on 06 December 2017, 03:49:48 PM
Snowy. :(
Last of our 'Molly' lambs. (She was pretty old for a sheep.)
Cheers
I see - roast mutton when you get out of hospital then :o
Good grief, no. :-& :-& ;D ;D
I'm sure she'll get 'rendered' and used for 'something'. (Maybe the dogs will find her in a tin of dog-food.)
Weird......I'm not a vegetarian.....But I could NOT (knowingly) eat any of the sheep we've had to have 'put down' over the years.
It would sort of feel like cannibalism. X_X
I really love roast lamb, though. (Hypocrite ? Moi ?)
Cheers - Phil
I'm pretty sure that is why most farmers who farm for meat don't name their animals ;)
Quote from: Steve J on 06 December 2017, 01:51:40 PM
He was the French Elvis.
yes.... sort of ...
( and he was belgian )
Many people liked his music.
Many people now forget he flew away to pay no taxes. I really disliked him for this.
Quote from: paulr on 06 December 2017, 08:19:26 PM
I'm pretty sure that is why most farmers who farm for meat don't name their animals ;)
While I don't EAT them, the frequency of death amongst my tropical fish similarly stopped me naming them. It's one thing to watch a handful of fish die, it's another to watch Rene, Yvette, Maria and Fifi die... :(
Hello, hello, do I detect a theme ;)
Theme would be complete if it was mimi instead of fifi...
I'm really sorry to hear about your fish. You say that they've died. Is there actually a fish "corpse", or is one of the other fish getting strangely bigger?
Da-dum... da-dum... da-dum... dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum DADADUM,
When is it appropriate to start predicting deaths for 2018?
I'm going to start the ball rolling with Robert Mugabe. Now that he's unemployed and he's not able to pursue his old hobby (skiing) I think he'll go downhill pretty quickly.
Here's hoping he lingers in pain for a few weeks en route.
Quote from: petercooman on 07 December 2017, 07:05:21 PM
Theme would be complete if it was mimi instead of fifi...
You're right, it was Mimi, my mistake... :(
Quote from: Dr Dave on 07 December 2017, 07:42:03 PM
I'm really sorry to hear about your fish. You say that they've died. Is there actually a fish "corpse", or is one of the other fish getting strangely bigger?
I have one large Pleco, 2 Bristlenoses, a half dozen Assassin Snails and... no unsightly corpses (after a day or so...)
Max Clifford
Will not be missed !
good riddance
Hear, hear.
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: old smokie on 10 December 2017, 01:18:55 PM
good riddance
What with that news and the snow, the land does seem a little "cleaner"?
Doing something inappropriate to Charles Manson as we speak. Or it could be Charles' turn, I am ill-informed on the exact schedule.
Cheggers Pop Clogs! :'(
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42313706
Good grief ! :o
Cheers - Phil
Professor Heinz Wolff :(. A good innings and a great man. Loved the whole great egg race as a kid.
Bit like the archetypal mad scientist though. Loved his accent.
My Dad was on the Great Egg Race back in the day. Said Heinz Wolff was the same in real life as e was on the TV show
Heather North (Daphne in Scooby Doo). :(
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42425616 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42425616)
for fans of gogglebox, :( :( :(
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42471277
Recap on 2017 (mainly) from the world of entertainment ....