Not my taste in music but Anita Pointer at 74 today
Just heard on BBC News - Fay Weldon at 91
Alan Rankine (17 May 1958 – 3 January 2023)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Rankine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Rankine)
Quote from: flamingpig0 on 04 January 2023, 04:38:20 PMAlan Rankine (17 May 1958 – 3 January 2023)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Rankine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Rankine)
I'm always concerned when someone
younger than me passes away ...
Quote from: Elliesdad on 04 January 2023, 06:03:12 PMI'm always concerned when someone younger than me passes away ...
Me Too. It confirms my decision to retire this march was the correct one
Quote from: Orcs on 04 January 2023, 07:52:38 PMMe Too. It confirms my decision to retire this march was the correct one
You lucky chap. I won't be retiring till May 2024 although, to be fair, I've been "counting the days" for quite a while now... ;)
Quote from: Elliesdad on 04 January 2023, 10:47:56 PMYou lucky chap. I won't be retiring till May 2024 although, to be fair, I've been "counting the days" for quite a while now... ;)
We moved buildings recently, and I fund my notebooks, I have been counting down since 2017.
At this moment in time, I have 25 shifts after tonight.
Retired last week at 76 years old, almost 77.
Congratulations Kipt :-bd
More time for reading now ;)
Quote from: kipt on 05 January 2023, 01:30:00 AMRetired last week at 76 years old, almost 77.
Eek! I retired at 60 and was glad to do so!
Congrats on your retirement! May it be long and enjoyable.
Quote from: kipt on 05 January 2023, 01:30:00 AMRetired last week at 76 years old, almost 77.
Congratulations, may you have a long and enjoyable retirement.
Thank you all. I fully expect to go at least 20 more years as my family has longevity.
I feel maybe 40?
I feel like I'm 21 ... and act like I'm five! :D
Quote from: Ithoriel on 06 January 2023, 12:38:21 AMI feel like I'm 21 ... and act like I'm five! :D
Thats a tad advanced for round here
Jeff Beck! :o
:( RIP.
Saw him 'guesting' with Eric Clapton, a lifetime ago.
Gina Lollobrigida at 95. :(
Pity but a good innings
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*sigh* Is it just me or did she come from a classier age?
Quote from: fsn on 16 January 2023, 04:27:51 PM*sigh* Is it just me or did she come from a classier age?
Just you. :P
A lovely lady none the less and 95 isn't a bad innings.
95 is certainly a very good innings.
David Crosby aged 81.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64339747#
'Beano', etc. were not MY scene... I was 'Victor'... but many others had Fun, reading.
Quote from: Heedless Horseman on 20 January 2023, 01:34:03 AMhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64339747#
'Beano', etc. were not MY scene... I was 'Victor'... but many others had Fun, reading.
I'm afraid I have never heard of him, but I was only allowed 'The Eagle'. Other comics like The Beano, Beezer and Dandy were considered 'inappropriate'.
David Crosby of the Byrds and Crosby, Still & Nash.
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Sad to see him go - he was an ornery old sod, but he had an exquisite voice - Lee Shore and Guinnevere showcasing it so well. Best album - "If Only I Could Remember My Name"
Quotehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64339747#
'Beano', etc. were not MY scene... I was 'Victor'... but many others had Fun, reading.
Me too, Victor all the way - and Commando comic books when on holiday
Beano and Dandy used to arrive on a Thursday morning before school IIRC. I'd finished them before setting off so had nothing to read when I came home :( . Commando comics were brilliant as a kid, with Battle and Warlord arriving in the mid 70's :) .
"Battle-Action" comic is the reason I am a wargamer :D
The Airfix Club pages in that esteemed publication (Club President: Dick Emery!) ran a series on WW2 wargaming in 1978 - based (I think) on the Airfix guide authored by Bruce Quarrie.
For a 12-year old with a massive collection of plastic infantry & armour it was a foregone conclusion...
Quote from: mollinary on 20 January 2023, 06:00:18 PMMe too, Victor all the way - and Commando comic books when on holiday
'
I learnt to read on Commando comics; I was the only child in the school to have the phrase Achtung Spitfire as part of their regular vocabulary.
Look and Learn for me. :-B
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And the Victor when I could afford it. I eschewed Commando in favour of War Picture Library and Battle Picture Library.
We even got those in the Antipodes
Nobby, get on with the Danes
Dandy and Beano at home to begin with then Hotspur.
Look and Learn in the school library from age 11.
By the time I was on to Look and Learn I was a voracious reader.
We had a supply English teacher who decided to gauge the reading habits/ ability of the class by asking us to list everything we'd read in the past year - books, magazines, newspapers.
I was getting through 120 page sci-fi novels in a couple of nights so was at a bit of a loss as to how to list the 100+ books I'd read, let alone the other stuff.
Teacher saw I wasn't writing anything and suggested I list anything at all if I hadn't read any books even if it was just the back of a sauce bottle!
Class fell about at the idea that I hadn't read anything.
Teacher asks what the last thing I'd finished was. Truthful answer, "Encylopaedia Britannica, Miss."
"What entry?"
"Read it during lunch breaks, Miss, started at aardvark and read through to zymase."
"Good God! You are either a marvel or a monster!"
Class collapses in fits of giggles once again.
Quote from: flamingpig0 on 21 January 2023, 02:37:43 AM'
I learnt to read on Commando comics; I was the only child in the school to have the phrase Achtung Spitfire as part of their regular vocabulary.
The time stamp doesn't work ???
Sylvia Syms, aged 89. Forever the nurse in 'Ice Cold In Alex'.
Awwww!
Quote from: Steve J on 27 January 2023, 04:30:05 PMSylvia Syms, aged 89. Forever the nurse in 'Ice Cold In Alex'.
Let's hope it wasn't the after effects on that head bump in "Ice Cold in Alex"...
;)
Quote from: Ithoriel on 21 January 2023, 06:18:02 PM"Good God! You are either a marvel or a monster!"
Right second time :)
Although she was most famous for Ice Cold in Alex, she was in a few interesting films ...
The Moonraker (1957) (Not the awful travesty of a Bond film) set in the English Civil War
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Operation Crossbow (1965) as the wonderfully named Constance Babington Smith
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How can you forget Amazons of Rome (1961)?
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Burt Bacahar ...Bakker ... him ... the song writer chap.
He certainly wrote some classic songs and had a damned good innings too.
Peter Mayhew, the actor who played Chewbacca in the Star Wars films, has died aged 74. - BBC
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QuotePeter Mayhew, the actor who played Chewbacca in the Star Wars films, has died aged 74. - BBC
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Actually died in May 2019. The report came up because some memorabilia was recently put up for auction, then withdrawn at the request of the family.
And there I was thinking there's another star I thought was dead but wasn't! :-)
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'Charlie' Faulkner - Pontypool and Wales loose head prop aged 81.
Part of the Pontypool front row with Bobby Windsor and Graham Price.
He was also a judo black belt.
A sad loss
Raquel Welch (82)
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Quote from: Raider4 on 15 February 2023, 08:36:00 PMRaquel Welch (82)
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I think every straight male born at a certain time remembers that picture.
A great of Hollywood
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Somehow a strange pairing
:o
Richard Briers ?
I thought it was him too Phil, but wasn't sure... :-\ .
Quote:o
Richard Briers ?
What is he hiding behind his guitar?
With that lady sitting upon your bed, what do you think? :d
Quote:o
Richard Briers ?
Yep
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061653/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061653/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 17 February 2023, 11:53:53 AMWhat is he hiding behind his guitar?
He is VERY pleased to see her :d
QuoteWith that lady sitting upon your bed, what do you think? :d
;D ;D ;D
;D ;D ;D
As immortalised by Half Man Half Biscuit
Dickie Davies
A fixture of Saturdays during the Winter watching a real mix of sports. A great innings too.
Quote from: Steve J on 20 February 2023, 08:44:33 AMA fixture of Saturdays during the Winter watching a real mix of sports. A great innings too.
I really used to love it when, in the winter, it snowed & snowed & snowed and the horseracing was "called off" - because then they'd have to fill the otherwise empty slots in the World of Sport schedule with other stuff such as gridiron football, downhill skiing and other weird & wonderful sports.
Guess who's not a fan of horseracing...
Geoff 😎
QuoteI really used to love it when, in the winter, it snowed & snowed & snowed and the horseracing was "called off" - because then they'd have to fill the otherwise empty slots in the World of Sport schedule with other stuff such as gridiron football, downhill skiing and other weird & wonderful sports.
Guess who's not a fan of horseracing...
Geoff 😎
Do you remember the log rolling?
My favourites were Rally Cross and the Wrestling.
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 21 February 2023, 09:14:28 AMDo you remember the log rolling?
My favourites were Rally Cross and the Wrestling.
I've no recollection of log rolling at all. That's a shame.
I did like the wrestling though. Who didn't cheer along for Big Daddy?
😉
Preferred Giant Haystacks
Apparently the Queen was a fan of Mick McManus :o
Kendo Nagasaki and the ongoing efforts to unmask him ;D . We loved it as kids and even tried some of the wrestling moves such as the 'Full Nelson' IIRC? I remember the log rolling and other lumberjack related stuff too.
And some wrestlers went on to bigger/better things. Brian Glover and Pat Roach for example...
The man in the sheepskin coat - John Motson. Only 77.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64742833
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:( :( :( . A great commentator and far too young.
Seconded :(
Quote from: Steve J on 22 February 2023, 07:19:54 AMKendo Nagasaki and the ongoing efforts to unmask him ;D . We loved it as kids and even tried some of the wrestling moves such as the 'Full Nelson' IIRC? I remember the log rolling and other lumberjack related stuff too.
Oh for the days of my youth when Kendo Nagasaki was a plausible Japanese name
Quote from: fsn on 23 February 2023, 11:03:17 AMThe man in the sheepskin coat - John Motson. Only 77.
That's sad to hear. I remember seeing a BBC doc about him when he retired and it showed the extraordinary amount of preparation that he put into every game he commented on. It was something like an A2 sized board with the team sheet, subs, previous results between the two teams, trivia about both clubs, interesting stats on each player, all sorts of stuff. And then he'd tick things off during the commentary so that he didn't say the same thing twice.
Not Motty! :'(
Betty Boothroyd, the first female Speaker of the House of Commons, a post at which she more than excelled at.
Sad loss
Quote from: Steve J on 27 February 2023, 02:24:32 PMBetty Boothroyd, the first female Speaker of the House of Commons, a post at which she more than excelled at.
Compared to some Speakers - J*hn Berc*w for example - that's not difficult 😉
To be fair I always felt she came across as someone with a no-nonsense approach.
She was a proper character. So few left.
These seem to have been missed over the weekend. Both on Friday 24 Feb 23
Sir Bernard Ingham, British journalist and civil servant, press secretary to Margaret Thatcher aged 90.
Tom Tierney, Ireland and Leicester Tigers scrum half aged 46.
Hello
I saw on TMP today that the death of Ian Heath is being reported http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=568240 (http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=568240).
Is anyone aware of this?
Cheers
GrumpyOldMan
Quote from: GrumpyOldMan on 01 March 2023, 11:08:46 PMIs anyone aware of this?
I saw it announced on the Perry's Facebook page yesterday as well.
Damn. Sorry to hear that.
Sad news for the hobby but a great legacy
a massive loss, what a lovely fella and of course have got all of his books which started me off way back when
A sad loss indeed but what a legacy he leaves behind.
Gary Rossington 71. Last original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd. For many years, my favourite band. :'(
Christopher Fowler (26 March 1953 – 3 March 2023)
Horror and Mystery writer
Wrote the tag-line for Alien, "In space, no one can hear you scream".
I loved his 'Rune', where I first came across Bryant and May.
Only 69 :( Too soon.
Haim Topol, 87, of Fiddler on the Roof fame :( .
Another sad one.
Mystic Meg. I am a sceptic... but many lasses that I know used to go for 'readings' from Fortune tellers.
Sad about Topol. Never watched movie but 'Sunrise, Sunset' Great song.
Fiddler on the Roof is one of our all time favourite films.
Bill Tidy
Sorry to say I've never heard of Bill Tidy nor can remember seeing his work :( .
QuoteQuoteSorry to say I've never heard of Bill Tidy nor can remember seeing his work :( .
I remember him from Private Eye and for the Fosdyke Saga in the Mirror. Only thing in The Mirror worth reading, IMHO.
QuoteSorry to say I've never heard of Bill Tidy nor can remember seeing his work :( .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Tidy
QuoteBill Tidy
Sad. (But I confess I thought he died some years ago).
Always loved 'The Cloggies: an Everyday Saga in the Life of Clog Dancing Folk.'
Dick Fosbury, the high jumper. I remember we were not allowed to try his technique at school after the Olympics, which was not surprising given we were landing in a sandpit!
Yes, I remember the same warning round our school. Not that I had any intention of trying it. I was playing prop at the time and I don't think I was quite the right shape for high jumping.
He hated the publicity he got from being a champion apparently.
QuoteFiddler on the Roof is one of our all time favourite films.
I love the fact that it inspired this.
The funniest one in that lot is the parody of "To Life!"
Lance Reddick(1962-2023)
One of those actors who is never the star but who pops up in so many good productions .... and is often one of the best things in them.
Charon in the John Wick series, Irvin Irving in Bosch, Cedric Daniels in The Wire and the unmistakeable voice of Sylens in Horizon Zero Dawn to mention but a few.
Quote from: Ithoriel on 17 March 2023, 11:29:58 PMLance Reddick(1962-2023)
One of those actors who is never the star but who pops up in so many good productions .... and is often one of the best things in them.
Charon in the John Wick series, Irvin Irving in Bosch, Cedric Daniels in The Wire and the unmistakeable voice of Sylens in Horizon Zero Dawn to mention but a few.
You beat me to it. I thought he was great in "Fringe"
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He's an "oh him!" actor. Name not familiar but the face is.
Only 60! Very sad.
I notice no-one mentioned Arnold Wesker in Resident Evil. Probably wise.
Paul O'Grady.
Just seamed like a genuinely nice bloke.
QuotePaul O'Grady.
Just seamed like a genuinely nice bloke.
Yes, few departees receive sucj a race of accolades.
From King's consort all the way to their local dog rescue centre.
That's a sad one and at a relatively young age these days too.
Quote from: Lord Speedy of Leighton on 29 March 2023, 06:00:09 PMJust seamed like a genuinely nice bloke.
Yep, always came across as a nice guy, especially his work with dogs.
Dame Edna and Sir Les Patterson :'( :'( :'( .
Both on the same day too! ;)
RIP John Barry Humphries
:(
RIP Sir Les. :(
Len Goodman. Aged 78 of bone cancer.
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Jerry Springer 78.
Jerry! Jerry!
Harry Belafonte aged 96, I loved 'Day-O!' as a kid. Still got it in my head (and the Stan Freberg take off).
Harry Belafonte formed part of the soundtrack to my childhood, via school and Junior Choice on Radio 2 on a Saturday morning IIRC. Loved the Stan Freberg version as well as 'There's A Hole In My Bucket Dear Liza', plus of course all his other hits.
Quote from: Gwydion on 27 April 2023, 05:34:21 PMHarry Belafonte aged 96, I loved 'Day-O!' as a kid. Still got it in my head (and the Stan Freberg take off).
Top bloke all round, especially in the civil rights movement in the US
"Britain's wild man of rock 'n' roll" Wee Willie Harris 90. (25 March 1933 – 27 April 2023).
Britain's answer to Little Richard / Jerry Lee Lewis - and one of Ian Dury's Reasons to be Cheerful.
Oh no
Ray Stevenson (58), actor in Rome, King Arthur, Outpost, The Punisher and the Thor movies amongst a lot of other things. Good 'go-to' actor for a likeable tough guy sort of role.
No cause of death given.
Only 58 :(.
Just seen - Rolf Haris at 94..
QuoteRay Stevenson (58), actor in Rome, King Arthur, Outpost, The Punisher and the Thor movies amongst a lot of other things. Good 'go-to' actor for a likeable tough guy sort of role.
No cause of death given.
Only 58 :(.
A brilliant performance as Titus Pullo in Rome. So sad.
Rome is still my favourite film/ TV take on the period and he was one of the best things in it. Ave atque vale, Titus Pullo.
You need a vocative in the name there.
Quote from: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 23 May 2023, 01:12:09 PMJust seen - Rolf Haris at 94..
A brief mention on the BBC news, but no evening of tributes.
Well, no surprise there then.
About same on BBC radio4
Quote from: Elliesdad on 24 May 2023, 07:25:24 AMA brief mention on the BBC news, but no evening of tributes.
Well, no surprise there then.
You think they might play Two Little Boys
Before we all get in trouble and annoy Techno - no more on Mr Harris please.
Tina Turner, 83.
Tina Turner... that is sad news. 'Simply The Best'!
Better than all the rest!
:(
:'(
Saw her live in Sheffield many years ago. Amazing lady. RIP
Funny; most performers' official videos are better than their live ones. Tina Turner live is so much better.
QuoteThe fact it was a favourite song of Mrs Thatcher has a certain additional amusement factor for some of us.
Apparently this was her favourite song
She claimed both songs As favourites over the years.
She was a politician.
Don't forget David Cameron claimed to be a big Smiths fan.
And Gordon Brown is still trying to live down the Arctic Monkeys claim.
Quote from: Gwydion on 26 May 2023, 06:00:26 PMShe claimed both songs As favourites over the years.
She was a politician.
Don't forget David Cameron claimed to be a big Smiths fan.
And Gordon Brown is still trying to live down the Arctic Monkeys claim.
What are Artic Monkeys?
Quote from: Ben Waterhouse on 26 May 2023, 09:39:02 PMWhat are Artic Monkeys?
Believe me; you are better living in ignorance
I rather like The Arctic Monkeys. "Why do you only call me when you're high," "Flourescent Adolescent," "Mardy Bum," "Cornerstone," and "I bet you look good on the dancefloor" spring to mind.
I've tidied up this thread a bit, let's leave Rolf to rot.
Sad to hear about Tina, really enjoyed her music and she was a hell of a role model after everything she went through. The What's Love Got To Do With It movie was a very difficult watch and I struggled to see Laurence Fishburne as Morphius after his portrayal of Ike.
There's a weird link up here in Middlesbrough as a local chain of car dealerships used Simply The Best in their advertising for most of the 90's. So anytime the song comes on the radio now, it's immediately followed by:
(Video by a DJ we used to know at the time, not great quality though!)
Quote from: Leon on 27 May 2023, 12:24:29 AMI've tidied up this thread a bit, let's leave Rolf to rot.
Good decision. He's best forgotten in my view.
Quote from: Leon on 27 May 2023, 12:24:29 AMThere's a weird link up here in Middlesbrough as a local chain of car dealerships used Simply The Best in their advertising for most of the 90's. So anytime the song comes on the radio now, it's immediately followed by:
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: John Cook on 27 May 2023, 01:06:31 AMGood decision. He's best forgotten in my view.
Happy to agree with that.
Glenda Jackson. One of the greatest. :'(
Her Elizabeth I in the 1971 TV series 'Elizabeth R' was captivating (and breathed life into my A level history studies!).
Quite a career, quite a woman.
I think she was at her finest playing Cleopatra and Victoria
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QuoteI think she was at her finest playing Cleopatra and Victoria
Yes, but the quality of the cast carried her to new heights there. :)
She had to put up with a load of duffers in Elizabeth R. :D
Quote from: Gwydion on 16 June 2023, 09:53:56 AMYes, but the quality of the cast carried her to new heights there. :)
She had to put up with a load of duffers in Elizabeth R. :D
Indeed so but don't forget the fantastic scripts what Wise wrote :D
;D ;D ;D ;D
Angela Thorne (To the Manor Born) :(
Paul
Milan Kundera. :'(
Jane Birkin! Only 76!
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For me, she is somewhat iconic for her classic duet with Serge Gainsbourg.
Thik Y'Tem is iconic for most of our age group.
Quote from: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 17 July 2023, 12:55:40 PMThik Y'Tem is iconic for most of our age group.
Might be for a youngster like you.
Its 1970 Jim
Ah! Jane Birkin. Fond memories of a teenage me playing "Je t'aime, moi non plus" at a church jumble sale and realising no one knew enough French to understand the words so playing it again.
Tony Bennett aged 96
Here with the late, and sadly missed Amy Whitehouse.
A great innings for sure and apparently still singing a few days before he passed away!
Trevor Francis (69), Britain's first million-pound footballer.
:(
A quick word for UK crooner Vince Hill (86) a staple of 70s TV Variety and, less enjoyably, creator of election songs for Maggie Thatcher in 1979 & 1983.
Also hats off for newsreader George Alagiah (67), who has finally lost his fight against bowel cancer.
Sinéad O'Connor (56)
Quote from: Raider4 on 26 July 2023, 06:06:24 PMSinéad O'Connor (56)
She always seemed to be a very troubled person
Far too young but a troubled soul :( .
:(
Randy Meisner, one of the founding members of The Eagles, 26 July 23 aged 77.
RIP :( A really sad loss.
Say what you like but the Eagles have always been one of my go to bands since they started.
Mr Meisner might have checked out but he will never leave.
Robbie Robinson from The Band
Parky!
Michael Parkinson
Parky was part and parcel of Saturday evenings when I was a kid. That and MotD and often a Hammer House of Horror film too. A sad loss.
Hi
Parky - sad loss. When doing his national service he was, I believe, a press liasion officer and took part in the Suez landings in 1956. :(
Cheers Paul
Parky's interviews with Billy Connolly were always my favourites, along with some of Peter Kay's appearances too. He went to school with my grandad in Barnsley, along with Dickie Bird from memory, although I think they were both a couple of years younger.
QuoteParky was part and parcel of Saturday evenings when I was a kid. That and MotD and often a Hammer House of Horror film too. A sad loss.
Hear, hear ! :(
:(
Yevgeny Prigozhin
I think his was expected somewhat!
It was simply a matter of when.
Quote from: howayman on 23 August 2023, 06:41:21 PMI think his was expected somewhat!
It was simply a matter of when.
A plane crash they say.
Well, we were all expecting an "accidental fall from a hotel window"... as so often seems to happen 😉
Could easily say something political here.
I won't.
At least things have progressed slightly from the days of Ivan the Terrible, where you could expect to have to watch all of your family painfully exterminated ahead of having your own tongue ripped out and fed to your favorite hunting dog, before you met your own grizzly fate. Progress takes time in Russia!
Although, it could all be 'Fake News' of course and he is just going to reappear in a few years time, with a plastic surgery 'make-over' and a nasty limp. "No Mr Bond ... I expect you to die!"
Apparently an aide ran in to Putin attending a concert in Kursk and breathlessly announced that Prigoszhin's plane had crashed.
WHAT? Said Putin is it 6.30 already?
;D ;D ;D
Roger Whittaker. One of those performers that seemed a staple of Saturday tv in the 1970's.
He certainly was, even in the Antipodes :(
I had assumed he had died a while ago :-[
Talking after the pub quiz last night we came up with a round;
List of famous people, list of deaths - who died how?
David McCallum
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66919863
That's a great shame. :(
Sorry to hear it.
Sir Michael Gambon! :'(
I think this counts, the tree at Sycamore Gap: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66947040
Absolutely mindless vandalism, I really hope they've got some kind of punishment available for them, even though it looks to be a 16-year old.
Sir Michael Gambon, what an actor and he will be very much missed :( .
Quote from: Leon on 28 September 2023, 04:18:06 PMI think this counts, the tree at Sycamore Gap: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66947040
Absolutely mindless vandalism, I really hope they've got some kind of punishment available for them, even though it looks to be a 16-year old.
I wouldn't want to say "yeah, but don't you just know the little ba5tard will have a sob story that he's from a broken home, he suffers from (something), he's never had a positive role model in his life and, anyway, he's too young to understand what he did was wrong".
So I won't.
Hi
QuoteAbsolutely mindless vandalism, I really hope they've got some kind of punishment available for them, even though it looks to be a 16-year old.
I wouldn't hold your breath. A 15 year old got 14 months 'detention' today for stabbing a teacher with a knife at their school in Tewkesbury earlier this year: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-66946256
I understand from the local news that 7 months of the 'detention' will be spent at home and will include some 'training'.
Don't get me wrong, I am not a 'lock em up and throw away the key' type of person, but really, 14 months for nearly killing someone?
Baffled, Paul
Quote from: Elliesdad on 28 September 2023, 06:46:52 PMI wouldn't want to say "yeah, but don't you just know the little ba5tard will have a sob story that he's from a broken home, he suffers from (something), he's never had a positive role model in his life and, anyway, he's too young to understand what he did was wrong".
So I won't.
[/quQuote from: Elliesdad on 28 September 2023, 06:46:52 PMI wouldn't want to say "yeah, but don't you just know the little ba5tard will have a sob story that he's from a broken home, he suffers from (something), he's never had a positive role model in his life and, anyway, he's too young to understand what he did was wrong".
So I won't.
I wonder if he is the son of a local farmer
Once dealt with a guy in prison who was there because GBH. It was the right place for him, but when Ì found out he was helping his uncle bag up drugs at the age of 6, you realised he never really had a chance.
Matthew Perry, Chandler in Friends.
Drowning in his apartment?
Terry Venables
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67536465
Very sad to see this today, 1991 was a good year.
Geordie - Killing Joke guitarist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordie_Walker (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordie_Walker)
Quote from: flamingpig0 on 27 November 2023, 03:55:49 AMGeordie - Killing Joke guitarist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordie_Walker (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordie_Walker)
No way! Love his playing!
Quote from: Lord Speedy of Leighton on 27 November 2023, 06:55:23 AMNo way! Love his playing!
I was a fan of their music and his guitar style.
Joss Ackland at 95 last week.
Kissinger at 100
Shane McGowan has just been announced. Going to make 'Fairytale of New York' a hard listen next week.
Alastair Darling!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67578993
Quote from: Last Hussar on 30 November 2023, 12:18:59 PMShane McGowan has just been announced. Going to make 'Fairytale of New York' a hard listen next week.
It always was since Kirsty MacColl died. McGowan was always on borrowed time, MacColl's death was just so unexpected, and unfair.
Good grief!
QuoteIt always was since Kirsty MacColl died. McGowan was always on borrowed time, MacColl's death was just so unexpected, and unfair.
There were some dubious shenanigans around her death.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsty_MacColl (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsty_MacColl)
Quote from: flamingpig0 on 01 December 2023, 03:17:59 PMThere were some dubious shenanigans around her death.
Yes, the Mexican authorities seemed as corrupt as ever they were - no surprise there I think. It was still unexpected and a shock when it happened.
Denny Laine (79). Early singer with the Moody Blues, and the only ever-present member of Paul McCartney's Wings*.
* "Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could have been." (Alan Partridge).
:(
Knights in White Satin is post Denny Laine.
Quote from: Raider4 on 06 December 2023, 04:58:39 PMKnights in White Satin is post Denny Laine.
Cheers, I am not an expert on The Moody Blues.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67646607
Benjamin Zephaniah! A true great. :'(
Quotehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67646607
Benjamin Zephaniah! A true great. :'(
An excellent poet and rather good as Jeremiah Jesus in Peaky Blinders too.
Quote from: Lord Speedy of Leighton on 07 December 2023, 12:39:46 PMhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67646607
Benjamin Zephaniah! A true great. :'(
He will be a sadly missed talent.
Hi
Ryan O'Neal who played Barry Lyndon in the film of the same name with some good SYW action. :(
Cheers Paul
Slightly off topic, but... Blue Planet III mentioned that cats in Australia kill one million (yes, 1,000,000) birds every day.
That's a heck of a lot, each and every day.
Geoff 😎
QuoteSlightly off topic, but... Blue Planet III mentioned that cats in Australia kill one million (yes, 1,000,000) birds every day.
That's a heck of a lot, each and every day.
Geoff 😎
It is estimated that cats kill billions of birds and small animals worldwide, every year. As if humanity wasn't already making enough of an effort to wipe them out! Not sure that quite fits the Deaths in 2023 thread though? Perhaps the Country File one instead?
(https://i.imgflip.com/4dfdoa.jpg)
Quote from: Ithoriel on 10 December 2023, 09:40:18 PMIt is estimated that cats kill billions of birds and small animals worldwide, every year. As if humanity wasn't already making enough of an effort to wipe them out! Not sure that quite fits the Deaths in 2023 thread though? Perhaps the Country File one instead?
(https://i.imgflip.com/4dfdoa.jpg)
TBH I was more just thinking it was a million bird deaths every day. As you say, humanity is also having a big negative effect.
Quote from: T13A on 10 December 2023, 04:16:21 PMHi
Ryan O'Neal who played Barry Lyndon in the film of the same name with some good SYW action. :(
Cheers Paul
Greatest movie of the greatest director.
David Drake- military scifi author
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Drake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Drake)
Got a few of his
Colin Dixon...An old colleague from my days at GW, and GW's first full time figure painter.
Only 59...Very sudden and unexpected. Happened a couple of weeks ago, apparently.
Really lovely guy. :(
My sympathies Phil
My condolences, Phil.
Condolences Phil
Sorry to hear that Phil. 59 is far too young.
I'd heard he'd passed away and far too young for sure.
Shirley Anne Field, actress. I saw her at a private viewing when working in London around the time of My Beautiful Laundrette and by God did she look stunning!
Quote from: Steve J on 11 December 2023, 06:28:04 PMShirley Anne Field, actress. I saw her at a private viewing when working in London around the time of My Beautiful Laundrette and by God did she look stunning!
I was just looking over her filmography- there are some there I should investigate
Ian Gibson, massively influential 2000AD illustrator.
https://2000ad.com/news/ian-gibson-1946-2023/?fbclid=IwAR22LOKrvKBkN1CK_jA6aBrNSSI4M8ZZmSVShKuu1XPFeJfSWhd7vzeI6-E
Condolences Phil
Syd Millar. 89.
Rugby administrator, coach, prop forward.
Ballymena RFC, Ireland, British Lions.
If you're old enough to remember the 1974 unbeaten Lions tour of S. Africa - this is the man who masterminded it.
Good age but still a sad loss.
I see Laura Lynch, founding member of the all female group, The Dixie Chicks,* has died in a car crash (Friday).
*(the current band is now simply known as The Chicks)
Oh no! I loved the Dixie Chicks. That is very sad.
(Ignore the video, the song is brilliant!)
Bryan Ansell...
QuoteBryan Ansell...
Oh, good grief. Tony Ackland was telling me Bryan was very poorly, just before Christmas. :(
We'd heard that Bryan was quite unwell too so sorry to hear this today.
I wonder how many of the current GW customer base would know who he was?
Probably not so many :/
There's some pics of him on their Instagram from recently, and he didn't look well.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C1fVeDft9un/?igsh=MjJkMmIyYzQxYw==
Obviously that one isn't recent, but it's a fitting requiescent in pace rememberance piece.