Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: inertia on January 18, 2016, 11:29:13 pm
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35349025 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35349025)
This is getting scary. Less than 3 weeks in and we've lost Lemmie, David B, Alan Rickman and now the Big Eagle.
Chunks of my life are being torn away. Whoever you are, please stop it.
I'm sure there's an Eagles song which is 100% appropriate, but right now I'm going to go to bed and weep a little for Glenn Frey.
DM
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Yes, A Long Road out of Eden indeed.
Colin
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We also lost Dale Griffin yesterday, drummer with Mott the Hoople (forwhom Bowie wrote 'All the Young Dudes').
Death's putting the band together, folks!
Lance
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What is really scary is that all these famous musical artists lost were younger than I am.
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RIP Glenn Frey, also wrote the theme tune to that 80's tv series Miami Vice. A great musician and a sad loss, another rock legend of my youth leaves us much the poorer.
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There must be some gig up there now.
Bob
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We also lost one of the UK's best ever jazz organists a week or two ago, Alan Haven. Not everyone's cup of tea, but oh boy could he play. And on the occasions I met him, he came across as a really nice guy.
That 'Great Gig in the Sky' is going to be a belter.
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The Eagles wrote the theme music for Hitch hikers guide to the universe as well so Frey had a hand in quite a few iconic pieces of music. I saw the Eagles perform twice.
It makes you wonder who will pass away next week:O(
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It makes you wonder who will pass away next week:O(
This is one gig that I'm not trying to get to the front of the queue of {:-{
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So sad to hear about Glenn Frey passing, l learned guitar playing Eagles songs one of my favourites
Being, Take it Easy. A sad, sad loss.
John
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A great loss of these stars as I get older it reminds me to enjoy all of life and the fortunes I have.
Rick
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Dallas Taylor dies at 66; drummer for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
http://fw.to/mJ77h1O
and another goes to the great gig in the sky.... some sicko is sitting with voodoo dolls methinks...
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Our Poets and Musicians and Philosophers (modern and ancient alike) shape our mental vistas and how we think about life and love. No small wonder we feel their loss so sharply.
I'm going to have me a black vinyl and Brandy weekend, scratches and all O0
Dave
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May your grooves be true and your brandy warming:O)
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Don't forget Ed Stewpot Stewart, someone I grew up with RIP
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Apologies :embarrassed: ....must be some rather sick people out there to do this.... Derek
There's an interesting article on the Beeb's website about this "Dead Again" phenomenon. They're not sick, they're just not paying attention properly.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-35363394 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-35363394)
DM
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Well thanks DM :-))........
'So if a person's celebrity is below a certain level some of their fans may have missed news of their original death'
This then will certainly apply to me ... Derek O0
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There's an interesting article on the Beeb's website about this "Dead Again" phenomenon. They're not sick, they're just not paying attention properly.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-35363394 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-35363394)
DM
Yes, I very nearly got caught by the e-re-reporting of Leslie Nielsen's passing 5 years ago. It seems that there is an automated thingy looking at stories held on news sites, and inserting them into "most popular" lists. It says a lot for the enduring popularity of Leslie "Don't call me Shirley" Nielsen that mentioning him can start a snowball rolling.
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{-) Yes I saw that too! - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-35363394
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This then will certainly apply to me ... Derek O0
When did it happen then, Derek? 8)
DM
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{-) Yes I saw that too! - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-35363394 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-35363394)
The "Finnish Baby Box" is still available to new mums to this day (a cash alternative is available but is rarely taken) However babies rarely sleep in the box now, the box is normally used to keep the childs mementoes in
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So ......'when did it happen then, Derek?' DM.....8)
Well it really depends on the understanding of the English language I suppose 8)....sometime like driving a car ....one day forward, then the next day a few kilometre's backwards
So I am suggesting 'this then will certainly apply to me'.... as a forward action...certainly not today or tomorrow as we have a family of Warners booked for our Australia Day weekend & I am 2nd Chef {-)...I'll post the listing of a few names ..... Derek
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:o :o :o :o :o :o
Spend time with who you say, by gad my man that's un-Australian.
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What a year so far for celebrity deaths...........
Now The great Sir Terry has passed away. Quite simply the best ever at his trade and truly irreplaceable.
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Is there no end? - another one gone today.
RIP Sir Terry Wogan
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RIP Sir Terrence.
Unsurpassed for your Wit and Banter
right to the end.
Ned
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:(( :(( :((
A welcome fixture of my mornings for many years, along with Deadly, Boggy and the rest. True entertainment.
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For me, he was at his best on Eurovision Song Contest.
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There were times when I had to stop the car because I was laughing so much. His comedy timing alone was worth the price of the ticket. Who could forget his long-time correspondents Norma Snockers, Major Sir Gerry Pending and Rudolph Hucker?
Probably the best broadcaster in the history of broadcasting.
Tel - tarrah and good on yer, m'duck.
DM
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So, the great " El Tel " the Leg End has Passed away.
Sir Terry Wogan Died early this morning, he was so funny. I used to listen to his Radio 2 Progs when I could and enjoyed him reading the Adult " Janet and John " stories.
Rest in Peace.
Toggy, Toggy, Toggy!
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Then there was Janet and John:O)
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his memory will live on in all us old TOGS
You are not but a bright star in the sky tonight, you are a whole galaxy of them.
RIP Sir Terry, you brought brightness into my life at times when there was only darkness.
Jim.
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I'll always remember Terry's banter with Jimmy Young when handing over the radio programme that went on for several minuit's, priceless, I believe Jimmy's about 94. RIP Sir Terry.
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RIP WOGGA you definately kissed the blarney stone.
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Loved hi "Janet and John" stories, there are a few on youtube.
RIP Sir Terry.
Roy
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I wasn't a fan of his until one day I copped for the job of liaison lineman when his morning show was done as an outside broadcast from the Savoy at Blackpool (he was compere for the Miss UK that year). I had not realized that his "script" was a list of the records to be played and a pile of "readers letters", all the chat was off the cuff, always humorous, never offensive and with a gentle whimsy that is probably irreplaceable. And, unlike some BBC early morning presenters, he could read the time off a clock. The world is a poorer place for his loss.
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I was a BIG fan of Earth, Wind & Fire back in the day!
Earth, Wind & Fire soul band founder Maurice White dies - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35499149
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Eric "Winkle" Brown, test pilot and great survivor. I know it sounds trite, but we really will never see his like again. {:-{ {:-{
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A true hero, stunning pilot and record holder extraordinaire. Last year I got a copy of his latest book, too close for comfort, and was truly amazed by his exploits. A real life Biggles and will be sadly missed.
RIP Winkle.
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Hi all, what a guy! Now and again he appears as comentary on aircraft documentaries on cable TV. So down to earth and he reckons his small size saved his life a few times.
I love the story of when he was expelled from Germany as WW2 started. The Nazis confiscated everything except his English sports car. When he asked why everything else and not the car he was told, "No spares".
He made 97 after a life of adventure
Great guy.
Roy
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A truly amazing life departs this world. It is very sad but I do hope that we don't need to see his like again! If we do, then we are in real trouble!
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On Desert Island Discs in 2014:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nvgq1
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Winkle Brown - a true gentleman and fantastic flier who as a test pilot really took his life in his hands.
He was brilliant at explaining things that non-pilots could understand.
He must have had a great life and definitely the sort of person you would like to meet
RIP
Geoff
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I too was sad to hear of the death of Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown. He was the Captain at RNAS Lossiemouth when I joined for basic Observer training in 1968, and I still have the picture when he presented me with my Wings at the end of the Buccaneer course in May 1969. I flew with him once in the Sea Prince during basic Observer training, him as a Captain and me as a Midshipman! I was glad to have known him.
John
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RIP Keith Emerson. 71
the lyrics to one of his songs "Lucky Man" may have been somewhat prophetic (final verse)....
A bullet had found him
His blood ran as he cried
No money could save him
So he laid down and he died
Ooooh, what a lucky man he was
Ooooh, what a lucky man he was
Richard
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And George Martin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Martin
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Aw shucks! Keith Emerson suicides.
I'll dig out some vinyl later; "Pictures at an Exhibition" was one I loved to play.
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It seems to be a rapidly increasing list at the moment.
Today : R.I.P. Paul Daniels and Cliff Michelmore.
Does anybody remember when so many well known people have passed on in such a short time?
Richard
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Cliff Michelmore and Frank Sinatra junior as well now
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And Silvia Anderson joint creator of the greatest TV programs when I was growing up
Super car Fireball XL5 Stingray Thunderbirds Captain scarlet the list goes on RIP
Derek
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It's been a terrible last three months for famous losses. Little bits of childhood disappearing with every death.
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I think it's due to the first tranche of Music and TV Personalities
that brought the late 50's/early 60's to life.
They came into our homes like never before, and being in their
Twenties and Thirties, then, are now 70/80, so are in
the twilight of their lives.
I hope they will never be forgotten, but in 20 years time,
Who will remember them?
Ned
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I hope they will never be forgotten, but in 20 years time,
Who will remember them?
Ned
In 20 years (if I'm still here), will I be able to remember who I am? %%
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another today, RIP Johan Cruyff I used to love to watch his football back in the day.
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Is this the year to start the Model Boat Mayhem "Dead Pool"? We had one when I worked for HMC&E (a black-hearted bunch at the best of times) but it eventually turned into a wish list!
What bothers me more than the current crop of elderly twig jumpers is the number of people whose deaths I can remember all too vividly - and how long ago they died!! Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Elvis, Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Sandy Denny - look 'em up and weep for your long lost youth.
DM (64 and still counting...)
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And be grateful that you are still here to reminisce Dave!
Colin
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Is this the year to start the Model Boat Mayhem "Dead Pool"? We had one when I worked for HMC&E (a black-hearted bunch at the best of times) but it eventually turned into a wish list!
What bothers me more than the current crop of elderly twig jumpers is the number of people whose deaths I can remember all too vividly - and how long ago they died!! Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Elvis, Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Sandy Denny - look 'em up and weep for your long lost youth.
DM (64 and still counting...)
Fairport c were never the same after sandy denny died.
Jim.
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Saw Jimi Hendrix,Woburn Abbey in 1967,still deaf now.When I mentioned it to a young rock fan at work,he fell to his knees......
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another today, RIP Johan Cruyff I used to love to watch his football back in the day.
I know nothing of this game.... footballing... but wasn't Cruyff known for falling over at the slightest knock... even if you walked pass the telly?!?!
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And it continues . . . .
The death of Ronnie Corbett announced today, R.I.P. Ronnie. <:(
All I can say is 'Four Candles'.
Richard
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very sad to hear that. R.I.P. Ronnie
maybe the two Ronnie's are now giving a special recital together of four candles in that great church in the sky. A fitting place to do so.
Jim.
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Yes another icon gone, The Two Ronnie's are together again, their shows were and still are great entertainment, and yes I've seen Four Candles many times and it always cracks me up, RIP Ronnie, and it's good night from him.
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Another comedy icon gone. I was only watching an homage to the 'good night from me and....' a few minutes ago. It was in a scene from Not Gong Out Season 4 (dvd).
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He was a very funny man in his own right, and the seeming shadow formed by Barker's comedy genius as was Eric Morcambes, with Ernie wise, it was merely shading an equally bright wit. You only have to look at Corbett's delivery of his monologues, and his ripostes in the many funny plays on words and the music hall pieces they did together.
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Classic sketch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI
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Andy 'Thunderclap' Newman has also sadly left us at the age of 73.
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Victoria Wood aged 62 after a short battle with cancer - RIP Victoria.
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/comedian-victoria-wood-dies-aged-62/ar-BBs1sAu?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=UE01DHP (http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/comedian-victoria-wood-dies-aged-62/ar-BBs1sAu?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=UE01DHP)
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RIP Victoria
You were a very talented Lady.
Ned
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RIP Victoria
You were a very talented Lady.
Ned
Creator of the finest soap opera on the planet
Acorn Antiques
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A very clever and very funny Lady.
Hopefully we'll get a few repeats, subject to the PC Brigade finding something acceptable.
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Another great loss to the world of comedy, a very funny lady!
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Victoria Wood aged 62 after a short battle with cancer - RIP Victoria.
One of Us , R.I.P <:(
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BREAKING NEWS
TMZ entertainment website is reporting that the rock star PRINCE has died. Another one bites the dust!
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Wow! :((
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36106778
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Wow! :((
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36106778 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36106778)
Never a big fan, but will still a big part of my formative years
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my daughter said Prince was the first concert she ever went to on the news tonight it was reported that he sold over 100,000,000 records mental ain't it!
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Also WWE wrestler Chyna
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/36098875/former-american-professional-wwe-wrestler-and-porn-star-chyna-dies-aged-45
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On Skynews this morning they announced the fact that Prince has left so much material behind that they could release an album a year for the next 100 years %%
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And to cap it all "Last Original Chimpanzee Used in PG Tips Ads Dies at Leicestershire, Twycross zoo."
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and yet another. Percy Sledge "when a man loves a woman" has died
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cornishlad -
Don't know where you got this 'news' but according
to Wikipedia, Percy Sledge died in April 2015.
Richard
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14th April 2015...
However I have had three posts on my facebook page today all saying he died during the night!
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I didn't know that Prince wrote Sinead O'Connor's big hit, "No one compares to you."
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Richard, regarding Percy sledge, you are right he died a year ago, after giving the wife a telling off, for telling me that, on looking on the net apparently twitter last night got it wrong and said he had just died.
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It's OK cornishlad - I had a scout about, and evidently somebody on twitter had said something along the lines that
Percy Sledge and Prince were together again(?) and everybody then assumed that Percy Sledge had (just) died
everybody else then re-tweeted? it like mad. Isn't the Internet and modern communications wonderful!
I've been caught out before with stuff popping up on the most-read section on the BBC
News website and then found that it was an old story somehow pushed up to the top of the list.
Richard
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Slightly off topic but there is a highly recommended programme about the Everly Brothers on BBC 4 this evening at 9pm.
Colin
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Slightly off topic but there is a highly recommended programme about the Everly Brothers on BBC 4 this evening at 9pm.
Colin
O My Gaaaaahd!! Have they like died together? Dave and Frank Everley??? That would be sooooooooooooo poetical......
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Check your spieling Dave, of course you would have been too young to remember the originals....
Colin
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Unfortunately I'm not. My musical memories go back to "Uncle Mac" on the BBC Light Programme on a Saturday morning, followed by two sacred hours of Brain Matthews' 'Saturday Club'. Bless him but old Brian is still there at the same time on BBC Radio 2 after well over 50 years. He's been on my Died This Year list for over a decade!
There will be many more - it's just the way things are.
DM
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Another celebrity we seem to have missed ...
Gareth Thomas - better known as Blake of Blakes Seven - April 13th 2016
Richard
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My son asked me if I had heard that 'Prince' had died, I misheard him slightly and said. 'Oh no - not on his wife's Birthday?' :D
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Burt Kwouk, Pink Panther star, dies aged 85
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36370997
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Some of the moments in my forty years where I have laughed so much it hurt was due to Burt Kwok and Peter sellers' antics on the screen {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) Rest in peace you super super celebrity.
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My children - and there are 5 of them - copied some of the antics of Burt Kwouk, when they were younger, attacking me from all sorts of unexpected places and at various times of the day and night.
Must say it turned into the highlight of our day / night. Great fun for us all. O0
R.I.P. Burt Kwouk.
Regards,
Ray.
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If there's an afterlife then I think Peter Sellers will be looking over his shoulder again {-)
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He will be touring the dales looking for Compo ok2
A sad loss to this life, but maybe he will make the next one a happier place.
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If there's an afterlife then I think Peter Sellers will be looking over his shoulder again {-)
Sellers is probably waiting, hidden in the cupboard with a pair of Nunchuks!
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Here goes another of my musical heroes http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36443117 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36443117)
It's getting almost macabre, isn't it?
DM
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Sellers is probably waiting, hidden in the cupboard with a pair of Nunchuks!
Yes I remember this!!!! So very funny.
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Here goes another of my musical heroes http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36443117 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36443117)
It's getting almost macabre, isn't it?
DM
A particular favourite of mine, I shall dig out his LPs and play them
very loudly tomorrow!
RIP Swarbs.
Richard
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Alas, "The Greatest" has gone. Muhammad Ali has died, aged 74.
He was suffering from a respiratory illness, a condition that was complicated by Parkinson's disease.
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Muhammad Ali, the greatest!
Some great photos of him here https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/oct/30/muhammad-ali-25-best-photographs-cassius-clay-legendary-boxer
Another legend and icon gone. RIP
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Two of the greatest sports photos pf all time.... of "the greatest!" .... but for me, he'll always be Cassius Clay.
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C_fEIVwjrew/maxresdefault.jpg)
(https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/10/17/1413574778135/03509090-85ef-4260-ad67-6e0985d70d35-1008x1020.jpeg?w=1010&q=20&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&dpr=2&s=742306918bfc5985a0ac4e3c6b43c691)
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2016/jun/04/cassius-clay-muhammad-ali-boxer-photo-gallery
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Remember this? Ali crowned Sportsman of Century
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/561352.stm
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In the Ring or out of the Ring. As a Boxer, Poet, Raconteur, Character or Personality. Simply The Greatest.
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Broadcaster and singer Jimmy Young passed away earlier to-day, he was 95.
LB
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I was never a fan of Sir Jimmy but what an excellent broadcaster!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37903108
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I preferred him to Vine. I liked his presentation style and his ability to interview politicians to best effect for the listener. He was described as being able to get more out of Maggie Thatcher by pusing her more for answers, and therefore the BEEB always asked him to intereview her.
I remember him on his lunchtime show listening to him as a child.
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I cannot listen to Vines show, but JimmynYoung was one of the best......next to Sir Terry of course..
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Ah! 'The Man from Laramie'. No more recipes today then, Raymondo.
JY was Radio 2 to his fingertips - just like Ray Moore before him and Wogan afterwards.
I also can't bear Vine. He alternates between loudly shouting while other people are talking, and sounding like he's about to tell you your dog's just been run over. I generally refer to him as Smeghead...
Brucie's not looking too well either.
DM
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Singer Leonard Cohen dies aged 82 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37946654
Leonard Cohen's once-forgotten classic Hallelujah eventually became his most famous work.
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Sorry, but his music was suicidal.
Music to slit your throats to, if you had nothing better to do.
I know some, many, loved his music, but I just found it so depressing.
Jim.
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I once heard a dull party described thus:
"There were no scantily-clad birds running round the house or much boozing in the kitchen - we all sat in the lounge and then someone brought in a tray of knives and put them on the coffee table... We just sat there, looking at them and listening to "Songs from a Room"..."
If you can remember the 60's then you can remember Leonard Cohen.
I found his later stuff far more interesting and yes - amusing (albeit in a dark sort of way).
DM
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And another . . .
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/robert-vaughn-dead-dies-man-from-uncle-1201915957/ (http://variety.com/2016/film/news/robert-vaughn-dead-dies-man-from-uncle-1201915957/)
looks like we haven't done with 2016 yet.
Richard
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Yep the man from uncle has gone. Still showing the movies on the TCM channel during the day
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Robert Vaughn: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15579361
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Doesn't Ilya look young there. David McCallum can still be seen in NCIS the original series about to start season 14 on satellite channels. The guy is 83 now and still going strong!
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Bob vaughn , was a multi talented actor, The Man from U. N. C. L. E was his first big break, did many roles after that , their not in his class these day's . . .
( United Network Command Law Enforcement . . . .how sad it is that I know that ) :embarrassed:
Bill
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And another one gone - Leon Russell - perhaps not that well known, but Elton John was a fan of his.
http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/732022/Leon-Russell-dies-Elton-John-A-Song-For-You-Rock-and-Roll-Hall-of-Fame (http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/732022/Leon-Russell-dies-Elton-John-A-Song-For-You-Rock-and-Roll-Hall-of-Fame)
Richard
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I heard his version of the song that he wrote and The Carpenters made famous - A Song for You. I have to say I prefer theirs to his!
DM
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Inertia,
I have to agree with you on that last comment !
Richard
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I heard his version of the song that he wrote and The Carpenters made famous - A Song for You. I have to say I prefer theirs to his!
DM
Karen looked far better also..
Jim.
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And another...
Fidel Castro has died aged 90.
Lance
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BBC: Fawlty Towers star Andrew Sachs dies aged 86
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38178353
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Peter Vaughan, "Grouty", dies aged 93 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38225796
(https://theshamrockglasgow.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/vaughan-and-barker.jpg?w=610)
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Not many left now from Porridge . . . .
Bill <:(
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I propose that at 00.01 am on January 1st 2017, we all agree to strike 2016 from the record and promise never to speak of it again! :(( :(( :((
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And still they come...
Greg Lake, from King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
1947 - 2016
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Greg Lake did one of my favourite Christmas songs.... RIP
I Believe In Father Christmas - Greg Lake https://youtu.be/RXCEdrnaFlY (https://youtu.be/RXCEdrnaFlY)
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RIPGreg
One of my favourite christmas ditties also.
Ned
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First Keith Emerson...
then Greg Lake...
if I were Carl Palmer -I would be taking to my bed now and not leaving it til 2017
Richard
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R.I.P Greg you will be missed .
Dave
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And John Glenn to add to the 2016 list
John Glenn, American Hero of the Space Age, Dies at 95 - The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/us/john-glenn-dies.html)
Richard
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"Godspeed John Glen."
BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38257445
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John Glenn. Now taking the second greatest journey of his life.
John
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He will feel at home, surrounded in all the beauty of space and the stars,and the heavens, with God as his helmsman.
He was an incredibly brave man to sit on top of a giant fire cracker, and earned my respect for him as a young boy.
RIP, you giant of men, and enjoy your final voyage to glory.
Jim.
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That was quite lovely Jim! :-))
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He will feel at home, surrounded in all the beauty of space and the stars,and the heavens, with God as his helmsman.
He was an incredibly brave man to sit on top of a giant fire cracker, and earned my respect for him as a young boy.
RIP, you giant of men, and enjoy your final voyage to glory.
Jim.
I dearly hope that in the afterlife we can visit other systems and galaxies with ease so that we too can share in the wonder of the universe. I imagine Mr Glenn is already exploring and discovering things we will never see due to the vastness of the universe.
You are spot on Jim, what a brave act indeed. Rockets did and still can fail dramatically
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Yes.....I wonder if Mr Glenn has met up with and now comparing notes with Mr
Gargaran Gagarin......similar lives they chose to lead on our earth
A coin has two sides, yet has a singular value .........both very brave men and to be honoured.....
Derek
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Yuri Gagarin.
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Thanks for the correction Mr Moderator...as we live in the Western world we hear little of those from the Eastern side....I do understand we were remembering John Glenn, however I considered Yuri would be a friend of John ....worlds apart by culture and race.......however their respective CV's would be very similar............. :-))
Derek
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Another well known Television 'face' gone.Weatherman Ian McCaskill dies, aged 78
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38294661
Richard
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As an Aviator weather was part of my life, and some people managed to make it very, very boring. This could never be said of Ian. Regardless of how dull the news was there was always Ian to look forward to at the end.
John
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At this time it is perhaps worth remembering Kisty Macoll who died, 18 December 2000 as a
result of a speedboat accident. One of her best known songs is relevant about now too....
The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York
https://youtu.be/j9jbdgZidu8 (https://youtu.be/j9jbdgZidu8)
Richard
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It's not just the famous that are missed. My dear friend and modeller Keith Brown died this morning after defiantly fighting cancer for 3 years without showing his suffering. He only made one model having seen my boats on our lake and asked me for advice. It took him over a year but he built a lovely Emma C. Berry schooner which sailed well. He said his build took his mind off his pain. I will miss him more than any 'name'.
Sleep well Keith.
Bob.
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The life that touched a few people touches deeper than the life that touched millions.
We at Bognor wargmaes club had a member that was terminally ill, and we arranged an Arnhem game so that he could set himself the goal of painting a Brigade of Paras and play in the game with them. Sadly the game was a memorial as he passed away a month before. Like with your friend Keith, it took his mind off things somewhat.
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Those who are into full size sailing will need no reminding of the enormous impact made on the sport by Paul Elvstrom. The Great Dane has died at 88 and leaves a vast legacy of advances in small boat sailing, not to mention four Olympic gold medals (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960) and countless other championship wins. A great sportsman who gave a lot more than he took. RIP
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And so it goes on.
Swordfish pilot credited with crippling the Bismarck, Lt Cdr John "Jock" Moffat at 97.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38297099
LB
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One of he Fleet Air Arm's finest who, like so many others of that era, just saw it as his duty and doing his job.
John
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Some interesting statistics on celebrity obituaries in 2016 here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38329740
Colin
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BBC: Zsa Zsa Gabor dies at 99 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38360302
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Best one liner from her - All I want from a man is love and kindness, is that too much to ask from a millionaire :}
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"I'm a very good housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house."
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Rabbi Lionel Blue. BBC Radio 4’s Thought For The Day. One of the few things I missed when I left the UK for Australia (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/gwa_2006/Avatars%20etc/aussie-emoticon1-2.gif) (http://s80.photobucket.com/user/gwa_2006/media/Avatars%20etc/aussie-emoticon1-2.gif.html)
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Hi I am so pleased to see that someone else was thinking about Lionel Blue.
There is an obituary on radio 4 this evening at 9 :30.
I always listened to his 'Thought for the day' in the morning and he was obviously well thought of by the presenters on radio 4 as he was part of a news item yesterday and on thought for thought for the day this morning.
Loved his jokes and way with talking to people.
Yes, will miss him.
regards Roy
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I heard today that Terry Westrop passed away last week some modelers here may have known or heard of him from the model aero scene he was a World Champion pattern flyer in the 70's and 80's and produced some of the best pattern flying kits around in those days. He was always featured in Radio Modeller and Aeromodeller magazines he and Ken Binks who went over to radio sailing and still very competitive were the guys I admired in my flying days.
RIP Terry
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Rick Parfitt of status quo. ......rip
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Oh sugar no more Quo ......Rip
Dave
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They weren't going to tour anymore Stavros, they had already decided that at the end of the last one. Rick was already ill and was finding it too hard to carry on. Besides, Francis Rossi was 68 not so long ago! Even the last tour ended with them being an acoustic band (on stools) as they were finding it too hard to carry a 2 hour gig rocking out.
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I saw the Quo at the Aberdeen exhibition center in the mid 1990's and they rank up there in my top 4 live bands ( and I've seen a lot of bands.. ) , some people said 3 chord songs weren't rock... erm no as anyone who's seen them live will tell you they were rock ( although I think they thought of themselves as more a heavy blues band , incidentally if you'd ever said to Lemmy from Motorhead that his music was heavy metal you'd have been punched he called his brand of music rock and roll and if you've ever heard the acoustic version of ace of spades you can see its really a rock and roll blues song )
Its been a hard year for the music industry and entertainers in general , saw yesterday that Carrie fisher ( Princess Leia in Star Wars ) collapsed with a massive heart attack on a flight to LA and is in intensive care in hospital so we have to hope the grim reaper spares her
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OK. Enough. No more please. Can those feeling poorly please wait until next year now. This is spoiling my Christmas!
Played some Quo to remember how they were. I think Francis Rossi will keep going and I wish him well but it won't be the real McCoy. Get down, deeper and down!
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After having a heart attack and not breathing for 10 minutes, I fully expected Carrie Fisher to be on this list by now.
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RIP George michael of Wham fame....boy oh boy is 2016 going iut with a bang.
Dave
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Topic tidied up.
We drifted off topic quite a bit there..... which is understandable considering George Michael's lifestyle choices ...... {:-{
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BBC: 'Royle Family' actress Liz Smith dies - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38440648
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44 CELEBRITIES WHO HAVE DIED THIS YEAR AS A LIST.....
1) David Bowie
2) Actor Alan Rickman died aged 69 on January 14.
3) Eagles frontman Glenn 1) Singer David Bowie died aged 69 on January 10.
Frey died aged 67 on January 18.
4) Broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan died on January 31 aged 77.
5) Author Harper Lee, who wrote To Kill A Mockingbird, died aged 89 on February 19.
6) Actor Frank Kelly, who played Father Jack in the comedy series Father Ted, died aged 77 on February 28.
7) Coronation Street creator Tony Warren died aged 79 on March 1.
8 ) Nancy Reagan, actress and former first lady of the United States, died aged 94 on March 6.
9) Beatles producer Sir George Martin died aged 90 on March 8.
10) Magician Paul Daniels died aged 77 on March 17.
11) Comedian Ronnie Corbett died aged 85 on March 31.
12) This Morning agony aunt Denise Robertson died aged 83 on March 31.
13) Sherlock Holmes actor Douglas Wilmer died aged 96 on March 31.
14) Drugs campaigner Howard Marks, known as Mr Nice, died aged 70 on April 10.
15) Reality TV star and music producer David Gest died aged 62 on April 12.
16) British playwright Sir Arnold Wesker died aged 83 on April 12.
17) Comedian Victoria Wood died aged 62 on April 20.
18) Superstar singer Prince died aged 57 on April 21.
19) Television writer Carla Lane, known for The Liver Birds and Bless This House, died aged 87 on May 31.
20) Boxing champion Muhammad Ali died aged 74 on June 3.
21) Singer Dave Swarbrick of folk band Fairport Convention died aged 75 on June 3.
22) Anton Yelchin, actor in Star Trek, died aged 27 on June 19.
23) Comedian, Royle Family actress and writer Caroline Aherne died aged 52 on July 2.
24) Ken Barrie, the voice of Postman Pat, died aged 83 on July 29.
25) Kenny Baker, who played droid R2D2 in the Star Wars films, died aged 81 on August 13.
26) Gene Wilder, who played Willy Wonka and other memorable roles, died aged 83 on August 28.
27) Former Israeli president Shimon Peres died aged 93 on September 28.
28) Former Coronation Street actress Jean Alexander, who played Hilda Ogden, died aged 90 on October 14.
29) Raine Spencer, the stepmother of Diana, Princess of Wales, died aged 87 on October 21.
30) London-born fashion designer Richard Nicoll died aged 39 on October 21.
31) Jimmy Perry, screenwriter known for shows including Dad's Army and It Ain't Half Hot Mum, died aged 93 on October 23.
32) Singer, songwriter and television personality Pete Burns, who founded pop band Dead or Alive, died aged 57 on October 23.
33) Sir Jimmy Young, who hosted BBC radio programmes for half a century, died aged 95 on November 7.
34) The death at 82 of Canadian singer, songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen, who penned the classic song Hallelujah, on November 11.
35) The Man From U.N.C.L.E star Robert Vaughn died aged 83 on November 11.
36) Musician Craig Gill, drummer of Madchester band Inspiral Carpets, died aged 44 on November 22.
37) The death of West End star Keo Woolford, 49, who starred in The King And I opposite Elaine Paige and in the television remake of Hawaii Five-O, was announced on November 30.
38) The death of comic actor Andrew Sachs, 86, best-known for playing Spanish waiter Manuel in Fawlty Towers, was announced on December 1.
39) Peter Vaughan, who starred in Game Of Thrones and Porridge, died aged 93 on December 6.
40) Musician Greg Lake died aged 69 on December 8.
41) Sunday Times journalist AA Gill died aged 62 on December 10.
42) Hollywood actress and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor died aged 99 on December 18.
43) Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt died aged 68 on December 24.
44) The death of George Michael, 53, was announced on December 25.
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Cripes <:(
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38446309
Watership Down author Richard Adams dies aged 96
This year has been very bad for entertainers....
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http://people.com/movies/carrie-fisher-dies/
Just been confirmed that Carrie Fisher has passed away , not a huge surprise after not breathing for ten minutes and having a massive heart attack , 2016 takes another entertainer.....
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And author Richard Adams of Watership Down fame.
Colin
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Just announced Carrie Fisher. Tbc
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Now confirmed. Princess leah is dead.
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lets not forget the 4 lads in the group Viola Beach and their manager who were killed in a horrendous car crash in Sweden in February.
they might only have been young and up and coming starlets, but everyone has to start somewhere.
no drugs or alcohol was found in them at all. And they were good at what they did...sadly cut down in their prime.
but what MORBID lot we are. It's as though we are all just hanging around waiting for the next one to fall............hope it's not me.
Jim.
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Jim, I think it is a case that so many of the people who passed away this year were icons and celebrities in the correct sense. The latter word is of bandied about when it should not be. Can David Bowie and a woman with a fat posterior be compared in any way?
I suppose that rather than being morbid, we are becoming almost expectant that someone we cherished and/or respected for their contribution to our lives will pass away. Sadly people of all ages pass away wether they be infants with complications or an elder of the family, and it is the same with the people who passed away this year. Some were frankly too young and had lots more to give, while others had a great innings, and their work will be remembered with fondness. I hate the thought that Lennon was cut down in his prime, but his legacy and that of the Band he formed is larger than the individual, like Bowie, Jimmy Perry and even Kenny Baker!
The way we lost Viola Beach is so redolent of how we lost Buddy Holly. Died far too young and had such potential (Admittedly Holly was further down his career but he was by no means a long way into his career)
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I presume Brian (Reply 169) that this is your personal list as there are many more listed on this thread. Eric 'Winkle' Brown, Fidel Castro, John Glenn, Ian McCaskill and Jock Moffat to mention a few.
John
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The Princess has gone <:(
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The Princess has gone <:(
Can't believe it!!!!
BBC: Carrie Fisher, Star Wars actress, dies aged 60 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38446753
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... many a young boys fantasy dream girl ..... and their dads!
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I always thought she looked a bit like a Victorian schoolmarm actually.
With built in earphones.
Colin
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Unbelievable......the mother of Carrie Fisher......'Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds' - 84 years old - dies two days after the death of her daughter......
An earlier snap of Debbie, then again a few years ago with her daughter...[Debbie & Carrie]
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Eeyup where's me comment gone??
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Please Keep posts uncontroversial. :-)
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BBC: 2016 deaths: The great, the good and the lesser known - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38418802
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The list reads like ......'whos who'
However it is a little concerning :o......
So if the 2016 worlds populations births [@ or to 0700 AM on 31/12/2016] was 142,250,957, and the deaths were 59,989,594...this means for every single death, ~~2.3 replacement humans were born
Accordingly, if the RIP 2016 listing from Martin.....http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38418802 ........were eg., if 1000 people of note ,have gone, have we replaced an equivalent number in the same 2.3% increase...ie., have 2300 replacement people of note evolved or been recognised?
I suspect not.....Derek
PS......the computer generated math on the attached page is questionable
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Richard Adams the author of Watership Down, also passed away this week.
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Graham Taylor ex England manager age 72
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Not in 2016 - do we need a new obituary topic?
Colin
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Not in 2016 - do we need a new obituary topic?
Colin
Do we Really need another thread like this one? :(( :(( :((
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Restricted to Mayhem members only perhaps ?
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Restricted to Mayhem members only perhaps ?
Too morbid.... and I'm not feeling too lucky this year! ;D
But a new topic 'Died in 2017' it's inevitable, I guess......
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Not in 2016 - do we need a new obituary topic?
Colin
DEFINITELY NOT, Colin................it was morbid enough last 'blinking!' year............I was beginning to get depressive............
PLEASE, PLEASE PLEASE, moderators........lock this topic now and as one already said, keep any future just to members so that one can pay their respects. thank you, otherwise delete any others.
Jim.
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Well said that man
Dave