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[Wendyf]

I remember Richard Chamberlain from The Thorn Birds series. All about forbidden love.
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Wendy, have you seen it?

It didn't appeal to me Cathy, I don't know why.

[Stanley]

I seem to remember Mary was a fan. Perhaps it all depends on your feelings about Australia?

[Whyperion]

A Late one from a Week agoJohn Normam Organ Builder , Designer and Consultant. Worked in family business ( inc after acquisition by Christie ) Associated with Gloucester Cathedral, St Mary Undercroft Palace of Westminster and The Festival Hall, London

[PanBiker]

Val Kilmer - Actor - 64

[Big Kev]

Val Kilmer - Actor - 64

He didn't look well in the last Top Gun film, 64 is no age.

[PanBiker]

I think he had been affected by Pneumonia.

[Big Kev]

Clem Burke, drummer with Blondie, has died after a 'battle' with cancer. He was 70.
One of my favourite bands as a teenager.

[Tripps]

My friend - Maria Lucia Enriques - "Aunty Marilu" died unexpectedly yesterday in Manila, Philppines.

A memorable lunch. A remarkable woman - sharp as a tack, good conversation, and and 'good company'.

Reqiescat in Pace.

[Wendyf]

Sorry for your loss Tripps.

[Stanley]

Always sad when you lose someone close... It always seems to be the best that go first. Commiserations David. That's the problem with life.... it has an inevitable conclusion.

[Big Kev]

Clodagh Rodgers, who represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971, has died at the age of 78.

[Gloria]

The pope has passed away this morning.

[Cathy]

We knew he wasn’t well, but I really must watch the News more often.
Pope Francis . Aged 88yrs. RIP

[Whyperion]

Went with even better timing than the queen.
The Cardinals get together to mourn, and stay in the Vatican. Cardinals under the age of 80 vote between themselves (basically) for a new successor to the keys. Cardinals over 80 can give advice , but not vote. I can never figure out why they never elected based on age a Deputy Pope.

[Stanley]

I completely missed that death....

[Whyperion]

Went to a funeral of a closish neighbour of mum's on Wednesday. She was younger than me and apparently died of the same condition I had ( Its a bit pot luck when you go into hospital that they actually pick up on symptoms and get the right condition (in time) , If I had known her symptoms I could have given her advice much quicker though I think it may have been complicated having somewhat of a root causeal factor in Covid (and similar viruses) among other causal factors. alas I hadnt really been out to talk to folk around at the time ( just before Christmas ). I will miss her she was a friend and influencer for good among a lot of the people she met , leaving her older sister as sole care for their elderly mother.

[Stanley]

I got news this morning that my old gaffer, Richard Drinkall died on the 14th of April. I think he'd be about 93 years old.... Very sorry to hear this of course and my thoughts are with Ursula his wife who will be hard hit. Richard was a good man and the world is a poorer place without him. It was a privileg to have worked for him and been able to call him a friend.



Gargrave Show 1970. Richard is the man in the middle. They were good days.

[Tripps]

Andrew Norfolkdied recently.

After a period of ill health, including feeling exhausted,[19] Norfolk died aged 60 on 8 May 2025 after collapsing during a routine medical appointment.[3]

, Tony Gallagher the editor of The Times, who said: “Andrew was, without doubt, one of the greatest investigative reporters of our or any age. His tireless work exposing the evils of the predominantly Asian grooming gangs in and around towns in the north of England led to long overdue acknowledgement of the crimes, after the people who had been in a position to put a stop to it for years chose to look the other way."[17]

[Stanley]

Thanks for alerting me to that David. I had heard a mention of a death but hadn't realised it was him. Yes, he did good work and I remember him getting the Paul Foot Award.
I also remember the flak that Ann Cryer got when she blew the whistle in Keighley..... I'm glad to see from her Wikipedia entry she is still alive at 85 years.....

[MickBrett]

John Thompson (aka Amos) from Kelbrook died last week.
He was a lovely fella and I'm glad to have worked with him during my apprenticeship at ELE.

[Stanley]

Morning Mick.... I feel as though I ought to know him but I don't think I did....

[PanBiker]

I used to mend his TV, nice bloke from a big family and his lovely wife.

[Tripps]

Patrick O'Flynn has died today, at the age of 59. I occasionally bumped into articles that he had written, and seldom disagreed with him.

RIP

[Stanley]

See THIS BBC report of the death of Lretta Swit....
Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy awards for her role on the popular comedy TV series M*A*S*H, died on Friday, according to her representative. She died at her home in New York at age 87, her publicist Harlan Boll told the BBC. She likely died of natural causes, although a coroner's report is pending. On M*A*S*H, Swit played US Army nurse Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan. The series, which followed a mobile Army surgical hospital during the Korean war, ran for 11 seasons from 1972 to 1983.
M.A.S.H. was possibly my favourite TV series of all time.... I'm sorry to hear Loretta has died but that's something none of us can escape.

[Cathy]

MASH was so well done, there was a lot of reality in the show.
RIP Loretta Swit/ Hot Lips Houlihan.