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Ming Campbell, an old fashioned politician.
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I heard the news last night. Yes he was often ridiculed for being old fashioned but for that read reliable. He was also a record breaking Olympic sprinter in his youth......
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Morning Julie.... I agree, I was reading about her life again yesterday. I hope her work with primates is taken forward by her colleagues.....
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Actress Dame Patricia Routledge, known for playing Hyacinth Bucket in classic TV sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, has died at the age of 96, her agent has said.
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R I P Dame Patricia Routledge. A very accomplished Actress.
She died in her sleep.
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I loved her..... 96 is a good age!
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Prunella Scales aged 93
Sybil in Fawlty Towers. Loved watching Prunella and husband Timothy West (recently deceased) on their canal journeys.
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Ditto Cathy to Fawlty Towers and the canal programmes.... I liked everything she did.
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RIP.

I never found Fawlty Towers funny. What's funny about bullying a Spanish waiter. I'm surprised they still show it in these 'woke' days.

She was good in the film Outside Edge,

and as one of Hobson's younger daughters in "Hobson's Choice" (The Charles Laughton version).
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I'd forgotten that David, and it's one of my favourite oldies....
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Pauline Collins OBE Age 85
British Actress. Upstairs,Downstairs. Shirley Valentine ( Hello wall 😊).
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presenter Quentin Willson :sad:
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Aged 68 , Lung Cancer.
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Couple of Days ago Gilson Lavis , drummer with Squeeze. The Jools Holland Big Band and The Jools Holland Rhythm and Blues Orchestra as well as playing for and with a multitude of musical artists over the past 35 odd years. Apparently also and artist of the painting variety - like a few other musicans
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another person I have never met but by those two degrees of separation events I have a connection with , so missed
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