OBITUARIES

[Tripps]

Looks like Robert Hardy upstaged him yesterday

I remember him mainly as the unlikely named Ricki Tarr in Tinker Tailor.

[Wendyf]

I remember first seeing him in the Boulting Brother's film "The Family Way" with Hayley Mills.

[Marilyn]

Betty Cuthbert, Australian Olympic Athlete, aged 79, after a long battle with MS.

[Marilyn]

OK...( has nobody ever heard of Betty Cuthbert ?)

How about Glen Campbell? Aged 81 years.

[Stanley]

Even I couldn't remember her Maz. I liked Glen Campbell though....

[Nolic]

Glenn was a very talented guitarist who played for many top artists in session, including Frank Sinatra and Elvis. He then became one of the Beach Boys before setting off on his country music career. RIP Glenn. Nolic

[plaques]

Always liked his guitar playing, shows his talent in Dueling Banjos. Link.

[Stanley]

Good link P. Both of them masters!

[Stanley]

Jerry Lewis has died aged 91. (NY Times obituary.)
I was never a fan but he was certainly a big star.

[Nolic]

Loved Jerry when I was young. RIP. Nolic

[Bodger]

A side of him not many knew about, he was a good singer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGhAgmOtklU

[Stanley]

Brian Aldiss is dead. I enjoyed his writing.... (GUARDIAN OBIT)

[Cathy]

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Bruce Forsythe.

[Wendyf]

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Bruce Forsythe.

"Mr Saturday Night!" I'm sure he was a lovely, kind and generous man but I couldn't stand his television persona, one of the many reasons for not watching the box on a Saturday evening!

[Tripps]

one of the many reasons for not watching the box on a Saturday evening!

Me too. In a profession of huge egos, the man surely had the biggest. I'd say he 'bullied' his way to the knighthood. Sir Bruce Forsyth

[Cathy]

We see nothing of him over here, but I remember seeing him on WDYTYA and assumed he was well liked in England.

[PanBiker]

Not a particular fan either but on "The One Show" tribute last night he was shown hosting "Have I Got News for You" and when Tony Blair and the WMD question was being discussed he summed up with "It would have been nice to see them, to see them nice". I had to laugh, a rare occasion when I actually found him funny, too self centred for my liking.

[Stanley]

I agree with all of you......

[Tripps]

Anyone with any connection with the North East will know of Mike Neville who has died today.

Mike Neville

Celebrated in song by Jez Lowe.
If Mike Neville says it then it must be true

[Stanley]

See THIS for a BBC obituary for Don Williams who has died aged 78. I liked his music.......

[Sue]

Anyone with any connection with the North East will know of Mike Neville who has died today.

Mike Neville

Celebrated in song by Jez Lowe.
If Mike Neville says it then it must be true

I remember him well, I was brought up in the North East.

[Sue]

Anyone with any connection with the North East will know of Mike Neville who has died today.

Mike Neville

Celebrated in song by Jez Lowe.
If Mike Neville says it then it must be true

I remember him well, I was brought up in the North East.

I can't believe he was 80 but then when I worked it out, when I used to watch him at lunchtime when I was at school, I would be 14-15 he would only have been 27

[Nolic]

RIP Don Williams, the Gentle Giant of country music. Nolic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r39aZs49zec

[Nolic]

RIP Liz Dawn. Vera Duckworth in Coronation Street. I remember her as a straight actress in a TV play with Bill Maynard. "Kisses at Fifty". Nolic

[Wendyf]

RIP Liz Dawn. Vera Duckworth in Coronation Street. I remember her as a straight actress in a TV play with Bill Maynard. "Kisses at Fifty". Nolic

I can't find any reports of her death Nolic, only that she was recovering in hospital yesterday. Where did your news come from?