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Re: OBITUARIES

Posted: 05 Aug 2017, 09:41
by Tripps
Looks like Robert Hardy upstaged him yesterday :smile:

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

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Posted: 05 Aug 2017, 10:02
by Wendyf
I remember first seeing him in the Boulting Brother's film "The Family Way" with Hayley Mills.

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Posted: 07 Aug 2017, 21:45
by Marilyn
Betty Cuthbert, Australian Olympic Athlete, aged 79, after a long battle with MS.

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Posted: 09 Aug 2017, 01:15
by Marilyn
OK...( has nobody ever heard of Betty Cuthbert :mean: ?)

How about Glen Campbell? Aged 81 years.

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Posted: 09 Aug 2017, 02:52
by Stanley
Even I couldn't remember her Maz. I liked Glen Campbell though....

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Posted: 09 Aug 2017, 06:36
by 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

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Posted: 09 Aug 2017, 07:18
by plaques
Always liked his guitar playing, shows his talent in Dueling Banjos. Link.

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Posted: 10 Aug 2017, 02:59
by Stanley
Good link P. Both of them masters!

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Posted: 21 Aug 2017, 05:47
by Stanley
Jerry Lewis has died aged 91. (NY Times obituary.)
I was never a fan but he was certainly a big star.

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Posted: 21 Aug 2017, 05:55
by Nolic
Loved Jerry when I was young. RIP. Nolic

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Posted: 21 Aug 2017, 08:00
by Bodger
A side of him not many knew about, he was a good singer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGhAgmOtklU

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Posted: 22 Aug 2017, 03:27
by Stanley
Brian Aldiss is dead. I enjoyed his writing.... (GUARDIAN OBIT)

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Posted: 22 Aug 2017, 09:10
by Cathy
I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Bruce Forsythe.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2017, 10:14
by Wendyf
Cathy wrote: 22 Aug 2017, 09:10 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!

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Posted: 22 Aug 2017, 10:55
by Tripps
Wendyf wrote: 22 Aug 2017, 10:14 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

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Posted: 22 Aug 2017, 13:13
by Cathy
We see nothing of him over here, but I remember seeing him on WDYTYA and assumed he was well liked in England.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2017, 13:56
by 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.

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Posted: 23 Aug 2017, 03:49
by Stanley
I agree with all of you......

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Posted: 06 Sep 2017, 22:56
by 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

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Posted: 09 Sep 2017, 05:58
by Stanley
See THIS for a BBC obituary for Don Williams who has died aged 78. I liked his music.......

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Posted: 09 Sep 2017, 06:43
by Sue
Tripps wrote: 06 Sep 2017, 22:56 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.

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Posted: 09 Sep 2017, 06:47
by Sue
Sue wrote: 09 Sep 2017, 06:43
Tripps wrote: 06 Sep 2017, 22:56 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

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Posted: 09 Sep 2017, 18:54
by Nolic
RIP Don Williams, the Gentle Giant of country music. Nolic

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

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Posted: 12 Sep 2017, 06:47
by 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

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Posted: 12 Sep 2017, 07:09
by Wendyf
Nolic wrote: 12 Sep 2017, 06:47 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?