Page 61 of 77
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 21 Jan 2022, 08:26
by Wendyf
That's sad. He never looked too healthy! I remember watching him for the first time performing Paradise by the Dashboard Light on the Old Grey Whistle Test, it was quite an experience!
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 21 Jan 2022, 08:39
by Big Kev
Wendyf wrote: ↑21 Jan 2022, 08:26
That's sad. He never looked too healthy! I remember watching him for the first time performing Paradise by the Dashboard Light on the Old Grey Whistle Test, it was quite an experience!
I saw that too, a great performance. Recently he hadn't been too well at all, seen using a stick and a wheelchair to get around. Also unconfirmed stories of a stroke.
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 21 Jan 2022, 08:39
by Stanley
I always liked his performances and particularly the collaboration with Jim Steinman. I love his lyrics.....
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 21 Jan 2022, 08:48
by Cathy
Marilyn is going into decline over the death of Meatloaf - Michael Lee Adam.
If I remember correctly, Meatloaf was a trained opera singer.
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 27 Jan 2022, 13:03
by Stanley
Barry Cryer is dead. He wrote for some of the funniest comedians.... He will be missed.
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 28 Jan 2022, 10:27
by Tizer
RIP Barry. This is one of his first jokes told on-stage...
A man driving down a country lane runs over a cockerel.
He goes to the farmhouse and knocks on the door.
A woman opens it and he says: "I appear to have killed your cockerel. I'd like to replace him.'
She replies: "Please yourself, the hens are round the back."'
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 29 Jan 2022, 04:08
by Stanley
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 08 Feb 2022, 11:13
by Big Kev
Bamber Gascoigne: Original University Challenge presenter dies at 87
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60301687
Here's your starter for ten.
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 08 Feb 2022, 11:14
by Tizer
Snap! I was writing this as you posted Kev. University Challenge presenter Bamber Gascoigne has died aged 87.
BBC He's also known for his HistoryWorld online encyclopaedia. It also has a quiz.
History World
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 08 Feb 2022, 19:53
by Tripps
Not quite in the Jimmy Carr category of tasteless jokes, but here goes . . . .
Your starter for ten
Which famous quiz master died today?
No conferring!
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 09 Feb 2022, 11:17
by Tripps
No reaction - you've got better taste than me.
I heard on the radio that he seems to have been universally liked, and ran the programme for twenty five years. At it's peak, it had an audience of 12 million viewers. It was also said that he had a ritual of eating an Eccles cake before the start of each show.
I like that.
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 10 Feb 2022, 04:31
by Stanley
Where would he get Eccles Cakes in London?
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 10 Feb 2022, 11:51
by Tripps
Stanley wrote: ↑10 Feb 2022, 04:31
Where would he get Eccles Cakes in London?
At the
corner shop of course.
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 11 Feb 2022, 04:41
by Stanley
Silly me..... Of course! (I note they are still using Palm oil....
)
Later after shopping. I saw Lancashire Eccles Cakes and bought them because you had put them in mind. (Even though they were £2.20.)
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 11 Feb 2022, 10:28
by Tripps
Portillo visited the factory on one of his railway journeys. I think it was actually in Eccles. I remember being amazed at how many layers were in the pastry. Seems they now come from Hyde Road, Ardwick in Manchester. That rings a bell - I've walked into town a few times late at night, from the bus garage there.
PS Who meeds a memory when you've got Google - Not actually Eccles - Ardwick.
Eccles cakes
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 11 Feb 2022, 11:08
by Big Kev
Stanley wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 04:41
Later after shopping. I saw Lancashire Eccles Cakes and bought them because you had put them in mind. (Even though they were £2.20.)
£2.20 each?
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 11 Feb 2022, 11:12
by Stanley
No Kev, £2.20 for 4 and in David's Sainsbury promotion they were £2.
David, Hyde Road for me = Belle Vue.....
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 11 Feb 2022, 11:37
by Cathy
I wonder where Kev is off too ?
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 11 Feb 2022, 11:50
by Tripps
Stanley wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 11:12
Hyde Road for me = Belle Vue.....
Me too - that was where I was getting home from.
This is fun - but perhaps we should be geting back to the more serious thread topic, with apologies for off piste.
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 12 Feb 2022, 04:07
by Stanley
Off piste is the best bit of the site. Far more interesting than death!
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 04 Mar 2022, 21:37
by Cathy
Rod Marsh MBE Age 74
Australian Cricket Icon RIP
Shane Warne Age 52
Australian Cricket Icon RIP
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 05 Mar 2022, 03:45
by Stanley
He and Shane Warne took a lot of wickets..... And later I realised that he had died as well from a heart attack at the age of 52. (
LINK)
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 05 Mar 2022, 21:08
by Tripps
De mortuis nil nisi bonum - as they say.
I think I'll stick with Bobby Charlton as my hero.
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 06 Mar 2022, 03:41
by Stanley
I had to look it up.... clever clogs!
Re: OBITUARIES
Posted: 17 Mar 2022, 12:35
by Tripps
The actor Peter Bowles has died.
I think I'd describe him as a 'performer' rather than an 'actor'.
For me, he was Peter Bowles in all he did. I see no mention in the tributes of what I think was his best performance, as Major Yeates in The 'Irish RM' which would be my top ten TV programmes of all time.