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The Dearly departed....

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    #152
    BBDBB
    Registered Users Posts: 26,899 ✭✭✭✭BBDBB


    Terry Callier RIP

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72IdqPjNwCk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

    such a talent


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    #153
    OldGoat
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    Clive Dunn. I never panicked. :-(

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    #154
    looksee
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    OldGoat wrote: »
    Clive Dunn . I never panicked. :-(

    Ah that's sad, great character.


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    #155
    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,363 ✭✭✭cml387


    I bet you all knew that Rick Wakeman was the pianist on Clive Dunnes 1970 hit "Grandad".


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    #156
    Chucken
    Registered Users Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2230519/Coronation-Streets-Jack-Duckworth-dies-Actor-Bill-Tarmey-passes-away-aged-71.html?ito=feeds-newsxml


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    #157
    Mollywolly
    Registered Users Posts: 566 ✭✭✭Mollywolly


    Just heard about Bill/Jack on the news. Very sad to hear of him passing. His "death" on Corrie had me reduced to a snivelling wreck, and I'm not far off it now. RIP Bill :(


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    #158
    up for anything
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    Larry Hagman aka Major Nelson and JR Ewing. :(


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    #159
    Chucken
    Registered Users Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    Aw no :(

    The poor man didnt look well at all in the new series.

    Another legend gone.

    May he rest in peace


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    #160
    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,363 ✭✭✭cml387


    TBH the whole Dallas thing just passed me by.

    To me he's most famous for forgetting his lines in the Royal Variety Perfomance but caried on like a trooper anyway.


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    #161
    BBDBB
    Registered Users Posts: 26,899 ✭✭✭✭BBDBB


    Dave Brubeck has died aged 91

    RIP :(

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faJE92phKzI


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    #162
    OldGoat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,633 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    More sad Jazz news. Dave Brubeck is no longer taking 5. :(

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    #163
    Rubecula
    Registered Users Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    Sir Patrick Moore who did "The Sky At Night" for 50 years has passed away. A great broadcaster and a teacher to millions interested in space and astronomy.


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    #164
    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,363 ✭✭✭cml387


    Kenneth Kendall the BBC newsreader has died at the age of 88.


    For the TLDR brigade he was the first in-vision newsreader on BBC TV in the 1950's and read the news up until 1981.


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    #165
    BBDBB
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    Gerry Anderson, creator of TV shows such as Stingray, Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90 and Terrahawks has died aged 83

    RIP


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    #166
    OldGoat
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    Have a lot of respect for his work. Funny thing is that he was never happy with it and always wanted to do live work rather then puppetery.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    #167
    OldGoat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,633 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    Éamon de Buitléar
    The man instilled in me a deep love of the sea and the coastal environment. He even taught me a cúpla focal as gailge.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    #168
    Jellybaby1
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    Remember Eamon and Gerrit van Gelderen's 'Amuigh Faoin Speir' programme. It fascinated me at the time. Today of course we are glued to David Attenborough's 'Africa'. We've come a long way but only for Eamon and Gerrit we in Ireland wouldn't have known anything about nature in Ireland.


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    #169
    Jellybaby1
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    You probably all know by now that Reg Presley passed away, aged 71 years.


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    #170
    Stained Class
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    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    You probably all know by now that Reg Presley passed away, aged 71 years.

    Yes, the lead singer with The Troggs.

    Most famous for 'Wild Thing' in the '60s.

    Reg penned the song 'Love is all around', later covered by Wet Wet Wet in the '90s

    In his later years, he developed an intrest in UFOs & Crop Circles.

    RIP


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    #171
    cml387
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    Richard Briers.


    He was 79, which surprised me, I though he was younger.

    Apart from The Good Life and may other television appearances,he was in Ricky Gervais's "Extras" as himself, (and very good he was).


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    #172
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Sorry to hear the news. Saw Richard Briers in a Shakespeare play/film on TV and he was brilliant. Always liked him. Funnily enough when I heard his age I thought he was actually older than that.


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    #173
    OldGoat
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    Hugo Chávez, president of Venezuela. My Socilist leaning might be showing here but he did a lot more good in his country then most other leaders. The political world will be a poorer place without him.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    #174
    Chucken
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    "You are a donkey, Mr Bush" :D

    When I heard that, I had to admire him :cool:

    Rest in peace.


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    #175
    Jellybaby1
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    Frank Thornton died 16th March aged 92. Did we forget Captain Peacock, or have we run out of steam on this thread? This is quite a sad place really.


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    #176
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    And now Richard Griffiths has gone, aged 65.


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    #177
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    I had just decided to give up posting on this sad thread when we lost Milo O'Shea and I can't ignore him. Loved Milo, I did. No more now from me.


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    #178
    OldGoat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,633 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    I know there is an eliment of sadness to this thread but I prefer to see it as a reminder of the good and the joy and the better events inlife that the names listed have given me.
    I've never seen death as a 'End' to things but as a chance to relive the memories of those who have just passed.
    Perhaps I just have a weird outlook.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    #179
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Thanks OG, I believe you got it right. It is sad all right and its great to look back and remember the enjoyment these famous folk gave during their careers. I think I feel more sad because I can't see anyone around today who can fill their shoes. :( Maybe in 50 years the youff of today will feel as melancholy about today's 'stars' as we do about yesterday's stars.


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    #180
    OldGoat
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    Ray Manzurac. :(

    http://www.spin.com/articles/ray-manzarek-the-doors-keyboardist-dead-obit/

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    #181
    BBDBB
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    sadly comedy writer Eddie Braburn has departed aged 82

    Amongst others he wrote for Morecambe and Wise and Ken Dodd

    he was a special talent

    RIP


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