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RIP cilla black

  • 02-08-2015 11:27am
    #1
    Specialun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭


    Rumours online that she has passed...loved blind date


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  • #2
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,465 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    Why do people post rumours from Twitter or other nonsense.


  • #3
    Elbow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,484 ✭✭✭Elbow


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11778819/Cilla-Black-dies-aged-72.html


  • #4
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    The telegraph is reporting it


  • #5
    KKkitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Why do people post rumours from Twitter or other nonsense.

    Wikipedia said she's dead. R.I.P. Cilla.


  • #6
    Specialun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭Specialun


    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Why do people post rumours from Twitter or other nonsense.


    Its been reported by media outlets


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  • #7
    Berserker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,046 ✭✭✭Berserker


    On the telegraph's site now too. Died in her Spanish home apparently. Police have confirmed it. Not on Sky News though.

    Telegraph Link


  • #8
    nullzero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,824 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    Ta ra cilla

    Glazers Out!



  • #9
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,465 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    Specialun wrote: »
    Its been reported by media outlets

    Then why post Rumours online with no article ?


  • #10
    Niemoj
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭Niemoj


    RIP


  • #11
    Specialun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭Specialun


    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Then why post Rumours online with no article ?


    Dont get your knickers in a twist


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  • #12
    speedboatchase
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,807 ✭✭✭speedboatchase


    Surprise, Surprise.


  • #13
    Fudge You
    Closed Accounts Posts: 978 ✭✭✭Fudge You


    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Then why post Rumours online with no article ?

    What the fcuk are you going mad for??? Shut up!


    O, also, Cilla had lovely legs well past her 50s. I had a crush on her big time back in the day


  • #14
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,590 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Can't say I'm bothered,except to avoid the "tribute"shows for the next week.


  • #15
    YouTookMyName
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,361 ✭✭✭YouTookMyName


    Well thats a surprise surprise.


  • #16
    elfy4eva
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭elfy4eva


    Ah no, she was a Saturday night institution. :-( RIP


  • #17
    SpaceTime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,088 ✭✭✭SpaceTime


    Sad news.

    She was a very unique entertainer who blazed her own trail through music and TV for decades.

    I don't think you'll see anyone like that again, as the whole media has changed completely but, she's a broadcasting legend!

    RIP & condolences to family and friends.


  • #18
    Tipsy McSwagger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,070 ✭✭✭Tipsy McSwagger


    kneemos wrote: »
    Can't say I'm bothered,except to avoid the "tribute"shows for the next week.

    Why post then?


  • #19
    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    Like her or not she always had a smile on her face and made the most of her talent. She seemed to enjoy what she was doing.


  • #20
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,156 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Aaahh thats very sad

    I loved surprise surprise and blind date growing up.

    72 is still quite young.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #21
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,590 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »
    Why post then?


    To voice my opinion.


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  • #22
    Fudge You
    Closed Accounts Posts: 978 ✭✭✭Fudge You


    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    72 is still quite young.


    But, its really not.


  • #23
    kunst nugget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Then why post Rumours online with no article ?

    Because the music speaks for itself.


  • #24
    SpaceTime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,088 ✭✭✭SpaceTime


    Fudge You wrote: »
    But, its really not.

    It is these days.

    Average life expectancy in the UK for a woman is 80.5 and 83 here in Ireland.


  • #25
    kunst nugget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    Fudge You wrote: »
    But, its really not.

    It starts to seem quite young when you approach middle age. Anything between 50 and 75 becomes quite young then. Over 85 and you're into the lived a good long life territory
    territory.


  • #26
    NachoBusiness
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,389 ✭✭✭NachoBusiness


    She gave us a lorra lorra laughs in the 80s and 90s.

    RIP, Cilla.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLNhVC296YI


  • #27
    dollar_king
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 56 ✭✭dollar_king


    Menas wrote: »
    Like her or not she always had a smile on her face and made the most of her talent. She seemed to enjoy what she was doing.

    her biggest asset was being nice , she didn't have star looks and was not a great singer but her ordinary warmth made her a huge tv star

    very much of a different era when Saturday evening light entertainment could pull in twenty million viewers in the uk , she would not succeed today


  • #28
    SpaceTime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,088 ✭✭✭SpaceTime


    72 might not be very old but she did a hell of a lot of stuff in those seven decades compared to most people.


  • #29
    alchemist33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    Eh, we're doing RIP threads about PEOPLE now???


  • #30
    Tipsy McSwagger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,070 ✭✭✭Tipsy McSwagger


    kneemos wrote: »
    To voice my opinion.

    Nobody cares


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  • #31
    brummytom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    I've never heard anything good about her, and I know a lot of people who've came into contact with her, but the drama about her life recently was quite good. RIP..


  • #32
    kunst nugget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    alchemist33 wrote: »
    Eh, we're doing RIP threads about PEOPLE now???

    I heard it was her dentist that shot her. He couldn't handle her overbite.


  • #33
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,590 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »
    Nobody cares


    You can't speak for everyone.


  • #34
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    She made Bernard McHugh a household name.

    RIP


  • #35
    Odelay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,919 ✭✭✭Odelay


    Always enjoyed her in The Weakest Link.


  • #36
    Streetwalker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭Streetwalker


    brummytom wrote: »
    I've never heard anything good about her, and I know a lot of people who've came into contact with her, but the drama about her life recently was quite good. RIP..

    Person in Manchester doesnt like person from Liverpool. Surprise surprise indeed.

    R.I.P to the woman.


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  • #37
    kunst nugget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    brummytom wrote: »
    I've never heard anything good about her, and I know a lot of people who've came into contact with her, but the drama about her life recently was quite good. RIP..

    I always got the impression she was as tough as nails under the 'ta ra, love' exterior and I think I remember reading stories about her being pretty unpleasant to deal with on a one to one basis.


  • #38
    Boring username
    Closed Accounts Posts: 679 ✭✭✭Boring username


    brummytom wrote: »
    I've never heard anything good about her, and I know a lot of people who've came into contact with her, but the drama about her life recently was quite good. RIP..


    +1. I'm surprised at the amount of people that aren't aware of just what a horrid, nasty person she was off screen.There's a thread on a well known aviation site regarding the worst passengers that flight crew have had to deal with, Cilla Black is consistently the most ignorant, pig headed, sneering 'celebrity' they've encountered.

    Just my two cents worth. I suppose I'll be banned again for not hopping on the RIP bandwagon now...


  • #39
    Berserker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,046 ✭✭✭Berserker


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    She made Bernard McHugh a household name.

    Who?


  • #40
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,329 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    kneemos wrote: »
    Can't say I'm bothered,except to avoid the "tribute"shows for the next week.

    Thanks for clicking into the thread to let us know


  • #41
    RayCon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,901 ✭✭✭RayCon


    May not be an actual representation of how she died ... but I for one trust Viz.

    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YKmhJPiCyFM/TDeMH2a0xRI/AAAAAAAAAak/RnNJp8GIEmk/s1600/Cilla+Black+CCollins.jpg


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  • #42
    dark crystal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    brummytom wrote: »
    I've never heard anything good about her, and I know a lot of people who've came into contact with her, but the drama about her life recently was quite good. RIP..

    Indeed. Outside her close circle of family and friends, she was renowned for being...a not very pleasant person.

    Still, she was very good at what she did. Blind Date was an institution when I was growing up and she was a very talented singer too. A true broadcasting legend.


  • #43
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,156 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Fudge You wrote: »
    But, its really not.

    It is though.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #44
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Berserker wrote: »
    Who?
    Seriously?

    Only the second most famous Donegal man ever


  • #45
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,156 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    dollar_king wrote: »
    her biggest asset was being nice , she didn't have star looks and was not a great singer but her ordinary warmth made her a huge tv star

    very much of a different era when Saturday evening light entertainment could pull in twenty million viewers in the uk , she would not succeed today

    I dunno. Back in the 60s she was very attractive.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #46
    Fudge You
    Closed Accounts Posts: 978 ✭✭✭Fudge You


    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    It is though.

    No its not.

    12 is young to die. 50ish is quite young. 72 is not quite young at all.


  • #47
    SpaceTime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,088 ✭✭✭SpaceTime


    kunst nugget wrote: »
    I always got the impression she was as tough as nails under the 'ta ra, love' exterior and I think I remember reading stories about her being pretty unpleasant to deal with on a one to one basis.

    To be fair though, that's often the case with actors, musicians and entertainers.

    It's a very tough industry and to succeed against all the odds, they're usually as hard as nails and tough as old boot leather.

    There are exceptions but, mostly they get "educated" in one of the bitchiest, most backstabbing industries in existence and also have to deal with tabloid journalism trying to get sensationalist scoops on them (in the UK in particular.)

    I'm not saying it's excusable to be rude and nasty but it's far from unusual.


  • #48
    mikedoherty99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭mikedoherty99


    She had an awful reputation for being horrible to everybody


  • #49
    micar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,914 ✭✭✭micar


    Ta ra chuck

    RIP cilla


  • #50
    kunst nugget
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    Fudge You wrote: »
    No its not.

    12 is young to die. 50ish is quite young. 72 is not quite young at all.

    It's all relative. For me, at 37, 50 is very young to die and 72 is quite young. I'd rather be popping my clogs unexpectedly at 88 than 72.


  • #51
    donegaLroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭donegaLroad


    mikedoherty99 wrote: »
    She had an awful reputation for being horrible to everybody

    are you thinking of Anne Robinson from 'The Weakest Link'?


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