Richard Whiteley has died

RuggieBear

according to Sky news the Countdown presenter has died

Yeah I was just watching.

A very sad day.

is_that_so

So it seems.RIP
How old was he ?

61 I believe.

Guy:Incognito

el rabitos wrote:

i'll have a coffin please carol

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el rabitos

el rabitos wrote:

i'll have a coffin please carol

:eek: That was just mean! :eek:

DMC

A TV legend, folks.....

1st person to appear on Channel 4, on Countdown, on 2nd November 1982, plus a regional news presenter in Yorkshire for many years.

A sad day. RIP Twice-nightly.

kittenkiller

Crikey!

Poor him, poor us, poor Carol!

Wonder if Countdown'll continue?

Mimikyu

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DMC

He was having a heart op today, but was suffering from pneumonia for a few weeks.
Countdown was due to be filmed this week with stand in guest presenters (former guests from Dictionary Corner.)

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote:

61 I believe.

No way? I'd have guessed mid-40s.

The guy always seemed a bit like an old man you say hello to on the corner of the street, and you always wishing that you had a conversation with before he died.

/\/\ I think that came out wrong/odd.

R.I.P.

Naos

That is sad...

His jokes were so bad though..

whiskeyman

seriously?? I havent seen it on any bbc online news yet.... must check sky.
I knew he was ill...but.... oh man.
My college years were built on this and 15-to-1.
Ah, the memories.
RIP Richard.

Mr.Nice Guy

Is this a wind-up? I haven't read anything about it on Ceefax.

DMC

Nope, its on BBC News online now.

Mr.Nice Guy

Just read it on teletext. I'm shocked. I had heard he was suffering from Pneumonia.

It's very sad news indeed. RIP.

whiskeyman

DMC wrote:

Nope, its on BBC News online now.

yup.. it's true folks
I hope they continue the programme though in his memory.
Gonna be a tough show to record on Monday if it goes ahead.

RobertFoster

whiskeyman wrote:

yup.. it's true folks
I hope they continue the programme though in his memory.
Gonna be a tough show to record on Monday if it goes ahead.

They record six weeks in advance AFAIK. Plus, I think Carol said she'd quit when Richard does...

parasite

i, for one, loved all his jokes

amacachi

mike65

Christ! I feel like a small piece of my life has just gone with him. And I'm old enough to recall Life Before Whiteley.

Mike.

Dinner

el rabitos wrote:

i'll have a coffin please carol

Oh I shouldnt have laughed....

Sad day, I liked him.

Johnny_the_fox

is_that_so

There's a piece of video of him from the 70's, when he was working for Yorshire TV being bitten by a ferret. Same expressions.

kittenkiller

They should let Carol pick out the hymns & psalms for the funeral service.

His Mrs can help,
'2 big ones & 3 of your choice carol', she'll say
& then when they're picked a clock can go off while they sort out the order for them to be said in!

Tick tock tick tock...
Diddlee dee... dum!

stormkeeper

Damn, I'm in shock...

MisterAnarchy

A sad day for Tv
One of the few presenters on Tv who was a pleasure to watch.
His appeal transcends all ages.
A legend.

Draupnir

A man who deserved everyones respect. I shed a tear when I heard this and so did everyone in my family. A true tv legend.

RIP and may God bless him.

Wacker

Wow, those rare weekday afternoons when I'm home will be emty now. A shame. He was always good for a truly terrible pun or joke that would have you laughing in spite of yourself. I'll miss him.

mike65

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Whiteley

Mike.

tribulus

a certainty for a boards legend, will miss his corny remarks and possibly the show itself now he's passed???

joe.

el rabitos wrote:

i'll have a coffin please carol

Is it wrong that I found that funny?

R.I.P.

Pigman II

That's sad news.

IIRC, channel4 are currently running 'how would you like to be remembered' ad in which he features as the last guest face. I hope they'll have enough cop to pull it immediately.

Dagnir Glaurung

I'm actually in shock

mad m

I remember Stephen Fry doing a send up of him some years ago,it was class.Ah well this time last year it was John Peel.

Life goes on as they say.

Dinner

Pigman II wrote:

That's sad news.

IIRC, channel4 are currently running 'how would you like to be remembered' ad in which he features as the last guest face. I hope they'll have enough cop to pull it immediately.

Yeah I was thinking of that. He said he wanted to be remembered as the first man on Channel 4. I suppose he'll he remembered for more than just that.

Cant help but wonder what Top Gear will do. IIRC he was the slowest guest around the track. I hope they dont sneak him off quietly.

The Free Man

i wonder if that guy who wrote a song about carol vorderman will write a tribute song for him...

mike65

They should replay that lap. It was classic Whiteley, you just knew he'd be the slowest.

Mike.

Repli

Ahh jaysus I remember growing up my mam used to watch countdown every day at 4.30
He will be remembered anyway
R.I.P

Wacker

Do any of you guys remember the Gotcha that Noel Edmonds did on him on Noels House Party? Viewers voted it the best ever Gotcha, and having seen it, I'd be inclined to agree. It was just an episode of Contdown, where loads of stuff was going wrong (obviously!). It ended with the conundrum appearing with three blank spaces and the word HOGCAT. Richard lookd completely baffled. When the answe turned over as GOTCHA, a moment of TV gold had been created. I'll remember him for that!

mad m

Do you know what,I was just thinking while reading about how he was just out of surgery a couple of days and then died.I bet(assuming) maybe that superbug got a hold of him(MSRA).

Alot of it going around these days.

Dinner

Wacker wrote:

Do any of you guys remember the Gotcha that Noel Edmonds did on him on Noels House Party? Viewers voted it the best ever Gotcha, and having seen it, I'd be inclined to agree. It was just an episode of Contdown, where loads of stuff was going wrong (obviously!). It ended with the conundrum appearing with three blank spaces and the word HOGCAT. Richard lookd completely baffled. When the answe turned over as GOTCHA, a moment of TV gold had been created. I'll remember him for that!

That was on a countdown thing presented by Jeremy Beadle on C4 a few weeks ago and it was brilliant. Its the best one that I can remember.

cocopops

He's a legend alright. Poor Carol. They made quite a team R.I.P.

I've got the theme tune stuck in my head now......

From Wikipedia:

He died on 26 June 2005 at Leeds General Infirmary shortly after an operation to combat an infection in a heart valve following a serious case of pneumonia. Shortly beforehand he had missed his first show on Countdown in 23 years.

The final line kinda hit me.

AdMMM

R.I.P, many a good da I had watching countdown. Don't know whether they'll cancel it in his honour or continue it in his honour!

mad m

mad m wrote:

Do you know what,I was just thinking while reading about how he was just out of surgery a couple of days and then died.I bet(assuming) maybe that superbug got a hold of him(MSRA).

Alot of it going around these days.

I'd say you are probably right

Anyway,I posted my memory here

Goodshape

Shocking tbh.

Boo-urns :-(

Mossy Monk

i saw the Noel Edmonds thing a few weeks ago on C4. it was legendary

RIP

BaZmO*

I was really shocked when I heard the news the other night. I was even more shocked when I heard how old he was.

I actually remember watching the first episode when it was first aired, and many subsequent episodes since.

23 years on the same show. Real legendary stuff.

Hopefully they'll continue the show but it'll certainly be different without Twice-Nighlty.

B.