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Caroline Aherne - RIP

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  • #32
    Gerinspain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68 ✭✭Gerinspain


    This is so sad....she was comedy gold.

    Scorchio gets used a lot in our house :(


  • #33
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,234 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    So sad, she was such a talented actress. Rest in peace.


  • #34
    K.Flyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,560 ✭✭✭K.Flyer


    Loved her work, so clever, and brave.
    Rest in Peace our Denise.


  • #35
    Stigura
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭Stigura


    Am I the only one to have ever noticed she was also actually gorgeous?


  • #36
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    Very sad.:(


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  • #37
    s8n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭s8n


    Gael23 wrote: »

    When is 2016 going to end?

    Dec 31st


  • #38
    Maireadio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 662 ✭✭✭Maireadio


    Stigura wrote: »
    Am I the only one to have ever noticed she was also actually gorgeous?

    Certainly very pretty. I think this might have been overlooked because of the characters she played.


  • #39
    ShagNastii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,739 ✭✭✭ShagNastii


    So gutted about this. Such a talent.

    It is easy to lose the run of yourself when a celeb dies but I will echo comments about her genius.

    When you think of the premise of The Royal Family. Every episode was written with the characters based solely in the sitting room (talking about this-talking about that) and it never fluctuated from this. Every episode was hilarious and engaging. That takes some talent to write such a sit com.


  • #40
    getzls
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 806 ✭✭✭getzls


    Paul Daniels might be having a few words with her.

    So Mr. Grim Reaper what first attracted you to Caroline


  • #41
    Maireadio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 662 ✭✭✭Maireadio


    ShagNastii wrote: »
    It is easy to lose the run of yourself when a celeb dies but I will echo comments about her genius.

    Personally, I generally only comment on the RIP threads of people I was a fan of, and I was a huge, huge fan of Caroline's so I have no problem saying I feel so sad right now. :( Watching comedy is a big part of my life and the people who have who made me laugh down the years have had a profound effect on me.


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  • #42
    Maireadio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 662 ✭✭✭Maireadio


    Love this. Very magnanimous of Debbie McGee. :) Of course, she's had her own sad loss this year. :(

    https://s31.postimg.org/8nmmft1hn/Tweet.jpg


  • #43
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The episode of Royle family where nana dies for me is the most briliant piece of television ever made. So funny and yet so heartbreaking, its a work of genius. For her many faults Denise was my hero. Thanks for the laughs Caroline


  • #44
    rustynutz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 825 ✭✭✭rustynutz


    Gutted to hear this, loved her on the Fast Show and the Royle Family, RIP


  • #45
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,956 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    dublinman1990 wrote: »
    Just got breaking news on the BBC right now that actress Caroline Aherne, who was best known for roles in The Fast Show, Mrs Merton & The Royale Family, has died of throat cancer aged 52.

    http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/caroline-aherne-dead-gogglebox-star-8333795

    Very sad news. I used to love her role in the Royale Family. May she RIP.
    El Chapo wrote: »
    She actually co-wrote the Royale Family with Craig Cash (Dave).

    Loved her as Denise.

    Gets up to make tea.

    Jim says "grab my fags while you're in there, love".

    Denise replies "shove a brush up my arse and I'll sweep the floor".

    RIP.

    Very sad to hear of her passing, she was very talented and her writing for 'The Royle Family' was exceptional at times, whilst both of you were watching Pulp Fiction.


  • #46
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,069 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    My memories of her are from the supermarket checkout girl in the Fast Show!

    Talented lady by all accounts, sad loss.


  • #47
    123balltv
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭123balltv


    RIP Ms Aherne a lady who gave us so much laughter her Irish wit lives on.


  • #48
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    Sad to hear.

    The Royle Family is one of the greatest sitcoms ever.

    Incredibly well written in that it didn't feel like it was written at all.

    The Queen of Sheba episode is one of the most beautiful and moving episodes of television ever created.To be able to get an episode of television so right shows what a genius she was.


  • #49
    Heisenberg1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,511 ✭✭✭Heisenberg1


    RIP I absolutely loved the Royle family.

    Ethanol is the most common form of which substance ?

    Dave: Alcohol I taught you would have known that Denise.

    Denise: I've never even drank Ethanol.

    Genius writing you will be sorely missed.


  • #50
    worried07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭worried07


    Just so young. 52. Cancer is horrible. I hope she's at peace now.


  • #51
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,162 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »
    Sad to hear.

    The Royle Family is one of the greatest sitcoms ever.

    Incredibly well written in that it didn't feel like it was written at all.

    The Queen of Sheba episode is one of the most beautiful and moving episodes of television ever created.To be able to get an episode of television so right shows what a genius she was.

    The royle family is so lifelike, a lot of people can relate to it.

    The sunday dinner, the grandmother being there, the neighbours etc

    I knw the actor who played Twiggy died a few years ago, did the irish actress who played the neighbour Mary die too ???


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  • #52
    retro:electro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    Laughed my heart out over the years at Caroline Aherne. Loved her as Denise on The Royle Family. RIP, a truly funny lady.


  • #53
    Jayop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,377 ✭✭✭✭Jayop


    Just heard now. Genuinely sad about Caroline passing. One of the funniest people I've ever seen in my life. Rip


  • #54
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    ShagNastii wrote: »
    So gutted about this. Such a talent.

    It is easy to lose the run of yourself when a celeb dies but I will echo comments about her genius.

    When you think of the premise of The Royal Family. Every episode was written with the characters based solely in the sitting room (talking about this-talking about that) and it never fluctuated from this. Every episode was hilarious and engaging. That takes some talent to write such a sit com.

    At least once every 3 months I sit and watch the episode 'the Queen of sheba' where nana dies. It is hilarious and sad at the same time. The kids slag me for watching the same thing time in and time out, but its just brilliant TV.

    At Nana's funeral:
    Jim 'Well, a miracle happened today, Barb'
    Barb : 'What, Jim?'
    Jim: 'Our Denise got off her arse and made the buffet'

    Brilliant


  • #55
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    A working class hero

    RIP


  • #56
    Lisha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,713 ✭✭✭Lisha


    Loved her comedy skills, I'm very sad for her family and friends .

    Herself and Dave leaving the kids with random neighbours was so funny


  • #57
    PandaPoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,978 ✭✭✭PandaPoo


    She was my favorite in the royle family, my brother used to call me Denise because I was a bit dim in my teens.

    I don't normally comment on these threads but im really sad to hear this :(


  • #58
    PandaPoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,978 ✭✭✭PandaPoo


    Genius writing. It never fails to make me laugh.

    Barbara - What have you had for your tea Denise?
    Denise - Spaghetti
    Barbara - Ooo Bolognese?
    Denise - Hoops


  • #59
    briany
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,097 ✭✭✭✭briany


    So sad. The Royle Family will be an enduringly brilliant comedy. She and Craig Cash had some absolute genius moments in writing that. Well, each episode is pretty much classic, and I still watch it fairly regularly.

    Another one of these cases where I thought she was out of the woods with her illness and then you get this news. :(


  • #60
    Hazydays123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 215 ✭✭Hazydays123


    Was just watching a few of her Mrs Merton interviews and it struck me how many of the guests she was interviewing are also now dead- Paul Daniels, George Best, Jimmy Hill, etc.

    She was tremendously talented.


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  • #61
    cbyrd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,214 ✭✭✭cbyrd


    Goggle box will never be the same ... It's so sad ... :'(


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