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Bruce Forsyth has died

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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,920 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Link:

    http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40978576

    "Nice to see you, to see you... nice".
    Sir Bruce Forsyth, the veteran entertainer and presenter of many successful TV shows, has died aged 89.
    The former Strictly Come Dancing presenter had been unwell for some time and was in hospital earlier this year after a severe chest infection.
    His long career in showbusiness began when he was aged just 14.
    He became Britain's best-paid TV star, famous for hosting game shows like The Generation Game, Play Your Cards Right and The Price is Right.
    He also presented BBC One's Strictly with Tess Daly from 2004 to 2014.
    Sir Bruce had not been seen in public recently, due to ill health. He was too frail to attend the funerals of close friends Ronnie Corbett and Sir Terry Wogan last year.


  • #3
    Stigura
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,692 ✭✭✭Stigura


    My old dear saw him, one time. Said he was loathesome, because he rushed away after the show, disregarding the baying fans and autograph hunters. Maybe his Dog was taken sick?

    Later, of course, he won her, like everyone else, over. " Here Kitttayyyyyeee!!! " Madman! :D

    RIP, Brucie.


  • #4
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,059 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    My whole life he's been there in the corner of the front room and now he's gone.


  • #5
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    'The Price Was Right' was brilliant.

    Revived his career with Strictly Come Dancing.

    Interesting family background!

    89 is a good age, but ask someone who is 88 and they will say its still young.


    RIP


    bruceForsythe_jpg_2692534b.jpg

    "The secret to a happy marriage is if you can be at peace with someone within four walls, if you are content because the one you love is near to you, either upstairs or downstairs, or in the same room, and you feel that warmth that you don't find very often, then that is what love is all about."


  • #6
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,417 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


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  • #7
    Are Am Eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Are Am Eye


    He had a good innings.


  • #8
    valoren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,685 ✭✭✭valoren


    Didn't he do well.

    RIP Brucie.


  • #9
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    What a lovely man he was, a true entertainer. You don't get them like that anymore.

    RIP Bruce.


  • #10
    Noveight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭Noveight


    His cracking mustache was the least of his achievements. Rip indeed.


  • #11
    Tom Mann Centuria
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,546 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    Good game, good game.


    RIP.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



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  • #12
    Tauriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    I grew up watching the game shows he presented in the nineties.

    RIP


  • #13
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,417 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    My Favourite was "ok Dollies, do your dealing" !!!

    • Nice to see you, to see you ... nice - The Generation Game 1971
    • Didn't he/she/they do well? - The Generation Game 1971
    • Good game, good game! - The Generation Game 1980s
    • I'm in charge! - The Generation Game 1980s
    • You're such a lovely audience, so much better than last week's - The Generation Game 1980s
    • What do points make? - Various TV 1980s
    • It's a bit Mother Goose, isn't it? - The Generation Game 1980s
    • Oh, wasn't that a shame! - The Price is Right 1980s
    • Print it, print it - The Generation Game 1980s
    • Cuddly toy, cuddly toy! - The Generation Game 1980s
    • You get nothing for a pair! (not in this game) - The Generation Game 1980s
    • Didn't he do well? - The Generation Game 1980s
    • Nice to see you, to see you - The Generation Game 1980s
    • All right, my loves? - The Generation Game 1980s
    • Give us a twirl! - The Generation Game 1980s
    • A chance to go for the car - Play Your Cards Right 1990s
    • OK dollies do your dealing - Play Your Cards Right 1990s
    • Do you wanna bet on it? - You Bet 1990s
    • We asked a hundred people - Play Your Cards Right 1990s
    • Higher! Lower! Bruce Forsyth - Play Your Cards Right 1990s
    • I'm the leader of the pack which makes me such a lucky jack - Play Your Cards Right 1990s
    • And here they are, they're so appealing - Play Your Cards Right 1990s
    • Nice to twirl you... Strictly Come Dancing 2000s
    • I've made up my mind - you're the best - Strictly Come Dancing 2000s
    • And from everyone here - Strictly Come Dancing 2000s
    • And from everyone here – and I do mean everyone - Strictly Come Dancing 2000s
    • You're my favourites - Strictly Come Dancing 2000s
    • Keeeeeep dancin'! - Strictly Come Dancing 2000s
    • Not like that! - Strictly Come Dancing 2000s
    • Let's meet the stars of our show - Strictly Come Dancing 2000s
    • It's the moment of truth - Strictly Come Dancing 2000s


  • #14
    jamesbere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,022 ✭✭✭jamesbere


    He had a great presence in front of the camera, never got flustered. A true professional.

    RIP


  • #15
    Poorside
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,098 ✭✭✭Poorside


    will he go higher or lower?

    RIP Brucey


  • #16
    Jayesdiem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 908 ✭✭✭Jayesdiem


    Nice to know you, to know you nice.


  • #17
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 29,807 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Grew up watching him in the 80s and one of my favourite presenters.

    RIP Brucie


  • #18
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Aw, RIP Brucey. To be fair though, any time I saw him on TV in the last decade I did say, "Jaysus, is he still alive?". He had good innings and was still energetic into the last years of his career.


  • #19
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Made his TV debut as a child in 1939.

    Astonishing.


  • #20
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,723 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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  • #21
    dublinman1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,443 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


    A wonderful gentleman on screen and off.

    His presenting roles in The Price is Right & Play your Cards Right, IMO, made him a legend.

    RIP Brucie. :)


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  • #22
    fxotoole
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,661 ✭✭✭fxotoole


    RIP Bruce, nice to see you, to see you nice


  • #23
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,069 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Arguably the last of the Great entertainers.

    RIP Sir Bruce, you were truly great ....

    Departing at 89, a good innings indeed.


  • #24
    dd972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭dd972


    A good laugh, RIP.


  • #25
    A Little Pony
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,875 ✭✭✭A Little Pony


    Maybe keep the praise back just in case as you never know.. but RIP anyway.


  • #26
    keano_afc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,713 ✭✭✭keano_afc


    Very sad, he was a cracking entertainer. Wont see his like again.

    RIP Brucie, thanks for the Saturday night memories in front of the TV.


  • #27
    dublinman1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,443 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


    BBC News at 5 on it's news channel has said he died of bronchial pneumonia. :(


  • #28
    callaway92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,322 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    A Little Pony wrote: »
    Maybe keep the praise back just in case as you never know.. but RIP anyway.

    Something you know that we don't?


  • #29
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,839 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    A Little Pony wrote: »
    Maybe keep the praise back just in case as you never know.. but RIP anyway.

    He loved his dolly birds.

    RIP Brucie, thanks for the entertainment.


  • #30
    Greybottle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 966 ✭✭✭Greybottle


    He was married or in relationships with two Miss World's.

    The only other person known to have slept with two Miss World's is the legendary George Best.

    That's my Brucie Bonus fact for today. RIP


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  • #31
    PucaMama
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭PucaMama


    A Little Pony wrote: »
    Maybe keep the praise back just in case as you never know.. but RIP anyway.
    Disgusting to imply anything other than he was a gentleman.

    RIP. :(


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