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    Brendan Grace has passed

    • 10-07-2019 11:34PM
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      Agent Smith
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      RIP


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    • #2
      r3nu4l
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      Not seeing this on any of the major news outlets yet, only on Facebook and some local news outlets. Has he really passed away?


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      r3nu4l
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      Not seeing this on any of the major news outlets yet, only on Facebook and some local news outlets. Has he really passed away?


    • #4
      Agent Smith
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      r3nu4l wrote: »
      Not seeing this on any of the major news outlets yet, only on Facebook and some local news outlets. Has he really passed away?

      Are you questioning the Journalistic integrity of LMFM?


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      tuxy
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      r3nu4l wrote: »
      Not seeing this on any of the major news outlets yet, only on Facebook and some local news outlets. Has he really passed away?

      Unconfirmed

      https://billhillwicklow.com/2019/07/10/breaking-unconfirmed-reports-that-comedian-brendan-grace-has-sadly-passed-away/

      Expect reports from the media in the next 30 mins or so if it's true.


    • #6
      Harry Palmr
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      Entirely unconfirmed at this point.

      Anyway he was great in Fr Ted. Should have played more villains.

      edit John Creedon has posted on twitter so it's probably the case.

      https://twitter.com/johncreedon/status/1149085407621079040


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    • #7
      r3nu4l
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      Agent Smith wrote: »

      Are you questioning the Journalistic integrity of LMFM?

      Maybe I am and maybe I'm not :D
      I've only seen it on LMFM and Donegal online so far :)


    • #8
      Zaph
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      Not that it's proper confirmation of anything, but the story is currently trending on Twitter.


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      tuxy
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      Agent Smith wrote: »

      Are you questioning the Journalistic integrity of LMFM?

      Why do you link to a deleted tweet :confused:


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      lab man
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      RIP great man


    • #11
      Atlantic Dawn
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      He went quick in the end, RIP.

      Loved his comedy growing up, one of the few comedians you could watch with your parents without being morto.


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      Zeek12
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      Harry Palmr wrote: »

      edit John Creedon has posted on twitter so it's probably the case.

      Des Bishop too.

      RIP

      https://twitter.com/Desbishop/status/1149087016317083651


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      Suckit
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      It's on his Wiki page too
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Grace
      Brendan Grace ( 1 April 1951 - 10 July 2019 ) was an Irish comedian and singer. He was known for his comedy schoolboy character "Bottler", the role of Murphy in the 1995 film Moondance, and his 1996 appearance in the Irish TV sitcom Father Ted as Father Fintan Stack.[1]

      His 1975 song, "Combine Harvester", was a number one hit in Ireland, and the song would later become a UK number one hit for The Wurzels in 1976.

      R.I.P.


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      Agent Smith wrote: »
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      RIP


      Epic. RIP.


    • #15
      Harry Palmr
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      On the other hand

      https://twitter.com/Ciaran_O/status/1149086475188867072


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      Purple Mountain
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      Suckit wrote: »
      It's on his Wiki page too
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Grace
      Brendan Grace ( 1 April 1951 - 10 July 2019 ) was an Irish comedian and singer. He was known for his comedy schoolboy character "Bottler", the role of Murphy in the 1995 film Moondance, and his 1996 appearance in the Irish TV sitcom Father Ted as Father Fintan Stack.[1]

      His 1975 song, "Combine Harvester", was a number one hit in Ireland, and the song would later become a UK number one hit for The Wurzels in 1976.

      R.I.P.
      Because that's always right!

      To thine own self be true



    • #17
      sligojoek
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      He had his fun.

      That's all that matters.

      RIP Brendan


    • #18
      road_high
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      Is the poor man actually dead? Seems pretty sick to announce this if he isn’t. To say the least


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      the hedgeman
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      Great comedian,storyteller,musician.RIP


    • #20
      Suckit
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      Purple Mountain wrote: »
      Because that's always right!
      Yeah but I thought I would link to it anyway. Either somebody playing a very elaborate joke across smaller news sites, or it is being reported more widespread.


    • #21
      amor3
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      Brendan O Carroll tweeting it as well..


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    • #22
      eagle eye
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      RIP Brendan. A very funny man but more importantly a very nice man. His wife Eileen is a wonderful person too and is also a very funny person.
      Had loads of laughs at his shows when he was young and had lots of laughs when I met the man off stage too.


    • #23
      Sir Oxman
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      And this is why real news media wait...


    • #24
      mickdw
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      If Brendan o Carroll has the news, it must be true. Very close friend.


    • #25
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      Remember the same thing a few years with Ger Loughnane- he was ill with Leukemia and it was announced online he had died- his poor son in Australia read it and thought he had died


    • #26
      Harry Palmr
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      No "new" sources saying anything other than he isn't dead. So he is probably alive.

      /something about a lie being halfway round the world before the truth has pulled it's boots on.


    • #27
      fritzelly
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      Fake news but maybe his last hoorah laugh


    • #28
      dudara
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      Closing this thread until the story is verified by a media source other than social media.

      dudara


    • #29
      Mr E
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      Confirmed now, unfortunately. RIP, Brendan.

      https://www.thejournal.ie/brendan-grace-rip-4719855-Jul2019/


    • #30
      TheValeyard
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      Ah poor Brendan. 68 is still a young age to go.


      You gave me many hours of laughter.

      RIP Bottler.

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      All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.



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    • #31
      Beechwoodspark
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      Rest easy Brendan.

      You brightened up some very dark times in this country.

      You made thousands upon thousands of ppl laugh over your career.


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