1968 wrote: » Sorry to bump an old comment but came across this in the newspaper archives and thought it was relevant.Wexford People 01 December 1988 - Page 19"The death took place in London last week of Philip Tyler, who was son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tyler, formerly of Rosslare Harbour. Philip was well known to RTE Television viewers for his role on the 'Bosco' programme and had been doing television work in London for some time. His late father had been British Railways (Sealink) agent at Rosslare Harbour while his mother was the late Susan Todd of Rosslare Harbour. There will be a memorial service in Dublin on Saturday."
ButtersSuki wrote: » He couldn't have been too old if he presented Bosco and died in 1988. RIP.
Hangdogroad wrote: » I don't remember his death being announced at all in RTE or any of the national media at the time. At least this confirms it.
skooterblue2 wrote: » People didnt want to know about it then. People were buried in metal coffins and the graves limed. Some Undertakers refused to handle funerals. Those were the times then and very little was known about AIDS back then.
Hangdogroad wrote: » Remember that magician fella "Gemini" ? He used to pop up the odd time on RTE in the 80's. Small guy with curly hair.
RabbleRouser2k wrote: » Before my time, so I had to google him. Is this him?https://www.independent.ie/regionals/argus/news/magic-that-lit-up-the-lives-of-many-especially-children-26948651.html
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skooterblue2 wrote: » You mean Stephen Gately? the boyzone lad? he died choking on his vomit ..... very very sad event. Someone suggested in the media, his partner left him that way.
RabbleRouser2k wrote: » Wasn't death by choking on vomit. It was a pulmonary edema, from an undiagnosed congenital heart condition.
Hangdogroad wrote: » Just returning to Philip Tyler, anyone know did he appear in anything else on RTE outside of Bosco? IMDB shows he was in an early 80s Irish movie called Criminal Conversation.
skooterblue2 wrote: » Seen and i stand corrected.Just read up about it. I had something else going on in my own life at that time, that is probably why I didnt follow up the story. It appears to have caused an amount of bad vibes within the media for sensationalised reporting.
RabbleRouser2k wrote: » Some Journo went and wrote some nasty stuff about him when he died, I think trying to start a conspiracy theory thing or whatever. It was pretty nasty.
Hangdogroad wrote: » It might have seemed odd for a guy his age to die suddenly like that but the same thing happened actor Richard Beckinsale (Porridge, Rising Damp).He died out of the blue from an undiagnosed heart condition at the age of 31, it's rare but not unprecedented.
skooterblue2 wrote: » I am talking about the situation if you arrived on the scene. It does look a bit irregular!!! Now the autopsy told a different story but you do have to ask questions what went on the night before. I am not a big fan of Gerald Keane the solicitor. He is a guy who is always moving in the background. He got Cecelia Ahernes boyfriend off at the time when he was accused of rape at an American campus and it was hushed up. He was over there on an athletic scholarship. These guys are all smile and chat on the TV, when you get to know a few of these people, there is no end they wont go to intimidate and suggest consequences.
Be right back wrote: » You wouldn't hear much about Michael Fassbender these days. Career gone very quiet, even before the corona virus shut everything down.
Be right back wrote: » ^^^^^ He does have it tough, poor Michael.
skooterblue2 wrote: » Listen, our Lord gave us all our cross to bear, the best we can do is try to have a little dignity while carrying it. Its probably him, her, a bottle of 18 year old MacCallen and knowing his luck sky have cut off the subscription. What is a boy to do?
