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RIP cilla black

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Rumours online that she has passed...loved blind date

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kunst nugget

alchemist33 wrote: »

Eh, we're doing RIP threads about PEOPLE now???

I heard it was her dentist that shot her. He couldn't handle her overbite.

kneemos

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Nobody cares

You can't speak for everyone.

The Backwards Man

She made Bernard McHugh a household name.

RIP

Odelay

Always enjoyed her in The Weakest Link.

Streetwalker

brummytom wrote: »

I've never heard anything good about her, and I know a lot of people who've came into contact with her, but the drama about her life recently was quite good. RIP..

Person in Manchester doesnt like person from Liverpool. Surprise surprise indeed.

R.I.P to the woman.

kunst nugget

brummytom wrote: »

I've never heard anything good about her, and I know a lot of people who've came into contact with her, but the drama about her life recently was quite good. RIP..

I always got the impression she was as tough as nails under the 'ta ra, love' exterior and I think I remember reading stories about her being pretty unpleasant to deal with on a one to one basis.

Boring username

brummytom wrote: »

I've never heard anything good about her, and I know a lot of people who've came into contact with her, but the drama about her life recently was quite good. RIP..

+1. I'm surprised at the amount of people that aren't aware of just what a horrid, nasty person she was off screen.There's a thread on a well known aviation site regarding the worst passengers that flight crew have had to deal with, Cilla Black is consistently the most ignorant, pig headed, sneering 'celebrity' they've encountered.

Just my two cents worth. I suppose I'll be banned again for not hopping on the RIP bandwagon now...

Berserker

The Backwards Man wrote: »

She made Bernard McHugh a household name.

Who?

Cienciano

kneemos wrote: »

Can't say I'm bothered,except to avoid the "tribute"shows for the next week.

Thanks for clicking into the thread to let us know

RayCon

May not be an actual representation of how she died ... but I for one trust Viz.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YKmhJPiCyFM/TDeMH2a0xRI/AAAAAAAAAak/RnNJp8GIEmk/s1600/Cilla+Black+CCollins.jpg

dark crystal

brummytom wrote: »

I've never heard anything good about her, and I know a lot of people who've came into contact with her, but the drama about her life recently was quite good. RIP..

Indeed. Outside her close circle of family and friends, she was renowned for being...a not very pleasant person.

Still, she was very good at what she did. Blind Date was an institution when I was growing up and she was a very talented singer too. A true broadcasting legend.

Annasopra

Fudge You wrote: »

But, its really not.

It is though.

The Backwards Man

Berserker wrote: »

Who?

Seriously?

Only the second most famous Donegal man ever

Annasopra

dollar_king wrote: »

her biggest asset was being nice , she didn't have star looks and was not a great singer but her ordinary warmth made her a huge tv star

very much of a different era when Saturday evening light entertainment could pull in twenty million viewers in the uk , she would not succeed today

I dunno. Back in the 60s she was very attractive.

Fudge You

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

It is though.

No its not.

12 is young to die. 50ish is quite young. 72 is not quite young at all.

SpaceTime

kunst nugget wrote: »

I always got the impression she was as tough as nails under the 'ta ra, love' exterior and I think I remember reading stories about her being pretty unpleasant to deal with on a one to one basis.

To be fair though, that's often the case with actors, musicians and entertainers.

It's a very tough industry and to succeed against all the odds, they're usually as hard as nails and tough as old boot leather.

There are exceptions but, mostly they get "educated" in one of the bitchiest, most backstabbing industries in existence and also have to deal with tabloid journalism trying to get sensationalist scoops on them (in the UK in particular.)

I'm not saying it's excusable to be rude and nasty but it's far from unusual.

mikedoherty99

She had an awful reputation for being horrible to everybody

micar

Ta ra chuck

RIP cilla

kunst nugget

Fudge You wrote: »

No its not.

12 is young to die. 50ish is quite young. 72 is not quite young at all.

It's all relative. For me, at 37, 50 is very young to die and 72 is quite young. I'd rather be popping my clogs unexpectedly at 88 than 72.

donegaLroad

mikedoherty99 wrote: »

She had an awful reputation for being horrible to everybody

are you thinking of Anne Robinson from 'The Weakest Link'?

Volvoair

few piccys of her here......
https://www.google.ie/search?q=cilla+black&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMIr9LN166KxwIVC5rbCh2zmQi8&biw=1680&bih=897

Birneybau

brummytom wrote: »

I've never heard anything good about her, and I know a lot of people who've came into contact with her, but the drama about her life recently was quite good. RIP..

There will be a lot of stories now, apparently she was a horrific diva.

Cold War Kid

OK, as a compromise joey and Fudge you: 72 is not very old, and is quite an early age to die.

SpaceTime wrote: »

To be fair though, that's often the case with actors, musicians and entertainers.

It's a very tough industry and to succeed against all the odds, they're usually as hard as nails and tough as old boot leather.

There are exceptions but, mostly they get "educated" in one of the bitchiest, most backstabbing industries in existence and also have to deal with tabloid journalism trying to get sensationalist scoops on them (in the UK in particular.)

Tough as nails is ok (within reason) when working in such an industry, but nasty and spiteful isn't, and the two don't have to co-exist. If anything, people who are tough as nails when they need to be can be lovely otherwise.

mikedoherty99

donegaLroad wrote: »

are you thinking of Anne Robinson from 'The Weakest Link'?

No
She was a good friend of that turd cliff richard too

Birds of a feather

[Deleted User]

I was in the shops earlier and I had a feeling something terrible had happened. I checked the BBC website, but nothing. Now I log onto boards and I see this?

When Cecil passed away I swore to jesus I would never smile again, but eventually I did. Now Cilla has gone I cannot imagine I will ever smile for the rest of my life, but I probably will break that vow too

Hitchens

Fudge You wrote: »

Cilla had lovely legs well past her 50s. I

Are you mixing her up with Sandie Shaw?

Cold War Kid

Streetwalker wrote: »

Person in Manchester doesnt like person from Liverpool. Surprise surprise indeed.

R.I.P to the woman.

Well there's one Mancunian by the name of Stephen Patrick Morrissey who I reckon will be saddened by her death.

Menas

Odelay wrote: »

Always enjoyed her in The Weakest Link.

You confusing her with Anne Robinson?

Cold War Kid

Hitchens wrote: »

Are you mixing her up with Sandie Shaw?

Cilla did have great legs - she wasnt particularly a beauty, but renowned for her figure.

murpho999

dollar_king wrote: »

her biggest asset was being nice , she didn't have star looks and was not a great singer but her ordinary warmth made her a huge tv star

very much of a different era when Saturday evening light entertainment could pull in twenty million viewers in the uk , she would not succeed today

Would stongly disagree with this, that's how she originally made her name.