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The Dearly departed....

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  • #552
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Sr. Wendy (Beckett) nun and art historian. She seemed to be a great character. R.I.P.


  • #553
    New Home
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    I liked her a lot, she had a mischieovous twinkle in her eye. :) May she rest in peace.


  • #554
    New Home
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    Clive Swift passed away, better known for his part as Richard Bucket, long suffering husband to Hyacinth "Bouquet".


  • #555
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    New Home wrote: »
    Clive Swift passed away, better known for his part as Richard Bucket, long suffering husband to Hyacinth "Bouquet".

    He played the part to perfection.

    As someone said on another thread; he kicked the bouquet.

    R.I.P.


  • #556
    Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    New Home wrote: »
    Clive Swift passed away, better known for his part as Richard Bucket, long suffering husband to Hyacinth "Bouquet".

    Aw no, so sad to hear that. Great actor.


    It wasn't bucket, it was booo kayyy.... :)


  • #557
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    He said that the Richard Bucket part was a curse as it was what most people knew him for though he was a Shakespearian actor and appeared in many other theatre and film productions. He played that part brilliantly though, and yes Richard should have left her years ago!!


  • #558
    New Home
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    To a certain extent it's the same for Patricia Routledge, she's an amazing, amazing dramatic actress and a trained opera singer (IIRC), but the role of Hyacinth will always haunt her.


  • #559
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,513 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    New Home wrote: »
    To a certain extent it's the same for Patricia Routledge, she's an amazing, amazing dramatic actress and a trained opera singer (IIRC), but the role of Hyacinth will always haunt her.

    Her Alan Bennett monologues are beyond fantastic.


  • #560
    New Home
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    Agreed. :)


  • #561
    DeBurca
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    R. I. P. Albert Finney star of so many great films


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  • #562
    New Home
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    Ah jeepers... RIP. :(


  • #563
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    And Arthur Murphy of RTEs Mailbag. He made it to 90.



    Apparently he had a music career, produced by George Martin, under the name of Mark Dwayne.


  • #564
    Poor Uncle Tom
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    New Home wrote: »
    Ah jeepers... RIP. :(

    Sad to hear
    When did Jeepers pass?


  • #565
    New Home
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    Just before creepers. :D


  • #566
    Rubecula
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    Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »
    Sad to hear
    When did Jeepers pass?
    not funny
    :mad:


  • #567
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,546 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    Rubecula wrote: »
    not funny
    :mad:

    Don't be mad Rubecula, no offence meant.......













    But it was funny.....:pac:


  • #568
    beer enigma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,174 ✭✭✭beer enigma


    Gordon Banks, aged 81

    I still remember the save from Pele's header


  • #569
    beer enigma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,174 ✭✭✭beer enigma


    John Haynes, creator of the Haynes car manuals, gone to the great garage in the sky aged 80 - RIP


  • #570
    OldGoat
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    https://www.booktopia.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/fdfd.png
    Gotta love a good Haynes manual, probably the only book that accrues in stature when it gets oil-stains on every page.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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  • #571
    New Home
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    The great Swiss actor Bruno Ganz died today. He was 77.

    Among his films were The American Friend (1977), Wings of Desire (1987), Faraway, So Close! (1993), and Bread and Tulips (2000). He also played Adolf Hitler in Downfall (2004).

    May he rest in peace.


  • #572
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    one of my all time heros died recently Fred Pickering the footballer and a really nice guy


  • #573
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Peter Tork of the Monkees, aged 77. He was always my favourite among them.
    R.I.P.


  • #574
    Jellybaby1
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    Andre Previn has left the building also. Forever to be remembered for his appearance with Morcambe and Wise. :) And in some homes, nothing else!!


  • #575
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    jan michael Vincent of airwolf aged 74


  • #576
    New Home
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    I was convinced he was about 10 years younger than that. RIP.


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  • #577
    ohnonotgmail
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    Farewell to somebody you have probably never of but somebody you have definitely heard. Hal Blaine has died at the age of 90.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47537451


    responsible for one of the most famous intros in popular music

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV5tgZlTEkQ


  • #578
    topper75
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    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    Farewell to somebody you have probably never of but somebody you have definitely heard. Hal Blaine has died at the age of 90.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47537451


    responsible for one of the most famous intros in popular music

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV5tgZlTEkQ

    I only learned of him a few months back.
    Probably the greatest difference ever in the entire history of the entertainment industry between his fame and his work IMO.
    And a pretty cool likeable guy. He featured in a drumming programme on the Sky Arts channel that I stumbled across. That whole 'wrecking crew' gang are very significant people.


  • #579
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Richie (ruin) Ryan. Made it to 90.


    He did a decent job at a time of great financial stress through the oil crisis.


  • #580
    BBDBB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,899 ✭✭✭✭BBDBB


    Mark Hollis - lead singer of Talk Talk died back in February, aged 64
    he produced some great music, Lifes what you make it, Talk Talk, Its my Life and was notorious for not buying into the whole "pop star" image. A very humble and talented man

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ooj-y3LLuE


  • #581
    BBDBB
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    It was announced today that 'Toaster' and drummer of The Beat and General Public, Ranking Roger (Charlery) has died after a battle with brain tumours and lung cancer aged 56

    I always found him a mesmerising character on stage, your eyes were just drawn to him

    My favourite The Beat track

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bM0wVjU2-k


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  • #582
    Jellybaby1
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    Gosh, no one noticed Scott Walker leaving us! Loved the Walker Brothers music.


  • #583
    0lddog
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    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    Gosh, no one noticed Scott Walker leaving us! Loved the Walker Brothers music.

    He deserved his own thread :

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=109765986


  • #584
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    0lddog wrote: »
    He deserved his own thread :

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=109765986


    Don't tell me that O & O's have become irrelevant at this stage! :( Its been my home for so long.


  • #585
    0lddog
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    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    Don't tell me that O & O's have become irrelevant at this stage! :( Its been my home for so long.


    Cheer up JB !

    Scott appealed to all ages. While you and I might remember him from the Walker Brothers era he evolved over the decades. Some interesting and very pleasant interviews with him up on youtube. There even seems to have been a Beeb prom concert featuring his music. :D


  • #586
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,513 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Scratch this. Apparently he died 2 years ago. Enjoy the song anyway.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqDjMZKf-wg


  • #587
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,264 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Just saw Fergal Quinn died.
    I remember he rang me personally once, to follow up on a 'cranky oul' one complaint' I had written about checkouts on one of their feedback cards.

    We spoke for a good twenty minutes about all the things that made me (at the time) get a long bus journey out from where I lived to Superquinn. Very charming man. Now it's very possible he was thinking 'this will shut the oul' one up' but the man knew how to do customer service. R.I.P.


  • #588
    DeBurca
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    Rip Peter Mayhew aged 74, better known to most as Chewbacca from the Star wars films


  • #589
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Freddie (Ate my hamster) Starr died day.


    His was a love it or loathe it type of humour.


  • #590
    RiderOnTheStorm
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    Screen icon Doris Day has died aged 97

    https://jrnl.ie/4632277

    *sings* When I was just a little boy, I asked my mother, what will I be...


  • #591
    Beasty
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    She was a real legend of the big screen back in the day.

    97 is a fair innings and I guess many of the younger generations would have little perception of her talents and popularity half a century and more ago

    Whip-crack-away Doris


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  • #592
    Deja Boo
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    Ah Noooo :( she was a personal favourite.

    Love, love love those movies!


  • #593
    Deja Boo
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    Just saw here, the comic genius Tim Conway passed today. :(


  • #594
    Deja Boo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,681 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    Not sure who Peggy Lipton or Mod Squad was, but RIP.
    :(
    That's 3 in one week.


  • #595
    Jellybaby1
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    Didn't know Tim Conway but did like Carol Burnett, she's a natural and still going at 86. By the way, Olivia de Haviland is 102!!


  • #596
    Beasty
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    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    By the way, Olivia de Haviland is 102!!

    She should get together with Kirk Douglas, although he may have his eyes on Vera Lynn......


  • #597
    OldGoat
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    Niki Lauda. :(

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #598
    Johnboy1951
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    Grumpy Cat died the other day; mourned by many

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/may/17/grumpy-cat-dies-seven-internet-meme-gif

    :)


  • #599
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Judith Kerr The Tiger who came to Tea

    73e833d7a8b7db6a0c14aad750317861.jpg


  • #600
    Jellybaby1
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    Nikki Lauda's name is known in this family as himself is interested in motor racing. Grumpy is also known as my daughter was a fan. But I have to admit I hadn't heard of Judith Kerr until it was on the news. Wish I had.


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  • #601
    ohnonotgmail
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    6 time Grammy Award winner,Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Wrecking Crew member Dr John has died of a heart attack at the age of 77. RIP Dr John

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5zPqgQ67yo


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