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RIP thread for people involved in TV

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    #242
    corks finest
    Registered Users Posts: 8,628 ✭✭✭corks finest


    monkeynuz wrote: »
    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Lovely memory to have - what was Ian McShane like?

    Nice enough, bit of a knob slightly conceited but a nice enough chap all the same, they were all ok except Chris jury who did nothing but moan and complain about everything!

    The later series had the woman who is now in easterners (can’t think of her name at present) she used to smoke like a chimney.
    Tinker was fab


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    #243
    Skid X
    Registered Users Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    Go Harvey Go wrote: »
    Richard Baker - one of Britain's finest ever newscasters - has died aged 93.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46246049

    His death breaks the last link to the very first days of BBC television news, as well as a major link to the sixties and seventies - when BBC newscasters didn't double up as reporters and vice versa, and reports were usually done in the studio (it was more of an ITN thing in those days to do them on location). Not many survivors from this era now, with Michael Aspel, Richard Whitmore and Angela Rippon being the most notable.

    Richard Baker also presented coverage of the Last Night of the Proms for many years - and was a familiar voice on radio too, presenting many classical music programmes on Radio 2, Radio 3 and Radio 4.

    The word "legend" is overused these days, but I don't think it would be wrong to suggest that Richard was one.


    Well said.

    I love this story in his Obituary about how he spent his time in his final years
    In his final years, Richard Baker moved to a retirement home. He was a little unsettled at first but soon found a way of integrating.

    He would read all the newspapers and cut out the interesting headlines. Then, at Six O'clock, he would read them aloud to his fellow residents over supper.

    For the great news man it was a smaller audience than he was used to; but one which was no less appreciative of his talent.


    https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41023864


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    #244
    Mr E
    Registered Users Posts: 55,451 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    That's a great story. :o

    RIP.


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    #245
    patmac
    Registered Users Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭patmac


    Melodeon wrote: »
    Bunny Carr
    https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0920/994889-bunny-carr/

    Ah coinin an glustean, rumour had it he ran off with a load of charity money , send your cheques to Bunny Carr c/o Gorta etc.


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    #246
    brian_t
    Registered Users Posts: 6,656 ✭✭✭brian_t


    patmac wrote: »
    Ah coinin an glustean, rumour had it he ran off with a load of charity money , send your cheques to Bunny Carr c/o Gorta etc.

    You post feels out of place in this thread.

    Perhaps you could start a new thread "Rumours thread for dead people involved in TV".


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    #247
    Ted Plain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 222 ✭✭Ted Plain


    George A. Cooper has died aged 93.

    He played Mr. Griffiths, the caretaker from Grange Hill. Being an avid Hammer fan I also know him from Dracula Has Risen From The Grave.

    I randomly came across him a while back on YouTube where he appeared in an internal British Leyland film from the 1970s about the importance of quality work. He came to a bad end due to a shoddily-built Austin Allegro. Worth watching.


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    #248
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,285 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Magician and master of sleight of hand Ricky Jay died aged 72.


    He was The Amazing Maleeni in The X- Files and had a recurring role in The Unit and starred in season 1 of Deadwood.


    RIP.


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    #249
    peteeeed
    Registered Users Posts: 13,563 ✭✭✭✭peteeeed


    Stephen Hillenburg, SpongeBob SquarePants creator has died at 57

    https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/11/spongebob-stephen-hillenburg-dead/


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    #250
    Go Harvey Go
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,038 ✭✭✭Go Harvey Go


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    #251
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,149 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Peter Armitage, who played Kevin Websters father in coronation street, has died at the age of 78. RIP

    https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46452831


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    #252
    peteeeed
    Registered Users Posts: 13,563 ✭✭✭✭peteeeed


    Dónall Farmer from glenroe & Ballykissangel has died

    https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/1206/1015498-glenroe-star-donall-farmer-has-died/


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    #253
    Avatar MIA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,750 ✭✭✭Avatar MIA


    peteeeed wrote: »
    Dónall Farmer from glenroe & Ballykissangel has died

    https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/1206/1015498-glenroe-star-donall-farmer-has-died/

    That brings back memories.


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    #254
    The Crowman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 991 ✭✭✭The Crowman


    RIP Donal Farmer who played Dr Devereux.


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    #255
    Ursus Horribilis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,168 ✭✭✭Ursus Horribilis


    Cripes I've seen zombie threads in my time but this one might just take the biscuit!

    Edit:Rip Donall Farmer. It's kind of scary to think about how many of Glenroe's main cast are no longer with us. Dinny, Miley, Teasy, Stephen and now Fr Devereux.


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    #256
    Thud
    Registered Users Posts: 2,534 ✭✭✭Thud


    First "famous" person I saw in real life when i was a kid :) RIP


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    #257
    Mr E
    Registered Users Posts: 55,451 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Mod: Some posts from a 17 year old thread have been moved here. :)


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    #258
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,204 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    Magician and master of sleight of hand Ricky Jay died aged 72.

    He was The Amazing Maleeni in The X- Files and had a recurring role in The Unit and starred in season 1 of Deadwood.

    RIP.

    I was listening to a Fresh Air piece remembering him. A great storyteller and magician, he used this (not his) as a pitch when he was in the carnival. Typos and mispronunciations are intentional.
    Show time, circus time. See the magician, the fireman, apple-eater, the girl with yellow, elastic tissue, the electrode lady. Yes, the electrode lady. At the age of 7, she and her sister were struck by lightning. Her sister died, but she lived to tell the tale - 20,000 volts of electricity through the young girl's body. The doctor said she lived because she was immune to the shock of electricity. See the monster child, the monster child from Johannesburg sat out. I got a monster child with one head, two bodies, three arms and four legs. You read about it in your leading periodicals. You read about it in the National Enquirer. See Adam and Eve, boy and girl, brother and sister, all in one - one of the world's three living morphodites (ph) who will expose itself, not to be rude or vulgar but to show you one of mother nature's corious mistakes. Show time, circus time, lets go - be going. They're all on the inside. They're on the inside.

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



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    #259
    Zeek12
    Registered Users Posts: 13,379 ✭✭✭✭Zeek12


    Penny Cook, best known for her role in A Country Practice has died aged 61.

    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/dec/27/penny-cook-star-of-a-country-practice-dies-aged-61


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    #260
    brian_t
    Registered Users Posts: 6,656 ✭✭✭brian_t


    Sister Wendy (Beckett) died on St Stephens Day.

    Sister Wendy Beckett, TV art historian, dies at 88


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    #261
    Avatar MIA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,750 ✭✭✭Avatar MIA


    brian_t wrote: »
    Sister Wendy (Beckett) died on St Stephens Day.

    Sister Wendy Beckett, TV art historian, dies at 88

    Aw.

    But if you had said 108 I'd have believed you.


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    #262
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Avatar MIA wrote: »
    Aw.

    But if you had said 108 I'd have believed you.

    Agreed. I thought she was already about 88 when she was on the TV back in the 90s or whenever.


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    #263
    [Deleted User]
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    Zeek12 wrote: »
    Penny Cook, best known for her role in A Country Practice has died aged 61.

    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/dec/27/penny-cook-star-of-a-country-practice-dies-aged-61

    Sad news, loved this programme growing up in the 80s


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    #264
    Tom Mann Centuria
    Registered Users Posts: 10,909 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    June Whitfield has passed away at the age of 93. Star of sitcoms and occasional carry on films. RIP.

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



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    #265
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,378 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »
    June Whitfield has passed away at the age of 93. Star of sitcoms and occasional carry on films. RIP.
    RIP. A very accomplished lady and a genuinely funny woman. 93! Woah! Very youthful til the end then so.


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    #266
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users Posts: 4,383 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    God bless her. She got one last dig in at today's politically correct nonsense in today's Daily Mail.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6537009/June-Whitfield-93-admits-stand-TV-anymore-theres-sex-swearing.html


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    #267
    Harry Palmr
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    Poor Barry Cryer, every time the phone rings he knows someone his knows has died! :pac:

    He's the last man standing.


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    #268
    Mr.Nice Guy
    Registered Users Posts: 45,535 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/1080536968499466240

    Gutted to hear Bob Einstein aka 'Super Dave Osborne', who played Marty Funkhouser on Curb in recent years, has died aged 76. He'd been recently diagnosed with cancer.

    I found his Super Dave skits on Youtube a few months back and thought they were great. Here's my favourite:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VtPgxPxiK0



    Also loved his jokes whenever he was on with Norm Macdonald (note NSFW):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4AidKs60XI



    Thought he was great on Curb too. Love the episode where Larry is baffled that Marty considers him his best friend. Very talented performer.

    'It is better to walk alone in the right direction than follow the herd walking in the wrong direction.'



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    #269
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,651 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Arthur Daley wrote: »
    God bless her. She got one last dig in at today's politically correct nonsense in today's Daily Mail.

    Complaining about swearing, sex and violence? Think you - and the Daily Mail tbh - misinterpreted what she was saying.


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    #270
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users Posts: 71,628 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


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    RIP :(


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    #271
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,774 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    RIP Bob! :(


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