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bennocelt
04/12/2011, 10:11 AM
Just read it, sad news (badly written article by the way)
pineapple stu
04/12/2011, 10:58 AM
UCD's most famous non-player. :(

Had seen in WSC that he looked fairly unwell, but as ever, never expected this to happen so soon.
strangeirish
08/12/2011, 12:25 AM
H (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/07/us-harrymorgan-idUSTRE7B61WI20111207)arry Morgan aka Colonel Sherman Potter.



http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2011/12/harry-morgan-cbs-250.jpg
Kingdom
08/12/2011, 11:10 AM
We've moved to a new open-plan section from the basement, and have the opportunity to interact with plenty of staff. A perk of being certified sane. Anywho what's this got to do with the "passing" thread....

On Monday one of the plebs from sector 7G was talking to a drone from Room 101 beside us. Pleb turns to drone and says "I hear yer man Socrates died". Drone replies "The footballer"? Cue our resident funny guy (forgetting he's in new open-plan area) "No, the fcuking philospher you pleb". Cue laughter. ANd dismissal.
Seagull
09/12/2011, 10:47 AM
Comic book artist Jerry Robinson, who created characters including Batman's sidekick Robin, has died aged 89.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16105961
Dunny
19/12/2011, 2:21 AM
Kim Jong-il

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16239693
osarusan
19/12/2011, 5:22 AM
Kim Jong-il

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16239693I'm so ronery.
Mr A
19/12/2011, 10:25 AM
Any excuse to post this again.

http://izit.org/sites/izit.org/files/imagecache/Standard_View/sites/default/files/kim-jong-il-kim-jong-ok_10889.jpg
Deckydee
19/12/2011, 11:11 AM
The President of North Korea has passed away?

I didnt even know he was ill.
Eminence Grise
19/12/2011, 2:59 PM
The curtain falls for the last time for playright and dissident politician Vaclav Havel.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16246922
Eminence Grise
02/01/2012, 10:22 AM
From http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/16383027.stm today:

"Gary Ablett, the only player to win the FA Cup with Liverpool and Everton, has died at the age of 46 following a battle against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma."

Only 46. Didn't even know he had been ill.
the 12 th man
06/01/2012, 1:12 PM
Can I have an R.I.P. Bob? :cry:

Bob Holness from a lot of our childhoods.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/quiz-host-bobholness-dies-6286014.html
BonnieShels
06/01/2012, 5:35 PM
Hard to believe that Blockbusters finished in 1993.

RIP Bob and Gary.
pineapple stu
06/01/2012, 6:04 PM
It's starting up again this year according to wiki. Will be on Challenge. Used to really enjoy Blockbusters back in the day. You just don't get decent quizzes any more these days.
BonnieShels
06/01/2012, 6:26 PM
It's starting up again this year according to wiki. Will be on Challenge. Used to really enjoy Blockbusters back in the day. You just don't get decent quizzes any more these days.

I really miss Going for Gold
pineapple stu
06/01/2012, 6:42 PM
And 15-to-1. And Masterteam. And...
BonnieShels
08/01/2012, 1:25 AM
This is late I know.

But I only just found out tonight that Richard Burns died in 2005.
Truly shocked. In my defence I was in Australia at the time AND George Best died on the same day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Burns
nigel-harps1954
09/01/2012, 12:11 AM
This is late I know.

But I only just found out tonight that Richard Burns died in 2005.
Truly shocked. In my defence I was in Australia at the time AND George Best died on the same day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Burns


Jesus...I didn't think it was that long ago..
osarusan
02/02/2012, 5:43 AM
Angelo Dundee, trainer of Muhammad Ali as well as a number of other boxing champions.
SkStu
03/02/2012, 3:34 AM
Angelo Dundee, trainer of Muhammad Ali as well as a number of other boxing champions.

preferred his brother Crocodile, but RIP anyway.

:D
Spudulika
06/02/2012, 4:09 PM
jumping the gun possibly
John83
06/02/2012, 5:04 PM
Ian Paisley of the Paisley Free Presbyterian Church.

Sorry, I won't change the above as it wasn't meant as a slag, just that it was his own church.
Hospitalised with a heart attack, according to various sites, but I don't see any notice of his death.
Spudulika
06/02/2012, 5:11 PM
Got a call from home saying he was dead but they were waiting to release it. I won't comment on the man as despite his horrid past he's human and has now to meet his maker.
Eminence Grise
06/02/2012, 10:26 PM
The last BBC update (20:56) says he is being treated in hospital. Reading the coding in the reporting, it doesn't sound good: 'Baroness Paisley has released a statement confirming that her husband is being treated in the Ulster Hospital.
'She has requested that the family's privacy is respected at a difficult time.' (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16911310)


If the rumours turn out to be untrue, it may be wisest not to leave the last few posts up. The haste seems a little unseemly anyway.
SkStu
07/02/2012, 12:36 AM
i just hope that someone has been appointed to tell him the Celtic Rangers joke if he wakes up.
Spudulika
07/02/2012, 9:22 AM
I've edited the post (severely), called home this morning as the same person, a journo, had told me Cook was gone from Sligo, seems they want more compo.
Spudulika
07/02/2012, 9:42 AM
Noel Kelehan died today, I didn't know he was such a mover, I'd only thought of him as the Eurovision guy and conductor with the RTE orchestra.

http://www.rte.ie/ten/2012/0207/kelehann.html
OwlsFan
07/02/2012, 12:32 PM
Actor Frederick Treves

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/2/3/1328285912083/-Frederick-Treves-007.jpg
OwlsFan
10/02/2012, 9:26 AM
Actor Ben Gazzara http://www.wreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Actor-Ben-Gazzara-died-Friday-night-in-New-York.jpg

Sent from my iPhone because I can't post normally because of a Windows problem :(
SkStu
12/02/2012, 12:21 AM
Whitney Houston is brown bread.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/obit/story/2012-02-11/whitney-houston/53053070/1
Mr A
12/02/2012, 11:17 AM
Tragic news from the music industry.

Jedward aren't dead.
Dunny
12/02/2012, 8:14 PM
Actor David Kelly

http://theychosepoorly.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/davidkelly.jpg

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0212/kellyd.html
BonnieShels
12/02/2012, 8:57 PM
Oh no.

Ar deis Dé*go raibh a h-anam.
nigel-harps1954
12/02/2012, 11:02 PM
So very disappointed to have heard that tonight. One of my favourite actors ever. RIP
Spudulika
13/02/2012, 3:23 AM
Legend! One of the most re-watchable movies I know, Waking Ned, was made so much better with him in it. Great actor.
dcfc_1928
13/02/2012, 6:58 AM
Davd Kelly was the first "celebrity" that I ever met. I was 9 years old, and I met him at Dublin Airport.

He was in Robin's Nest on ITV at the time, playing a one-armed kitchen hand. All I remember thinking was - there's that bloke off the telly and he's got TWO arms!! I've never trusted anything that I've seen on telly since :(

RIP
old git
22/02/2012, 10:43 PM
Frank carson RIP
Belfast born comedian died age 85
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/frank-carsons-best-jokes-740505
nigel-harps1954
22/02/2012, 11:29 PM
Cracker...RIP
Spudulika
28/02/2012, 3:32 PM
Hal Roach just passed away at 84 years young. Never rated him but I suppose it was humour for a different generation.

In other news, Ian Paisley was released from hospital.
BonnieShels
29/02/2012, 5:45 PM
Just announced in the last hour...

Davy Jones of the Monkees

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/02/monkees-star-davy-jones-dies-at-age-66/1

RIP
strangeirish
01/03/2012, 1:10 AM
Just announced in the last hour...
Davy Jones of the Monkees
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/02/monkees-star-davy-jones-dies-at-age-66/1
RIP
Just saw it on the news. Now I'm a believer...
nigel-harps1954
01/03/2012, 1:35 AM
Bit too much monkeying around it seems. Won't forget the Monkees show on TV years ago in a hurry.
Deckydee
01/03/2012, 11:17 AM
Just saw it on the news. Now I'm a believer...

Dont you mean a bereaver?
BonnieShels
01/03/2012, 5:56 PM
Dont you mean a bereaver?

Lacist
the 12 th man
25/03/2012, 5:40 PM
Darts player Jocky Wilson http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/9165665/Jocky-Wilson.html
nigel-harps1954
25/03/2012, 7:39 PM
Darts player Jocky Wilson http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/9165665/Jocky-Wilson.html

Devastated to hear this but it was coming for a long time. RIP
the 12 th man
26/03/2012, 9:28 AM
Devastated to hear this but it was coming for a long time. RIP

I honestly thought he was dead a few years.
freewheel30
26/03/2012, 6:39 PM
Seems a bit strange :confused:, but I think he was meant to have made some sort of appearance at my local GAA pavillion back in the early '90s. I suppose it might have been true but you wouldn't hear of players doing those kinds of "tours" / appearances too much nowadays.
Macy
26/03/2012, 6:44 PM
I walked into jjb in the square last week at lunchtime and Phil Taylor was playing an exhibition match. i'd say a lot of their money is still made that way.
nigel-harps1954
26/03/2012, 7:00 PM
Indeed they all make their money on exhibitions. They make serious money off those trips. Must do one a week across UK and Ireland at least.