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BonnieShels
13/06/2013, 3:38 PM
Nope, ever (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_verified_oldest_men).

Just not the oldest person ever (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_verified_oldest_people).

That last list shows there are just (still?) two people alive from the 19th century.

I had actually read Osa's post as if it said person and not man, the sexist I am. And I still replied to it ars£ways.
tetsujin1979
19/06/2013, 11:41 PM
James Gandolfini reported as having passed away following a sudden heart attack in Italy, only 51
BonnieShels
20/06/2013, 12:14 AM
Just coming in to post it. All over FB. RIP. Shocking stuff.
ArdeeBhoy
20/06/2013, 12:44 AM
Gandolfini-shed.
R.I.P.
OwlsFan
20/06/2013, 1:08 PM
James Gandolfini reported as having passed away following a sudden heart attack in Italy, only 51

Well definitely no sequel then with Tony Soprano alive :(

Slim Whitman, country and western singer.
nigel-harps1954
20/06/2013, 11:39 PM
Don't worry...he'll be back as Gandalfini-the white.
Lionel Ritchie
03/07/2013, 11:44 AM
RIP Jim Kelly - Mr Williams in Enter the Dragon

http://media.avclub.com/images/433/433212/16x9/627.jpg?6779

http://www.avclub.com/articles/rip-jim-kelly-of-enter-the-dragon-and-black-belt-j,99609/
BonnieShels
03/07/2013, 10:13 PM
Douglas Englebart, inventor of the mouse
http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/03/the-inventor-of-the-mouse-has-died-heres-why-his-invention-took-30-years-to-catch-on/?Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost

Watch the so called "Mother of All Demos" here.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfIgzSoTMOs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
TheBoss
04/07/2013, 3:42 PM
Happened over a week ago now, but Mick Aston, of Time Team fame died at the age of 66.

http://legacymedia.localworld.co.uk/275793/Article/images/15177582/3532039.png
OwlsFan
05/07/2013, 7:26 AM
Bernie Nolan of the Nolan Sisters.
the 12 th man
12/07/2013, 2:16 PM
Alan Whicker of travel shows fame.
pineapple stu
12/07/2013, 5:53 PM
Thought he was dead years ago. The person Michael Palin consulted/chatted with at the start of Around the World in 80 Days.
the 12 th man
12/07/2013, 7:28 PM
[QUOTE=pineapple stu;1697805]Thought he was dead years ago. The person Michael Palin consulted/chatted with at the start of Around the World in 80 Days.[/QUOTE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbnBJ3easCk
BonnieShels
15/07/2013, 7:23 AM
And of of course yer man from Glee, Cory Monteith died aged 31.
Links123
15/07/2013, 7:34 AM
Such a young age. RIP.
pineapple stu
15/07/2013, 9:33 AM
I think we missed this back at the time - Roy Bates (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_Roy_Bates), Prince of Sealand (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand), died last October aged 91. Quite the character!
Mad Moose
17/07/2013, 5:22 PM
Sorry I'm going to hijack this thread to mark the sad and tragic passing of one of the nicest young people you could ever have had the fortune to meet, one of the very few friends I've made in this country and at 30 years of age taken from us so tragically.

I was listening to this when I heard the news today so it's appropriate to link it.

Rest in Peace Stephen.


http://youtu.be/NlvoCEIbo7k
Eminence Grise
19/07/2013, 8:19 PM
Bert Trautmann. They don't make them like they used to.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/english/2013/0719/463488-trautmann/
bennocelt
20/07/2013, 7:52 PM
RIP Mel Smith

one of the best comedy sketches EVER


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHnBppccI0o
Eminence Grise
30/07/2013, 11:05 AM
Colm Murray, RTE broadcaster, after a three-year battle with motor neurone disease. Only 61.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/racing/2013/0730/465421-colm-murray-dies-aged-61/
BonnieShels
30/07/2013, 11:08 AM
Terrible news. RIP.
bennocelt
30/07/2013, 12:06 PM
Colm Murray, RTE broadcaster, after a three-year battle with motor neurone disease. Only 61.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/racing/2013/0730/465421-colm-murray-dies-aged-61/

Wow thats sad news, RIP
(correct me if Im wrong - but wasnt he from Kilbeggin?)

edit - from Moate, wm
nigel-harps1954
15/08/2013, 8:54 PM
Anyone who remembers the show That 70's Show, or knew the show well enough. Lisa Robin Kelly, played Eric Formans sister Laurie.

Died today aged 43.

http://uk.eonline.com/news/449266/former-that-70s-show-star-lisa-robin-kelly-dies-after-long-battle-with-addiction
Eminence Grise
20/08/2013, 3:15 PM
American crime and western author, Elmore Leonard, 87, after a stroke.

http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2013/0820/469253-elmore-leonard/

Always loved the original 3:10 to Yuma - never knew it was one of his short stories.
Spudulika
21/08/2013, 8:01 PM
American crime and western author, Elmore Leonard, 87, after a stroke.

http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2013/0820/469253-elmore-leonard/

Always loved the original 3:10 to Yuma - never knew it was one of his short stories.

Just bought a book of his today in Russian. Sad news as I loved Get Shorty.
BonnieShels
22/08/2013, 9:38 AM
Get Shorty is a fantastic flick. As is Out of Sight which he also wrote.

You could always tell his writing from a mile off.
stann
22/08/2013, 2:13 PM
Did he use really big letters?
;)
OwlsFan
27/08/2013, 9:23 AM
Those born in the stone age might remember Mike Winters (right) of Mike and Bernie Winters fame (the poor man's Morcombe & Wise). When Eric Morcombe was once asked when they would have done if they flopped in show business, he replied "we'd have been Mike and Bernie Winters".

1926
Spudulika
27/08/2013, 10:28 AM
Those born in the stone age might remember Mike Winters (right) of Mike and Bernie Winters fame (the poor man's Morcombe & Wise). When Eric Morcombe was once asked when they would have done if they flopped in show business, he replied "we'd have been Mike and Bernie Winters".

1926

I never heard of Mike, but I saw Bernie in Panto years ago (he was quite funny). It was a lifetime ago and his co-star was Juicy Lucy Melissa Bell from neighbours. I know a lad I worked with was nuts about her and tried to claim he met her, I pulled him up on it one evening over beers and reminded him that when he was a pasty faced intern I told him the story of how I met her - in front of colleagues - and he was ashamed.

She was born the same day as me but a year before. Wasn't what I'd imagined she'd be.
ArdeeBhoy
27/08/2013, 10:35 AM
What happened to the ostrich?
Spudulika
27/08/2013, 9:12 PM
Bernie had the ostrich I think
Eminence Grise
27/08/2013, 10:15 PM
I don't remember Bernie with an ostrich. I do rememer Schnorbitz, his St Bernard, though.
nigel-harps1954
30/08/2013, 10:16 AM
Legendary Irish poet Seamus Heaney died this morning.
ArdeeBhoy
30/08/2013, 10:17 AM
Ah, R.I.P. Seamus H.http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/2005_10151646601636158_1635293288_n.jpg


http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151646601636158&set=a.10150091152971158.270119.45441411157&type=1&theater
OwlsFan
30/08/2013, 11:01 AM
Cliff Morgan: Welsh rugby player, TV commentator, captain in the original Question of Sport.
DannyInvincible
30/08/2013, 11:26 AM
Legendary Irish poet Seamus Heaney died this morning.

Just saw it on the BBC News site there. Certainly shocked and saddened to hear of that. RIP.
Mad Moose
30/08/2013, 1:17 PM
For anyone who likes poetry i strongly recommend this beautiful piece of work. Got it recently and I love it.

RIP Seamus Heaney. An Irish literary genius whose legacy and memory will outlive us all.


1932
Eminence Grise
30/08/2013, 9:38 PM
I had the privilege of seeing him twice in recent years, reading in the NCH and in St Anne's on Dawson St, being interviewed for RTE radio. In the NCH -fully sold out, maybe 1,200 seats - he didn't realise until halfway through that there were people in the choirloft behind the stage who could only see his back. He was genuinely humbled and taken aback that people would put up with that just to hear him. So he turned the mike twice during the remainder of the reading and read two or three poems specially for them.

An extraordinary man, with a mesmerising delivery. I'll read some of his poems tonight before turning in, a small tribute, but fitting.
Terry
01/09/2013, 12:43 PM
Sir David Frost dies of a heart attack at the age of 74.
pineapple stu
01/09/2013, 12:47 PM
No way. Was only reading an interview (http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/frostinterview/2013/08/2013822131453799320.html) of his last week.

Meanwhile, on a slight tangent, Nelson Mandela has actually been discharged from hospital (http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0901/471507-nelson-mandela-out-of-hospital/), which I hadn't expected to see at all.
nigel-harps1954
01/09/2013, 4:26 PM
Jesus, they're all falling now..
DannyInvincible
02/09/2013, 3:48 PM
Jesus, they're all falling now..

The 74 Club.
DannyInvincible
02/09/2013, 4:17 PM
Just saw this thumbnail above a link to some of Heaney's poetry readings on RTÉ.ie:

http://img.rasset.ie/0006a69e-157.jpg

He didn't make a late-life conversion to a certain order, did he?!
OwlsFan
04/09/2013, 11:17 AM
Jesus, they're all falling now..

Derek Jacobs, DJ and of Juke Box Jury and Top of the Tops fame. The 1970s icons are disappearing fast ok. Hey, I am one of those as well (apart from the icon bit).
bluemovie
04/09/2013, 12:17 PM
The 1970s icons are disappearing fast ok.

Most disappearing into sex offenders' wings.
Spudulika
12/09/2013, 7:30 PM
Thought someone would have posted up the news of Tommy (Gunn) Morrison's death. Ended up a sad kind of story despite all his promise. Remember watching some of his early fights on eurosport and then his destruction by Ray Mercer (the still photos of his last moments were horrific). Probably most famous for being the git in Rocky V, but a genuinely good fighter, decent chin, but the hype took over early. RIP.
OwlsFan
22/09/2013, 7:45 PM
A few days old now but boxer (and also film actor) Ken Norton who fought Mohammad Ali
Spudulika
02/10/2013, 8:55 PM
Tom Clancy passed away. Was shocked to read he was only 66. for some reason I took him to be much older. While some of his politics were teeth suckingly scary, he created one of the real heroes of our time, Jack Ryan. And his book, Red Storm Rising, felt so realistic back in 1996 that it almost felt like it was happening with each page turned.
Seagull
08/10/2013, 4:01 PM
Phil Chevron, sadly missed. http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/pogues-guitarist-phil-chevron-passes-away-following-cancer-battle-29643966.html
Paddy Garcia
09/10/2013, 8:50 PM
Phil Chevron, sadly missed. http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/pogues-guitarist-phil-chevron-passes-away-following-cancer-battle-29643966.html

A huge loss... sadly departed (faithfully).