So farewell then... [Archive] - Page 32

Eminence Grise

19/05/2014, 9:38 PM

Different times indeed.

Meant to post this a few days ago...

HR Giger - Oscar winning designer of Alien.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/alien-creator-and-artist-hr-giger-dies-after-a-fall-aged-74-1.1793269

pineapple stu

29/05/2014, 12:14 AM

Malcolm Glazer.

Who was 85, and hadn't been seen in public since a stroke eight years ago.

And his son, who's also at Manchester United, is called Avram.

I didn't know any of this at all.

http://blogs-images.forbes.com/briansolomon/files/2012/04/malcolm-glazer.jpg

OwlsFan

30/05/2014, 3:20 PM

He's got a very long left thumb.

strangeirish

30/05/2014, 6:06 PM

Eminence Grise

30/05/2014, 6:19 PM

Yup, too soon. One of them will be sorely missed...

pineapple stu

30/05/2014, 10:17 PM

Maya Angelou (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou). Who wrote seven autobiographies.

First one covers the time up to when she was 17. Apparently she was raped aged 8 by her mother's boyfriend; she told her family and the guy got one day in jail for it. Her uncles killed him within days of his release. She saw the power of her words and didn't speak for five years. Not your average autobiographical story.

To be honest, it's a name I knew but had no idea who she was really.

Closed Account 2

09/06/2014, 3:04 PM

Rik Mayall, the thin long haired guy from Bottom and The Young Ones has died.

Mr A

09/06/2014, 3:12 PM

Ack. Bottom was simply brilliant, one of my favourite every comedies. The Young Ones was more patchy but had brilliant moments.

pineapple stu

09/06/2014, 3:39 PM

Five hundred girls now going "Oh, what's the point in living any more?"

:(

the 12 th man

09/06/2014, 3:41 PM

One of my all time favs,RIP.

nigel-harps1954

09/06/2014, 4:10 PM

Very sad to hear this news. One of the all time greats. Bottom is a timeless classic.

SkStu

10/06/2014, 1:09 AM

Awful. One of the greats. RIP.

Woof!

BonnieShels

10/06/2014, 4:13 AM

Saw this on FB today. Genuinely caught my breath. Goodbye you filthy B'stard

https://31.media.tumblr.com/a1e430882358de5f680847ca626a7937/tumblr_n6xr144X5C1te7wavo1_500.png

"There were times when Rik and I were writing together when we almost died laughing. They were some of the most carefree stupid days I ever had, and I feel privileged to have shared them with him. And now he's died for real. Without me. Selfish b*stard."
-Ade Edmondson

osarusan

10/06/2014, 12:42 PM

RIP Rik.

There's an episode of Bottom in which they find a video camera, and use it with hilarious side-effects, that made me laugh as much as anything else I've ever seen.

OwlsFan

17/06/2014, 11:58 AM

Actor Francis Matthews:

2115

BonnieShels

21/06/2014, 10:41 AM

Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four

http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0621/625499-gerry-conlon/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-27955555

Eminence Grise

22/06/2014, 9:09 AM

Nursie from Blackadder II, reunited with Lord Flasheart.

RIP actress Patsy Byrne: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27958885

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/75718000/jpg/_75718106_75718105.jpg

pineapple stu

22/06/2014, 10:31 AM

Ah stop it!

Edit - tee hee! Bernard! :p :(

Eminence Grise

25/06/2014, 7:06 AM

Eli Wallach, probably best known for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and The Magnificent Seven, aged 98. Made his last film appearances only 4 years ago.

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTc2NjEwOTQ4Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwODk3NDc3._V1_S X214_CR0,0,214,317_AL_.jpg
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28012230

SkStu

26/06/2014, 2:27 AM

Hilda Ogden apparently... RIP!

OwlsFan

27/06/2014, 3:59 PM

My first sporting hero, Johnny Fantham: http://www.swfc.co.uk//news/article/obituary-johnny-fantham-1677144.aspx

Magicme

28/06/2014, 12:27 AM

Bobby Womack has shuffled across 110th street for the last time and is no longer California Dreamin. RIP.

BonnieShels

28/06/2014, 8:40 AM

Thankfully. Someone on Facebook thought I meant Bob Dylan when I referred to Bobby. They should've known better. God bless him.

One stylo...

OwlsFan

02/07/2014, 2:31 PM

Arthur's Day http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/arthurs-day-axed-guinness-amplify-1550182-Jul2014/

Have to hand it to Guinness: they made a huge success out of marketing exercise until the recent negative publicity.

Closed Account 2

07/07/2014, 3:48 PM

BonnieShels

07/07/2014, 6:21 PM

One of the greatest footballers of all time, Alfredo di Stefano, has died. One player winning 5 European Cups (Champions Leagues) and scoring a goal in every of those finals, not sure we will ever see that again!

Not to take away from an obvious great. He was blessed to play in an era when the EC wasn't taken too seriously.

RIP.

I remember when I was younger and all the debate was over Maradona was as good as Pele and my Dad would always say that "Maradona was barely as good as Di Stefano. Pele doesn't some into the reckoning."

TheBoss

08/07/2014, 1:11 AM

I found this part in Gareth Bale's tweet about di Stefano just disingenuous.

"Don Alfredo was an inspiration to me"

Bale is only 24, it is quite likely he never of him until recently cause he was rarely ever mentioned in the British media and when he was growing up between late 90s and early 2000s, it was always Pele, Maradona, Cruyff, Platini etc.

OwlsFan

08/07/2014, 9:04 AM

I agree with you about Bale. di Stefano was even well before my era!!
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Eduard Shevardnadze, who was responsible for many key decisions on Soviet foreign policy during the Gorbachev Era. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he was President of Georgia (or in equivalent posts) from 1992 to 2003. He was forced to retire in 2003 as a consequence of the bloodless Rose Revolution.

Cuyahoga

08/07/2014, 3:42 PM

The Garth Brooks Concerts ( all 5 of them )....... I find it odd that a lot of people who bought tickets to his concert call him Gareth Brooks. They cant be much of a fan if they dont know what his proper name is.

Paddy Garcia

12/07/2014, 7:27 AM

Tommy Ramone ......... was a punk rocker.

RIP Tommy

centre mid

12/07/2014, 8:12 AM

Think thats the full house now of original members, RIP Tommy hey ho lets go

Eminence Grise

14/07/2014, 9:16 PM

Nadine Gordimer, South African Nobel laureate for literature and anti-apartheid activist, aged 90.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/14/nadine-gordimer-dies-90-johannesburg-nobel-prize

centre mid

17/07/2014, 2:10 PM

Blues legend Johnny Winter RIP http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Blues-legend-Johnny-Winter-dies-at-70-in-Zurich-5627544.php

nigel-harps1954

17/07/2014, 3:28 PM

Ah dear, there's another great I'll not get to see. That's very sad.

Seagull

20/07/2014, 11:08 AM

R.I.P. James Garner. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/james-garner-dead-the-notebook-and-maverick-actor-dies-aged-86-9617193.html

OwlsFan

22/07/2014, 12:03 PM

Australian cricketer, Garry Gilmour.

tetsujin1979

22/07/2014, 1:10 PM

one for the Munster fans on the board, Tommy Creamer the stadium announcer at Thomond Park has passed away: http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/community/sadness-as-the-voice-of-thomond-tommy-creamer-passes-away-1-6192061

Eminence Grise

23/07/2014, 9:30 AM

This item is no longer in stock....

Karl Albrecht, co-founder of Aldi, aged 94.
http://www.independent.ie/business/world/aldi-founder-albrecht-dies-as-privately-as-he-lived-30448320.html

OwlsFan

23/07/2014, 12:17 PM

This item is no longer in stock....

Karl Albrecht, co-founder of Aldi, aged 94.
http://www.independent.ie/business/world/aldi-founder-albrecht-dies-as-privately-as-he-lived-30448320.html

Hmmm, he served in the Wehrmacht during World War II and was wounded on the Eastern Front. I'd love to know more about that.

centre mid

23/07/2014, 1:01 PM

The family stopped doing press interviews in the 70's as they were constantly being asked about his role in the War.

Eminence Grise

23/07/2014, 1:37 PM

He was conscripted according to the NYT - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/22/business/karl-albrecht-a-reclusive-founder-of-aldi-dies-at-94.html?_r=0 . Maybe there's more to it (I honestly don't know), but the Wehrmacht was the regular army, unlike the SS for instance, and a lot of ordinary Germans were called up.

OwlsFan

24/07/2014, 9:13 AM

Actress Dora Bryan 2132

nigel-harps1954

01/08/2014, 2:41 PM

Drummer Rod De'Ath. Rory Gallaghers drummer in the 70's. Fantastic drummer too. Very sad to hear about it this afternoon.

Seagull

04/08/2014, 4:09 PM

Sorry to hear of the passing of Richie Taylor, journo and musician. http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/wellknown-journalist-and-musician-richie-taylor-passes-away-30481900.html

Mr A

11/08/2014, 6:08 PM

YEOOOOOOOO.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/isis-suicide-bombing-instructor-blows-up-his-own-class-by-accident-30498668.html

The Fly

11/08/2014, 11:09 PM

Robin Williams

RIP

nigel-harps1954

11/08/2014, 11:09 PM

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/11/robin-williams-found-dead-suicide

TheBoss

12/08/2014, 12:20 AM

This quote in a film he was in is quite eerie now!

http://youtu.be/aebsLSu3Igk

DannyInvincible

12/08/2014, 4:44 PM

Christ, Alan Brazil is an utter tw*t:

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

As if the insensitive sanctimony wasn't enough he even resorts to faux-outrage by the end.

DannyInvincible

12/08/2014, 6:18 PM

This, in general response to the insulting garbage from idiots like Brazil, is a worthwhile read: http://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2014/aug/12/robin-williams-suicide-and-depression-are-not-selfish?CMP=fb_gu

News of Robin Williams’s death due to apparent suicide, said to be a result of suffering severe depression, is terribly sad. But to say taking your own life because of such an illness is a ‘selfish’ act does nothing but insult the deceased, potentially cause more harm and reveal a staggering ignorance of mental health problems....