So farewell then...

[nigel-harps1954]

Almost choked on my tea reading that..

[OwlsFan]

Jeremy Thorpe who resigned as Liberal Party leader in the UK in the 1970s after allegations of an affair with a former male model, Norman Scott, and was rumoured to have planned to murder him.

Amazing how someone so much in the limelight for a couple of decades can disappear without trace only to reappear when their death is announced. No fear of that happening to Roy Keane.

[Eminence Grise]

Cap makers of Ireland unite to mourn Jackie Healy-Rae, aged 83 and 7 3/8 inch.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/1205/664888-jackie-healy-rae/

[BonnieShels]

Can't say that I'll mourn his passing.

[peadar1987]

Self-serving gob****e of the highest order and a symbol of everything wrong with Irish politics. I won't either.

[OwlsFan]

Hereford United. Wound up http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-30561892 as unable to pay its debts. Those of a certain vintage will remember them knocking Newcastle United out of the FA Cup (when it meant something) in the early 1970s.

[bennocelt]

Hereford United. Wound up http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-30561892 as unable to pay its debts. Those of a certain vintage will remember them knocking Newcastle United out of the FA Cup (when it meant something) in the early 1970s.

Is this the second time they have gone bust?

[nigel-harps1954]

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30582761

Joe Cocker has gone on to the great gig in the sky.

[Spudulika]

Wait, is he really dead? I heard on Saturday he'd died, then yesterday read it was a hoax!

[nigel-harps1954]

Wait, is he really dead? I heard on Saturday he'd died, then yesterday read it was a hoax!

Always seems to be the way. There was a hoax news story about Robin Williams about a week before he died too if I recall right.

[Spudulika]

[QUOTE=nigel-harps1954;1798139]Always seems to be the way. There was a hoax news story about Robin Williams about a week before he died too if I recall right.[/QUOTE
I know it sounds cold, but if those people were able to predict results.....sad that he's dead in any case. Saw him in Frankfurt years ago, was far better than I'd expected.

Anyone who knows a bit about German music will be sad to hear Udo Jurgens passed on. He was a massive hit in German speaking countries as a crooner (I think he won the Eurovision for Austria, or at least sang in it). Bit of a ladies man.

[Mr A]

Always seems to be the way. There was a hoax news story about Robin Williams about a week before he died too if I recall right.

I heard Ant and Dec died.

[Eminence Grise]

This one snuck under the radar. A month today since Ian McLagan, keyboardist with The Small Faces, passed away.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30326401

Appropriate enough, I suppose, to mark his passing on a Lazy Sunday.

[OwlsFan]

Missed this one over Christmas, actress Billie Whitelaw

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FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR

Hot Fuzz (14-Feb-2007)
Quills (2-Sep-2000) · Mme. LeClerc
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (26-Aug-2000)
The Lost Son (21-Apr-1999) · Mrs. Spitz
Shooting the Past (10-Jan-1999)
Merlin (26-Apr-1998)
Jane Eyre (9-Feb-1996) · Grace Poole
Deadly Advice (29-Apr-1994)
Freddie as F.R.O.7 (14-Aug-1992) [VOICE]
The Cloning of Joanna May (25-Jan-1992)
A Murder of Quality (1991)
The Krays (13-Sep-1990) · Violet Kray
Joyriders (28-Apr-1989)
The Fifteen Streets (1989)
The Dressmaker (1988)
The Secret Garden (30-Nov-1987)
Maurice (15-Sep-1987)
Shadey (Nov-1985)
Tangiers (1985)
Camille (11-Dec-1984)
The Chain (Dec-1984)
Slayground (Dec-1983)
Jamaica Inn (May-1983)
The Dark Crystal (17-Dec-1982) · Aughra [VOICE]
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Feb-1982)
A Tale of Two Cities (2-Dec-1980)
Leopard in the Snow (1-Feb-1978)
The Water Babies (1978) · Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby
The Omen (25-Jun-1976)
Night Watch (10-Aug-1973)
Frenzy (21-Jun-1972) · Hetty Porter
Gumshoe (21-Mar-1972)
Eagle in a Cage (9-Jan-1972)
Leo the Last (11-May-1970) · Margaret
Start the Revolution Without Me (4-Feb-1970)
The Adding Machine (23-Sep-1969)
Twisted Nerve (Dec-1968)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (7-Jan-1968)
Charlie Bubbles (Jul-1967)
The Comedy Man (3-Sep-1964)
I Like Money (4-Apr-1961)
No Love for Johnnie (14-Feb-1961)
Payroll (19-Jan-1961)
Make Mine Mink (19-Dec-1960) · Lily
Hell Is a City (10-Apr-1960)
The Flesh and the Fiends (2-Feb-1960)
Bobbikins (28-Jul-1959)
Carve Her Name with Pride (8-Sep-1958) · Winnie
Miracle in Soho (9-Jul-1957)
The Sleeping Tiger (21-Jun-1954)
The Fake (1953) · Waitress

[Spudulika]

Anita Ekberg died, one of the true Scandi bombshells. http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2015/0111/671798-dolce-vita-actress-anita-ekberg-dies-aged-83/

Never knew she was liked with Errol Flynn, fair dues to the man!

[OwlsFan]

Actor Rod Taylor

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

[nigel-harps1954]

20 year old Wolfsburg footballer Junior Malanda was killed in a car accident yesterday. Was touted as a big prospect for the Belgian national team with 10 Bundesliga appearances this season.

[Seagull]

Anne Kirkbride, Coronation Street's Deirdre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Kirkbride

[Spudulika]

Anne Kirkbride, Coronation Street's Deirdre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Kirkbride

http://thetruth24.com/article/92454/quit-the-cobbles-anne-kirkbride-to-bid-farewell-to-coronation-streets-deirdre-barlow-

I know it looks weird, but at the weekend (Sunday) I listened to a pair of talking heads slamming Dee-Dre and how she doesn't love Ken etc etc. That she has no place left in the soap. And now......

Lots of "articles" have subsequently been disappeared from the internet. Very odd altogether.

[Spudulika]

King Abdullah of Saudi passed on. He'd been touted as a reformer before he took the throne, lots of superficial US driven changes, but still lots of activity in Chop Chop Square and no rights for other religions, minorities, brands of Islam, women, foreigners etc. No media freedom, no political freedom, slavery still in full flow etc etc.

[The Fly]

He kept his head when all about him were losing theirs.

[Spudulika]

He kept his head when all about him were losing theirs.

Nasty, but good!

[The Fly]

Nasty, but good!

Former British Home Secretary Leon Brittan, aged 75.

Died peacefully at home following a short poisoning.

[OwlsFan]

Greek crooner Demis Roussos http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30984851

Auf Wiederseh'n Demis.

[the 12 th man]

Greek crooner Demis Roussos http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30984851

.

Very sad,I thought he'd live Forever and ever..

[OwlsFan]

Geraldine McEwan aka Ms Marple (on occasion):

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[Acornvilla]

Doubt any of you would have a clue who he is, but an animator named Monty Oum died today aged 33, wonderfully creative man :(

[OwlsFan]

Legendary golfer, Billy Casper.

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

[OwlsFan]

Pauline Yates, who played the long suffering wife of Leonard Rossiter's Reggie Perrin:

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And not forgetting Steve Strange, singer with British band Visage and one of the founders of the 1980s' New Romantic style. Visage had its best-known hit in 1980 with electronic pop number "Fade To Grey."

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31449838

[Stuttgart88]

Pauline Yates, who played the long suffering wife of Leonard Rossiter's Reggie Perrin:

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And not forgetting Steve Strange, singer with British band Visage and one of the founders of the 1980s' New Romantic style. Visage had its best-known hit in 1980 with electronic pop number "Fade To Grey."

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31449838
I femember both well.

Steve Strange's death saddens me. One of my mates was one of the original Blitz kids. Together we both bemoan the lack of colourful protest culture where music and fashion intertwine and make a strong anti-establishment statement. Such is the (false) victory of the Thatcher / Reagan era narrative all the disaffected today seem to be euthanased into a state of submission. Come on today's kids - find your mojo. Owls Fan and I probably thought at the time the 80s was nothing remarkable, but now I think it was a fascinating era. Not to mention the great Rovers side of the mid-80s!

Will there ever be another colourful club-inspired counter-culture movement like the New Romantics? You may not have liked it, but today's music scene is so bland it annoys me.

[Eminence Grise]

Toast.

Brown bread.

Whatever way you want it.

Michele Ferrero, billionaire owner of Nutella, aged 89. http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0214/680306-ferrero-rocher-billionaire-dies-aged-89/

[drummerboy]

Charlie Cahill, was Chairman of the Leinster Senior League for many many years. RIP.

[OwlsFan]

Steve Strange's death saddens me. One of my mates was one of the original Blitz kids. Together we both bemoan the lack of colourful protest culture where music and fashion intertwine and make a strong anti-establishment statement. Such is the (false) victory of the Thatcher / Reagan era narrative all the disaffected today seem to be euthanased into a state of submission. Come on today's kids - find your mojo. Owls Fan and I probably thought at the time the 80s was nothing remarkable, but now I think it was a fascinating era. Not to mention the great Rovers side of the mid-80s!

Will there ever be another colourful club-inspired counter-culture movement like the New Romantics? You may not have liked it, but today's music scene is so bland it annoys me.

Yes, nowadays they all get excited by a few water charge protests. The 1970s/80s was the era of protests albeit I was a counter-revolutionary. I remember when I was a student at TCD one of my classmates said to me "The trouble with you, Kennedy, is that you don't have so much as one revolutionary thought in your head". We started a war games club in College and we made the mistake of inviting an American general to give a talk (this during the time of the Vietnam war). There was a riot and we had to barricade the door to prevent the Maoists getting at him. I remember when they took over the Dining Hall they hung a huge red banner across the building. I grabbed it and legged it as fast as I could like a brave counter-revolutionary ;)

On the music front, I lived through punk, disco, glam rock, anti-war songs etc etc. How would one describe music now? Generic ? My older brothers' generation would probably have seen the major change of the 1960s with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones which lead on to the 1970s and 80s which were the decades where just about anything went in music.

[OwlsFan]

p.s. The So Farewell Then thread has 150,000 views. The Celeb Totty thread has 1.5 million views. Totty is ten times more interesting than death apparently :)

[OwlsFan]

Leonard Nimoy

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/television/leonard-nimoy-spock-of-star-trek-dies-at-83.html?_r=0

He just couldn't cling on any longer but he did live long and prosper to be fair.

[tetsujin1979]

SPBGZRRrEKM

[Crosby87]

Quit smoking 30 years ago but it got him in the end. Stamp out those butts.

[Spudulika]

Carl O'Malley of the Irish Times passed. Not my favourite soccer writer, but from the few times we had to interact I liked his honesty. Only 36 too and apparently died at football.

[Spudulika]

This will be a doubler. Boris Nemtsov, one of the old establishment turned anti-Putin (but realistically one of the cadre) shot dead yesterday. He was, in person, a nice man, but not somebody you'd leave in charge of your wallet. Putin "has assumed personal control" of the investigation. Read into that as you wish! He was 55 and only a couple of weeks ago gave interviews saying Putin wold have him killed. It has the fingerprints of Peskov all over it!

[OwlsFan]

Ex-Spurs player and Scottish international, Dave Mackay http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/31704507

[BonnieShels]

Daniel von Bargen, aged 64, aka Mr Kruger from Seinfeld also aka Commandant Edwin Spangler in Malcolm in the Middle

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/22/article-2105006-11DD8A19000005DC-620_306x321.jpg
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/daniel-von-bargen-dead-seinfeld-778494

[nigel-harps1954]

Ah christ...I remember him better from Super Troopers.

[Spudulika]

Surprised noboby mentioned Jim McCann who passed at 70 today. Saw him decades ago in a marquee in Blanchardstown, don't remember much except lots of people singing along. I was more a fan of the Fureys, but when they came, they were already half cut (been thrown out of the Greyhound I think) and played half a show. Oh, them was the days.

[Eminence Grise]

From a different era in Northern politics, former UUP leader James Molyneaux, aged 94.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0309/685653-james-molyneaux-ulster-unionist-party/

[BonnieShels]

I was never able to resolve what I truly thought of Jim.

Can't stand his politics but more charismatic and trustworthy than Trimble. Toughie.

[OwlsFan]

Having seen Belsen during his war service, you might have thought that he'd be aware of the dangers of bigotry and discrimination, but perhaps not.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

I loved Daniel Von Bargen in Seinfeld and Malcolm in the Middle.

Poor guy was blind the last several years of his life after a gruesome failed suicide attempt.

The 911 call is online if you want to have nightmares.

[Eminence Grise]

Pat Kenny just announced on Newstalk that Tony Fenton has died.

I'll post a link as soon as one appears.

[nigel-harps1954]

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/radio/today-fm-presenter-tony-fenton-has-died-following-cancer-battle-31061136.html

Really sad altogether. One of the more likable characters in Irish radio.

[Eminence Grise]

Very true. Always thought his voice had a quality that made him stand out.