So farewell then...

[BonnieShels]

Director of one of the great great great movies, Jonathan Demme, dies at 73

http://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2017/0426/870545-silence-of-the-lambs-director-demme-dies-aged/

[KrisLetang]

Director of one of the great great great movies, Jonathan Demme, dies at 73


I can't tell you how many fine people on here have told me over the years how hard they cried the first time they saw Philadelphia. Excuse me. Am I being fired?

[BonnieShels]

I hate hanks and denzel... That ain't the movie

[KrisLetang]

Why do you have that Denzel poster in your bedroom then?
What's the other movie called? Silence of the Hams?

[stann]

I hate hanks and denzel... That ain't the movie

Stop Making Sense surely?

[SkStu]

Lots of rumours on sm that Prince Philip has passed away and that it is due to be announced at 8am GMT.

[tetsujin1979]

Lots of rumours on sm that Prince Philip has passed away and that it is due to be announced at 8am GMT.
Nothing yet....

[Lionel Ritchie]

Stepping down from 'duties' is all I've seen.

Very sad to hear that Kevin Garcia of Grandaddy died of a stroke aged just 41. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/03/kevin-garcia-grandaddy-bassist-death.

W5DsI_eCK7Y

[the 12 th man]

Nothing yet....

Stepping down from doing nothing to doing nothing....

[SkStu]

yeah, false alarm buachailli! Sorry!

I'm fake news.

[OwlsFan]

Actor Moray Watson from the Darling Buds of May, although I never watched it http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/05/04/moray-watson-actor-obituary/ He also had bit parts in episodes of Kavanagh QC, Midsomer Murders, Vicar of Dibley etc. You'd have to wonder what did guys like him live on with just the odd part every so often.

[BonnieShels]

I remember that show so well. Watched it a lot. It was such tosh. Eugh.

[BonnieShels]

Robert Miles, Ages 47 from an unreported illness.

http://mixmag.net/read/legacy-trance-producer-robert-miles-passes-away-at-age-47-news

[nigel-harps1954]

I had to look him up there. Heard the song and had one of those "aaaaaaaaah" moments.

[Eminence Grise]

Showing my age with this one!

Actor, Geoffrey Bayldon, aged 93. Best known for playing the title role in Catweazle. Only saw reruns as a kid, but I don't know how many times I read the book (up to and including once last year when I picked up a copy in a flea market!). He was also in Worzel Gummidge.

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2017/0511/874379-catweazle-and-worzel-gummidge-star-bayldon-dies-at-93/
(https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2017/0511/874379-catweazle-and-worzel-gummidge-star-bayldon-dies-at-93/)
[Edit: better obit here:
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/may/11/geoffrey-bayldon-obituary-catweazle ]

[TheBoss]

Robert Miles, Ages 47 from an unreported illness.

http://mixmag.net/read/legacy-trance-producer-robert-miles-passes-away-at-age-47-news

Many like me I imagine would have labeled 'Children' as one of the first trance tunes they ever heard. It certainly had a profound influence on me as to this day, as I still actively listen to trance music. That tune 'Children' for me was a key reason for the trance boom in the late 1990s/early 2000s as it can be seen as the intermediary between early trance sound and the then later melodic sound of which that tune has elements of both. Certainly a pioneer in that respect.

I actually quite like One and One too, even if it is not trance. Always reminds of innocent and happy times growing up!

hcqNRaQRUog

[CraftyToePoke]

Brendan Duddy - RIP

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2017/0513/874825-brendan-duddy/

[DannyInvincible]

Brendan Duddy - RIP

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2017/0513/874825-brendan-duddy/

RIP.

A collection of papers, documents and material relating to Duddy's role as back-channel between the IRA and the British government are archived at NUI Galway and are full of fascinating reading and information: https://digital.library.nuigalway.ie/islandora/object/nuigalway%3Aduddy and http://library.nuigalway.ie/collections/archives/depositedcollections/featuredcollections/brendanduddycollection/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwOcGDmZg38

[CraftyToePoke]

Ian Brady, dead.

https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2017/0515/875413-ian-brady/

[KrisLetang]

Chris Cornell of Soundgarden. I'm going hungry. I love that song!

Looks like he committed suicide after a show. :(

[KrisLetang]

Fox News Creator Roger Ailes too.

[nigel-harps1954]

Chris Cornell of Soundgarden. I'm going hungry. I love that song!

Looks like he committed suicide after a show. :(

I'm still struggling with this one. The greatest voice of this generation, and Hunger Strike is also one of my favourite songs. The combination of the power in his voice with the sheer rawness of Vedders was just phenomenal

[KrisLetang]

People are saying they have to build a moat around Eddie, he is the last one standing! I have to be honest though Nigel, I never actually considered Soundgarden to be in that genre of music with the Portland/Seattle bands of that time. If you listen to Mudhoney and Screaming Trees or Nirvana even, and PJ, etc......do you really think SG fits that mold? Soundgarden is almost more of the Portland side of things to me like for example Everclear. Not that it matters.

Anyway, he leaves two teenage kids. Shame. They dimmed the lights on the Needle in Seattle last night for an hour.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Cornell's wife is denying that it was suicide.

[nigel-harps1954]

Cornell's wife is denying that it was suicide.

Not exactly. It was suicide, that's clear for all to see. What she is saying is that it's the fault of his medication, which reportedly gives you suicidal thoughts as a commonly known side-effect.

If this can be proven any way, there may be a major lawsuit in the pipeline.

[KrisLetang]

You don't get the life ins pending certain things on the autopsy related to the "Suicide" verdict from the coronor. I don't blame her one bit.

[the 12 th man]

C & W singer Willie Nelson.

http://newsbake.com/entertainment-news/music-entertainment/breaking-country-music-legend-just-passed-away-surrounded-family-willie-will-greatly-miss/

[tetsujin1979]

C & W singer Willie Nelson.

http://newsbake.com/entertainment-news/music-entertainment/breaking-country-music-legend-just-passed-away-surrounded-family-willie-will-greatly-miss/
thankfully it looks like this is a hoax

[nigel-harps1954]

C & W singer Willie Nelson.

http://newsbake.com/entertainment-news/music-entertainment/breaking-country-music-legend-just-passed-away-surrounded-family-willie-will-greatly-miss/

I think you misread that article. It's really poorly worded, but it's about Larry Butler.

[the 12 th man]

Think I'll give this thread a miss for about 5 years......:p

[Eminence Grise]

Could maybe change your user name to Fourth Horseman? Same end result, but we'd get more warning.:D

[KrisLetang]

Roger Moore, Or Loger Moore in Lost In Translation. ​

[OwlsFan]

Think I'll give this thread a miss for about 5 years......:p

Sad to hear. He was on the Late Late not long ago looking hale and hearty and promoting something or other.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Cochise by Audioslave is a great song. It's mad that it took Chris Cornell dying for me to listen to it again.

Black Hole Sun some music video too.

[nigel-harps1954]

Gregg Allman of the Allman Brothers dead at 69.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/gregg-allman-southern-rock-legend-dead-at-69-w433068

[the 12 th man]

Blue Peter's John Noakes.

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2017/0529/878686-blue-peter-host-john-noakes-has-died-at-83/

[pineapple stu]

Manuel Noriega (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40090143)

[Eminence Grise]

Cheick Tioté, once of Newcastle - only 30.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017/0605/880411-former-newcastle-player-cheick-tiote-dies-aged-30/

Is it me or does anybody else think that athletes are dying younger at a faster rate than previously? Are bodies being pushed beyond tolerable limits? There've been too many of these sad, untimely deaths in recent years.

[Eminence Grise]

Ey up, Gromit. It's bin a good innings, all the same.

Peter Sallis, 96, voice of Wallace.

http://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/peter-sallis-the-voice-of-wallis-and-gromit-dies-age-96-35791037.html
And the indo spells the character wrong in the url...

[pineapple stu]

Cheick Tioté, once of Newcastle - only 30.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017/0605/880411-former-newcastle-player-cheick-tiote-dies-aged-30/

Is it me or does anybody else think that athletes are dying younger at a faster rate than previously? Are bodies being pushed beyond tolerable limits? There've been too many of these sad, untimely deaths in recent years.
Possibly more news exposure is making you hear about more of these stories. I presume recreational drugs can't be a factor? Presume you'd fail a drugs test if so, though could see it with the amount of money being earned.

But it does feel that the issue is more common alright.

[Eminence Grise]

TBH, I was thinking more along the lines of supplements, steroid injections and non-steroidal anti-inflammatories like ibuprofen which can increase the risk of heart attack. When you hear managers telling players to play through the pain barrier you have to wonder if medical staff are over-using painkillers, or if players are doing it themselves and saying nothing to the club. Long-term use within safe daily limits can still be dangerous, but nothing untoward would show up in a tox screen or autopsy. Like, in 30 years top players have gone from playing maybe 50 games a season to over 60 at higher intensity and with less recovery time. There has to be a limit to the level of punishment the body can take. Genuinely curious, and saddened that it's affecting so many young athletes.

[pineapple stu]

Yeah, meant to put that in alright. You'd have thought we were beyond that sort of Flo-Jo stuff, but perhaps not...

[Mr A]

Drug testing in football is little short of pathetic, and there is no real will there to change. A super recent example. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38928615) When Tyler Hamilton was getting help from Dr Fuentes and was worried, he was assured that he was doing nothing compared to the footballers. I have little doubt that there is lots of dodgy stuff going on at the top level. With the money involved, and the lack of any real deterrent, why wouldn't there be?

[Seagull]

Adam West, Batman and Mayor of Quahog RIP.

[Eminence Grise]

Ah, that's sad - always thought he would go on forever.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/jun/10/adam-west-batman-actor-dies-leukaemia

[KrisLetang]

Poor Glenne Headley. Just started up a new show on Hulu with Ed Begley Jr from St. Elsewhere. I thought she was a great actress. Killed it in Mr.Holland's Opus, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and on ER. Seemed like a really nice person too.

[Eminence Grise]

Cheick Tioté, once of Newcastle - only 30.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017/0605/880411-former-newcastle-player-cheick-tiote-dies-aged-30/

Is it me or does anybody else think that athletes are dying younger at a faster rate than previously? Are bodies being pushed beyond tolerable limits? There've been too many of these sad, untimely deaths in recent years.

Interesting piece on the Beeb that relates to this at least in part.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-40260280

[DeLorean]

Fred Cogley, aged 82 - http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/ex-rt%C3%A9-sports-broadcaster-fred-cogley-dies-at-age-82-1.3120028

[OwlsFan]

Fred Cogley, aged 82 - http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/ex-rt%C3%A9-sports-broadcaster-fred-cogley-dies-at-age-82-1.3120028

The voice of Irish rugby for years.

[KrisLetang]

Fitness blogger Rebecca Burger killed by exploding whipped cream canister. What a way to go.