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Cuyahoga
05/10/2017, 11:18 AM
Tom Humphries : In custody now. He always had a downer on League of Ireland and was on a crusade via his column in the Irish Times to stop Shamrock Rovers getting to Tallaght. Thankfully his and the GAA's attempt to stop ' Association football' been played in Tallaght Stadium didn't work.
the 12 th man
16/10/2017, 11:39 AM
Comedian Sean Hughes :eek: https://www.joe.ie/news/comedian-sean-hughes-died-aged-51-603880
BonnieShels
16/10/2017, 12:24 PM
:(

Just reading about that now

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2017/1016/912703-irish-comedian-sean-hughes-has-died-aged-51/
Real ale Madrid
16/10/2017, 2:20 PM
Kevin Cadle - Fromer Sky Sports NFL and Basketball presenter . RIP

http://m.nfluk.com/s/37678/59?itemUri=-1238500867/52129251110151551230631314510
BonnieShels
16/10/2017, 5:59 PM
That's desperate
KrisLetang
16/10/2017, 6:38 PM
Maltese Journo who wrote about Gov't corruption killed in car bomb.

http://www.politico.eu/article/leading-maltese-political-journalist-killed-by-car-bomb/
KrisLetang
18/10/2017, 6:48 PM
SkStu and all of Canada mourn the loss of Tragically Hip's Gord Downie.
BonnieShels
19/10/2017, 11:12 AM
SkStu and all of Canada mourn the loss of Tragically Hip's Gord Downie.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMCaDvah6N0
eitoof
19/10/2017, 4:07 PM
Eamonn Campbell.
Just one of The Dubliners left now I think.
bennocelt
19/10/2017, 8:06 PM
Jeez a lot of greats died this week, Campbell, Gord, Dunsworth from TPB, and Sean Hughes. One of the funniest things i have sever seen on Tv was Hughes on Come Dine With Me, basically rehashing the same meal three times, potatoes and cabbage or something in a variety of different formats, he didn't give a ****, class.
BonnieShels
19/10/2017, 10:47 PM
Jeez a lot of greats died this week, Campbell, Gord, Dunsworth from TPB, and Sean Hughes. One of the funniest things i have sever seen on Tv was Hughes on Come Dine With Me, basically rehashing the same meal three times, potatoes and cabbage or something in a variety of different formats, he didn't give a ****, class.

It was stew:

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/come-dine-with-me/videos/all/s24-ep30-seans-dinner/2831705761001
ForzaForth
20/10/2017, 9:44 PM
Didn't realise Eamonn Campbell of The Dubliners was grand-father of current Irish international with the long throw - Megan Campbell of Man. City. RIP.
OwlsFan
23/10/2017, 12:17 PM
Actress Rosemary Leach https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/oct/22/rosemary-leach-obituary
BonnieShels
25/10/2017, 3:30 PM
Fats Domino aged 89

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41753839
OwlsFan
26/10/2017, 9:41 AM
Fats Domino aged 89

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41753839

Ain't that a shame!
Eminence Grise
01/11/2017, 9:50 PM
Stefano Salvatori, part of the AC Milan 1990 European Cup winning squad. Played for Hearts as well. Only 49.

https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/champions-league/former-ac-milan-european-cupwinning-midfielder-dies-aged-49-36282232.html
OwlsFan
13/11/2017, 12:14 PM
John Hillerman, of Magnum PI fame http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41940675
Kingdom
14/11/2017, 10:03 AM
Lads lads lads, nobody mentioned poor Tim Gudgin? From the pools results on BBC?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41966183
nigel-harps1954
15/11/2017, 3:22 PM
Lads lads lads, nobody mentioned poor Tim Gudgin? From the pools results on BBC?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41966183

Quick edit! I thought he died a year or two ago
OwlsFan
15/11/2017, 3:39 PM
Quick edit! I thought he died a year or two ago

Are you thinking of James Alexander Gordon ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Alexander_Gordon
nigel-harps1954
15/11/2017, 4:24 PM
Are you thinking of James Alexander Gordon ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Alexander_Gordon

That's the one yeah.
OwlsFan
16/11/2017, 9:50 AM
Actor Keith Barron https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/nov/15/keith-barron-from-coppers-to-adulterers-a-star-of-hit-tv-to-the-end
nigel-harps1954
18/11/2017, 6:36 PM
Malcolm Young, aged 64.

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2017/1118/921086-ac-dcs-co-founder-malcolm-young-has-died-aged-64/


Hell ain't a bad place to be.
pineapple stu
20/11/2017, 6:39 AM
It just got a bit worse though - Charles Manson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson) died yesterday.

Cult leader who killed, among others, Sharon Tate, pregnant wife of Roman Polanski, in 1969, and spent the rest of his life in jail.
tetsujin1979
20/11/2017, 10:51 AM
Read a book about him years ago. Strangely enough, he didn't actually kill anyone that night, but he had enough control over his followers that he was never granted parole. One was in her teens and couldn't be held with the adults in prison, so was in with other teenagers who'd been picked up for minor offences.
OwlsFan
20/11/2017, 10:55 AM
Former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/nov/20/jana-novotna-dies-aged-49-former-wimbledon-tennis-champion
DeLorean
20/11/2017, 2:00 PM
Former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/nov/20/jana-novotna-dies-aged-49-former-wimbledon-tennis-champion

Oh, bad one. I used like her.
OwlsFan
22/11/2017, 9:58 AM
Rodney Bewes from the Likely Lads http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42067506 Often wondered why there were no repeats. Now I know :(
KrisLetang
22/11/2017, 3:59 PM
Many on here of a certain vintage surely had David Cassidy posters all over their rooms as teens. Had more fans in his fan club than Elvis and the Beatles at one point. Think Marcia Brady was fan club president.
DeLorean
27/11/2017, 3:16 PM
Former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/nov/20/jana-novotna-dies-aged-49-former-wimbledon-tennis-champion

Nice little piece here - http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/jana-novotna-too-strong-for-trolls-and-small-minds-463429.html
Closed Account 2
06/12/2017, 5:43 PM
Famous singer, Johnny Halliday, known as the French Elvis, has died. He was like a God to the French people.
the 12 th man
06/12/2017, 7:40 PM
People outside France don't know what a big name he was (In his day),saw some footage of a gig he did in Parc De Princes in 1993 and it was wedged,his gig in front of the Eiffel Tower in 2000 had a crowd estimated at about half a million.He sang to more than 750,000 at a free concert he held near the Eiffel Tower again on France’s Bastille Day national holiday in 2009.
OwlsFan
07/12/2017, 9:53 AM
King Michael of Romania https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/05/michael-1-of-romania Interesting career that spanned his country's alliance with the Nazis, changing sides to the Allies, Soviet invasion and forced abdication and exile.
NeverFeltBetter
07/12/2017, 10:13 AM
I was in Bucharest recently, a tour guide talked a bit about the royal family. Michael was admired, but in "Ah sure, isn't he nice" sort of way, in that he was a harmless old man whose return reflected well on the country. The grandson was more outwardly liked, but had just been removed from the line of succession (as the linked obituary notes). Not that it would appear to matter, the monarchy being an empty vessel.
BonnieShels
11/12/2017, 2:32 PM
RIP Cheggers

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/dec/11/keith-chegwin-tv-presenter-dies-aged-60
Closed Account 2
11/12/2017, 6:09 PM
I met him once, he was a genuinely terrific guy. He came across as he had all the time in the world for you and just a really nice guy.
the 12 th man
23/12/2017, 9:07 PM
Jordan Feldstein........who's he you say?

40 year old Manager of Maroon 5 and brother of Actor Jonah Hill.

http://variety.com/2017/music/news/jordan-feldstein-maroon-5-manager-and-brother-jonah-hill-dead-1202648455/
pineapple stu
01/01/2018, 11:36 AM
Another one I missed at the time - Benjamin Massing (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42300565) died last month at the age of 55. Best known for one of the worst fouls in World Cup history -

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Eminence Grise
07/01/2018, 9:27 PM
Peter Sutherland, 71, former AG, EC Commissioner, DG of GATT, chair of Goldman Sachs, UN Special Rep on Migration, and a lot more besides. It's only when you see everything he did you realise how highly regarded he was internationally.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/0107/931558-peter-sutherland/
bennocelt
08/01/2018, 9:08 AM
Loved by politicians and bankers everywhere, yeah what a guy:D
Eminence Grise
08/01/2018, 2:32 PM
Why, your cynicism sounds almost gleeful.
OwlsFan
10/01/2018, 5:15 PM
Tommy Lawrence - former Liverpool and Tranmere goalkeeper http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42634388
nigel-harps1954
11/01/2018, 10:50 AM
http://teamrock.com/news/2018-01-11/motorhead-ex-fast-eddie-clarke-dead-at-67

Fast Eddie Clarke, aged 67.

Now reunited with Lemmy and Philthy Animal..the classic Motorhead lineup now all gone.
Eminence Grise
15/01/2018, 9:05 AM
Cyrille Regis, 59, following a heart attack.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/15/cyrille-regis-former-west-bromwich-albion-coventry-city-england-striker-dies-aged-59
eitoof
15/01/2018, 10:15 AM
Cyrille Regis, 59, following a heart attack.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/15/cyrille-regis-former-west-bromwich-albion-coventry-city-england-striker-dies-aged-59
Ah no. One of my childhood football idols. Loved that West Brom team.
OwlsFan
15/01/2018, 1:54 PM
Ah no. One of my childhood football idols. Loved that West Brom team.

I think that team also included another great black player in Laurie Cunningham who died in his early 30s.
nigel-harps1954
15/01/2018, 4:20 PM
Dolores O'Riordan of the Cranberries, aged 46.


Gutted by that one. A huge talent, they never got quite as big as they should have in my opinion.
BonnieShels
15/01/2018, 5:06 PM
They were massive. Couldn't say that about them. Over 40 million records sold says it all!
BonnieShels
15/01/2018, 5:13 PM
Cyrille Regis

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/15/cyrille-regis-obituary
nigel-harps1954
15/01/2018, 5:20 PM
They were massive. Couldn't say that about them. Over 40 million records sold says it all!


When people think of music and Ireland, the kind of acts that come to mind first are U2 and Thin Lizzy.

For me, Cranberries should be up there too. I know they were huge, I know they sold a lot of records, but I'm saying they weren't quite as big as they should have been. Dolores wrote some of the finest lyrics to ever come out of this country.