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BonnieShels
15/01/2018, 8:48 PM
You're right. Just think those statements sometimes undersell them a bit.
Closed Account 2
15/01/2018, 11:40 PM
The Cranberries were huge back in the day. They played Woodstock back in 94 I think which must have been one of the first times modern Woodstock was held. When I lived in Italy they always seemed to be doing a live set on Italian TV. Maybe they almost had a bigger profile abroad then at home, either way they had some great songs.
ifk101
19/01/2018, 12:20 PM
Dolores wrote some of the finest lyrics to ever come out of this country.

Not sure I'd agree with that. Always felt a lot of the lyrics were quite simplistic but not familar with all their songs.

But very untimely death. Certainly makes you stop and think.
Paddy Garcia
22/01/2018, 6:53 PM
Jimmy Armfield RIP

I recall Jimmy commentating on one of our games - he kept referring to us as "we" - endearing in the best sense.
Seagull
24/01/2018, 7:45 PM
R.I.P. the one and only Mark E Smith https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/24/mark-e-smith-lead-singer-with-the-fall-dies-aged-60
Eminence Grise
28/01/2018, 3:56 PM
IKEA founder, Ingvar Kamprad.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/28/ikea-founder-ingvar-kamprad-dies-aged-91

Supposedly he left detailed plans for his funeral but nobody can follow them...
BonnieShels
29/01/2018, 11:08 PM
One out of the blue... Howard Lew Lewis of "Maid Marian and her Merry Men (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maid_Marian_and_Her_Merry_Men)" fame. Died on Jan 20.


http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-42852757
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Lew_Lewis
OwlsFan
06/02/2018, 9:12 AM
John Mahoney, who played Frasier's Martin Crane, dies aged 77 https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/feb/06/john-mahoney-who-played-frasiers-martin-crane-dies-aged-77

Never got in to the show which is strange because whenever I channel surfed on to the programme, I'd often watch it and found it entertaining.
Cuyahoga
12/02/2018, 6:27 PM
Vic Damone ,American crooner has died aged 89.
OwlsFan
15/02/2018, 12:41 PM
Actor Kenneth Haig http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354078/
BonnieShels
20/02/2018, 1:18 PM
Catherine Nevin, Publican and spousal killer
https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/0220/942127-catherine-nevin-death/
OwlsFan
26/02/2018, 4:44 PM
Actress Emma Chambers https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/24/actor-emma-chambers-dies-aged-53-vicar-of-dibley
strangeirish
04/03/2018, 12:38 PM
Roger Bannister(88)

http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/43273249
dejadem
05/03/2018, 8:45 AM
David Ogden Stiers (Major Charles Emerson Winchester III)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/obituaries/david-ogden-stiers-mash-dies.html
tetsujin1979
05/03/2018, 9:50 AM
Roger Bannister(88)

http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/43273249

a private ambition of mine was always to run the four minute mile, but after doing some training for it realised it was beyond my abilities
pineapple stu
12/03/2018, 6:41 AM
Ken Dodd (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-43367267), aged 90, two days after getting married. Sounds like a Ken Dodd joke.

His tour calendar was booked up to July of this year (http://www.kendoddshows.com/).
OwlsFan
12/03/2018, 8:59 AM
I think when you get in to the nervous 90s, I am amazed he booked that far ahead. His statement on the front page is a bit ironic really.
Eminence Grise
14/03/2018, 6:29 AM
Gone among the stars, Stephen Hawking, 76.
OwlsFan
15/03/2018, 8:57 AM
Jim Bowen, host of TV Show BULLSEYE https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/14/jim-bowen-star-ofbullseye-tv-gameshow-dies-aged-80/ Terrible show to be honest.
CraftyToePoke
16/03/2018, 2:31 AM
Terrible show to be honest

Definitely of it's time and not ageing well.

Double tops for the fridge, best of luck chap.
OwlsFan
20/03/2018, 8:57 AM
David Ogden Stiers, Major Winchester on ‘MASH,’ http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/david-ogden-stiers-dead-dies-mash-1202716860/
osarusan
20/03/2018, 11:47 AM
The last surviving male northern white rhino in the world. There are only two females of the species left (his daughter and granddaughter).
pineapple stu
24/03/2018, 12:11 PM
A slightly belated one, but Azeglio Vicini (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azeglio_Vicini) passed away in January.

Was the Italian manager in Euro 88 and Italia 90.
Paddy Garcia
26/03/2018, 8:58 PM
Philip Kerr

I'm over half way through the Bernie Gunther novels and will now have to savour every sentence as there will be no more.

Incredibly talented writer who transported me back to 1930's & 40's Berlin.
OwlsFan
28/03/2018, 10:29 AM
French actress Stephane Audran https://theredlist.com/wiki-2-24-525-526-656-view-1970s-1-profile-stephane-audran.html
Eminence Grise
02/04/2018, 8:55 AM
Stephen Bochco, creator of Hill St Blues and NYPD Blue, among others. Aged 74, leukemia.

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0402/951620-steven-bochco/
Eminence Grise
04/04/2018, 1:33 PM
Ray Wilkins, 61, following a heart attack and fall.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/apr/04/ray-wilkins-former-england-midfielder-dies-aged-61
OwlsFan
04/04/2018, 5:09 PM
Sad and surprising to hear. Always very quiet spoken and respectful of his interviewee. Good player in his day.
CraftyToePoke
05/04/2018, 10:01 PM
Eric Bristow has checked out. RIP

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/43663426
Eminence Grise
05/04/2018, 10:25 PM
Fitting that he went out with a treble top. Crafty to the last.
pineapple stu
08/04/2018, 10:19 PM
Another one slightly late - but the pastor/televangelist Billy Graham (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Graham#Discussion_of_Jews_with_President_Nix on) died in Feb at the age of 99.

Worked with 12 US Presidents, from Truman to Obama.
Eminence Grise
15/04/2018, 10:24 AM
Milos Forman, 86, director of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus and The People Versus Larry Flynt.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/apr/14/milos-forman-one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-director-dies-aged-86
nigel-harps1954
16/04/2018, 6:07 AM
R Lee Ermey, aged 74. Best known as the drill instructor in Full Metal Jacket.

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/r-lee-ermey-full-metal-jacket-actor-dead-at-74-w519156
Eminence Grise
17/04/2018, 8:03 AM
Morning Ireland reporting that 'Big Tom' McBride of Big Tom and the Mainliners has died. My dad's favourite singer. Never seemed to be off local radio when I was a kid.
the 12 th man
17/04/2018, 3:51 PM
Morning Ireland reporting that 'Big Tom' McBride of Big Tom and the Mainliners has died. My dad's favourite singer. Never seemed to be off local radio when I was a kid.

Great urban legend about the Band scheduled to appear in the USA yonks ago and a load of stoners showed up for the gig due to the Mainliners reference. ;):D
Eminence Grise
17/04/2018, 4:52 PM
I so want that to be true!

Edit.
Despite my efforts to appear an urbane sophisticate, Mary Wilson's show on Radio 1 has just namechecked the tiny Rossie townland where I grew up in her tribute to Big Tom. You can take the boy from the country etc....
nigel-harps1954
18/04/2018, 10:25 AM
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/barbara-bush-dead-dies-first-lady-george-w-aged-92-latest-a8309711.html

Barbara Bush, former first lady of the US. Aged 92.

First knew who she was thanks to The Simpsons..
Eminence Grise
18/04/2018, 10:21 PM
Very unexpected, Dale Winton, 62.

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0418/955553-supermarket-sweep-host-dale-winton-has-died-aged-62/
The Fly
18/04/2018, 11:00 PM
Very unexpected, Dale Winton, 62.

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0418/955553-supermarket-sweep-host-dale-winton-has-died-aged-62/

Tissues, Aisle 3.
Closed Account 2
20/04/2018, 10:27 PM
Disc Jockey Avicii has died, aged only 28.
OwlsFan
25/04/2018, 9:53 AM
Actor John Stride2666
nigel-harps1954
25/04/2018, 10:42 AM
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/04/22/the-worlds-oldest-person-died-at-117-she-was-the-last-known-person-born-in-the-19th-century/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d3825daed895

Oldest person in the world died the other day at a whopping 117 years old. The last known person from the 19th century.
Mr A
25/04/2018, 11:27 AM
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/04/22/the-worlds-oldest-person-died-at-117-she-was-the-last-known-person-born-in-the-19th-century/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d3825daed895

Oldest person in the world died the other day at a whopping 117 years old. The last known person from the 19th century.

That's a real pity. I always feel a real affinity for the oldest person in the world because I used to be the youngest.
Eminence Grise
30/04/2018, 7:07 PM
One time Saw Doctor Tony Lambert.
https://www.rte.ie/culture/2018/0430/959234-saw-doctors-musician-tony-lambert-dies/

There's a link on that page to Lar Cleary, guitarist with the Blades, who died last month. Don't know how I missed that one.
https://www.rte.ie/culture/2018/0321/949012-blades-guitarist-lar-cleary-dies-aged-61/
OwlsFan
03/05/2018, 1:08 PM
For James Bond fans, Soon-Tek Oh, a Korean actor who appeared in The Man With the Golden Gun

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OwlsFan
11/05/2018, 8:52 AM
A few ones I missed over the past while: Katie Boyle, British model, broadcaster and advice columnist https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/mar/20/katie-boyle-obituary

Former Fine Gael TD, Monica Barnes https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/obituary-monica-barnes-36878049.html
Paddy Garcia
12/05/2018, 1:52 PM
Scott Hutchinson of Frightened Rabbit - terribly sad. RIP
Eminence Grise
14/05/2018, 6:59 PM
Margot Kidder.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/14/margot-kidder-superman-movie-lois-lane-dies-aged-69
nigel-harps1954
15/05/2018, 2:33 PM
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44127716

Jlloyd Samuel, aged 37. Former Aston Villa and Trinidad & Tobago defender.
OwlsFan
17/05/2018, 9:03 AM
Ray Wilson who was full back in the England World Cup winning team of 1966. I remember him in the Everton team of the same year for other nightmare reasons. Different days then. Of the 22 players who played in the FA Cup Final, 18 were English and 4 Scottish.