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OwlsFan
28/03/2019, 7:27 AM
You've probably seen this, OF and PI, but if not it's a very fine tribute to your friend.

https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/international-soccer/vincent-hogan-the-very-best-irishman-i-knew-didnt-make-it-to-the-aviva-stadium-last-night-37956956.html

Thanks. Yes I had seen it. They played indoor football together.
dejadem
01/05/2019, 7:01 AM
John Singleton
https://www.independent.ie/world-news/north-america/boyz-n-the-hood-film-director-singleton-51-dies-after-stroke-38067247.html
Eminence Grise
10/05/2019, 3:46 PM
No fake headline this time. The hamster's stopped turning the wheel...

Freddie Starr, 76.

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/freddie-starr-dies-aged-76-at-his-spanish-home-38097297.html
tetsujin1979
12/05/2019, 9:50 PM
RIP Peggy Lipton.
DeLorean
14/05/2019, 1:47 PM
Doris calls it a Day - https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48257670

(Just wanted to say that).


PS- sorry to see about you friend, OwlsFan, don't come in here very often.
SkStu
17/05/2019, 12:38 PM
Grumpy Cat is in a better place now.

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-48308638
Eminence Grise
22/05/2019, 12:56 PM
Niki Lauda, 70.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/48348202
OwlsFan
22/05/2019, 7:19 PM
My brother raced against him. Said he was a lovely guy. He remembers him saying to him that most people live with the brake on while racing drivers live wth the throttle full on.
Eminence Grise
22/05/2019, 7:53 PM
My brother raced against him.

A casual conversation starter there, OF...
Eminence Grise
01/06/2019, 1:19 PM
Ex-Arsenal and Spain player, Jose Antonio Reyes, 35, in a car crash. One of Arsenal's Invincibles.
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2019/0601/1052956-former-arsenal-player-reyes-dies-in-car-crash/
Eminence Grise
06/06/2019, 8:54 PM
Actor Paul Darrow. Best known as Avon in (showing my age) Blake's 7. Never a big sci-fi fan, but I loved that show.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jun/06/paul-darrow-obituary
dejadem
11/06/2019, 9:04 AM
Justin Edinburgh
Leyton Orient manager.
213 Premier League appearances for Spurs & FA Cup winner

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/justin-edinburgh-dies-at-the-age-of-49-1.3919765
SkStu
12/06/2019, 1:34 PM
https://www.hotpress.com/music/thin-lizzy-fans-mourn-philomena-lynott-died-22776429

Phil's ma has passed away. As i said in the thread in the music forum, a lovely woman - cant imagine how difficult her life would have been.
Eminence Grise
03/07/2019, 8:52 AM
Lee Iacocca of Ford and Chrysler, 94.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jul/02/lee-iacocca-dies-94-auto-executive-mustang
Eminence Grise
05/07/2019, 11:36 AM
Unmistakeable horse racing broadcaster, John McCririck, 79.
https://www.rte.ie/sport/racing/2019/0705/1060338-death-announced-of-racing-broadcaster-john-mccririck/
SkStu
06/07/2019, 6:50 AM
Unmistakeable horse racing broadcaster, John McCririck, 79.
https://www.rte.ie/sport/racing/2019/0705/1060338-death-announced-of-racing-broadcaster-john-mccririck/

Gone for a long “nap”...
pineapple stu
06/07/2019, 9:45 AM
Died at 10/1 this morning
D24Saint
11/07/2019, 10:40 AM
Brendan Grace , thanks for the laughs !

https://amp.independent.ie/entertainment/television/legendary-dublin-comedian-brendan-grace-dies-aged-68-38302397.html
OwlsFan
16/07/2019, 3:15 PM
My great friend, Dick O'Rafferty, who was one of the 10 guys I would invariably go to away games with. Dick died from a brain tumour on Sunday night. His last match was the away defeat in Wales. He was a "voyeur" on foot.ie and would often comment in person to me on posts he saw on the site but he never told me what his nickname or handle was or whether he ever posted.

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I made a little tribute which I posted on Youtube which includes some of our highlights following Ireland:


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the 12 th man
24/07/2019, 7:25 PM
Actor Rutger Hauer aged 75 famous for among others Blade Runner.
SkStu
24/07/2019, 7:38 PM
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/0724/1064924-danika-mcguigan/

Danika McGuigan from "Cant Cope, Wont Cope". She was great in it. Always very sad for cancer to take someone so young.
ForzaForth
21/08/2019, 9:36 AM
Couple of sporting icons - Malcolm Nash who got tonked for six sixes in an over by Gary Sobers, and Brian Lochore, the former All Blacks rugby captain.
SkStu
12/09/2019, 1:22 PM
Daniel Johnston. First heard of him in 2007 or 2008 after watching "The Devil and Daniel Johnston". His music was a bit out there for me (i do have a couple of his songs on my giant playlist) but he inspired many and his life was like one big crazy story. At last he can rest in peace.
jbyrne
18/09/2019, 11:06 AM
fernando ricksen ex of Rangers FC...

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2019/0918/1076676-rangers-confirm-death-of-former-player-fernando-ricksen/
ccfcman
19/09/2019, 7:51 PM
Kelvin Maynard (32), Dutch defender formerly of Burton Albion, shot dead in Amsterdam.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49752441
CraftyToePoke
03/10/2019, 12:15 AM
Kim Shattuck, The Muffs and briefly Pixies bassist. RIP
dejadem
11/10/2019, 6:20 AM
Ginger Baker, drummer and co-founder of Cream
dejadem
11/10/2019, 1:15 PM
Alexey Leonov, first human to perform a spacewalk.

https://www.space.com/cosmonaut-alexei-leonov-first-spacewalker-dies-at-85.html
Eminence Grise
17/10/2019, 12:06 PM
Elijah Cummings, Democratic Chair of the House Oversight Committee, 68, health complications.
https://time.com/5703066/elijah-cummings-dies/
OwlsFan
12/11/2019, 8:10 AM
Just for form's sake I am going to mention Gay Byrne here since future generations perusing this thread might think we didn't notice. Sure, he knew nothing about sport although he did contrive to have me miss Match of the Day on Saturday for many years as the parents weren't for budging from The Late Late. My mother was also a panelist a couple of times, once with my sister on a mother and daughter chat and she was exposing views slightly to the right of John Charles McQuaid :O
SkStu
13/11/2019, 11:40 AM
Niall Tóibín

https://www.thejournal.ie/niall-toibin-dies-4889748-Nov2019/
SkStu
27/11/2019, 12:09 PM
Chef Gary Rhodes

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50570852
pineapple stu
27/11/2019, 5:20 PM
Clive James as well.

Can never remember what I remember him from
SkStu
27/11/2019, 6:12 PM
He was host of "Have I Got News For You" or "Whose Line Is It Anyway"...

(can never remember either but im thinking its the latter)

Sh*t - i am wrong on both.

RIP anyway.
Eminence Grise
27/11/2019, 9:50 PM
He was host of "Have I Got News For You" or "Whose Line Is It Anyway"...

(can never remember either but im thinking its the latter)

Whose Line... was Clive Anderson. There's nobody left in the UK who hasn't hosted Have I Got news by now.

Clive James Postcards from... was one of the TV shows I remember. That and his Guardian column 'Reports of my Death'. Oh! He also gave us the Cuban pop sensation that is Margarita Pracataaaaaan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=23&v=8hpkP2mb4SA&feature=emb_logo)...
OwlsFan
04/12/2019, 3:32 PM
Former test match cricketer and Sky pundit Bob Willis https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/dec/04/bob-willis-former-england-cricket-captain-dies-aged-70
SkStu
10/12/2019, 2:43 PM
Marie Fredriksson of Roxette, aged 61. Some serious tunes in that catalogue. RIP.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50730052
Eminence Grise
11/12/2019, 7:52 PM
David Bellamy, 86.
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/1211/1098567-naturalist-and-broadcaster-david-bellamy-dies-at-86/
Eminence Grise
30/12/2019, 8:44 PM
Very sorry to hear that Neil Innes passed away suddenly yesterday.
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/1230/1103593-rutles-creator-and-python-contributor-neil-innes-dies/
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/30/neil-innes-obituary (https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/1230/1103593-rutles-creator-and-python-contributor-neil-innes-dies/)

Probably the best Python who wasn't, and weird, wonderful and brilliant with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCtkJxyYsrc&list=PLfizmRHAVun-NI750db97OSIYrlnrHGD5&index=2). Wholly under appreciated. Oh, heck, one more (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVr2hbE6aW0&list=PLfizmRHAVun-NI750db97OSIYrlnrHGD5&index=1) for the road.
the 12 th man
31/12/2019, 9:23 PM
The Ruttles were his creation I think.Hilarious rip of the Beatles.`

He was also chief minstrel singing behind "Brave" Sir Robin in "The Quest For The Holy Grail".
Eminence Grise
07/01/2020, 1:40 PM
Either Gaybo is lonely or someone in RTE's payroll department is being over-zealous on the cutbacks ...

Marian Finucane (https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020/0107/1104724-finucane-funeral/) and Larry Gogan (https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0107/1104730-larry-gogan/).
BonnieShels
24/01/2020, 9:55 PM
Very sorry to hear that Neil Innes passed away suddenly yesterday.
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/1230/1103593-rutles-creator-and-python-contributor-neil-innes-dies/
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/30/neil-innes-obituary (https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/1230/1103593-rutles-creator-and-python-contributor-neil-innes-dies/)

Probably the best Python who wasn't, and weird, wonderful and brilliant with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCtkJxyYsrc&list=PLfizmRHAVun-NI750db97OSIYrlnrHGD5&index=2). Wholly under appreciated. Oh, heck, one more (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVr2hbE6aW0&list=PLfizmRHAVun-NI750db97OSIYrlnrHGD5&index=1) for the road.

And of course Terry Jones on Tuesday.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jan/22/terry-jones-obituary
SkStu
26/01/2020, 7:00 PM
Kobe Bryant dead at 41. Helicopter crash.
BonnieShels
26/01/2020, 7:01 PM
Just came in to post same. Crazy stuff.
D24Saint
26/01/2020, 7:47 PM
Kobe Bryant dead at 41. Helicopter crash.

Amazing how the super wealthy fall victim to accidents like this , very sad.
the 12 th man
26/01/2020, 8:13 PM
TMZ saying that his eldest daughter with him and amongst the dead.
the 12 th man
28/01/2020, 5:48 PM
Ex TV Quiz Show host Nicholas Parsons 96.
the 12 th man
06/02/2020, 5:20 AM
Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas at 103.
Eminence Grise
08/02/2020, 3:29 PM
Six One Anchor, Keelin Shanley. Only 51... That's stopped me right in my tracks.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020/0208/1114020-keelin-shanley/
D24Saint
08/02/2020, 4:23 PM
Six One Anchor, Keelin Shanley. Only 51... That's stopped me right in my tracks.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020/0208/1114020-keelin-shanley/

same here very very sad for her family