So farewell then... [Archive] - Page 53

Eminence Grise

22/04/2021, 12:32 PM

Oddly I was listening to Bat out of Hell 2 when I went for a walk before the news broke that day. You can really hear his musical theatre background in so much of what he wrote. Wall of sound meets Andrew Lloyd Webber with motorbikes... Ah well, another one gone.

pineapple stu

28/04/2021, 6:50 PM

Michael Collins, Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot

osarusan

28/04/2021, 8:18 PM

Michael Collins, Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot
The only human being alive on 21 July 1969 who wasn�t in this photo.

https://i.imgur.com/2y1ci2s.jpg

CraftyToePoke

12/07/2021, 12:48 AM

Charlie Gallagher, Celtic player, Lisbon Lions era & first Scottish born player to represent us, through two Donegal parents - RIP

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57796827

D24Saint

12/07/2021, 9:22 AM

Jim Steinman, of Bat Out Of Hell fame among many other songwriting credits

:cry: Didn�t hear that, I love his solo album.

OwlsFan

29/07/2021, 4:14 PM

ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill

OwlsFan

29/07/2021, 4:19 PM

...and earlier in the month comedian Tom O'Connor

D24Saint

19/08/2021, 8:10 AM

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2021/0818/1241593-anthony-flynn/

Homeless campaigner Anthony Fylnn. He done excellent work for the homeless of the city. He was terrible young to pass.

Eminence Grise

22/08/2021, 7:04 PM

Don Everly, harmonising with Phil again after seven years.

Got to see them supporting Simon and Garfunkel in the RDS 16 or 17 years ago. I like S&G, but The Everlys... magic.

Edit - forgot the link
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2021/0822/1242210-rock-n-roll-legend-don-everly-dies-aged-84/

OwlsFan

24/08/2021, 5:26 PM

Rolling Stones' drummer Charlie Watts https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/24/rolling-stones-drummer-charlie-watts-dies-aged-80

pineapple stu

24/08/2021, 6:00 PM

Oh wow. That's a big in. Saw him playing in Croke Park only what - 3 years ago?

A real passing the baton moment I think

Eminence Grise

30/08/2021, 9:44 AM

Busy weekend for the Grim Reaper...

Lee Scratch Perry (https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2021/aug/29/lee-scratch-perry-a-life-in-pictures)... Bunny Wailer this year, Toots Hibbert last year - that glorious reggae generation of the 60s and 70s is growing smaller all the time.

Ed Asner (https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/aug/29/ed-asner-obituary)

Rodney Rice (https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2021/0829/1243491-rodney-rice/)

tetsujin1979

30/08/2021, 3:18 PM

Oh wow. That's a big in. Saw him playing in Croke Park only what - 3 years ago?

A real passing the baton moment I think
I was at that gig too. Didn't think I'd get another chance to see them live.

OwlsFan

17/09/2021, 9:11 PM

Don Collier who appeared in many movies but I remember him in The High Chaparall https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171896/bio and Michael K Williams who played Omar in The Wire.

D24Saint

18/09/2021, 4:32 PM

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2021/0916/1247260-death-of-former-dundalk-player-manager-alan-fox/

Former Dundalk manager Alan Fox.

the 12 th man

19/09/2021, 9:27 AM

Football legend Jimmy Greaves.

osarusan

19/09/2021, 1:32 PM

John Challis, probably best known as Boycie from Only Fools and Horses.

D24Saint

19/09/2021, 4:32 PM

John Challis, probably best known as Boycie from Only Fools and Horses.

What a character he played on that show. We will never see the likes again.

OwlsFan

20/09/2021, 10:24 AM

John Challis, probably best known as Boycie from Only Fools and Horses.

Sad news. Great character in Only Fools but I am not sure the spinoff The Green Green Grass worked.

OwlsFan

27/09/2021, 12:51 PM

Alan Lancaster from the band of my youth, Status Quo: https://www.hotpress.com/music/status-quo-bassist-alan-lancaster-dies-at-age-72-22872875

pineapple stu

28/09/2021, 12:32 PM

Roger Hunt, age 83 (https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2021/0928/1249453-liverpool-and-england-great-roger-hunt-dies-aged-83/).

Scored the first ever goal in Match of the Day, and I think it used to start the intro at one stage too.

OwlsFan

19/10/2021, 1:40 PM

Colin Powell worth a mention though possibly not to the younger among you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Powell

John83

19/10/2021, 2:15 PM

Colin Powell worth a mention though possibly not to the younger among you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Powell
I remember him lying through his teeth to the UN to try to justify the invasion of Iraq. What I didn't know is he had a role in whitewashing the My Lai massacre too. May he rot in hell.

dahamsta

20/10/2021, 3:07 PM

The worst thing about Colin Powell is that he was the best of a bad lot.

NeverFeltBetter

20/10/2021, 3:51 PM

Jesus yes. When your cabinet buddies include Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld it's easy to look positively angelic in comparison.

Eminence Grise

26/10/2021, 12:56 PM

osarusan

26/10/2021, 8:55 PM

Walter Smith was a Scottish football great and too modest to shout about it (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/oct/26/walter-smith-scottish-football-great-modest-rangers)

Announced today. I thought he was older than 73.Always struck me as a very decent man.
Celtic fans might be in a position to correct me, but the impression I got was that he never really got invested in the ugly side of the Old Firm rivalry, just got on with his job as a manager.

pineapple stu

09/11/2021, 12:28 PM

Se�n Fitzpatrick (https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/newsireland/former-anglo-irish-bank-ceo-and-chairman-se%c3%a1n-fitzpatrick-has-died-aged-73/ar-AAQuD2J?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBr5KbJ).

May devils be poking up the bottom around about now.

Eminence Grise

09/11/2021, 7:12 PM

For all the obsession with money and property he ended up with what everyone else does - 6x3, and maybe sooner than he should have. Though it's a pity he did't get there via a spell in a 6x8 with bars on the window...

D24Saint

29/12/2021, 10:30 AM

American football icon John Madden, I hope he said a Hail Mary instead of called for one.

pineapple stu

29/12/2021, 11:47 AM

Hugo Maradona, aged 52 of a heart attack.

I suspect he spent quite a bit of time having fun with his big brother...

osarusan

31/12/2021, 7:13 PM

Golden Girl Betty White dies aged 99.

tetsujin1979

31/12/2021, 7:30 PM

Three weeks short of her 100th birthday in January

pineapple stu

31/12/2021, 7:30 PM

Unfortunate timing - this was her last tweet three days ago.

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backstothewall

21/01/2022, 7:19 AM

Meatloaf. Gone like a bat out of hell.

D24Saint

21/01/2022, 9:31 AM

Meatloaf. Gone like a bat out of hell.

I was sad when I heard that, one of my favourite artists. There won�t be a dry in the house at the funeral.

dahamsta

21/01/2022, 2:20 PM

Didn't like his music but loved him as Eddie in Rocky Horror. :)

SkStu

21/01/2022, 8:08 PM

He was a genre all to himself which i think speaks volumes about how talented and appealing he was, musically.

Really liked him in Fight Club too.

D24Saint

24/01/2022, 9:27 AM

Turns out Covid was the cause of death. Sad to lose a music icon over a refusal to be vaccinated.

dahamsta

24/01/2022, 1:56 PM

Turns out humanity is mentally sub-par.

John83

24/01/2022, 3:25 PM

Turns out humanity is mentally sub-par.
We could spin this positively: The pandemic has been great for misanthropes, who have had their opinions validated extensively.

SkStu

25/01/2022, 12:27 PM

Wim Jansen!

SkStu

26/03/2022, 3:22 AM

Taylor Hawkins. RIP. Too young, serious talent.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/foo-fighters-drummer-taylor-hawkins-obituary-1327112/

pineapple stu

26/03/2022, 5:41 AM

One from a while back, but anyone who played Championship Manager 01/02 will remember the name Maxim Tsigalko.

He got two caps for Belarus (scoring once) but injury meant his career never took off the way it did in almost every CM game.

He died on Christmas Day 2020 at 37. No cause of death reported that I can see. But it seems Belarus isn't the place to have your career ended early by injury. Fairly sad story overall.

https://www.sportbible.com/football/news-legends-reactions-a-tribute-to-maxim-tsigalko-the-greatest-championship-manager-player-20201227

Crosby87

28/03/2022, 3:55 PM

Taylor Hawkins. RIP. Too young, serious talent.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/foo-fighters-drummer-taylor-hawkins-obituary-1327112/

Seemed like a nice guy. Something like ten different drugs in his system. Yikes.

John83

28/03/2022, 4:04 PM

I saw one post online saying the poster had nine of the same drugs in their system for legitimate and prescribed pain management. Urine tests are a bit crude, and it might be best to reserve judgement until the toxicology report, which gives you quantities, is available.