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kingdom hoop
27/12/2007, 3:02 AM
A good friend of the family.

R.I.P. Joe.

There's no show like a Joe show! :)
strangeirish
27/12/2007, 3:30 AM
A good friend of the family.
R.I.P. Joe.
There's no show like a Joe show! :)
Indeed.
BTW KH, your pm inbox is full.
Risteard
27/12/2007, 12:22 PM
Benazir Bhutto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto)
Pauro 76
27/12/2007, 4:36 PM
Indeed.
BTW KH, your pm inbox is full.

Jaysis, poor old Joe. Quite like the guy actually, never afraid to take the p!ss out of himself. Suppose Tom Jones was only the Welsh Joe Dolan after all.

RIP
CollegeTillIDie
28/12/2007, 5:08 PM
RIP Evel Knievel, Benazir Bhutto, Joe Dolan, Christie Hennessy :(....................Joey Barton's career :D
OwlsFan
29/12/2007, 5:34 PM
Phil O'Donnell, Motherwell Captain (breaking news on Sky)
Pauro 76
29/12/2007, 6:56 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/motherwell/7164150.stm

Awful to hear that. Especially as Motherwell doing so well this season. Hope they can win something for him. R.I.P.
OwlsFan
30/12/2007, 8:40 AM
He joined Wednesday at the same time as Simon Donnelly but neither alas made much of an impact in an ailing Wednesday side. Shocking news: you just never know what's around the corner. Not sure what Donnelly is currently or whether he's still playing.
OwlsFan
02/01/2008, 9:00 AM
Irish actor, Peter Caffrey:

http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0102/caffreyp.html
EAFC_rdfl
02/01/2008, 9:05 AM
RIP Phil O'Donnell. OwlsFan, were Wednesday in the premier league when/after he joined them? Part of the Celtic (1 in a row!) team that stopped the 10 in a row from Rangers so will never be forgotten
OwlsFan
02/01/2008, 11:34 AM
RIP Phil O'Donnell. OwlsFan, were Wednesday in the premier league when/after he joined them? Part of the Celtic (1 in a row!) team that stopped the 10 in a row from Rangers so will never be forgotten

Yes, but with the squad below I knew the writing was on the wall:(

Goalkeepers
Kevin Pressman, Pavel Srnicek
Defenders
Simon Donnelly, Peter Atherton, Steven Haslam, Emerson Thome, Jon Newsome, Desmond Walker, Ian Nolan, Lee Briscoe, Andy Hinchcliffe
Midfielders
Petter Rudi, Alan Quinn, Mark McKeever, Barry Horne, Phil O' Donnell, Danny Sonner, Scott Oakes, Wilhelm Jonk, Phil Scott, Niclas Alexandersson
Forwards
Benito Carbone, Ritchie Humphreys, Gilles De Bilde, Gerald Sibon, Richard Cresswell, Andy Booth
pineapple stu
02/01/2008, 12:42 PM
More of a personal one, seeing as I knew him, but Phillip Hogarty is the first road crash victim (http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0101/rta.html) of 2008. Chairman of the Irish Chess Union and one of the top players in Ireland (http://www.icu.ie/ratings/list.php). I even beat him back when he was slightly nearer my strength. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
OwlsFan
03/01/2008, 3:40 PM
...the Burlington. I also know two guys losing their jobs as a consequence :(

Used to go there a lot in my "Leeson Street" night club days. Sad day for Dublin losing a landmark like that for some characterless apartments.
superfrank
05/01/2008, 3:43 PM
Only read today that the actor Peter Caffrey died on New Year's Day.

He was brilliant in I Went Down and I remember him making a hilarious appearance in the Father Ted Eurovision episode.
Poor Student
05/01/2008, 4:03 PM
Defenders
Simon Donnelly

Donnelly was an attacking midfielder/striker. He plays for Partick Thistle now.
OwlsFan
06/01/2008, 1:02 PM
Only read today that the actor Peter Caffrey died on New Year's Day.

He was brilliant in I Went Down and I remember him making a hilarious appearance in the Father Ted Eurovision episode.


Covered earlier


Irish actor, Peter Caffrey:

http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0102/caffreyp.html
Block G Raptor
07/01/2008, 9:02 AM
Ronan Lawor, Missing in Chile since November, his body has been discovered
RTE.ie News report (http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0107/lawlorr.html)
OwlsFan
07/01/2008, 10:21 AM
Dan Fogelberg, singer and song writer:

http://www.danfogelberg.com/news.html
sligoman
10/01/2008, 10:40 PM
Sir Edmund Hillary (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080110/tts-uk-newzealand-hillary-e892cc9_2.html).
Aberdonian Stu
11/01/2008, 10:57 AM
Sir John Harvey Jones (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6285160.stm)
OwlsFan
11/01/2008, 5:05 PM
Sir John Harvey Jones (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6285160.stm)

Vaguely knew the man to see on tv. Interesting he served on submarines in WW2. Wouldn't go on a submarine for all the tea in China or on a promise of Premiership football for the Owls.
DIFChick
16/01/2008, 8:45 AM
Brad Renfro (25), found dead at his home in LA.

I thought he was very good in the Client and later on in Sleepers and Apt Pupil.
Bondvillain
16/01/2008, 10:44 AM
Brad Renfro (25), found dead at his home in LA.



Arse. It was bound to happen, he was in drug trouble this last 2/3 years. He did some fantastic films as a child actor, and although he had recently slipped into tv guest spots, he was almost certain to rehabilitate his career with his part in Bret Easton Ellis' "The Informers" , currently shooting with Billy Bob Thornton & Mickey Rourke.
DIFChick
16/01/2008, 3:12 PM
Yeah, I checked out his movie credentials on IMDB and he managed to rack up some amount of films despite doing a stint in prison.
Brad reminds me a lot of River Phoenix...
sligoman
16/01/2008, 3:29 PM
Yeah, I checked out his movie credentials on IMDB and he managed to rack up some amount of films despite doing a stint in prison.Correct me if I'm wrong here but wasn't he only in prison for 10 days? Missing 10 days was hardly gonna keep him out of acting.
DIFChick
16/01/2008, 3:40 PM
You're absolutely right sligoman. I'm probably thinking of his time in rehab and not the jail time. He was handed down a jail sentence which was suspended provided he'd enroll in a 18 month to 3 year outpatient program (just reading what's out there).
Between 2001 and 2006 he only starred in 11 productions...Nothing listed for 2007...

How and ever, good actor gone too soon. RIP
Aberdonian Stu
18/01/2008, 3:56 PM
Ernie Holmes (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/nfl/01/18/bc.fbn.obit.holmes.ap/index.html), a member of the famous 'Steel Curtain' defensive line and winner of two super bowls.
Aberdonian Stu
18/01/2008, 3:57 PM
Bobby Fischer (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7196463.stm), former World Chess Champion.
pineapple stu
18/01/2008, 4:12 PM
Poor aul Bobby. Chess genius and all round...em...interesting character. Once locked himself in a room and refused to play a World championship game because the cameras were making too much noise. I think it was him who accused a Soviet opponent of colluding with coaches by picking up radio signals in his teeth during a game? Had a warrant put out for his arrest by playing a re-match of the 72 World Championship in Yugoslavia just to spite the US (he still won, despite not having played in almost 20 years).

The world's a duller place this evening.
Block G Raptor
18/01/2008, 6:01 PM
Poor aul Bobby. Chess genius and all round...em...interesting character. Once locked himself in a room and refused to play a World championship game because the cameras were making too much noise. I think it was him who accused a Soviet opponent of colluding with coaches by picking up radio signals in his teeth during a game? Had a warrant put out for his arrest by playing a re-match of the 72 World Championship in Yugoslavia just to spite the US (he still won, despite not having played in almost 20 years).

The world's a duller place this evening.

Never heard of him but sounds like he was a real character alrite. not something you'd often associate with chess players
Jerry The Saint
18/01/2008, 7:46 PM
Never heard of him but sounds like he was a real character alrite. not something you'd often associate with chess players

Yeah, I think the world of rabidly anti-Semetic Jewish chess players who fought the commies and thought 9/11 was "wonderful news" is a fairly exclusive club alright :eek:
pineapple stu
18/01/2008, 8:42 PM
Think it was in that 72 match as well that himself and Spassky started kicking lumps out of each other under the table. Must find out a bit more about that.
geysir
21/01/2008, 7:53 PM
Yeah, I think the world of rabidly anti-Semetic Jewish chess players who fought the commies and thought 9/11 was "wonderful news" is a fairly exclusive club alright :eek:
The rants are not exactly what he should be remembered for. It was clear to anybody who saw him the few times he was "interviewed" on TV that he was mentally ill in a serious way. He was akin to a Bang Bang type eccentric ranting non stop about the effin USA and effin Jews.
He was off his rocker.

He was the best ever chess player in the world.
When he was more sane (or less insane) in 1972 he blazed his way to the world title by trouncing 3 of the top 10 grandmasters. This was unheard of. The final series against Spassky was never off the world headline news.
This is a documentary uploaded to YouTube
Fisher spassky docum part1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gO5Cro1qUE)
Other parts of it are linked there.
As controversial as the 1972 they were surpassed by the 1978 games. Fischer paranaoia about the Soviet dirthy tricks was well justified.
Poor Student
22/01/2008, 8:57 PM
Heath Ledger.:eek:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/actor-heath-ledger-is-found-dead/index.html?hp
sligoman
22/01/2008, 9:12 PM
Heath Ledger.:eek:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/actor-heath-ledger-is-found-dead/index.html?hpFeck sake, only 28. R.I.P.
jebus
22/01/2008, 9:13 PM
Heath Ledger.:eek:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/actor-heath-ledger-is-found-dead/index.html?hp

:eek::eek:

Real shame, always seemed like a decent bloke in interviews and in fairness his performance in Brokeback Mountain was one of the best of the decade
gustavo
22/01/2008, 10:05 PM
Was brilliant in Brokeback , real shame from the little i've seen of Batman trailers looks like he was doing a great job as the Joker, think he would have gone on to become the finest actors of his generation. RIP
onceahoop
22/01/2008, 10:14 PM
Bobby Beasley (Jockey)

"You little b*stards, you thought you were going to get me, but you didn't"

http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article3342160.ece
Anto McC
22/01/2008, 10:47 PM
http://www.breakingnews.ie/entertainment/mheyojojidcw/
BohsPartisan
22/01/2008, 10:51 PM
http://www.breakingnews.ie/entertainment/mheyojojidcw/

http://foot.ie/showthread.php?t=81543
Anto McC
22/01/2008, 10:51 PM
Aplogies for the new thread, didn't realise there was one already.
OwlsFan
28/01/2008, 12:18 PM
The last German soldier of WW1:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7210346.stm
Block G Raptor
29/01/2008, 12:03 PM
The last German soldier of WW1:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7210346.stm

Wow that really is sad, a last link to one of the most significant events in human history gone,RIP lest we forget
the 12 th man
30/01/2008, 5:47 PM
Jeremy Beadle-cancer related illness.
Pauro 76
30/01/2008, 8:56 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7217342.stm

That was a bit of a shocker alright. Grew up really liking Beadle's About and You've Been Framed...
citizenerased
31/01/2008, 10:15 AM
He died yesterday...RIP..the laughs, oh the laughs you brought to the world!!
Block G Raptor
31/01/2008, 10:19 AM
That was a bit of a shocker alright. Grew up really liking Beadle's About and You've Been Framed...

Better watch out The Reapers' about
ramsfan
31/01/2008, 10:48 AM
very sad news, grew up with beadles about on telly, RIP
OwlsFan
31/01/2008, 12:20 PM
Better watch out The Reapers' about

Have to admit I never liked him or found him amusing. Sad news all the same.
OwlsFan
06/02/2008, 9:31 AM
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

The Maharishi became well-known in the 1960s
The most flamboyant of the self-styled Indian gurus to emerge from the Woodstock era, the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was a man of charisma, energy and untold riches, credited with setting the Beatles and other stars on the path to spiritual enlightenment.