So farewell then...

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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

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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

More of a personal one, seeing as I knew him, but Phillip Hogarty is the first road crash victim of 2008. Chairman of the Irish Chess Union and one of the top players in Ireland. I even beat him back when he was slightly nearer my strength. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

...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.

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.

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Defenders
Simon Donnelly

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Donnelly was an attacking midfielder/striker. He plays for Partick Thistle now.

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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.

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Covered earlier

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Irish actor, Peter Caffrey:

http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0102/caffreyp.html

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Ronan Lawor, Missing in Chile since November, his body has been discovered
RTE.ie News report

Dan Fogelberg, singer and song writer:

http://www.danfogelberg.com/news.html

Sir Edmund Hillary.

Sir John Harvey Jones

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Sir John Harvey Jones

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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.

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.

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Brad Renfro (25), found dead at his home in LA.

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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.

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...

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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.

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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.

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

Ernie Holmes, a member of the famous 'Steel Curtain' defensive line and winner of two super bowls.

Bobby Fischer, former World Chess Champion.

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.

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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.

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Never heard of him but sounds like he was a real character alrite. not something you'd often associate with chess players