Very sad to hear this news. One of the all time greats. Bottom is a timeless classic.
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Very sad to hear this news. One of the all time greats. Bottom is a timeless classic.
Awful. One of the greats. RIP.
Woof!
Saw this on FB today. Genuinely caught my breath. Goodbye you filthy B'stard
https://31.media.tumblr.com/a1e43088...7wavo1_500.png
"There were times when Rik and I were writing together when we almost died laughing. They were some of the most carefree stupid days I ever had, and I feel privileged to have shared them with him. And now he's died for real. Without me. Selfish b*stard."
-Ade Edmondson
RIP Rik.
There's an episode of Bottom in which they find a video camera, and use it with hilarious side-effects, that made me laugh as much as anything else I've ever seen.
Actor Francis Matthews:
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Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four
http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0621/625499-gerry-conlon/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-27955555
Nursie from Blackadder II, reunited with Lord Flasheart.
RIP actress Patsy Byrne: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27958885
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image...6_75718105.jpg
Ah stop it!
Edit - tee hee! Bernard! :p :(
Eli Wallach, probably best known for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and The Magnificent Seven, aged 98. Made his last film appearances only 4 years ago.
http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV...14,317_AL_.jpg
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28012230
Hilda Ogden apparently... RIP!
My first sporting hero, Johnny Fantham: http://www.swfc.co.uk//news/article/...m-1677144.aspx
Bobby Womack has shuffled across 110th street for the last time and is no longer California Dreamin. RIP.
Thankfully. Someone on Facebook thought I meant Bob Dylan when I referred to Bobby. They should've known better. God bless him.
One stylo...
Arthur's Day http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/ar...50182-Jul2014/
Have to hand it to Guinness: they made a huge success out of marketing exercise until the recent negative publicity.
One of the greatest footballers of all time, Alfredo di Stefano, has died. One player winning 5 European Cups (Champions Leagues) and scoring a goal in every of those finals, not sure we will ever see that again!
Not to take away from an obvious great. He was blessed to play in an era when the EC wasn't taken too seriously.Quote:
Originally Posted by cfdh_edmundo
RIP.
I remember when I was younger and all the debate was over Maradona was as good as Pele and my Dad would always say that "Maradona was barely as good as Di Stefano. Pele doesn't some into the reckoning."
I found this part in Gareth Bale's tweet about di Stefano just disingenuous.
"Don Alfredo was an inspiration to me"
Bale is only 24, it is quite likely he never of him until recently cause he was rarely ever mentioned in the British media and when he was growing up between late 90s and early 2000s, it was always Pele, Maradona, Cruyff, Platini etc.
I agree with you about Bale. di Stefano was even well before my era!!
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Eduard Shevardnadze, who was responsible for many key decisions on Soviet foreign policy during the Gorbachev Era. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he was President of Georgia (or in equivalent posts) from 1992 to 2003. He was forced to retire in 2003 as a consequence of the bloodless Rose Revolution.
The Garth Brooks Concerts ( all 5 of them )....... I find it odd that a lot of people who bought tickets to his concert call him Gareth Brooks. They cant be much of a fan if they dont know what his proper name is.
Tommy Ramone ......... was a punk rocker.
RIP Tommy
Think thats the full house now of original members, RIP Tommy hey ho lets go
Nadine Gordimer, South African Nobel laureate for literature and anti-apartheid activist, aged 90.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/201...rg-nobel-prize
Blues legend Johnny Winter RIP http://www.chron.com/news/world/arti...ch-5627544.php
Ah dear, there's another great I'll not get to see. That's very sad.
R.I.P. James Garner. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/pe...6-9617193.html
Australian cricketer, Garry Gilmour.
one for the Munster fans on the board, Tommy Creamer the stadium announcer at Thomond Park has passed away: http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/co...away-1-6192061
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Karl Albrecht, co-founder of Aldi, aged 94.
http://www.independent.ie/business/w...-30448320.html
Hmmm, he served in the Wehrmacht during World War II and was wounded on the Eastern Front. I'd love to know more about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eminence Grise
The family stopped doing press interviews in the 70's as they were constantly being asked about his role in the War.
He was conscripted according to the NYT - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/22/bu...t-94.html?_r=0 . Maybe there's more to it (I honestly don't know), but the Wehrmacht was the regular army, unlike the SS for instance, and a lot of ordinary Germans were called up.
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Drummer Rod De'Ath. Rory Gallaghers drummer in the 70's. Fantastic drummer too. Very sad to hear about it this afternoon.
Sorry to hear of the passing of Richie Taylor, journo and musician. http://www.independent.ie/irish-news...-30481900.html
Robin Williams
RIP
This quote in a film he was in is quite eerie now!
http://youtu.be/aebsLSu3Igk
Christ, Alan Brazil is an utter tw*t:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqgLwDRdfvw
As if the insensitive sanctimony wasn't enough he even resorts to faux-outrage by the end.
This, in general response to the insulting garbage from idiots like Brazil, is a worthwhile read: http://www.theguardian.com/science/b...fish?CMP=fb_gu
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Originally Posted by Dean Burnett