Jimmy Magee... :(
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Jimmy Magee... :(
Different class
What a voice. Absolutely loved his commentary. Always felt like he was speaking to you rather than simply commentating.
Thanks for the memories, Jimmy. His eyes were a bit green tinted when commentating on the boxing but one of the good ones, along with Philip Greene who also passed away a few years ago.
Hugh Hefner. Looking quite like Popeye in the RTE pic.
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/201...r-hugh-hefner/
So farewell then Hugh. Thanks for the mammaries !Quote:
Originally Posted by Eminence Grise
Tom Petty, aged 66. What utterly sh!te news.
http://www.tmz.com/2017/10/02/tom-pe...ardiac-arrest/
No, no, no. Can't believe it. Was listening to Mudcrutch only this afternoon.
Edit
Feels wrong to thank you for breaking that news, Nigel, but better to hear it from a man who knows his music, I guess. I've a few friends who'll be in shock tomorrow at work I reckon.
LAPD seem to have made a balls of this. They confirmed the death earlier, but only in the past few minutes have released a statement saying that the death is not confirmed. TMZ reporting he's still clinging on to life support.
It's being reported on various other channels now (CNN etc) that he has died. He had a massive heart attack at his home in Malibu and was rushed to UCLA hospital (not far away just outside Santa Monica).
Up on his twitter page now, which is about as official as you can get.
Tom Humphries : In custody now. He always had a downer on League of Ireland and was on a crusade via his column in the Irish Times to stop Shamrock Rovers getting to Tallaght. Thankfully his and the GAA's attempt to stop ' Association football' been played in Tallaght Stadium didn't work.
Comedian Sean Hughes :eek: https://www.joe.ie/news/comedian-sea...aged-51-603880
:(
Just reading about that now
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/201...-died-aged-51/
Kevin Cadle - Fromer Sky Sports NFL and Basketball presenter . RIP
http://m.nfluk.com/s/37678/59?itemUr...51230631314510
That's desperate
Maltese Journo who wrote about Gov't corruption killed in car bomb.
http://www.politico.eu/article/leadi...d-by-car-bomb/
SkStu and all of Canada mourn the loss of Tragically Hip's Gord Downie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMCaDvah6N0Quote:
Originally Posted by KrisLetang
Eamonn Campbell.
Just one of The Dubliners left now I think.
Jeez a lot of greats died this week, Campbell, Gord, Dunsworth from TPB, and Sean Hughes. One of the funniest things i have sever seen on Tv was Hughes on Come Dine With Me, basically rehashing the same meal three times, potatoes and cabbage or something in a variety of different formats, he didn't give a ****, class.
It was stew:Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/c.../2831705761001
Didn't realise Eamonn Campbell of The Dubliners was grand-father of current Irish international with the long throw - Megan Campbell of Man. City. RIP.
Actress Rosemary Leach https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...leach-obituary
Fats Domino aged 89
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41753839
Ain't that a shame!Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Stefano Salvatori, part of the AC Milan 1990 European Cup winning squad. Played for Hearts as well. Only 49.
https://www.independent.ie/sport/soc...-36282232.html
John Hillerman, of Magnum PI fame http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41940675
Lads lads lads, nobody mentioned poor Tim Gudgin? From the pools results on BBC?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41966183
Quick edit! I thought he died a year or two agoQuote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
Are you thinking of James Alexander Gordon ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Alexander_GordonQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
That's the one yeah.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Actor Keith Barron https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...-tv-to-the-end
Malcolm Young, aged 64.
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/201...-died-aged-64/
Hell ain't a bad place to be.
It just got a bit worse though - Charles Manson died yesterday.
Cult leader who killed, among others, Sharon Tate, pregnant wife of Roman Polanski, in 1969, and spent the rest of his life in jail.
Read a book about him years ago. Strangely enough, he didn't actually kill anyone that night, but he had enough control over his followers that he was never granted parole. One was in her teens and couldn't be held with the adults in prison, so was in with other teenagers who'd been picked up for minor offences.
Former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...ennis-champion
Oh, bad one. I used like her.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Rodney Bewes from the Likely Lads http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42067506 Often wondered why there were no repeats. Now I know :(
Many on here of a certain vintage surely had David Cassidy posters all over their rooms as teens. Had more fans in his fan club than Elvis and the Beatles at one point. Think Marcia Brady was fan club president.
Nice little piece here - http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/s...ds-463429.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan