David Ogden Stiers, Major Winchester on ‘MASH,’ http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/davi...sh-1202716860/
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David Ogden Stiers, Major Winchester on ‘MASH,’ http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/davi...sh-1202716860/
The last surviving male northern white rhino in the world. There are only two females of the species left (his daughter and granddaughter).
A slightly belated one, but Azeglio Vicini passed away in January.
Was the Italian manager in Euro 88 and Italia 90.
Philip Kerr
I'm over half way through the Bernie Gunther novels and will now have to savour every sentence as there will be no more.
Incredibly talented writer who transported me back to 1930's & 40's Berlin.
French actress Stephane Audran https://theredlist.com/wiki-2-24-525...ne-audran.html
Stephen Bochco, creator of Hill St Blues and NYPD Blue, among others. Aged 74, leukemia.
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/201...steven-bochco/
Ray Wilkins, 61, following a heart attack and fall.
https://www.theguardian.com/football...r-dies-aged-61
Sad and surprising to hear. Always very quiet spoken and respectful of his interviewee. Good player in his day.
Eric Bristow has checked out. RIP
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/43663426
Fitting that he went out with a treble top. Crafty to the last.
Another one slightly late - but the pastor/televangelist Billy Graham died in Feb at the age of 99.
Worked with 12 US Presidents, from Truman to Obama.
Milos Forman, 86, director of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus and The People Versus Larry Flynt.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/201...r-dies-aged-86
R Lee Ermey, aged 74. Best known as the drill instructor in Full Metal Jacket.
https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/...-at-74-w519156
Morning Ireland reporting that 'Big Tom' McBride of Big Tom and the Mainliners has died. My dad's favourite singer. Never seemed to be off local radio when I was a kid.
Great urban legend about the Band scheduled to appear in the USA yonks ago and a load of stoners showed up for the gig due to the Mainliners reference. ;):DQuote:
Originally Posted by Eminence Grise
I so want that to be true!
Edit.
Despite my efforts to appear an urbane sophisticate, Mary Wilson's show on Radio 1 has just namechecked the tiny Rossie townland where I grew up in her tribute to Big Tom. You can take the boy from the country etc....
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8309711.html
Barbara Bush, former first lady of the US. Aged 92.
First knew who she was thanks to The Simpsons..
Very unexpected, Dale Winton, 62.
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/201...-died-aged-62/
Tissues, Aisle 3.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eminence Grise
Disc Jockey Avicii has died, aged only 28.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.d3825daed895
Oldest person in the world died the other day at a whopping 117 years old. The last known person from the 19th century.
That's a real pity. I always feel a real affinity for the oldest person in the world because I used to be the youngest.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
One time Saw Doctor Tony Lambert.
https://www.rte.ie/culture/2018/0430...-lambert-dies/
There's a link on that page to Lar Cleary, guitarist with the Blades, who died last month. Don't know how I missed that one.
https://www.rte.ie/culture/2018/0321...-dies-aged-61/
For James Bond fans, Soon-Tek Oh, a Korean actor who appeared in The Man With the Golden Gun
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A few ones I missed over the past while: Katie Boyle, British model, broadcaster and advice columnist https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...boyle-obituary
Former Fine Gael TD, Monica Barnes https://www.independent.ie/irish-new...-36878049.html
Scott Hutchinson of Frightened Rabbit - terribly sad. RIP
Margot Kidder.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/201...e-dies-aged-69
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44127716
Jlloyd Samuel, aged 37. Former Aston Villa and Trinidad & Tobago defender.
Ray Wilson who was full back in the England World Cup winning team of 1966. I remember him in the Everton team of the same year for other nightmare reasons. Different days then. Of the 22 players who played in the FA Cup Final, 18 were English and 4 Scottish.
Author Philip Roth.
Portnoy's Complaint, The Human Stain, American Pastoral would probably be his most famous works.
Actor Clint Walker who starred in old Westerns.
Alan Bean, Apollo Moonwalker and Artist
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/f...naut-alan-bean
Irishman Brendan Ingle (one of 15 children) regarded by the Guardian "as one of the most important men in the history of the sport (boxing) in Britain". I wonder was he an Owl or a Blade https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...ingle-obituary
Peter Stringfellow, 77. Kept his illness private - didn't want to make a thong and dance about it.
https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2018/0...gfellow-death/
I don't really get this. I always assumed that the new century began when it was 1900 or 2000 etc. but according to the article the 20th century began on January 1st 1901. So we should have all worried about the "millennium bug" on 2001 and not 2000 ?!Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Anthony Bourdain, TV chef/author, dead at 61, suicide.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/08/u...bit/index.html
Kitchen Confidential is a fascinating read, if only because of his detailed assessment of when the best day to order fish from a restaurant is. His series, most of which are still on Netflix, are quite entertaining. His Irish episode, filmed right before the recession, is interesting viewing if you want a look at what Celtic Tiger thinking was like in the food industry.
The first century started in the year 1 AD, and because there's 100 years in a century, it must have gone on to the year 100 AD.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Then the second century starts in 101, and goes on to 200.
But the problem with the millennium bug was Operating Systems programmes dividing the year (or specifically, the last two digits of the year). So dividing by 98 - fine. Dividing by 99 - fine. Dividing by 00 - planes fall out of sky (or not, as the case may be)
But if the century starts in 0 and ends in 99, is that not also a century ? So the new century can start with 0 ?Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
It's a century, sure. Any group of 100 years is a century. 1919-2018 is a century.
But the first century is 1AD to 100AD. So the second century can't start in 100AD, because then 100AD is in two centuries, which can't make sense.
So the second century is from 101-200, and ultimately then the 21st century is from 2001 to 2100