So farewell then...

Slipped under the radar yesterday. George Gaynes, famous for his role as Commandant Lassard in the Police Academy films, died at 98. Honestly thought he was dead years ago.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35594271

Egyptian but Christian. Ever see the Ali G interview with him?

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Honestly thought he was dead years ago. http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35594271

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Just because you're old doesn't mean you should be dead :)

I'm not sure where I insinuated that, but okay.

Harper Lee and Umberto Eco

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I'm not sure where I insinuated that, but okay.

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You ageist tosser.

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You ageist tosser.

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Careful there old man. You'll be looking for the walking stick yet.

What was that? Speak up sonny!

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What was that? Speak up sonny!

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I understand you're struggling to catch up with this newfangled technology thing, but it's sort of like the newspaper, it doesn't physically speak to you.

Joey 'The Lips' Fagan.

http://www.independent.ie/entertainm...-34477857.html

Johnny Murphy aged 71.

Gone to the dark end of the street. Sad news.

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on a Suzuki.....

2016 keeps on taking...

Fr Jack has drunk the entire bottle of Dreamy Sleepy Nightie Snoozy Snooze. Feck.

And on Dermot Morgan's anniversary too.

George Kennedy, appeared in one of the greatest movies Cool Hand Luke.

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He appeared in a lot of the Airport movies as well.

Remember him mostly from the Naked Gun films. Great variety to his acting style and could jump from comedy to drama with such ease.

Ray Tomlinson, inventor of e-mail.

Writer of those Fantasy Books and creator of the Beatles among other things including but not limited to the ukelele and the internal combustion engine, George Martin.

http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2016/0309...s-pour-in-for/

Here he is at his best:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIA_NVFnXZ8

Keith Emerson of Emerson Lake and Palmer, among others - suicide after a degenerative disease meant he couldn't play to his usual standards any more.

http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2016/0317...-paul-daniels/

A final disappearing trick by Paul Daniels.