Small loss to humanity. Truly, only the good die young.
There’s a salutary tale in the dangers of apathy when confronted by fringe fanatics like him. After the first round of the presidential election in 2002, when le Pen made into the run-off against Chirac, Le Monde ran a cartoon of an elderly couple talking in their home. The wife says something like ‘it’s a disgrace he got to the second round’ and the husband replies ‘it’s not our fault – we didn’t vote.’ Now the FN/RN is the largest opposition party in France.
The Le Pen family had their roots in Nîmes, so in aristocratic days they were Le Pen de Nîmes. Calling him after half a pair of trousers was a nod to their past social standing. Adding Marie was just une extraction de pi55e.Originally Posted by seanfhear
Hello, hello? What's going on? What's all this shouting, we'll have no trouble here!
- E Tattsyrup.
Comedian and actor, Tony Slattery, 65, heart attack. Poignant as he'd only recently started comedy touring again after lifelong struggles with mental health and addiction.
And one I missed over the holiday period, Kildare-born Charles Handy, management theorist and social philosopher, 92.
Hello, hello? What's going on? What's all this shouting, we'll have no trouble here!
- E Tattsyrup.
David Lynch,marmite director but I liked his style.
He made some aggressively weird movies. I didn't like half of them, but I've never regretted watching one. People use his name as an adjective in film criticism, but he was one of the most distinctive voices in American cinema.
You can't spell failure without FAI
Legendary Scotland and Man United player Denis Law.
Paddy Cole has played his last gig.https://www.rsvplive.ie/news/celebs/...unced-34549886
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Marianne Faithfull also.
Roberta Flack, the song eventually killed her.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Henry Kelly, former Irish broadcaster https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world...bca5901de&ei=8
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Two young ones:
Michelle Trachtenberg, of Buffy and Eurotrip fame, at 39. Seems to be related to a liver transplant. https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movi...ry-1235280880/
Roberto Orci, who wrote a lot of familiar movies and TV from Star Trek and Transformers to Fringe and Xena Warrior Princess. He was 51, and is reported to have died of kidney disease. https://variety.com/2025/film/news/r...rs-1236320536/
You can't spell failure without FAI
Gene Hackman 95 and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa 63, found dead in their home.
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
And their dog too apparently. That's a really weird one. Foul play not suspected - so carbon monoxide or something like that?
Surprised to see Henry Kelly was only 78. He felt old presenting Going for Gold away back in the day, and that was 30+ years ago.
Do the police have any lead ?
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Maybe lead in the water !
Eggheads quizzer, Chris Hughes https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/uknew...95d9fcdf6&ei=9
Chess grandmaster Boris Spassky whose epic games with American Bobby Fischer at the height of the Cold War were front page news https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Spassky
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Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Tennis player Fred Stolle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Stolle
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Golfer Brian Waites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Waites
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Edit Jordan, I wouldn't have put him at 76, RIP
https://www.rte.ie/sport/motorsport/...-dies-aged-76/
A legend
Its really not that complicated!!!
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