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    Former BCC newsreader and broadcaster Donald MacCormick

    Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.

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    Harry Patch, at age 111, the final British veteran of the Great War has passed away.
    " I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"

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    Within a week of Allingham.

    WWI, RIP (in Britain at least; there's a couple left in other countries).

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    Quote Originally Posted by pineapple stu View Post
    Within a week of Allingham.

    WWI, RIP (in Britain at least; there's a couple left in other countries).
    Yep, listed here (of the 65 million+ who served):

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivi...of_World_War_I
    Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.

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    Cork City FC.
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    Tom Coughlan if the Cork City fans get their hands on him.
    LESS OF THE BULL NOW!

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    Quote Originally Posted by sligofan4ever View Post
    Cork City FC.
    I have seen Cork Celtic and Cork Hibs disappear as well. A new team will no doubt rise from the ashes d.v.
    Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OwlsFan View Post
    I have seen Cork Celtic and Cork Hibs disappear as well. A new team will no doubt rise from the ashes d.v.
    Cork Ramblers?
    LESS OF THE BULL NOW!

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    Zena Marshall who appeared in Dr. No.



    Co-incidentally saw the film last Saturday on RTE I think but had eyes only for Ursula Andress and not Zena.
    Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.

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    Sir Bobby Robson

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    Bobby Robson - a real loss to football:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8177945.stm

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    He was a true gentleman before anything else and easily the most likeable football personality out there.
    Extratime.ie

    Yo te quiero, mi querida. Sin tus besos, yo soy nada.

    Abri o portão de ouro, da maquina do tempo.

    Mi mamá me hizo guapo, listo y antimadridista.

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    Absolute legend. May he Rest In Peace.
    Injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere - Martin Luther King Jnr.

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    Not sure they make managers like that anymore. Far removed from the mostly snarling, moaning breed we have at the moment.

    R.I.P.
    Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.

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    Have nothing but respect and admiration for Bobby. R.I.P.
    'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'

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    Legend is right. A lovely, lovely man and a great loss. RIP.
    more bass

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    An amazing fighter..........finally at peace.
    LESS OF THE BULL NOW!

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    As has been said already, Bobby Robson was an absolute legend and one of footballs great gentlemen. Ar dheis De go raibh a h-anam dilis.
    The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.
    Muhammad Ali

    Roy Keane is still a pri*k!

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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8188778.stm

    John Hughes - director and writer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thischarmingman View Post
    John Hughes - director and writer.
    Ferris Buellar, The Breakfast Club and Planes, Trains & Automobiles were great. Pretty in Pink not so much.

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