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Tell that to the BBC
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Astronaut Michael Collins has died.
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The guy from the Levi's launderette advert has died. He was only 59. Must have been his bad jeans.
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RIP Charlie Watts
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Marc Meakin wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:49 pm RIP Charlie Watts
I have to admit I wouldn't have known who that was without it being in the news today.
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:21 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:49 pm RIP Charlie Watts
I have to admit I wouldn't have known who that was without it being in the news today.
Someone on my FB timeline posted a picture of Curly Watts instead
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Just looking at this article. Sorry to be shallow, but real ugly fuckers, the Rolling Stones. Quite scary as well.

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Most bands in the 60s were ugly fuckers. It's almost as if in those days it was the actual music that mattered rather than their look. Thank God we've come so far since then.
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The Animals looked pretty scary too
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Sarah Harding has died recently too
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RIP Jimmy Greaves, possibly the best striker I have ever seen live
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John Challis too (Boycie on Only Fools and Horses). A bit psychopathic to mention Jimmy Greaves and not him.
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 5:20 pm John Challis too (Boycie on Only Fools and Horses). A bit psychopathic to mention Jimmy Greaves and not him.
I felt they deserved seperated posts.
Plus he wasn't a prolific goalscorer in the sixties and early seventies
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Marc Meakin wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 5:47 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 5:20 pm John Challis too (Boycie on Only Fools and Horses). A bit psychopathic to mention Jimmy Greaves and not him.
I felt they deserved seperated posts.
Plus he wasn't a prolific goalscorer in the sixties and early seventies
True - he scored most of his goals in the eighties and early nineties.

Jimmy Greaves was one of those people who I was never quite sure whether he was laready dead or not, as he'd been in the news multiple times for having pretty bad health problems. It was like when Dudley Moore died. Again?
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 6:44 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 5:47 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 5:20 pm John Challis too (Boycie on Only Fools and Horses). A bit psychopathic to mention Jimmy Greaves and not him.
I felt they deserved seperated posts.
Plus he wasn't a prolific goalscorer in the sixties and early seventies
True - he scored most of his goals in the eighties and early nineties.

Jimmy Greaves was one of those people who I was never quite sure whether he was laready dead or not, as he'd been in the news multiple times for having pretty bad health problems. It was like when Dudley Moore died. Again?
Anyone under 50 would probably remember Jimmy for his punditry.
Towards the end of his playing career in the mid to late seventies he was heavily on the booze so its pretty remarkable he made irmt to 81
George best barely reached 60
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Fri Dec 30, 2016 4:54 pm I've gone for an eclectic bunch of people, and I don't think any of them are over 90.

Michael Schumacher
Cher
Stephen Hawking
Frank Williams (F1)
Bill Maynard
Daniel Dennett
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Mark Serwotka
Brian Blessed
Nigel Farage
Frank Williams died the other day.
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RIP Jethro
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Marc Meakin wrote: Wed Dec 15, 2021 10:55 am RIP Jethro
Not before he got a Wikipedia article though!
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Fri Jan 07, 2022 4:34 pm Sidney Potter.
Any relation of Harry?
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Ian Volante wrote: Fri Jan 07, 2022 10:14 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: Fri Jan 07, 2022 4:34 pm Sidney Potter.
Any relation of Harry?
No, because it's Harry Poitier.
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With Gary Waldhorn dying, only two of the main cast members of The Vicar of Dibley are still alive - Dawn French and James Fleet (Hugo Horton).
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Meat Loaf
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I see Meat Loaf jokes have started already.....
But I won't do that.
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As mentioned elsewhere the comedy legend Barry Cryer died today.
I recently read his autobiography and he wrote for some legends The Two Ronnie's, Morecombe and Wise, Kenny Everett and even Frankie Howerd, where he wrote a lot of his monologues including his hesitations, repetitions and his seemingly spontaneous digressions.
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Bamber Gascoigne died the other day. Apparently he owned the house used in the sitcom Ghosts.
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:26 pm Bamber Gascoigne died the other day. Apparently he owned the house used in the sitcom Ghosts.
Im guessing he might still be there
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Marc Meakin wrote: Thu Feb 10, 2022 8:47 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:26 pm Bamber Gascoigne died the other day. Apparently he owned the house used in the sitcom Ghosts.
Im guessing he might still be there
Nice.
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Shane Warne.

Edit - Another Australian cricketer, Rod Marsh, has also died and as you can see in this BBC article, Shane Warne sent out an RIP Tweet just this morning!
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Genuinely shocked
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No doubt Elliott will already know this, but oldest person in the world Kane Tanaka died recently at 119.
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Lester Piggott, who was one of those people I wasn't quite sure whether he was still alive or not.

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Gavin Chipper wrote: Sun May 29, 2022 5:08 pm Lester Piggott, who was one of those people I wasn't uite sure whether he was still alive or not.
Also Patricia Brake
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:38 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: Fri Dec 30, 2016 4:54 pm I've gone for an eclectic bunch of people, and I don't think any of them are over 90.

Michael Schumacher
Cher
Stephen Hawking
Frank Williams (F1)
Bill Maynard
Daniel Dennett
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Mark Serwotka
Brian Blessed
Nigel Farage
Frank Williams died the other day.
And the other Frank Williams has now died.
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James Lovelock has died at 103.
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Raymond Briggs has died! The Snowman has always been my number 1 Christmas television staple since as far back as I can remember.
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I'm not sure how you guys are going to deal with this, but Darius Danesh!
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 9:54 pm Mikhail Gorbachev.
And here he is in a Pizza Hut advert.
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I think the next one will be a doozy
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Marc Meakin wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 2:37 pm I think the next one will be a doozy
Tis confirmed.
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So much for 6pm I blame Boris.
His resignation and therefore appointment of Liz Truss (ant I monarchist) was an engagement too much.

My weekends fucked was going to the football
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This passed me by at the time but about 10 days ago Frank Drake died. (It just came up that he'd died at the end of this evening's The Sky At Night.)
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Gwyneth Powell.
Aka Mrs McCluskey.
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Nobody told me Coolio died. How did I miss that?
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 4:55 pm Nobody told me Coolio died. How did I miss that?
I didnt think it warranted a mention
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 4:55 pm Nobody told me Coolio died. How did I miss that?
Tell me why were you so blind to see?
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Hilary Mantel should have got a mention too
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Callum Todd wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 6:19 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 4:55 pm Nobody told me Coolio died. How did I miss that?
Tell me why were you so blind to see?
:lol: Well it seems I should have been at running club on Thursday because apparently it was the hot topic there. Normally I use the BBC.
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 7:02 pm
Callum Todd wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 6:19 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 4:55 pm Nobody told me Coolio died. How did I miss that?
Tell me why were you so blind to see?
:lol: Well it seems I should have been at running club on Thursday because apparently it was the hot topic there. Normally I use the BBC.
Whats the equivalent of a water Cooke moment at a running club?
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Jim Redmond.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/63128944
Of course the irony being instead of finishing 8th he was disqualified because of the help, but I guess that wasn't the point
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Marc Meakin wrote: Tue Oct 04, 2022 11:39 am Jim Redmond.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/63128944
Of course the irony being instead of finishing 8th he was disqualified because of the help, but I guess that wasn't the point
Well he was never going to make the next round at that point.
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Tue Oct 04, 2022 12:37 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: Tue Oct 04, 2022 11:39 am Jim Redmond.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/63128944
Of course the irony being instead of finishing 8th he was disqualified because of the help, but I guess that wasn't the point
Well he was never going to make the next round at that point.
The vague point I was trying to make was dnf is better than dsq
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