YoungWillz

Death notice for Sir Alistair Simon Orr-Ewing, 2nd Baronet aged 84: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/orr-ewing-notices_58373 Heir apparent is his son Archie (b. 1969)

Good British quartets. Could have been faster without the two violins, a cello and a viola.

Obviously no Olympic events happening. Half an hour of fucking heptathlete bean flicking. As you were...

Roger Francis, lighting director for Eastenders and video effects and vision supervisor on Top Of The Pops, reportedly dead: http://www.ex-bbc.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1723294692

THR probably most reliable source here:

Mitzi McCall QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/mitzi-mccall-comedian-performed-ed-234146085.html

Gawd, they don't half go on don't they? I'm sure other stuff is going on they could cover.

I'm stopping taking messages from Ric Flair.

Kevin Sullivan reportedly dead: https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2024/08/09/kevin-sullivan-dead-at-74/

Try to remember the fall of C Sember....

What did?

And yet not ignoring it.

So, well on his way to being 80, Pete Townshend talks here about his "gay past" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13725485/EDEN-CONFIDENTIAL-loved-gay-past-Peter-Townshend.html Bless him.

In remission: https://www.gofundme.com/f/love-my-way-for-my-friends-in-need-part-2 See update 2. Thought I would check in on his fundraiser, news is from June 2024.

I seem to have, somewhat inadvertently, triggered something here. There has been an interesting discussion. Nobody, not even me, envies the work put in to be an Olympian, let alone be a medallist. I absolutely respect the dedication it takes and to achieve being a top 3 finisher in the world continues to astound me. I have a passing interest in sport, that's all. I find most of it rather dull otherwise. So there are certain things I see which I don't like. That is personal to me, and I think I'm allowed to say so, while welcoming others opinions if they choose to express them. That doesn't make me weird or summat, it just means I may differ from others. And on a dusty corner of the internet, many things are expressed with which I don't necessarily agree, but accept that others have a different view. I find the coverage somewhat tiresome. There are commentators I don't like, like Steve Cram or Rebecca Adlington. There are athletes I don't like, from way back to Daley Thompson, right through to Sir Chris Hoy, Rory McIlroy and even, yes, Adam Peaty. That doesn't mean I disrespect their ability or achievements of which we can all be rightly proud. Some folk just come across badly to me outside of their participation. Some folk don't. That's perhaps the glare of the event, yes, the Fucking Olympics. For me, heptathletes are at the apex of my dislike, that is all. Maybe in particular athletics seems to be a clique to which I will never be invited, but expected to marvel at. Maybe it's the rolling around on BBC sofas or the absolute publicity seeking of their opinions that riles me up the wrong way. They aren't being singled out, they are just top of the tree. The joy of listening to commentators like those who do the BMX or skateboarding, or the humility of Alex Yee and Beth Potter - there is a way to be both an Olympian (or indeed cover events) and achieve a warm and fuzzy feeling in my tummy. I'm genuinely pleased when other nations win medals too. It happens.

I don't have to like them. I did say it was just me. I was giving an opinion from my point of view, with which you are free to disagree. Which you just have. Eloquently, I may say. You have your personal opinion, I am entitled to mine. And we shall disagree and be happy.

I don't care if their desire is gold, or some other colour of metal. As people, they are a bit crap imo. Even for sportspeople. Glad I'm right though, thanks.

Maybe it's just me. These heptathletes - Denise Lewis, Jessica Ennis-Hill and KJT - well they are a bit self-centred and up themselves aren't they? I mean, yeah, most sportspeople are, but these girls seem so far up their own arses they could taste the back of their heels. And they are just a bit good at what they do, not great at one thing, yet they feel golden and deserving of absolute worship and devotion. Never had time for any of them. I'll be glad of the medal, thanks very much, but I do enjoy not having to see these people. Just me. Meh.

Arrested at Heathrow Airport. https://news.sky.com/story/katie-price-arrested-at-heathrow-airport-after-failing-to-attend-court-13193696

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee reportedly dead: https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/Newsalert/3045341-former-west-bengal-chief-minister-buddhadeb-bhattacharjee-dies-cpim-state-secretary-mohd-salim

Death notice for Air Chief Marshal Sir David Harcourt-Smith aged 92, veteran of the Suez Crisis and the Aden Emergency: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/harcourt-smith-notices_58322

To begin a stint of presenting on Good Morning Britain: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13720147/TV-legend-host-Good-Morning-Britain-returns.html Form spotting obviously for those who can bear to watch.

I remember the days when athletics in the Olympics was a desert wasteland for GBNI. Expectation high, brilliant run, silver is a great reward. Well done Hudson-Smith. Doing a lap of honour like he won it.

Tommy Piggott, aka Tommy Trouble, dancer with The Piccadilly Rats, reportedly dead: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/he-loved-dancing-bringing-joy-29692534

Patrice Laffont reportedly dead: https://www-lindependant-fr.translate.goog/2024/08/07/television-lanimateur-patrice-laffont-est-mort-12129096.php?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc Host of Fort Boyard dontcha know.