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This guy's comments about his fellow contestants made me chuckle: 15 to 1 (sorry for digressing!)

Balderdash! Here is another recent photo of her with Claire Sweeney. I know she looks a bit rough, but she probably just had a bad night! As for the queen...

The way things are going on Eastenders with old characters, she will probably be due for a return there shortly. Don't know whether they killed her character off, but that doesn't seem to matter anyway! Maybe she could have an affair with one of the Slaters?

Good to know his memory will live on for years to come: The Countdown Legacy

William Donaldson Creator of Henry Root, wet fish merchant, and producer of 'Beyond the Fringe'

Ah, come on! That's just a ploy to keep us sassenachs away! Still, bet those damn midges are biting up there around now!

Lorna Thayer Not a major actress by any means, but featured in many notable films: IMDB entry

A more in depth obit for the maestro here: obit

Triona, I can't think anyone would have any reason to speak ill of this guy. He was a wonderful writer and raconteur, and such a great loss. I finished the second book just a few weeks ago. Good luck in your quest for your roots. Loved West Cork when I was over there a couple of years ago. Hope to be making the short hop again soon. I shall keep my eye on your blog.

I don't doubt many still find him irritating, but I feel that since he went to S-pannyer, we don't hear quite as much about him as we used to. Still, he may be coming back soon...

Coincidentally, I notice that he featured alongside Mason Adams who also died recently (see here) in the film "Son in Law". Lane Smith, 2nd from left. Mason Adams far right

The name didn't mean anything to me, but when I saw his photo on IMDB, I recognised him immediately from his part in "My Cousin Vinny" and others. Played an excellent part in that. IMDB entry

That echoes Spike Milligan: "A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree."

My final contribution in terms of these list is the following, all of whom were born in the year 1914 or before: 1905 Charles Lane (actor) b. 26 Jan 1907 Oscar Niemeyer (architect) b. 15 Dec 1908 John Kenneth Galbraith (economist) b. 15 Oct Claude Lévi-Strauss (anthroplogist) b. 28 Nov Simon Wiesenthal (Nazi Hunter) b. 31 Dec 1909 Sir Nicholas Winton (stockbroker / war hero) b. 19 May (the British Schindler) Dolores Hope (wife) b. 27 May 1910 Al Lewis (actor) b. 30 Apr (Grandpa Munster) Constance Cummings (actress) b. 15 May Gloria Stuart (actress) b. 04 Jul Kitty Carlisle (actress) b. 03 Sep Edmundo Ros (band leader) b. 07 Dec 1911 Mary Hayley Bell (actress/ wife) b. 22 Jan (Mrs. John Mills) Joseph Barbera (animator) b. 24 Mar Ronald Neame (cinematographer / director) b. 23 Apr Mitch Miller (musician) b 04 Jul Gretchen Franklin (actress) b 07 Jul (Ethel from Eastenders) Gian Carlo Menotti (composer) b 07 Jul Val Guest (writer / director) b. 11 Dec 1912 Karl Malden (actor) b. 22 Mar Milton Friedman (economist) b. 31 Jul Michelangelo Antonioni (director) b. 29 Sep Carlo Ponti (producer) b. 11 Dec Lady Bird Johnson (former first lady) b. 22 Dec 1913 Steve Plytas (actor) b. 09 Jan (Kurt the chef in Fawlty Towers) Rosa Parks (civil rights figure) b 04. Feb Harold Stone (actor) b. 13 Mar Frankie Laine (singer) b. 30 Mar Bill Deedes (journalist) b. 01 Jun (former editor, Daily Telegraph) Gerald Ford (politician) b. 14 Jul Michael Foot (politician / star footballer) b. 23 Jul Lou Jacobi (actor) b. 28 Dec 1914 Jane Wyman (actress) b. 04 Jan Kevin McCarthy (actor) b. 15 Feb Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) b. 09 May UPDATE Robert Wise (director) b. 10 sep Jack Cardiff (cinematographer) b. 18 sep Anna Wing (actress) 30 Oct (Eastenders) ... I would imagine 1905 is far enough to go back, though if anyone knows of anyone born before then and still with us (and hasn't been mentioned before), I suggest you get them posted on here right away.

The man is a genius. He would probably be much more famous than he is, except that he has tended to save his best efforts for work for which others would get the plaudits. He seems far too humble to accept well-deserved credit. Spike Milligan owed a huge debt to him, not only for all the work they did together, but also for his unbending support during Spike's many periods of doubt, depression and illness. I salute him and wish him good health for many years to come.

Yes, as I hinted, some of these names make you think to yourself "I'm sure he popped it ages ago!". Good ol' Cliff, eh! Karl Malden (b. 1912) is also giving us a fine run for our money!

No, but I did find this: wikipedia entry well, fark me!

Played Sal Tessio in the Godfather films, amongst other things. Have to admit I had to google myself, although the name was familiar

Yeah but, no but, etc.

Born in 1915: Norman Wisdom (comedian / actor) b. 04 Feb Harry Morgan (actor) b. 10 Apr (M*A*S*H) Peter Copley (actor) b. 20 May Herman Wouk (writer) b. 27 May Les Paul (guitarist) b. 09 Jun Meinhardt Raabe (actor) b. 02 Sep (Wizard of Oz) Augusto Pinochet (dictator) b. 25 Nov Eli Wallach (actor) b. 07 Dec Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) b. 09 Dec

Born in 1916: Henri Dutilleux (composer) b. 22 Jan Harry Rabinowitz (conductor) b. 26 Mar Eugene McCarthy (senator) b. 29 Mar Glenn Ford (actor) b. 01 May Olivia de Havilland (actress) b. 01 Jul Sir Edward Heath (politician) b. 09 Jul Reg Varney (actor) b. 11 Jul Gough Whitlam (politician) b. 11 Jul (former Aussie PM) Ronald Leigh-Hunt (actor) b. 05 Oct Pearl Hackney (actress) b. 28 Oct Walter Cronkite (presenter) b. 04 Nov June Havoc (actress) b. 08 Nov Sherwood Schwartz (writer) b. 14 Nov (Gilligan's Island. The Brady Bunch) Kirk Douglas (actor) b. 09 Dec

wrong thread, mate!

I would like to echo those sentiments. Were he to die, the airwaves would no doubt be swamped by his whiney voice for weeks on end, which would be unbearable! Great songsmith - CAN'T BLOODY SING!!!

1917: Ernest Borgnine (actor) b. 24 Jan Zsa Zsa Gabor (actress) b. 06 Feb Sidney Sheldon (writer) b. 11 Feb Googie Withers (actress) b. 12 Mar Dame Vera Lynn (singer) b. 20 Mar Dabbs Greer (actor) b. 02 Apr Sven Hassel (writer) b. 19 Apr Danielle Darrieux (actress) b. 01 May George Gaynes (actor) b. 16 May (Police Academy) Leslie Gilliat (producer) b. 29 May Lena Horne (singer) b. 30 Jun Phyllis Diller (actress) b. 17 Jul Caspar Weinberger (politician) b. 18 Aug Mel Ferrer (actor) b. 25 Aug Lord Denis Healey (politician) b. 30 Aug Herbert Lom (actor) b. 11 Sep June Allyson (actress) b. 07 Oct Joan Fontaine (actress) b. 22 Oct Michael Gough (actor) b. 23 Nov Arthur C. Clarke (writer) b. 16 Dec