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  4. Posted

    I'll see that image and raise you this

     

     

    http://www.astabgay.com/gayicons/fred3.jpg

    when Queen were in their pomp in the late 1970's, did people know Freedie was gay? I'm thinking not, but I lived in the US then and am influenced by the fact the Detroit Lions fans adopted Another One Bits the Dust as their sort of anthem, and American gridiron fans are the only group on earth more homophobic than British football fans.

    I don't think it was widely assumed he was gay. I think music industry insiders knew a bit more than the average fan. Record Mirror used to call him Fruitcake Freddie which was a bit of a clue I suppose, but you have to remember that the band emerged in the glam rock era, when it was OK to describe stars as "camp", "flamboyant", "outrageous" etc - and a lot of them were quite coy about their sexuality.

     

    You never get high-profile AIDS casualties now, do you? After the mid-to-late 80s cull (Mercury, Rock Hudson, Liberace, Kenny Everett) I suppose they're all being a bit more careful.

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    What would be the effect of cancelling these people's membership? Would we all be allocated new numbers?

     

    Although I agree that few, if any of them, are likely to notice - most probably forgot they had registered within a few days - I don't really see how such a move would benefit the site.

  9. Posted

    For what it's worth, I would support a "no kids" rule, principally because it's a long-standing rule on here that people who are famous merely for being ill (and weren't famous before) aren't considered for the Deathlist. Obviously, young children tend not to be well-known in their own right. I realise that the likes of Jane Tomlinson are still likely to be discussed on the Deathlist forum, but I prefer not to contribute to such discussions.

     

    That's my choice, of course.

     

    Sorry if that sounds a bit pompous - I'll shut up now.

  10. Posted

    Well, this is a little obscure, but I've just been listening to some episodes of the radio show Hancock's Half Hour from the 1950s. Bill Kerr who played a rather dim Australian is still going at the age of 83. He's outlived the other stars, Tony Hancock, Sid James and Kenneth Williams, by a considerable distance.

     

    He would certainly get an obit in the UK broadsheets.

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    Er, going back to the fasting/starving woman, that link didn't work - I kept getting the old "this page cannot be displayed" nonsense. But this sort of thing interests me (I fondly remember Bobby Sands and friends) so can someone please just give me her name so I can investigate further? Ta.

     

    BTW did anyone see a prog on Channel 4 a couple of years ago about four women who starved themselves to death in a house near Dublin? They were religious crackpots too)

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    This is the first time I’ve happened upon this site and I’ve got to say I'm impressed by the level of banter and depravity.

     

     

    Have any of the Coffin Dodgers on this site ever complained about being on it?

    (1) Why not join then?

     

    (2) See thread on the "Deathlist Forum" side : "Has anyone famous posted?"

     

    (3) What does this have to do with Claire Rayner?

  15. Posted

    intelligent people on this forum who appreciate cricket.

    I'm not one of them.

     

    I leave it as an exercise to the reader to deduce why. :)

     

    regards,

    Hein

    Hein, did you know the Dutch have just qualified for the 2007 Cricket World Cup? They are officially one of the best 16 national sides.

     

    But do you know why, in a sporting context, it's usually "Holland" rather than "Netherlands?" Ask anyone what country Johann Cruyff played for, and they'll reply "Holland."

  16. Posted

    Alec Bedser and Trevor Bailey are probably the best known English players on that list - they were stars of the early 1950s when England were the best side in the world - but many of them are pretty obscure even to cricket fans. Norman Mitchell-Innes, for example, only played in one test match.

     

    But I'm glad to see that the Four Horsemen and I have a common interest.

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    When ever i hear about Zsa Zsa Gabor i always think of my aunt

    who passed away about 6 years ago at the age of 99.

     

     

    So your aunt would be about 105 if she were alive today? How old does that make you BS?

     

    Perhaps you'd like to be considered for next year's list. :o

     

    And I've just noticed we already have a Zsa Zsa thread.

  21. Posted

    Well I'm a "youthful" 42, so I'd like to think I have a while longer, though I suppose I must be somewhere around the half-way line. :o

     

    I only know a couple of Libertines and one Babyshambles songs and from what I've heard the amount of column inches generated by this buffoon is considerably in excess of his talent. However, as it seems he's determined to do a Jimi Hendrix before long I suppose he ought to be on the 2006 list, assuming he makes it that long.

  23. Posted

    I hope I don't have an immortal soul .... I really don't want to spend all eternity with Cliff Richard & The Pope

    Why, they speak so highly of you! Actually I wouldn't worry about that, Janeo - I reckon you're going to the Other Place. I'll see you there perhaps :huh:

  24. Posted

    Surely this guy is immortal!

    That link didn't work for me, I got the "This menu has been disabled" message.

     

    But I am impressed that the Deathlist has been going since 1987 (making it rather more than 14 years old). How many people had Internet access in those days? I reckon the first few lists were names scrawled on a sheet of paper and pinned up on a notice-board somewhere. Only transferred onto a website in the mid-1990s :old:

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