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    Other top 'crashers' were 'Wild' Willy Mairesse (who sadly ended his days by killing himself in a hotel room), Trevor Taylor (involved in many during his time at Lotus, though few were his fault, and was basically scared away from Formula 1), Vittorio Brambilla (who managed to crash at the finish line in the one race he won) and Gregor Foitek (who's bravery/talent ratio was skewed very far to the former, and nearly finished off Johnny Herbert at Brands Hatch in 1988).

     

    The story of Willy Mairesse is indeed rather sad. I guess he'd just about made himself unsaleable as a racing driver after so many off-course excursions - not many people would want to employ someone with his history, even if he was quick. Perhaps Masten Gregory might also have met an early death in a racing car if only he hadn't acquired the amusing habit of baling out just before the point of impact.

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    Is de Cesaris still involved in racing?

     

    Sorry, forgot to sign in before. I think we picked de Cesaris in 87 because he seemed to be a disaster waiting to happen in the 86 F1 c'ship. Perhaps our resident experts can clarify the situation - did he really deCrasharis as often as we imagined?

     

    A de C crashed an awful lot early on in his career. He wrote off several McLarens during the 1981 season without injury, thus proving that carbon fibre was a safe material to make racing cars from. Andrea became less and less erratic as his career progressed, and by 1994 was reckoned to be a very good bet to get his car home. It's easy to get a reputation as a 'crasher', but very hard to rid yourself of it.

     

    The obvious (well, to me at any rate) driver to mention in the context of being a "crasher" is Ian Ashley, who was nicknamed "Crashley", and not just because it was an obvious pun on his name. "Erratic" is probably a reasonable way of describing his performances in a racing car; bloody quick to be sure but he spent an awful lot of time chasing the scenery. He's spent a rather interesting life since he gave up racing, but seems to be what you might call a survivor. I wouldn't put him on anyone's death list just yet.

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    Fidel Castro completely recovered from recent illness-will return to full duties soon.Final confirmation thathe will NOT die this year.

     

    You don't want to believe that kind of stuff. First of all, it's propaganda. Secondly, one of his mates is hardly going to come out and announce to the world that Castro is on his way out, is he? No, Fidel will expire this year.

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    From the world of motor racing first, THEN into film:-

     

    Val Musetti, Bruce Kessler, Boris Said, Stefan de Groodt, Joie Chitwood, Jon Herb, Speed Gardner, John Wunderlich, Hideshi Matsuda, Louis Tomei, porbably quite a few more.

     

    There's a lot more the other way, of course including potential DL picks Paul Newman & Walter Cronkite.

     

    Michael Schumacher is making a good job of playing a twat in the latest Fiat commercial.

     

     

    Nothing new there, then.

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    Writer and ex-barrister Sir John Mortimer is now nearly 84 and evidently not in what you might call peak condition. By his own admission in a short interview with the The Independent on 6 February, "I'm not going to last very long". He's a tough old bugger by anyone's reckoning, but I wouldn't give him more than a year or two.

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    I'm convinced that Phil's on his way out, but that's probably more hope than anything else. "Hope" because I'm in the mood for a nice state funeral, and also because I'd like to see the Queen's attitude to mourning - will she take the Victoria approach, don black garments on a permanent basis, and cloister herself away for her own duration?

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    Wasn't really sure if this is the best thread or not, but felt it didn't warrant its own thread.

     

    They've just shown Don't Wait Up - Comedy Connections on BBC1, including interviews with Tony Britton & Dinah Sheridan.

     

    Sheridan, who has not appeared on telly for yonks, and who I thought might be ill, seems as healthy as ever. I think she's about 86 now, but she looked a good 10-15 yrs younger. From having her high up as a potential pick, she's shot down the list now as I think she'll make 90.

     

    Tony Britton, who must be, oh what nearly mid 80's now? Looked okay - I don't think he'll die within the next year or so - still seemed with it, looked robust enough. Probably won't make 90 but I think he will make 2008.

     

    Anyone else see the programme and agree/disagree?

     

    I agree. Those two seem far too healthy for their years and I wouldn't lay any bets on either of them croaking for a good 5 years or so, unless they meet with a nasty traffic accident in the meantime.

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