themaninblack

Happy Birthday GR......

Funnily enough I saw that while scanning the celebs in DDP earlier tonight. I recognised the name straight way.. He played Dr Watson in 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' in 1984 with the incomparable Jeremy Brett...

Good point Maryport. I mean I was right: I picked him for my DDP and he died. It's verifiable. I think I was being too clever my own good. I just caught a remark by Willie Thorne during commentary during the UK Championship and thought that he'd get an obit no probs...But who gets reported or gets an obit is down to the whims of obit writers.. Bonus points for proper BBC/Broadsheet obits and some points for an actual hit, wherever it's reported...

If only someone would come up with an obit for John Smyth, I'd be up to joint 72nd!! I'm going to have to dig around (as it were) newspaper copies in libraries...yes it's getting desperate! Well done OoO for filling in the gaps in the DDP with biogs and so forth...sterling work!

Right. With Gallo off to the great Wine Cellar in the ..er sky, who next to bite the bullet? Me personally, I think Tammy Faye's time is up...

O'Hara is an outside bet at the moment. She's still quite feisty & active, despite recent illness. As for Delannoy, no, not really. I'm quite happy with who I DO have, right now, thanks for asking. There's somebody with your interests at heart OoO... Could be a deadpool stalker...

i was just wondering what ever happened to my space in between Real and Madron? its strange cos i use a space on sign-in...this could be a case for Mulder and Scully.... This one escaped the attention of Upper Management. Problem solved now. regards, Hein wow. ta very much.... Maybe I should ask for an adjustment to The Man In Black, as I'm referred to often as MIB or TMIB anyway. Emphasis y'know.... If you can find an Admin to do it for you, we'll even waive the usual fee. But seriously, if you want to see some action soon, your best bet is a PM to DWB. Thanks!

Guilty conscience? Hmmm...I was thinking that...

Sally Clark who was jailed and then later acquitted for the alledged murder of her young children, has been found dead.

i was just wondering what ever happened to my space in between Real and Madron? its strange cos i use a space on sign-in...this could be a case for Mulder and Scully.... This one escaped the attention of Upper Management. Problem solved now. regards, Hein wow. ta very much.... Maybe I should ask for an adjustment to The Man In Black, as I'm referred to often as MIB or TMIB anyway. Emphasis y'know....

Physically he looks a wreck! He looks much older than his age these days...Good luck to him.

BBC Link.... Gareth Hunt dies of Cancer Replaced by James Blunt in slang folklore....

Hmm.. might have guessed this would happen. Spent a little time reshuffling my DDP '08 list & updating a list of Jimmy Stewart co-stars still living, so what happens a few hours after printing that out? Sod's law, really... On my reserve list last year, but Wrongopedia seemed to signify she was okay. Ah well, a good actress, I remember her role in The Greatest Show on Earth. Shame. How big is your would-be and could be list OoO?

Stand-up Comedian Richard Jeni has died. Committed suicide....

One of the inspirations for Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'.....

When I conducted my in-depth research in order to write his bio on the HDP, various sources cited his date of birth as March 6th 1928, which would have him turning 80 in 2008. So basically, the Guardian have got it wrong.....

It's funny but I thought of a Howerd/Hill situation when Danny's name cropped up in the Inman tributes... He don't half look old now...

According to The Guardian, Gabriel Garcia Marquez has turned 80. But according to DDP and Wikipedia, he's 79... Can anyone confirm one way or another what is age is? Thanks

Noted.

Quite. That's a shame, he's one of my favourite Tennis commentators... didn't know he was that old....

You know, I was thinking about him the other day. I'm a big fan of his...I met him once.. ..and I was thinking of him as a possibility for the list! (b.1929) Shame if he went though...he still has a lot to say on the postmodern world... How can you be sure it was him and not a simulation of him (in that the notion of Baudrillard as received through his writing predetermined the existence of the Baudrillard you met)? What do you mean by 'met', anyway? Aside from my flippancy, he was a provocative and original thinker, and for that alone, a loss. His death is now being reported by Le Monde. Here's the Guardian obituary. Perhaps you're right, maybe it was his simulacrum that died!

Well who'd have thought that.... Didn't the other Gallo die a couple of weeks ago? Someone could make a joke about this but it might be regarded as a bit gallo(ws)! Don't worry, I've got me coat on...

You know, I was thinking about him the other day. I'm a big fan of his...I met him once.. ..and I was thinking of him as a possibility for the list! (b.1929) Shame if he went though...he still has a lot to say on the postmodern world... How can you be sure it was him and not a simulation of him (in that the notion of Baudrillard as received through his writing predetermined the existence of the Baudrillard you met)? What do you mean by 'met', anyway? Aside from my flippancy, he was a provocative and original thinker, and for that alone, a loss. His death is now being reported by Le Monde. I've got his autograph somewhere.... Apparently he died after a long illness. I'm surprised no-one picked him for DDP, he wasn't really obscure or anything...

You know, I was thinking about him the other day. I'm a big fan of his...I met him once.. ..and I was thinking of him as a possibility for the list! (b.1929) Shame if he went though...he still has a lot to say on the postmodern world... Postscript: I get told of this news when I'm looking forward to a rather important match. Baudrillard liked his football and based one of his theories on it. Ironically enough, I learned of Jacques Derrida's death just before another important football match (France v Ireland)...

Many Happy Returns Pooka, you cool so and so...