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  1. Posted

    Lord Molyneux - former leader of the Ulster Unionist Pary is 85 and rarely heard from anymore. It has been some time since he last sat in the House of Lords.

    He will be on my DDP for 2006.

     

    Considering all the troubles the DUP have been in recently (like losing virtually all their MPs), I'm surprised he hasn't turned it in already.

    I bet when he goes, he'd be right pissed off if it were St Paul greeting him at the pearly gates....

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    When during the hullabaloo concerning Best when he goes (tributes, obituaries etc), watch out for the Parsons and his usual contrary view in the Daily Mirror. Last year when John Peel died, when everyone was unanimous about Peel's significance in music, Parson stuck out like a sore thumb and declared his hatred for him. If the general consenus is of 'great player, wasted talent', expect the contrary one to celebrate his lifestyle and bollocks to the naysayers (and probably the following day taking aim at 24-hr drinking to confirm his consistancy). If whoever, the press casually ignore Bestie's proclivities in favour of his achievements on the pitch, wait for the reverend Parsons to clamber into the pulpit and rage against his womanizing,aldulterous,drinking,violent ways lest we forget....

  4. Posted

    Typical of Bestie to steal the limelight for soooo long!

    Why doesn't he croak it suddenly like a proper footballer like Johnny Haynes?

     

    Awaiting an update from his doc, telling us that Best is really, really, really, really, REALLY Bad!

     

    I fancy a nighter.....10:48pm

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    Cliff Michelmore was the anchor of the BBC's election coverage in 1966 and 1970. Presented the Tonight programme (forerunner of Nationwide) in the 1960s and the Holiday programme in the 1970s. Yes he hasn't done too much, but when he goes, he'll get the obituaries and maybe even a piece on TV news if its a quiet day.

     

    Worth a mention, since BBC TV first covered elections in 1955, there have been four anchormen in 50 years: Dimbleby, Dimbleby Jnr, Alistair Burnett and Cliff Michelmore. so he's worth a consideration for the list...

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    You always get this in the news: When some celeb gets into trouble with the law, there is the usual press speculatation on the length of sentence (they could be jailed for up to 40 years etc) or in Glitter's case, the death penalty, but it never happens. There is usually some slimey lawyer there to get the celeb off the hook, like that twat who can get people off for speeding.

     

     

    Mind you, it would be a laugh if they went along with it and shot him!

  8. Posted

    I voted yes as well.  Even though George is critically ill, he has demonstrated an extrodinary will to live and hopefully it will be enough to get him through this year.

    Rather he has an extraordinary will to get another G & T down his throat...

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    I think the spectacular career fall which others have been subsequently judged is that of Simon Dee.

     

    Unmissable in the 1960s with his 'Dee Time' show, he argued with BBC exec Bill Cotton over money and the wily Cotton called his bluff, so Dee went to the new LWT. Unfortunately the star (and co-owner) of the station was David Frost, who wasn't aware that LWT took Dee on. So Frostie scheduled his celeb-packed 'Frost Programme' just before Simon Dee's lesser celeb-packed talkshow. Then in 1970 after an infamous incident with Bond actor George Lazenby (and whatever happened to him?), Dee was dropped.

    His career dwindled, Dee signed on and after a fracas was brought up in front of a magistrates court and guess who was the Justice of the Peace on this particular occasion? None other than Bill Cotton Jnr. Dee remains rather bitter about his fall from grace. Moral: Don't F**k with the big boys of TV...

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    I didn't know Dean Martin died on Christmas Day.

     

    Hers some who did...

     

    1921 - Hans Huber composer, dies at 69

     

    1926 - Yoshihito 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47

     

    1930 - Harvey Worthington Loomis composer, dies at 65

     

    1938 - Karel Capek Czechoslovakian author/antifascist (Bílá Nemoc), dies at 48

     

    1946 - W[illiam] C[laude] Fields writer/comedian/actor (Bank Dick, It's A Gift), dies from pneumonia at 67

     

    1951 - Harry T Moore Florida NAACP official, killed by bomb

     

    1954 - Johnny Ace ballad singer, dies at 25 in a game of Russian Roulette

     

    1957 - Frederick Law Olmsted US architect (Central Park), dies at 87

     

    1977 - Charlie Chaplin actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88

     

    1979 - Joan Blondell actress (Real McCoys), dies at 70

     

    1979 - Lee Bowman actor (Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover), dies at 64

     

    1980 - Oscar Romero archbishop of El Salvador, murdered

     

    1983 - Joan Miro Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90

     

    1985 - George Rhodes orchestra leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66

     

    1989 - Billy Martin New York Yankee manager, killed in a car accident at 61

     

    1989 - Elena Ceausescu wife of Romania's dictator Nicolea, executed

     

    1989 - Nicolae Ceausescu dictator of Romania, executed

     

    1995 - Dean Martin singer/actor (Return to Me), dies at 78

     

    1996 - Jon Benet Ramsey, Colorado child beauty queen, murdered at 6

     

    1997 - Denver Pyle actor (Dukes of Hazzard), dies at 77

     

    1998 - Bryan MacLean, Rock & Roll singer & guitarist (Byrds), dies

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    Christmas is a good time for celebs to croak it. I can remember Bob Monkhouse, Alan Bates and Jason Robards all went in that period. And didn't Charlie Chaplin hang up his moustache on the big day in 1977?

    So maybe there's hope that one of the list might go in the holiday period. Brooke Astor bestowing one last philanthropic gift perhaps?

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    The actor Ian Marter,who played the part of Doctor Whos companion Harry in the mid 70s died on his 42nd birthday of a diabetes related heart attack.Sorry if hes not that important but im a big Doctor Who fan.

     

    Probably too much stodgy birthday cake!

     

    OOOh that's a bit cruel, I rather like Harry Sullivan...

  18. Posted

    all u wee dick f**ks are all a bunch of sad fannys have u nothin better to do with ur time than sit on a computer and talk bout ppl gonna die ur a bunch of weirdos u neeb to get a life and some friends cause i hope u all die pete doherty id the f****n man hes no 1

     

    And in English?

  23. Posted

    Steve Prefontaine - US athlete hotly fancied for a long distance medal at the 76 Montreal Olympics died in a car crash 1975. Had a belated and totally spurious late blast of fame when 118 118 lied through their teeth claiming the adverts - obviously based on David Bedford - were really based on Prefontaine.

     

    That reminds me...Ivo Van Damme, promising Belgian middle-distance runner. Also died in a car crash in 1976.

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