Vinegar Tits
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6 hours ago, namelesshere said:Well, he's not getting any younger, plus he had open heart surgery last year too. It does sound rather like his body is beginning to fall apart though, which is a bit worrying. Rather good to read that proceeds of the recent Talking Heads stage show went to the NHS, seeing as I went to see one of them (the Kristin Scott Thomas/Rochenda Sandall) in that short time in September when we could still enjoy a bit of culture.
Did he sell his house in London btw? I remember it was up for sale a while back but not sure of the outcome.
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That's a shame. She was great in the early Carry On films and Gimme Gimme Gimme, always reliable. I was going to put her on my list for next year too.
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8 hours ago, ThereWillBeDeaths7 said:Bram van der Vlugt (86) was known for portraying the well renowned (Dutch) precursor to Santa Claus, Sinterklaas from 1986 to 2010, with occasional portrayals since then
A great actor who was part of many a child's upbringing, also known for playing in TV shows like Dokter Deen and Willem van Oranje (1984).
I thought he would live at least another five years and so did he apparently; his obit mentions he expected to reach the age of 95 - and his fear for getting COVID-19
RIP
He's a friend of mine's father. Really, really sad news, especially so close to Christmas.
EDIT: I've passed your sympathies on to her. The fact that he was so loved in the Netherlands is helping her with her personal loss.
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6 hours ago, Ra Ra Rasputin said:Betty Bobbitt, who played Judy Bryant in 'Prisoner: Cell Block H' has died following a stroke. https://www.starobserver.com.au/artsentertainment/prisoners-betty-bobbitt-dies/198704
"Rack off, Jude"
Oh, she has done...
Sad news. The stars of Prisoner are beginning to pop off quite regularly now. Still, Mum Brooks and Erica Davidson seem to be immortal.
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Obviously I'll never forgive him for The Hand Of God but... cripes. Sad news. A proper legend and mercurial talent.
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Maybe 2020 and Covid_19 isn't so bad after all. And on Friday 13th too!
I rarely welcome someone's death but I'm from Bradford and grew up in the 70s. The horror and terror women had, the posters of missing/murdered women in shop windows, having to accompany my mother when she walked to the doctors on an evening because she couldn't walk on her own and couldn't risk getting a taxi or ask customers/friends from the pub we lived in because they could have been 'him', is not easy to forget.
I hope he suffered in his final moments. May he rot in hell.
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Oh, and regarding Adam Woodyatt - I have a mole on the EE set so I'll do some digging. At least the Ninja blender won't keep moving around the set / going walkabouts for a while.
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Joyce Barry was the *worst* Wentworth governer. She was hopeless and ineffectual as a screw, so how she climbed the greasy pole God only knows. Maybe Merv Pringle had more clout than he let on...
Anyway, sad news. But 88! Wow!
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28 minutes ago, msc said:Hot Metal was a fun but forgotten 80s sitcom, with him and Robert Hardy.
Watched Hot Metal a few months ago. Not a patch on Drop The Dead Donkey, mainly due to lack of topicality, but still holds up well.
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Really sad news though a grand age (was he ever young?)
Ria's cooking can't have helped though... #OneForTheTeenagers
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Legendary Finnish conductor Ossi Runne has died.
https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2020/11/06/musikens-grand-old-man-ossi-runne-ar-dod
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38 minutes ago, drol said:Timur Selcuk, who composed and wrote Bana Bana for Turkish group Pan at Eurovision 1989, dead at 74.
Quite possibly the maddest three minutes in Eurovision history. Needless to say, I love it.
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On 12/10/2020 at 00:08, DCI Frank Burnside said:Former Leeds and Chelsea owner Ken Bates. Turns 89 in December. Will most likely get a QO
Not a chance. He's been on my personal team forever. He'll never die, just to spite us Leeds fans.
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Dead according to Radio 5 just now. Think the Beeb source is Reuters
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5 hours ago, ThePrematureBurial said:I'd rather try my luck with her own series, like "Diana" (1972-73) or "Mrs. Bradley" (1998-2000).
She made also tv-remakes of "Witness for the prosecution" & "Rebecca" that weren't too bad & I liked two of her movies: Agatha
Christie's "Evil under the sun" & "Theatre of Blood" with Vincent Price.
If you can, dig out 'Mother Love'. One of the most genuinely bloody terrifying performances I've ever seen, and, imho, one of *the* great BBC dramas (not quite Tenko but in my top five). Wish the BBC would repeat it again or release it.
Anyway, awful news. The word iconic is much overused these days but Diana Rigg most certainly was. RIP.
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Can't find any links that aren't in Chinese, but HK director Benny Chan has died of cancer. Really sad news - he was one of the major HK film names of the 90s and 00s - directing such films as Gen-X Cops, Rob-B-Hood, Who Am I, New Police Story, Invisible Target, and my personal fave Shaolin.
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LAMFband and Legs McNeil saying on Instagram that former Heartbreaker (as in Johnny Thunders, not Tom Petty's lot) Walter Lure has died.
Louder Than War now reporting it - https://louderthanwar.com/walter-lure-rip/
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21 minutes ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said:Now that the Vera duet is a non starter, if he wants his pop career to continue, I've got some free advice - give Toni Tennile a bell and reform The Captain and Tennile.
She's probably at a loose end now that the original Captain went overboard and would jump at the chance to do that to him one more time.
I don't want to be rude but, even in these days of autotune, judging by his performance on that awful recent record, Capt Tom can't hold a note. His timing's off too.
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2 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:
Eh?
Maybe one of the last greats from that era, but there are hundreds of actors still living from the Golden Age.
True, but very few have widespread name recognition, Angela Lansbury easily being the most well known.
With one or two exceptions, we're basically in the Eastwood/Hackman era of stars now.
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6 hours ago, ThePrematureBurial said:He won't get a British obituary, but it's not very likely that popular German singer Tony Marshall will survive this year.
He was diagnosed with Diabetes a couple of years ago, went into a coma, lost 35 kilos & undergoes dialysis three times a week.
Ooh, he looks rough compared to how he looked only a few years ago. Lost a shocking amount of weight.
There's a Eurovision connection too - he should have represented Germany in 1976 but the song had previously been released, so we got the Siegel-fest 'Sing Sang Song' by the Les Humphries Singers instead.
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10 hours ago, ObakeFilter said:It looks like Tim Smith (Cardiacs) has left the building.
He gave me his tour pass after I met him at the end of the All About Eve 'Ultraviolet' tour (the Sea Nymphs had been the support). Nice chap. Sad news.
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3 hours ago, YoungWillz said:And here is Paula Tilbrook's Obituary: https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries-archive/obituaries/paula-tilbrook
She never made 90, she died waaaay back on 1 December 2019.
Oh, that's sad news. Never met her myself but know a few people who did/worked with her on Emmerdale (one of whom used to do a dance class with her) and she was apparently lovely.
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Sad news if true. I remember her from Channel 4's 'Manhattan Cable' (a few years before Clive James) and she was always hilarious. I also saw her live in Sunderland in 1995(?) - fab, of course, and my friend Mark got a kiss from her which he's never quite lived down.
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Authors Last A Long Time, But....
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Rumours going round that Guy N Smith has died, but nothing concrete or properly verified as yet.