Guest iain Posted August 24, 2005 (edited) Black actor Brock pETERS,best know for his part as Tom Robinson in the 1962 film To Kil a Mockingbird has died aged 78.He had many other parts imncluding the voice of General Mi'Qogh in Star Trek [Topics merged -- MH] Edited August 24, 2005 by Magere Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted August 24, 2005 (edited) Died today of pancreatic cancer, best known for playing Tom Robinson, the accused rapist in Harper Lee's class "To Kill A Mockingbird". [Topics merged -- MH] Edited August 24, 2005 by Magere Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted August 24, 2005 Jack Slipper Has gone, is this an omen for poor old Ronnie? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Our Sole 5 Posted August 26, 2005 Obviously one who is not so Fitt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest iain Posted August 26, 2005 in fact its just been announced that Lord Fitt has died Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,143 Posted August 26, 2005 Do my eyes decieve me or has iain used the near misses for 2005 thread? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Die 63 Posted August 26, 2005 So he was Fitt for nothing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,143 Posted August 26, 2005 Fitt for the grave perhaps. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Die 63 Posted August 26, 2005 Bulgarian football boss shot dead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teddy 21 Posted August 26, 2005 Do my eyes decieve me or has iain used the near misses for 2005 thread? Don't worry about it - a simple mistake which I am sure he won't be repeating Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest iain Posted August 26, 2005 now that one Fitt is in the grave maybe soon we wil have one Foot (ie Michael Foot)in the grave to join him? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted August 26, 2005 Bulgarian football boss shot dead Well, he's been spared that trip to Bolton! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted August 26, 2005 George Smith Not a big name, but certainly hit the headlines in '97! (changed to a better link) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,143 Posted August 26, 2005 George Smith Not a big name, but certainly hit the headlines in '97! Oh would you look at that. He messed with the Royal Family and died prematurely. Can anyone see an emerging pattern? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Die 63 Posted August 26, 2005 George Smith Not a big name, but certainly hit the headlines in '97! Oh would you look at that. He messed with the Royal Family and died prematurely. Can anyone see an emerging pattern? I like the bit that says "Charles‘ office said that the allegations had been investigated internally" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest_guest Posted August 26, 2005 SDLP's first leader Gerry Fitt dies Lord Fitt, one of Northern Ireland's fiercest critics of the IRA and the first leader of the SDLP, has died. The 79-year-old peer, who served as MP for West Belfast for 17 years, had been cared for by his daughters in England after a long illness. He had been in declining health for several months and had been suffering from heart trouble. A committed socialist, Gerry Fitt was a leading figure in the Catholic civil rights movement in Northern Ireland during the 1960s. With other civil rights leaders such as Ivan Cooper and nationalists such as John Hume and Austin Currie, he founded the SDLP in 1970. After the Sunningdale Agreement was forged by Prime Minister Edward Heath and Irish Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave, he served in 1974 as deputy chief executive in Northern Ireland's first power sharing government alongside then Ulster Unionist leader Brian Faulkner. The administration lasted only five months and was brought down by a loyalist strike which crippled Northern Ireland. Lord Fitt was a fierce critic of the IRA, denouncing the Provisional movement not only for the murders it carried out but also for its involvement in robberies and extortion. His north Belfast home was attacked by republicans and he was eventually burned out. In 1979, he abstained from a crucial House of Commons vote which brought down Jim Callaghan's Labour Government. He quit the SDLP in 1979 after the party turned down an offer by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's first Northern Ireland Secretary Humphrey Atkins to participate in talks. The SDLP's objection was that the talks agenda was too narrow and should have contained an all-Irish dimension. He was succeeded as SDLP leader by John Hume. His forthright condemnation of republicanism and his reputation as a generous politician around the Palace of Westminster earned him respect on all sides of the House of Commons and also in the Lords. In 1983, Lord Fitt lost his West Belfast seat in the general election to Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams. He was appointed a peer later that year. Despite immersing himself in politics, he was devoted to his wife Ann and five daughters. In 1996, Ann died after a long illness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted August 26, 2005 oops sorry didn't know it had already been posted elsewhere ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,015 Posted August 26, 2005 Hmmm, I can see this has had a major impact on everyone visiting the DL. What did he die of......neglect? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted August 26, 2005 Don't you mean filthy buggerer! (the towers await....) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr Strangelove 14 Posted August 27, 2005 Don't you mean filthy buggerer! (the towers await....) I wonder if Camilla allows Charles to use the back passage. What a horrible mental picture. But would you rather want to look at her face during the act? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
