Dead Losses (2004)

[Guest fwheels1]

Being a new user, is anyone aware that MLB Player Tug McGraw who won two World Series (one with the mircle Mets 1969 and then with the Philadelphia Phillies 1980) has died? He passed Jan 5th 2004 from brain cancer.

[Grim Reaper 186]

This fact was reported on this forum a few days ago.

 

As nice as it would have been to pick him we dont think he would have met the famousness criteria in the UK.

 

Cheers

[Death Watch Beatle 41]

Well, if deaths always happen in 3's, place your bets now. With two champion cyclists pegging-out this week, Marco Pantani, suspected drugs o/d, and Johan Sermon, heart failure at 21, the choice is yours.

 

DWB

[Grim Reaper 186]

Good tip DWB - these guys have been dropping like flies for years. The problem is identifying the one who's climbed his last mountain.

 

I recall the deaths are usually completely unpredictable.

 

Perhaps we should look for a pro cyclist whos clearly been taking drugs...

 

[hasty research]

 

Oh... that didnt narrow it down at all.

[Death Watch Beatle 41]

So Les Gray, the lead singer with 70's glam-rock band Mud has given up the ghost. It turns out he had throat cancer which he blamed on his 50 smokes a day habit, and had opted not to have his voicebox removed - presumably so he wouldn't croak - How wrong you can be! No surprises then when he died of A HEART ATTACK! What a shame this information didn't come to our attention 2 months ago. I do believe he was another Jock - what is it about the Scots at the moment? Anyway, if you are interested you can read more about it by following this link.

 

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2565389

 

DWB

[little sister 2]

With over 100 of them off the tour in the last 10 years, there seems to be a slight bias towards those drug filled and either towards the end of their career or recently retired - my money'd be on Richard Virenque as the next winner of the black jersey.

[Guest Guest_No Hope]

Has no-one noticed that the lead singer of Mud (Les Gray) died today?

 

The irony was: "Doctors wanted to remove Gray's voicebox as part of his treatment, but he opted for chemotherapy instead in an effort to save his voice and career"

 

And I was just waiting for another hit like Tiger Feet

[Guest Guest_No Hope]

Apologies to DWB - I didn't notice your erlier post

[Death Watch Beatle 41]

Apology accepted - I don't suppose you know if Les was Scottish? A friend of mine now thinks he might be a Brum - I could have been doing our Northern cousins a diservice there.

 

DWB

[The Yeti 14]

Well, he's definitely in the mud now ...

[little sister 2]

does he count as a miss??

 

 

"Actor Richard Marner appeared in films such as The African Queen

Actor Richard Marner, who played German officer Colonel Von Strohm in the BBC TV series 'Allo 'Allo, has died at the age of 82, his agent Lynda Ronan said.

Marner also appeared in several films including The African Queen, alongside Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, and the Bond film You Only Live Twice."

 

 

love and kisses

 

little sister

[Stayin Alive 26]

Homme, je l'ai tout à fait aimé dans «Allo Allo». Respect.

[Mr Stats 9]

Mais we, c'est un miss absolutement

[Our Sole 5]

Does Hubert Gregg count as a miss?

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/t...dio/3582579.stm

 

Two in one day might be a little too much "excitement" after the last 10 days........

[Guest Arnold]

In fairness, I don't think the committee could have predicted this one. Hubert may have been ancient but he was the sprightliest octogenarian around. He had a very young wife and two young kids who have just come out of their teens. And to hear him on Radio 2, or rather "Wireless Two" as he always refered to it on air, (CDs were always "shaving mirrors") he didn't sound a day over 50. He was as fit as a fiddle with a razor sharp mind. The Beeb have lost two of its greatest voices in the last few days, which is a pity.

 

However, it is also a pity that Hubert hadn't worked his way onto the list.

 

He would have been appalled at this web-sit. "Frightful taste dear boy!"

[Guest Pining For The Fjords]

It could turn out to be a bad year for veteran broadcasters.

 

Alan "Fluff" Freeman, David Jacobs and Brian Matthews are probably stocking up on the multi-vitamins as we speak.

[Our Sole 5]

I can't believe that Mr reaper and his committee overlooked this apparently less than spritely 160 year old........

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/3607053.stm

[Grim Reaper 186]

I'm shell-shocked at news of this oversight - but perhaps his 91 year owner is now worthy of consideration

[Stayin Alive 26]

The owner would not meet the famousness test, I fear.

 

Where can you buy tortoise hormones and DNA these days?

[Death Watch Beatle 41]

There I was surfing the web when I come across an article about Robert Sangster the Race Horse owner / trainer being "gravely ill". Not one to pass over a research opportunity I investigated . . . only to find out he died yesterday (I think). I don't consider it a missed opportunity, he probably wasn't ill 3 months ago, but nevertheless a bit irritating.

 

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/08/1081326841502.html

 

Back to the research . . .

 

DWB

[Cowboy Ronnie 78]

and we could have waved him off to the great winner's circle in the sky with the parting message "Sangster the Memories".

[Stayin Alive 26]

Obituary: 'Allo 'Allo star Richard Marner. P33, The Times, today.

 

Why such a huge gap in publishing his obituary?

[The Yeti 14]

Don't be too Sang-uine about it.

[The Yeti 14]

Will you two cut out the Frechie crap. This isn't some sad chatroom for Francophiles with no life you know.

 

It's intellectual forum for other people with no life.

 

[Death Watch Beatle 41]

Sorry Yeti, but I feel I have to correct you. This is an intellectual forum ABOUT people with no life.

 

DWB