Phantom 2,533 Posted November 28, 2006 Alan Freeman has died at the age of 79 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted November 28, 2006 Alan Freeman has died at the age of 79 Not the Fluff meister, NO, damn it to hell another DDP candidate slips through the net. I even dropped him from my list this year in the hope of including him next year. Oh well, that's the 9th one I had ready for next year to die in the past 6 weeks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 606 Posted November 28, 2006 Alan Freeman has died at the age of 79Farewell, pop picker He did look bloody awful in that recent Brinsworth House inmates pic though, didn't he? Definitely looked to be slipping down the charts. Sad as the news is, when I read it I thought: "Bugger, another possibility for 2007 gone". Then I remembered he was on my 2006 list so points it is, and Bod knows we need 'em at the mo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Little baby tiger man 0 Posted November 28, 2006 Long time hanger on - 1st time poster. Fluff has bitten the dust. Liked the guy a lot - an old school DJ who could take the piss out of himself. Nice obit on the BBC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted November 28, 2006 Alan Freeman has died at the age of 79 His last record 'Another One Bites the Dust' by Queen.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted November 28, 2006 Sad news. He reminds me of dull Sunday afternoons, when nothing was on the telly so we'd put the radio on and listen to Pick of the Pops. Another slice of childhood fades away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted November 28, 2006 a great and legendary figure has passed on-please pay him due respects and not just discuss him like hes just another one of your 'hits' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted November 28, 2006 surely the former dj Alan Freeman merits a mention on this thread as he has just died aged 79? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted November 28, 2006 surely the former dj Alan Freeman merits a mention on this thread as he has just died aged 79? I think there was a seperate thread that I forgot all about when I posted the link to the BBC site last night. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted November 28, 2006 surely the former dj Alan Freeman merits a mention on this thread as he has just died aged 79?I think there was a seperate thread that I forgot all about when I posted the link to the BBC site last night. Well, no. A member started a new topic about him and I moved the posts in the "Near Misses" topic there, including the two above. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anubis the Jackal 77 Posted November 28, 2006 Sadly he wasn't one of our 'hits', pop-pickers. "At the Sign of the Swinging Scythe" a great and legendary figure has passed on-please pay him due respects and not just discuss him like hes just another one of your 'hits' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anubis the Jackal 77 Posted November 28, 2006 And another thing... I liked the silly old git when he was at Radio 1, and at least he had the intelligence to understand that he was too old and past-it for the R1 audience, unlike The 'Hairy Shitflake' Dave Lee Travis whose hilarious 'resignation' speech is available here (registration needed) The puffed-up old fart-knocker was going to be sacked a few days later anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted November 28, 2006 surely the former dj Alan Freeman merits a mention on this thread as he has just died aged 79?I think there was a seperate thread that I forgot all about when I posted the link to the BBC site last night. Well, no. A member started a new topic about him and I moved the posts in the "Near Misses" topic there, including the two above. regards, Hein Ahh MH, that explains it. I'm half asleep this morning and saw the post from the guest, then thought "where did my post go"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Six 23 Posted November 28, 2006 Sad news. Just like Lord Bazaar said before me, Fluff's show was the focus of many a Sunday in my home. (Also, damnit. Another not on my list.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted November 28, 2006 a great and legendary figure has passed on-please pay him due respects and not just discuss him like hes just another one of your 'hits' Oi, even when we respect them we can still partake in discussion of the inevitable catching up with them. Respect to 'Fluff' but - in the end - he was as human as everyone else, even the last pope. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr Hackenslash 25 Posted November 28, 2006 a great and legendary figure has passed on-please pay him due respects and not just discuss him like hes just another one of your 'hits' Oi, even when we respect them we can still partake in discussion of the inevitable catching up with them. Respect to 'Fluff' but - in the end - he was as human as everyone else, even the last pope. Even as human as that Bethlehem faker 2,000-odd years ago... But Fluff was obviously on his way out - if you remember that picture of Fluff with Dicky O in the Brinsworth thread a while back you could see he was falling apart. I've been wondering whether it will have any effect on the other inmates of HMP Brinsworth? And is Dicky O really ill enough to be in there? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 606 Posted November 28, 2006 And another thing... I liked the silly old git when he was at Radio 1, and at least he had the intelligence to understand that he was too old and past-it for the R1 audience, unlike The 'Hairy Shitflake' Dave Lee Travis whose hilarious 'resignation' speech is available here (registration needed) Indeed. Always had a lot of respect for Fluff, and Tony Blackburn for that matter, for not taking themselves too seriously and seeing the joke in Smashy and Nicey, unlike the aforementioned Hairy Cornflake and Simon Bates to name but two. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted November 28, 2006 Alan Freeman has died at the age of 79Farewell, pop picker He did look bloody awful in that recent Brinsworth House inmates pic though, didn't he? Definitely looked to be slipping down the charts. Sad as the news is, when I read it I thought: "Bugger, another possibility for 2007 gone". Then I remembered he was on my 2006 list so points it is, and Bod knows we need 'em at the mo. I knew I'd picked him somewhere, sadly for me it was deadpool2006 (livejournal) which is seemingly as dead as he is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted November 28, 2006 Ah DLT, a man whose Wiki page claims he is the only person to have been voted 'rear of the year' and 'pipe smoker of the year' presumably different years. I mean, if he had his arse to the audience nobody could get a good look at his pipe! 61 and still working for BBC local radio, apparently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Die 63 Posted November 29, 2006 I mean, if he had his arse to the audience nobody could get a good look at his pipe! Unless.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted December 7, 2006 Funeral. One of the floral tributes read; 'not arf.' And the hairy hasbeen DLT put in an appearance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 8, 2006 Ah DLT, a man whose Wiki page claims he is the only person to have been voted 'rear of the year' and 'pipe smoker of the year' presumably different years. I mean, if he had his arse to the audience nobody could get a good look at his pipe! 61 and still working for BBC local radio, apparently. What he needs is a decent pair of specs to make it a hat-trick.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted June 5, 2007 Apparently there's a plaque unveiling at Brinsworth House on July 1st - can't source this yet, heard it from someone in the radio industry. It's in honour of the great 'Fluff,' could any of our readers close to Twickenham blag and/ro politely ask their way in to spy on the inmates? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted June 29, 2007 Apparently there's a plaque unveiling at Brinsworth House on July 1st - can't source this yet, heard it from someone in the radio industry. It's in honour of the great 'Fluff,' could any of our readers close to Twickenham blag and/ro politely ask their way in to spy on the inmates? Here's a source. Hmmm, 50 notes sounds a small price to pay to rub shoulders with the likes of Blackburn, Gibb, Pertwee and la Rue, not to mention sneaking off to Dicky's room for a large G&T. Lunch and a raffle too. I'm sorely tempted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
