The Dead - 2007

[football_fan 42]

The former Rangers and Denmark player Kai Johansen, 67, who scored the winning goal in the 1966 Scottish cup final, has died of cancer.

BBC obit

[To die for 3]

Foreign correspondent Kate Webb has died at age 64

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

The pianist Aaron McMillan has added to the carnage on the ideas for 2008 thread by dying of brain cancer at the age of 30.

[maryportfuncity 10,639]

Jill McGown, crimewriter. But also a rarity around these parts a writer who died before being very old, a nipper at 59.

[dave 0]

China's first ever bishop has died at 90

 

and British ballet dancer Stanley Holden is no more

[VSBfromH 74]

Margery Urquhart, Britain's first female spy has gone to 00heaven:

 

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_...-name_page.html

[maryportfuncity 10,639]

Professor Philip Collins, dead a few days now but just spotted it in the paper. Without whom....Dickens would be more of a dickhead in critical circles.

[maryportfuncity 10,639]

37 year old dead of a heart attack (suspected) at work. To the handful who venture from the CUFC boards to here it might be worth knowing the deceased is Mark Nunn, that rarity, a well-liked and respected doorman, from Yates' Wine Lodge in the city.

[Brinsworth House Baiter 12]

Professor Philip Collins, dead a few days now but just spotted it in the paper. Without whom....Dickens would be more of a dickhead in critical circles.

 

I've never heard of the bloke, but an interesting article nonetheless. Although I would dispute the fact that Collins would have made that much difference to the longetevity of Dickens' works. Surely he'd been immortalised by the 1950's? I mean, I'd heard of & read him by the late seventies & I didn't need some poncy professor's recommendation.

 

God, how I loathe these upper class intellectuals who think literature is their sole reserve. The bastards. I suspect the only reason some of them didn't lavish acclaim on Dickens was because his work satirised their fat, I'm all right Jack as I step over the common peasants on the way to my club cosy existence & mentality.

 

Did I mention they're bastards?

 

Cheers,

 

BHB

[maryportfuncity 10,639]

BHB, yer man Collins made an important contribution if only in applying the then favoured critical methods to Dickens and throwing a metaphorical cat in the pigeon coop by proving CD had a technique of comparable complexity to the current critical concerns, or summat. Also, with the wall to wall emergence of new unis, ie ex-Polys twenty odd years back Dickens kinda played to their crowd, and got on many a syllabus.

 

What, with the students in those unis being - like - more working class and that.

 

Did you see the note about possible Dickie O'Sullivan action on the Brinsworth House thread? All second hand news when I get it, but - allegedly - more than mere rumour, or summat.

[Brinsworth House Baiter 12]

BHB, yer man Collins made an important contribution if only in applying the then favoured critical methods to Dickens and throwing a metaphorical cat in the pigeon coop by proving CD had a technique of comparable complexity to the current critical concerns, or summat. Also, with the wall to wall emergence of new unis, ie ex-Polys twenty odd years back Dickens kinda played to their crowd, and got on many a syllabus.

 

What, with the students in those unis being - like - more working class and that.

 

Did you see the note about possible Dickie O'Sullivan action on the Brinsworth House thread? All second hand news when I get it, but - allegedly - more than mere rumour, or summat.

 

Then I take my hat off to him for throwing metaphorical cats about the place if nothing else. I've always admired metaphorical cat throwing, although not nearly as much as literal cat throwing, even during my non-polytechic years.

 

I did see your note about possible Dick action on the Brinsworth House thread, but will wait for actual confirmation before I break out the bunting, flags & demand the event be instilled as a national Bank Holiday. I've had far too many diappointments of late to get overly excited over possible Dick rising.

 

(Are two lame Dick double entendres enough to upset the Windsor's sensibilities or should I go for a third?)

 

Stirling work though, Mary, concerning the possiblity of our favourite Dick possibly making another splash on the hallowed floors of celebritydom.

 

There, three should do it.

 

Cheers,

 

BHB

[Guest Guest_dave_*]

tv evangelist Jerry Falwell found dead in his office

[Phantom 2,533]

tv evangelist Jerry Falwell found dead in his office

 

strictly speaking he was still alive when he was found, he died later in hospital

[To die for 3]

Sir Colin Wilson has died. He was the architect who designed the British Museum.

[Olveres 8]

I don't know if this is where we can post about those closest to us but I'd like to pay my respects to my Grandfather who passed away at 22:55 on the 15th of May 2007.

 

Dobrosav Markovic

28/11/1919 - 15/05/2007

 

Famous to me as he was shot five times (not all on the same day) fighting the Germans in the then Yugoslavia.

 

You will be sorely missed.

[Windsor 2,233]

Yolanda King, eldest child of Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King, has died aged 51.

[Cowboy Ronnie 78]

Professor Philip Collins, dead a few days now but just spotted it in the paper. Without whom....Dickens would be more of a dickhead in critical circles.

 

 

No, no, no! Why couldn't it have been musician Philip Collins?

[Guest Guest_dave_*]

I don't know if this is where we can post about those closest to us but I'd like to pay my respects to my Grandfather who passed away at 22:55 on the 15th of May 2007.

 

Dobrosav Markovic

28/11/1919 - 15/05/2007

 

Famous to me as he was shot five times (not all on the same day) fighting the Germans in the then Yugoslavia.

 

You will be sorely missed.

my sincere condolences to you on your loss

[Twelvetrees 10]

Professor Philip Collins, dead a few days now but just spotted it in the paper. Without whom....Dickens would be more of a dickhead in critical circles.

 

 

No, no, no! Why couldn't it have been musician Philip Collins?

 

 

You mean Genesis' own Professor of pop?

 

Anyway the former Lancashire cricketer Peter Marner has died at the age of 71. As well as being the youngest ever player to represent his county, he was also the first player ever to win a Man of the Match award in a one-day game.

[Cowboy Ronnie 78]

Professor Philip Collins, dead a few days now but just spotted it in the paper. Without whom....Dickens would be more of a dickhead in critical circles.

 

 

No, no, no! Why couldn't it have been musician Philip Collins?

 

 

You mean Genesis' own Professor of pop?

 

Anyway the former Lancashire cricketer Peter Marner has died at the age of 71. As well as being the youngest ever player to represent his county, he was also the first player ever to win a Man of the Match award in a one-day game.

 

Yes, that is the Phil Collins I wish had died. He's probably too busy looking for the next woman he'll have to pay millions of pounds to for putting up with him for 5 years.

 

From the Peter Marner article:

 

"He was also the first person to win a limited-overs Man-of-the-Match award, and the first two score a hundred"

 

When people can't even spell the word "to" correctly, one really must despair at the levels of education in 21st century Britain.

[VSBfromH 74]

A couple of deaths to note:

 

Alfred Collins, London's longest-serving cab driver, has died aged 92:

 

http://www.edgwaretimes.co.uk/news/localne...king_cabbie.php

 

I love the Edgware & Mill Hill Times' down to earth reporting style:

 

"His daughter, Diane Marcovitch, who lives in Essex, said " ... He said his chest hurt and I called my sister, Maureen, because she lives in Watford." "

 

Michael Newman, co-founder and co-director of Ipswich-based yacht designing company, Spirit Yachts Ltd has died in a light aircraft crash in northern Turkey:

 

http://www.yachtingmonthly.com/auto/newsde...1737ymnews.html

 

"Spirit Yachts became involved in the filming of the latest Bond film, Casino Royale, when the production company borrowed a Spirit 54 for filming in Venice"

[Real Madron 6]

A couple of deaths to note:

 

Alfred Collins, London's longest-serving cab driver, has died aged 92:

 

http://www.edgwaretimes.co.uk/news/localne...king_cabbie.php

 

I love the Edgware & Mill Hill Times' down to earth reporting style:

 

"His daughter, Diane Marcovitch, who lives in Essex, said " ... He said his chest hurt and I called my sister, Maureen, because she lives in Watford." "

 

Michael Newman, co-founder and co-director of Ipswich-based yacht designing company, Spirit Yachts Ltd has died in a light aircraft crash in northern Turkey:

 

http://www.yachtingmonthly.com/auto/newsde...1737ymnews.html

 

"Spirit Yachts became involved in the filming of the latest Bond film, Casino Royale, when the production company borrowed a Spirit 54 for filming in Venice"

 

Re: the cabbie.

 

i just KNEW there would be something in the article about famous passengers! how come the most exciting thing you can ever ask a cabbie is 'you ever had anyone famous in here'? to which they will always come out a few classics such as Margaret Thatcher, Bruce Forsyth and Joan Collins!

i asked a cabbie once and the best he could come up with was Nigel Reo-Coker.

[Cowboy Ronnie 78]

Alfred Collins, London's longest-serving cab driver, has died aged 92:

 

Which makes two Collins in two days. If the "these things happen in threes" people are correct, who will be next? The aforementioned Genesis slaphead Phil? Screen giant Joan or her smutwriting sister Jackie? "Now that we've come this far why don't you wait in the space ship" astronaut Michael? "A Girl Like You" singer and general oddball Edwyn? Lots of fun choices out there, though sadly none seem likely to complete the hat trick.

[Anubis the Jackal 77]

Anyone know how the old fop is doing these days?

"A Girl Like You" singer and general oddball Edwyn? Lots of fun choices out there, though sadly none seem likely to complete the hat trick.

 

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From his Myspace...

Monday, May 07, 2007

 

Only the Lonely

 

Hello old friends.

That's a good title isn't it just? I may be thinking about it, you see, loneliness. Sometimes I do feel lonely but I can cope with it. Sometimes I'm pondering on life's diversities. But I'm definitely with it. I'm impatient now. To get on with it. So. My record is coming in early autumn, whoopee. That is very good news. I'll maybe play a concert or two. I hope so. I practice singing every day. To get better.

Cheerio and love, Edwyn.

 

Marvellous

[VSBfromH 74]

Alfred Collins, London's longest-serving cab driver, has died aged 92:

 

Which makes two Collins in two days. If the "these things happen in threes" people are correct, who will be next? The aforementioned Genesis slaphead Phil? Screen giant Joan or her smutwriting sister Jackie? "Now that we've come this far why don't you wait in the space ship" astronaut Michael? "A Girl Like You" singer and general oddball Edwyn? Lots of fun choices out there, though sadly none seem likely to complete the hat trick.

 

I hope not Edwyn - quite like him. Also, Joan can be quite entertaining, and I'm sure she's got a few more years in her yet, as has her sis. There's Pauline "Shirley Valentine" Collins, who would be a rank outsider at only 66 years old. Even more so Mary Cathleen Collins, better known as Bo Derek, who is only 50. Michelle "Cindy from Eastenders" Collins is 44 later this month and has had problems with anorexia in the past. Certainly has proved to be a decent TV actress (unlike others!) since she left Albert Square. Another one with a birthday this month is Lewis Collins, who will be 61. Then there's John D Collins, aged 64, who played Flying Officer Fairfax in "Allo Allo".

 

Someone who tends to provoke a "love him or hate him" reaction (so might be a popular choice with those in the latter category) is Frank Skinner, whose birth name was Christopher Graham Collins. Only turned 50 this year though.

 

Musician "Bootsy" Collins "Legendary funk bass guitarist and composer" is only 55.