Guest asxz Posted July 9, 2012 Ernest Borgnine - baruch dayan emet. Can't believe you left him off the list this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted July 9, 2012 I always assumed the number 50 spot would be handed to Ian Lavender when Dunn dies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adrian0719 220 Posted July 9, 2012 I am not British, and had no clue who Clive Dunn was before coming on to this forum, but can someone explain to me why he was selected for the DeathList all the way back in '87 and why he became such a cultish selection? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Falkekopf 50 Posted July 9, 2012 I always assumed the number 50 spot would be handed to Ian Lavender when Dunn dies. .....or Bill Pertwee. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
our Sydney 11 Posted July 9, 2012 I am not British, and had no clue who Clive Dunn was before coming on to this forum, but can someone explain to me why he was selected for the DeathList all the way back in '87 and why he became such a cultish selection? basically his entire claim to fame and his act (prior to the death list) was that he played charictors much older than his actual age, in his late fourties and early fifties he played an aged home gaurd corpral in "dads army" who was suposedly in his '70s, on the strength of this he had a No1 hit record titled "Grandad" but even prior to this his "comerdy" act was based on playing a doddery old man. . . . hence to all of those us now in their late 40s and 50s he has always been old in the sense of about to drop dead through old age. . . If it is your perception from early age that someone is old and has been for the best part of your life (50 years or so) they do seem a little imortal don't you think? Best regards Syd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adrian0719 220 Posted July 9, 2012 I am not British, and had no clue who Clive Dunn was before coming on to this forum, but can someone explain to me why he was selected for the DeathList all the way back in '87 and why he became such a cultish selection? basically his entire claim to fame and his act (prior to the death list) was that he played charictors much older than his actual age, in his late fourties and early fifties he played an aged home gaurd corpral in "dads army" who was suposedly in his '70s, on the strength of this he had a No1 hit record titled "Grandad" but even prior to this his "comerdy" act was based on playing a doddery old man. . . . hence to all of those us now in their late 40s and 50s he has always been old in the sense of about to drop dead through old age. . . If it is your perception from early age that someone is old and has been for the best part of your life (50 years or so) they do seem a little imortal don't you think? Best regards Syd Thank you, Syd, for that illuminating piece of DeathList history. Now I have some semblance of a clue as to what's going on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ITDY 20 Posted July 9, 2012 Lol I love how much of a cult figure he is on here. He was always my favourite in Dad's Army. "They don't like it up 'em sir. No sir, they do not like it up 'em" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Icarus Posted August 26, 2012 http://www.theherita...fo/_NYE0169.JPG here he is in 2008 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest j Posted November 7, 2012 I think he's gone... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Joe Posted November 7, 2012 These lists won't be the same without him... RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Notts Posted November 7, 2012 2nd to post, darn. BBC reporting it now. So long, DL favourite Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Steve HS Posted November 7, 2012 RIP Clive Dunn... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,688 Posted November 7, 2012 Oh god, no. The day had to come, but...christ, no... The end of the DL... RIP Sir Dunny. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Flag 84 Posted November 7, 2012 Noooooooooooooooooooooooo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted November 7, 2012 He wasn't on my shadow list! You bastards said he was immortal! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,688 Posted November 7, 2012 Link Prepare to repel ranters. And naturally, don't panic. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted November 7, 2012 The Death List will never be the same again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Reaper 186 Posted November 7, 2012 25 years ago I had a dream... and finally it has come true Phew! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anubis the Jackal 77 Posted November 7, 2012 PANIC! A dark day for Dunny and a dark day for Deathlist. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jimbo Posted November 7, 2012 I will always remember Clive for his longest running role as Deathlist favourite. Maybe not what he would have wanted but a better legacy than Jimmy Savile. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,596 Posted November 7, 2012 A dark day for Dunny and a dark day for Deathlist. I don't know about that, we've never been so popular. 137 guests on-line, 82 guests reading this topic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angryGreatness 96 Posted November 7, 2012 And end of an era, to be sure. Hopefully this will make the obit writer off his ass on the Lom and Martin obits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert Trautmann 58 Posted November 7, 2012 Why must the good always die young? RIP, sweet child. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Masonic Deathbringer 1 Posted November 7, 2012 A black day for humanity. Up there with Mother Theresa as a force for good..... RIP Corporal Jones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest stuffandjunk Posted November 7, 2012 Suppose many people's first thought was, like mine, of Deathlist. Got a 'resource limit is reached error' first few times I tried to check the site. Surely DL must get a mention in the obits? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
