CaptainChorizo 1,983 Posted December 27, 2015 How the hell Prisoner Cell Block H hasn't it's own thread I do not know, but I'm somewhat new here SC I just finished watching the first 2 seasons of the updated version of this called Wentworth. I decided to google the original and see if its worth watching but I saw it had like a zillion episodes so I decided to pass. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,062 Posted December 27, 2015 An Anglo-Aussie leftfield suggestion - 'Little' Stevie Wright of the Easybeats, who rivalled Keef for drugs and booze ingestion and topped it off with a dash of DST at Dr Bailey's notorious Chelmsford Private Hospital. He still gigs but it's got to catch up with him one of these days. It has caught up with him. http://www.noise11.com/news/music-news-r-i-p-easybeats-legend-stevie-wright-1947-2015-20151227 Friday On My Mind: https://youtu.be/rBJLoYd8xak Edit: DDP pick so awaiting UK obit. Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3375353/Stevie-Wright-Australian-rock-legend-Easybeats-singer-dies-aged-68.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted December 27, 2015 Local news coverage: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-28/easybeats-frontman-stevie-wright-dies-aged-68-reports/7055924 '"Goodbye to a man who faced his demons and won," tweeted one fan.' Well, if that's winning... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,535 Posted December 28, 2015 Local news coverage: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-28/easybeats-frontman-stevie-wright-dies-aged-68-reports/7055924 '"Goodbye to a man who faced his demons and won," tweeted one fan.' Well, if that's winning... I thought winning would be kicking the habit and remaining alive. I guess it was only a matter of time before it all caught up with him. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhoamI 35 Posted January 1, 2016 For what it is worth (not much I suppose, really) here is my list of Aussie for 2016: Darrell Eastlake Jeanne Little Bob Hawke Dame Beryl Beaurepaire Betty Cuthbert Len Maddocks Ugly Dave Gray Johnny Famechon Brian Henderson Neil Harvey Noel Kelly Thomas Michael "Mick" Keneally Col Joy Clive James Elisabeth Kirkby - actress, politician, Ph.D Margaret Reid – Ex Senator Keith Payne Joy McKean Lana Cantrell (not sure if she is still an Aussie since moving to N.Y. years ago) Lou Richards Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,538 Posted January 12, 2016 Notice that Bob Ellis hasn't posted any writings to his site since January 2nd, one of the longest gaps in his output in ages. Any news from our convict-descendant cousins on whether this is significant? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted January 15, 2016 Now Ken Judge has gone and suddenly died of cancer too, just like everyone else this week: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-15/ken-judge-hawthorn-hawks-premiership-player-dies-aged-58/7091106 :o Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 20, 2016 moved to another thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted January 23, 2016 The actress Lois Ramsay has died at 93.She was perhaps best known for playing the role of Elsie Partridge in Prisoner Cell Block H in the 1980s http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/01/vale-lois-ramsey.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted January 23, 2016 The character she played was in fact Ettie Parslow.My apologies to PCBH fans Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 24, 2016 First the bank collapses, now it's managing director! Tim Marcus Clark, the former managing director of the State Bank of South Australia – which collapsed in 1991 with debts of $3 billion and forced a massive taxpayer-funded bailout and the resignation of then South Australian premier, John Bannon – died last month just a few days after Mr Bannon. The intensely private Mr Marcus Clark died in December, 2015, in Sydney after a long illness. He was 83. SC http://www.afr.com/business/former-state-bank-of-sa-boss-tim-marcus-clark-dies-20160123-gmcqbu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted February 8, 2016 Another cancer scare for Hugh Jackman: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3437491/Hugh-Jackman-FIFTH-skin-cancer-two-years-removed-nose-urges-fans-use-sunscreen-check-ups.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted February 10, 2016 the actress Alethea McGrath has died at 97. She had a part in one of the Star Wars films but might be best known by some for playing the character Dot Farrah in Prisoner Cell Block H http://www.starwarsunderworld.com/2016/02/alethea-mcgrath-actress-behind-jocasta.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted February 12, 2016 Arthur Tunstall's gone: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-12/sports-administrator-arthur-tunstall-dies/7164454 I had assumed he'd died years ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest maudie Posted February 13, 2016 http://www.ellistabletalk.com/2016/02/13/ellis-cancer-report-3/ Bob Ellis health update... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,989 Posted February 24, 2016 New Zealand-born but Australia-based rock guitarist Spencer P. Jones is seriously ill and currently unable to perform, prompting a string of benefit concerts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted March 1, 2016 Tony Abbot is generally regarded as a bit of a dick so it's good riddance all round I guess. Malcom Turnbull is more moderate isn't he? Doesn't matter cos he'll be gone in a few months I guess ! Abbot's destabilisation of Turnbull continues.... http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-29/matthewson-if-turnbull-falls,-so-might-you/7207186 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dr. T Posted March 3, 2016 Olympic medallist rower, Sarah Tait, dead at 33. http://www.news.com.au/sport/olympic-rower-and-medallist-sarah-tait-loses-threeyear-battle-with-cancer-at-age-33/news-story/e2ace81b6bd696d78fee2ec68ec51c14?sv=b26d198ff6855345856695359590cc92 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted March 5, 2016 By her own admission, Judith Lucy was apparently a hopeless alcoholic at one stage. Claims she is off the bottle now. Still might have knocked a few years off her life span. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted March 7, 2016 Paul Couch: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-05/former-geelong-champion-paul-couch-dies-aged-51/7223638 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted March 7, 2016 Deane Hutton and Rob Morrison from the Curiousity Show are starting to look old: I wonder when those guys were born. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted March 7, 2016 Talk show bimbo Kerri-Anne Kennerley has cancer of the tit.Husband in a coma after falling off balcony: http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/03/08/05/46/husband-of-kerri-anne-kennerley-in-coma Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted March 8, 2016 (edited) Talk show bimbo Kerri-Anne Kennerley has cancer of the tit. Husband in a coma after falling off balcony: http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/03/08/05/46/husband-of-kerri-anne-kennerley-in-coma Hmm, has a nice beat that, there's a song in it. ETA: Bet he tried to take a selfie. Edited March 8, 2016 by Magere Hein Guess the reason for his fall 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted March 9, 2016 Far out - Jon English just died!!! http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-10/jon-english-dead/7235366 Yet another rock death this year. This is huge for Australia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted March 9, 2016 More details on Jon English coming through. Must have happened quickly if he only advised he had to pull out of that concert on Monday: http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/australian-rock-icon-jon-english-dead-66/2959081/ I always suspected he might have had kidney problems because of those dark rings around his eyes. Three big rock music deaths in three days from an Aussie perspective with Ross Hannaford (Daddy Cool), George Martin and Jon English all going. It really is "the year the music died" now! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
