Dr_T 254 Posted October 7, 2016 I am an age where I watched Kingswood Country as a kid. Still quote it often, especially when my wife asks "How was your day?" "Bloody shambles of course!" Not the sort of show that you could (or should) make these days but entertaining in its own way. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted October 8, 2016 I am an age where I watched Kingswood Country as a kid. Still quote it often, especially when my wife asks "How was your day?" "Bloody shambles of course!" Not the sort of show that you could (or should) make these days but entertaining in its own way. My dad loved this show. He still quotes it now. Money on the fridge, wog! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr_T 254 Posted October 9, 2016 They have repeated Kingswood Country on the digital channels and I will say it hasn't aged well. They tried making a spin-off in the 90s which they called "Bullpitt!" which didn't last long. I think I only watched it once or twice, but sanitising the show to make it more palatable to the more politically correct audience just made it a very sad imitation of itself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,227 Posted October 13, 2016 Professor Des Ball is dead: http://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/anu-mourns-the-loss-of-professor-des-ball Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted October 24, 2016 This one is a truly awful death. An elderly former member of the Socceroos (Australia's national football team) died when the hospital accidentally plugged his oxygen supply into his catheter, blowing up his bladder: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-24/socceroo-dies-in-hospital-after-bladder-bursts/7959642 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted October 25, 2016 Bruce Goodluck's luck runs out: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-25/bruce-goodluck-long-serving-liberal-tasmanian-mp-dies/7854842 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted October 28, 2016 Yet more quality contenders:Bart Cummings - born 1927 - most famous and successful horse trainer in Australian history. No more annual health check photos. RIP Bart. Yet another big Aussie death for this year: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-30/bart-cummings-dies-aged-87/6735292 Detailed obit now up: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-30/bart-cummings-a-legend-of-his-time/6735314 Now Bart's children are fighting over the inheritance. They are like horses pigs at a feeding trough: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-28/bart-cummings'-children-fight-over-estate/7973878 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted November 6, 2016 Australian personality Maria Venuti hospitalised after massive stroke, as this Daily Mail article states: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3908024/Aussie-entertainer-Maria-Venuti-75-coma-suffering-massive-stroke.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,327 Posted November 6, 2016 Australian personality Maria Venuti hospitalised after massive stroke, as this Daily Mail article states: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3908024/Aussie-entertainer-Maria-Venuti-75-coma-suffering-massive-stroke.html She is Jeanne Littles best friend.Would be ironic is she went first. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted November 12, 2016 Bob Francis is dead at 77 http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/controversial-radio-broadcaster-bob-francis-dies-aged-77/news-story/33f877a4838cb04ad981541f235da110 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted November 12, 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 only one person has died in nearly a year !(Len Maddocks) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhoamI 35 Posted November 26, 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 only one person has died in nearly a year !(Len Maddocks) Bloody terrible if you ask me - thought James would have gone by now for sure; and Famo has been ill since being hit by a car a few yrs ago, but obviously is a tough little bugger!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted December 13, 2016 Two-for-one deal here as writer/broadcaster Anne Deveson dies aged 86, 3. days after her daughter, author Georgia Blain dies aged 51. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted December 13, 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 only one person has died in nearly a year !(Len Maddocks) Bloody terrible if you ask me - thought James would have gone by now for sure; and Famo has been ill since being hit by a car a few yrs ago, but obviously is a tough little bugger!! Yes, it is incredible that Jeanne and Darryl are still holding on. Meanwhile, who could ever have predicted that someone like Jon English would have gone this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhoamI 35 Posted December 29, 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 only one person has died in nearly a year !(Len Maddocks) Bloody terrible if you ask me - thought James would have gone by now for sure; and Famo has been ill since being hit by a car a few yrs ago, but obviously is a tough little bugger!! Yes, it is incredible that Jeanne and Darryl are still holding on. Meanwhile, who could ever have predicted that someone like Jon English would have gone this year. Agree re English. And who knew Anne Deveson was so old. Is it worth putting a list in for next year or not?? My number pick would be Bill Collins..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted December 29, 2016 Yes, go for it. Bob Hawke was a mess earlier this week too, if you saw the news footage of him at the Woodford Folk Festival. Very frail and rambling and he tried to advocate turning Australia into a nuclear waste dump in front of an audience of mostly hippies(!!!) so he is really losing the plot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,459 Posted December 29, 2016 He's meant to have gone down hill considerably since his wife died, Hawke. Whitlam didn't show up on the Deathlist till he was 96, I wouldn't bet on Hawke getting anywhere near that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted December 30, 2016 I think this might have slipped through the cracks but, I just read on another site that two members of Daddy Cool died in the year: Wayne Duncan on Dec 5 Ross Hannaford in March. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted December 30, 2016 I think this might have slipped through the cracks but, I just read on another site that two members of Daddy Cool died in the year: Wayne Duncan on Dec 5 Ross Hannaford in March. We're better than that, both deaths have been reported on the site. Huzzah for us! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted December 30, 2016 I think this might have slipped through the cracks but, I just read on another site that two members of Daddy Cool died in the year: Wayne Duncan on Dec 5 Ross Hannaford in March. We're better than that, both deaths have been reported on the site. Huzzah for us! Pity the search functionality is so lousy though! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,459 Posted December 30, 2016 I mentioned one, and gcreptile nabbed a unique hit on the DDP with the other. Which was one of the calls of the season imo, as nearly every other top 20 team must have gone "yep, he's a goner, but no chance of an obit"... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhoamI 35 Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) AUSSIE LIST FOR 2017 Darrell Eastlake Jeanne Little Bob Hawke Dame Beryl Beaurepaire Betty Cuthbert Ugly Dave Gray Clive James Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Lou Richards Neil Harvey Tamie Fraser Ken Done Graeme Langlands Ben Cousins Sir Ninian Stephen Peter Hollingworth George Pell Marlene Matthews Dawn Fraser Dame Margaret Guilfoyle Edited November 19, 2017 by WhoamI 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted December 31, 2016 Good list overall but I think Pell is foxing the Royal Commission with his "heart condition". I had to look up Langlands as I didn't know who he was (I am from an AFL state originally). Dawn Fraser's death would be a mercy on us all (I can't stand the woman! By contrast, I know someone who once met Betty Cuthbert and says she is a lovely lady.) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhoamI 35 Posted January 1, 2017 Good list overall but I think Pell is foxing the Royal Commission with his "heart condition". I had to look up Langlands as I didn't know who he was (I am from an AFL state originally). Dawn Fraser's death would be a mercy on us all (I can't stand the woman! By contrast, I know someone who once met Betty Cuthbert and says she is a lovely lady.) Cuthbert has been getting full time care now, I believe for a few years. Think the MS might win soon unfortunately. Pell is definitely wishful thinking.... bastard should come home and face the courts, though maybe the Catholic will serve it own verdict and slip something into his wine. Fraser - well she does have a big mouth about some things but also living with her daughter now I think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted January 1, 2017 I was confused! The person my friend met was Glynnis Nunn, not Betty Cuthbert. Glynnis is apparently really nice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
