Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted May 23, 2021 Fucking hell, I know that it gets a bit tedious in here but let's not let it get all Twittery for taking offence with the odd outdated term/insult/term of endearment. Remember, this is DL and If I think Toastie has a fanny that looks like a badly packed kebab, I'm sure she will not take offence and just tell me to piss off, or summat. Ya, know? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,129 Posted May 23, 2021 45 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: If I think Toastie has a fanny that looks like a badly packed kebab, I'm sure she will not take offence and just tell me to piss off, or summat. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 23, 2021 7 hours ago, Toast said: You asked his age. I offered a clue. And you clearly missed the point of his closing sentence. And what would that have been? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,129 Posted May 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: And what would that have been? Parody. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted June 30, 2021 Paul Koulak, French composer of France's 1973 entry Sans Toi has reportedly died: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://www.leprogres.fr/culture-loisirs/2021/06/30/les-obseques-de-paul-koulak-compositeur-de-la-musique-de-fort-boyard-auront-lieu-a-saint-chamond&prev=search&pto=aue He also did all the music including the credits music for Fort Boyard. Anyway, here's Martine Clemenceau: IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1065753/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted July 6, 2021 Apparently former Uriah Heep singer John Lawton was part of the 1976 Eurovision entry for Germany, the Les Humphries Singers. Lawton reportedly died at the end of last month: https://blabbermouth.net/news/former-uriah-heep-singer-john-lawton-dead-at-74/ I'll go out on a limb here and suggest he's far right in this clip from the Contest - not Germany's finest hour, but I think they were jumping on the previous winner from Netherlands: Edit: Comments in YT suggest the guy in blue in the clip is John Lawton. Well, I had a 25 per cent chance of guessing right. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted July 14, 2021 On 10/04/2021 at 10:13, YoungWillz said: Shay Healy, who wrote What's Another Year, winning song for Ireland and Johnny Logan, dead at 78: https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2021/0410/1208960-shay-healy/ Obituary for Colin Tully who has died aged 66 from cancer: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jul/14/colin-tully-obituary Provided the backing (saxaphone) for Logan on What's Another Year, fast becoming a cursed song. Tully also did the music for two notable films, That Sinking Feeling and Gregory's Girl. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,695 Posted July 21, 2021 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt-Eric_Holmquist Curt-Eric Holmquist dead at 73 from leukemia, conductor of the 1984 winning entry Diggi-loo Diggi-ley. Composer Torgny Söderberg (1944-2022) and the singers, the three Herrey brothers are still alive. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted July 21, 2021 41 minutes ago, arghton said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt-Eric_Holmquist Curt-Eric Holmquist dead at 73 from leukemia, conductor of the 1984 winning entry Diggi-loo Diggi-ley. Composer Torgny Söderberg (b. 1944) and the singers, the three Herrey brothers are still alive. Gives me an opportunity to watch it again. Which I do at least once a month. I have sung it at Karaoke in the Swedish. I shall also do that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted September 1, 2021 On 24/10/2020 at 11:49, gcreptile said: German-Italian singer Nino De Angelo, Germany's 1989 ESC entry, says he has COPD and maybe 5 years left to live: https://m.bild.de/bild-plus/unterhaltung/leute/leute/nino-de-angelo-unheilbar-lungenkrank-ich-habe-nur-noch-fuenf-jahre-73562896,view=conversionToLogin.bildMobile.html He's a precarious existence. Bankruptcies, lymphoma in the 90s, confessed cocaine user and obsessive gambler. Nino De Angelo was supposed to perform last weekend - got replaced: https://www.schlagerradio.de/wie-krank-ist-nino-de-angelo Apart from the COPD, two cancer fights, bad lifestyle, he also had two heart bypass surgeries in recent years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted September 11, 2021 6 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Maria Mendiola can no longer boogie as the Baccara singer is reported dead: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=https://www.gp.se/kultur/kultur/maria-mendiola-fr%C3%A5n-gruppen-baccara-har-g%C3%A5tt-bort-69-%C3%A5r-gammal-1.54673008&prev=search&pto=aue Cross posting Maria Mendiola's death here. The group represented Luxembourg in 1978 with Parlez-Vous Francais?: 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted September 20, 2021 Marina Tucakovic, Yugoslavian born Serbian who provided the lyrics for three Serbian entries in 2010, 2012 and 2013, has died of COVID aged 67: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sr&u=https://www.danas.rs/scena/preminula-marina-tucakovic/&prev=search&pto=aue Piet Veerman's Dutch hit, Sailin' Home, was a translation of one of her songs. Best placed finish for her was 2012, finishing third with Nije Ljubav Stvar: 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,551 Posted September 21, 2021 Claude Lombard, who represented Belgium in 1968 with the song "Quand tu reviendras", has died at age 76. The song finished joined 7th place out of 17 entries. She returned to Eurovision in 1973, albeit as a backing singer, for that year's Belgian entry "Baby Baby" performed by Nicole & Hugo. Although this finished in last place in the voting, the song, and particularly the performance, has since assumed iconic status in the Eurovision fan community. https://www.ladepeche.fr/2021/09/21/mort-de-la-chanteuse-claude-lombard-reine-des-generiques-de-series-animees-des-annees-1980-9803544.php 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,912 Posted September 29, 2021 Hayko, who represented Armenia at Eurovision 2007, dead at 44 from the harmless cold they call COVID. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted September 29, 2021 1 hour ago, drol said: Hayko, who represented Armenia at Eurovision 2007, dead at 44 from the harmless cold they call COVID. Finished 8th in the Grand Final with Anytime You Need. You know how plastic bags and bits of loo roll find their way onto trees? It's that one. Terry Wogan made a rather unfortunate reference to a Red Indian in commentary. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted November 8, 2021 Franck Olivier, Belgian born singer part of the multi-lingual group The Internationals, including some British interest, that represented Luxembourg at the 1985 contest, reportedly dead aged 72, certain other sources quote liver cancer: https://www-telesambre-be.translate.goog/le-chanteur-franck-olivier-est-decede?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=nui,sc IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1491415/ Finishing 13th with Children, Kinder, Enfants, which at the time I thought rather jolly: He does some rather "almost" rapping, which is endearing or annoying, depending on your taste. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 8, 2021 Although it's becoming more and more of a long shot to win in 2021, I'm not yet done. I had Franck Olivier, the Belgian singer who now becomes part of the 'Curse of the Eurovision' (which is also where an obit link can be found). He was a solo, worth 13 points (8+5). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted November 8, 2021 1 minute ago, alt obits guy said: Although it's becoming more and more of a long shot to win in 2021, I'm not yet done. I had Franck Olivier, the Belgian singer who now becomes part of the 'Curse of the Eurovision' (which is also where an obit link can be found). He was a solo, worth 13 points (8+5). Say what? Wrong place posting? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 8, 2021 Just now, YoungWillz said: Say what? Wrong place posting? I don't know how it got here, I was in the right place. Oh well, just ignore and I will post it where it belongs. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted November 21, 2021 Edmundo Silva, part of the group Os Amigos who represented Portugal in the 1977 Contest with Portugal no Coracao, finishing 14th, being reported dead aged 81 or 82 depending where you read: .https://e--festivalpt-pt.translate.goog/faleceu-edmundo-silva-os-amigos-esc-1977/?_x_tr_sl=pt&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=nui,sc Sort of a Eurovision supergroup with many participants of other Eurovisions. The contest was of course held in London, hosted by Angela Rippon and Portugal's song immediately preceded the UK entry Rock Bottom, which as we all know was the time when the UK didn't finish rock bottom. Anyhow, you'll be wanting the tune: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,745 Posted November 21, 2021 18 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Edmundo Silva, part of the group Os Amigos who represented Portugal in the 1977 Contest with Portugal no Coracao, finishing 14th, being reported dead aged 81 or 82 depending where you read: .https://e--festivalpt-pt.translate.goog/faleceu-edmundo-silva-os-amigos-esc-1977/?_x_tr_sl=pt&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=nui,sc Sort of a Eurovision supergroup with many participants of other Eurovisions. The contest was of course held in London, hosted by Angela Rippon and Portugal's song immediately preceded the UK entry Rock Bottom, which as we all know was the time when the UK didn't finish rock bottom. In the last round of the Scavenger Hunt, I picked no less than 3 half-decent shouts from Portuguese entries. He was not one of them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,880 Posted November 21, 2021 Dickie Rock who finished 4th for Ireland in the 1966 contest retires from singing at the age of 85 due to Hearing Loss 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted November 21, 2021 3 hours ago, DCI Frank Burnside said: Dickie Rock who finished 4th for Ireland in the 1966 contest retires from singing at the age of 85 due to Hearing Loss Sounds more like a porn actor. 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sideik 236 Posted November 21, 2021 10 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: Sounds more like a porn actor. It should have been Rockie Dick 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,695 Posted November 28, 2021 On 24/04/2021 at 21:38, arghton said: Alive pre-2000 eurovision contestants for Finland are (no bands included): 1962 - Marion Rung (b. 1945). 1963 - Laila Halme (b. 1934). 1965 - Viktor Klimenko (b. 1942). 1966 - Ann-Christine (b. 1944). 1968 - Kristiina Hautala (b. 1948). 1969 - Jaakko Antikainen (b. 1950) and Laura Ruotsalo (b. 1949). 1971 - Markku Aro (b. 1950), Anja Koivisto (b. 1946) and Anneli Koivisto (b. 1943). 1972 - Kim Floor (b. 1948). 1973 - Marion Rung, again. 1974 - Carita Holmström (b. 1954). 1977 - Monica Aspelund (b. 1946). 1979 - Katri Helena (b. 1945). 1980 - Vesa-Matti Loiri (b. 1945). 1982 - Kojo (b. 1953). 1983 - Ami Aspelund (b. 1953). 1985 - Sonja Lumme (b. 1961). 1986 - Kari Kuivalainen (b. 1960). 1987 - Vicky Rosti (b. 1958). 1989 - Anneli Saaristo (b. 1949). 1991 - Kaija Kärkinen (b. 1962). 1996 - Jasmine (b. 1976). Laila Halme isn't in public much nowadays. Ann-Christine lives in Sweden nowadays, not in public much and looks bad. Same for Kristiina Hautala, who however is in good condition apparently. Same for Jaakko and Laura. Katri Helena and Vesa-Matti Loiri have had health problems (Loiri has had a ton of them, Helena is a smoker and has kidney problems) Kojo has had alcohol problems. Vicky Rosti has a history of bad habits, Anneli Saaristo has diabetes and has had a sleeping pill addiction. https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihdeuutiset/a/ff1aee71-0009-4a0f-b80c-a99dbb7c31ea Laila Halme dead at the age of 87. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
