ThePrematureBurial 224 Posted January 9, 2018 American broadcast journalist Barbara Walters has not been seen in public since July 2016. She is hold captive in her own home, according to Radar online. She shows signs of dementia, broke her hip a couple of months ago & is wheelchair-bound. https://radaronline.com/celebrity-news/barbara-walters-held-captive-home-bad-health/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,118 Posted January 9, 2018 Just now, ThePrematureBurial said: American broadcast journalist Barbara Walters has not been seen in public since July 2016. She is hold captive in her own home, according to Radar online. She shows signs of dementia, broke her hip a couple of months ago & is wheelchair-bound. https://radaronline.com/celebrity-news/barbara-walters-held-captive-home-bad-health/ I'll trust the National Enquirer look alike on this one... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThePrematureBurial 224 Posted January 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: I'll trust the National Enquirer look alike on this one... Don't underestimate them. They were the ones who published Mel Gibson's phone calls a couple of years ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted January 9, 2018 4 hours ago, ThePrematureBurial said: Don't underestimate them. They were the ones who published Mel Gibson's phone calls a couple of years ago. Why would Mel Gibson be calling Barbara Walters? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zsa Zsa's leg 748 Posted January 21, 2018 John Coleman, founder of The Weather Channel has died at 83. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted January 22, 2018 I can’t fucking believe you didn’t say ‘he was feeling under the weather’ or summat. Set up on a tee and you still miss. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,938 Posted January 28, 2018 Cliff White at 72, journo for NME and Smash Hits. http://www.yellowad.co.uk/article.cfm?id=130051&headline=Grammy-winning Ilford writer Cliff White - who interviewed Marvin Gaye%2C Michael Jackson and James Brown - has died. YA chief reporter Charles Thomson pays tribute to his friend.§ionIs=news&searchyear=2018 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,938 Posted January 29, 2018 Robert Parry at 68, famous for fucking Olly North in his big fat Nazi arse. Did the CIA assassination manual leek, and the contra/CIA drugs to america stories. http://www.startribune.com/investigative-journalist-robert-parry-dies-at-68/471569844/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted January 31, 2018 Haim Gouri, the renowned writer and journalist considered one of Israel's most important intellectual thinkers, died Wednesday at the age of 94. Gouri received several of Israel's highest accolades for his work as a writer and poet, including the Bialik Prize and the Israel Prize. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted February 9, 2018 John Lahey has died, aged 88. John was one of the best known newspapermen in Melbourne. Most of his work was behind-the-scenes as a chief sub-editor, but he was widely known to the Melbourne public through his column Lahey at Large which ran in The Age during the 1980s and '90s. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,123 Posted February 9, 2018 Edward Pearce, British political journalist who was lead writer for The Daily Express (1977-1979), The Daily Telegraph (1979-1987) and The Guardian (1990-1995), has reportedly died aged 79. He also contributed to The Times and caused considerable controversy after a particularly offensive article in the wake of the Hillsborough disaster. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,200 Posted February 20, 2018 Well, about 2017 leftovers... Simon Ricketts was in intensive care a couple of weeks ago. Recovering for now, and it seems he has won this round. But for the next time, I'm not so sure... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted February 20, 2018 8 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Well, about 2017 leftovers... Simon Ricketts was in intensive care a couple of weeks ago. Recovering for now, and it seems he has won this round. But for the next time, I'm not so sure... Oh, that was always going to be the case. He was recovering from an operation which, as he mentioned on his blog, would leave him in intensive care 'for about four days', that's why I picked him in the Deathrace, just in case the operation went awry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,200 Posted February 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, The Dead Cow said: Oh, that was always going to be the case. He was recovering from an operation which, as he mentioned on his blog, would leave him in intensive care 'for about four days', that's why I picked him in the Deathrace, just in case the operation went awry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,707 Posted February 21, 2018 Word on the tweet has John Pitman, former BBC reporter/journalist, gone aged 78. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,905 Posted February 21, 2018 44 minutes ago, msc said: Word on the tweet has John Pitman, former BBC reporter/journalist, gone aged 78. Ah, the man on the Sheena Easton thingies... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,707 Posted February 22, 2018 Ian Aitken, former political editor of The Guardian and Tribune writer, aged 90. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted February 23, 2018 Ray Sasser, who spent more than four decades as the outdoors writer/columnist, died Wednesday in a Dallas hospital. He was 69. He had been battling lymphoma for the last eight years. His final column for The (Dallas Morning) News appeared in the Jan. 21 print edition. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted March 3, 2018 William Borders, a former foreign correspondent who rose to senior editing positions at The New York Times in a 46-year career there, died on Wednesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 79. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,200 Posted March 3, 2018 Guardian columnist Michele Hanson: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/mar/03/michele-hanson-warm-witty-much-loved-columnist-dies-guardian 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 5,609 Posted March 6, 2018 Ex Breakfast presenter Bill Turnbull not feeling too good. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43293328?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 9,979 Posted March 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Paul Bearer said: Ex Breakfast presenter Bill Turnbull not feeling too good. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43293328?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook "Can't plan beyond 12 years" so unlikely DDP Drop 40 next year His former colleague had a double mastectomy - d'ya think there were some toxic chemicals in that on set sofa? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,565 Posted March 6, 2018 1 hour ago, maryportfuncity said: "Can't plan beyond 12 years" Yeah I'm not sure at 62 exactly what plans beyond 12 years you make other than holding some money back but as a retired BBC Breakfast presenter I doubt money is an issue anyways. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,018 Posted March 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Grim Up North said: Yeah I'm not sure at 62 exactly what plans beyond 12 years you make other than holding some money back but as a retired BBC Breakfast presenter I doubt money is an issue anyways. watching grand kids grow up? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
