Guest Droosy Posted February 15, 2016 Monday bbc1 at 9, has a ten year update on Stephen Fry since the original programme on his battle with bipolarity, manic street preachers etc. Maybe insightful. Afore it airs, he has quit Twitter , again, in a strop over summat. I loved when Rik and Ade made fun of his potentional suicidal trip on a ferry to the Brugges Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,986 Posted February 15, 2016 Shelley Berman (b. 1925) perhaps best-known nowadays for playing Larry David's father on CYE Shelley Berman is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted February 15, 2016 Shelley Berman (b. 1925) perhaps best-known nowadays for playing Larry David's father on CYE Shelley Berman is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. its noted that he was asked to make a public statement only now and not when he was originally diagnosed. Also according to the article he is scrambling quickly to it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Droosy Posted February 15, 2016 Shelley Berman (b. 1925) perhaps best-known nowadays for playing Larry David's father on CYE Shelley Berman is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. its noted that he was asked to make a public statement only now and not when he was originally diagnosed. Also according to the article he is scrambling quickly to it. maybe he totally forgot about it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted February 19, 2016 Pantomime and comedian Brendan Healy dead at 59 after a long battle with cancer: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brendan-healy-dead-comedian-actor-7400581 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,148 Posted February 19, 2016 Pantomime and comedian Brendan Healy dead at 59 after a long battle with cancer: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brendan-healy-dead-comedian-actor-7400581 So in addition to being a comedian he was also a pantomime?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted February 23, 2016 Is he worth a thread of his own? Possibly not, but he is worth watching .. Who? Eddie Izzard that's who. 27 marathons on the bounce is fuckin not 'good' for anyone's health, and the first today has left him feeling like shit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted March 13, 2016 Liverpudlian comedian Mickey Finn has been in hospital for three months, probably seriously ill: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/get-well-soon-show-seriously-10929351 Edit: Woops, already dead: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/tributes-paid-legendary-comedian-mickey-11005760 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,062 Posted March 13, 2016 Liverpudlian comedian Mickey Finn has been in hospital for three months, probably seriously ill: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/get-well-soon-show-seriously-10929351 Read recently he's died. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/tributes-liverpool-comedian-mickey-finn-10983668 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted March 13, 2016 Liverpudlian comedian Mickey Finn has been in hospital for three months, probably seriously ill: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/get-well-soon-show-seriously-10929351 Edit: Woops, already dead: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/tributes-paid-legendary-comedian-mickey-11005760 I legit spent five minutes going but he's a cockney isn't he, I was thinking of Mickey Flannigan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted April 20, 2016 Caroline Aherne does some voice work for an ad: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/cancer-survivor-caroline-aherne-fronts-7798519 I actually didn't know that she has or had all kinds of cancer. She will also speak at the Macmillan Cancer Foundation (?) tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted April 20, 2016 Caroline Aherne does some voice work for an ad: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/cancer-survivor-caroline-aherne-fronts-7798519 I actually didn't know that she has or had all kinds of cancer. She will also speak at the Macmillan Cancer Foundation (?) tomorrow. Hell GC, she's been in the last few years ideas threads , and in a lot of the teams every year. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted April 21, 2016 Victoria Wood dead at 62 http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36094827 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 21, 2016 Victoria Wood dead at 62 http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36094827 Fair enough, it shoulda been posted here, but alas it was posted hours ago in the Deaths of 2016 thread, Guesty. The most basic of searches would've alerted you. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted April 22, 2016 Caroline Aherne does some voice work for an ad: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/cancer-survivor-caroline-aherne-fronts-7798519 I actually didn't know that she has or had all kinds of cancer. She will also speak at the Macmillan Cancer Foundation (?) tomorrow. Hell GC, she's been in the last few years ideas threads , and in a lot of the teams every year. I knew about the lung cancer, but not about the bladder, retina and throat cancer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted April 23, 2016 Caroline Aherne misses another episode of Googlebox: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/7099283/Gogglebox-viewers-express-concern-as-Caroline-Aherne-misses-another-episode-amid-throat-cancer-battle.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 23, 2016 Caroline Aherne does some voice work for an ad:http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/cancer-survivor-caroline-aherne-fronts-7798519 I actually didn't know that she has or had all kinds of cancer. She will also speak at the Macmillan Cancer Foundation (?) tomorrow. Hell GC, she's been in the last few years ideas threads , and in a lot of the teams every year. I knew about the lung cancer, but not about the bladder, retina and throat cancer.I knew about Aherne's lung, bladder, retina and throat cancer, but not that she was a associated with comedy.SC 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,062 Posted April 28, 2016 I think the one to watch from the Hi-di-Hi cast would be Barry Howard (b.1937) who played the professional ballroom dancer he was apparently often seen as a dame in Pantomine alongside John Inman. Allo, Allo it is definitely Sam Kelly. Within 3 years, both gone. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,588 Posted April 28, 2016 I think the one to watch from the Hi-di-Hi cast would be Barry Howard (b.1937) who played the professional ballroom dancer he was apparently often seen as a dame in Pantomine alongside John Inman. Allo, Allo it is definitely Sam Kelly. Within 3 years, both gone. But within those three years he has not been picked for the DDP once. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,062 Posted May 23, 2016 Ah, one of my DDP receives a lifetime achievement award (or as I like to call it, fast tracking fatalness). http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/arts/news/stanley-baxter-lands-lifetime-achievement-award-1-3677055 I think that Journalists should be banned from using the word Veteren (except to describe people who fought in a specific conflict) and replace it with Expected to die soon.... Stanley turns 90 tomorrow, amazed he doesn't have his own thread. Anyway, here's a recent interview referring to his shot spine and knee replacements and a lovely pic of him with Ronnie Corbett. Doesn't sound like he's joining him soon, but a lot of year to go: http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/14506696._I_wake_up_and_check_the_obituaries_in_the_paper__If_I___m_not_listed__I_get_up__Stanley_Baxter_on_turning_90/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219 Posted May 23, 2016 Ah, one of my DDP receives a lifetime achievement award (or as I like to call it, fast tracking fatalness). http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/arts/news/stanley-baxter-lands-lifetime-achievement-award-1-3677055 I think that Journalists should be banned from using the word Veteren (except to describe people who fought in a specific conflict) and replace it with Expected to die soon.... Stanley turns 90 tomorrow, amazed he doesn't have his own thread. Anyway, here's a recent interview referring to his shot spine and knee replacements and a lovely pic of him with Ronnie Corbett. Doesn't sound like he's joining him soon, but a lot of year to go: http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/14506696._I_wake_up_and_check_the_obituaries_in_the_paper__If_I___m_not_listed__I_get_up__Stanley_Baxter_on_turning_90/ Now that's stirred up some memories! I used to fucking HATE his 'Specials'.......... Fairs fair, he is looking very dapper, good on him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted May 23, 2016 Looks dapper for 90. Got a few years left in him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted May 23, 2016 Ah, one of my DDP receives a lifetime achievement award (or as I like to call it, fast tracking fatalness). http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/arts/news/stanley-baxter-lands-lifetime-achievement-award-1-3677055 I think that Journalists should be banned from using the word Veteren (except to describe people who fought in a specific conflict) and replace it with Expected to die soon.... Stanley turns 90 tomorrow, amazed he doesn't have his own thread. Anyway, here's a recent interview referring to his shot spine and knee replacements and a lovely pic of him with Ronnie Corbett. Doesn't sound like he's joining him soon, but a lot of year to go: http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/14506696._I_wake_up_and_check_the_obituaries_in_the_paper__If_I___m_not_listed__I_get_up__Stanley_Baxter_on_turning_90/ Nothing to stop you creating one. I also thought he had one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 30, 2016 Irving Benson, one of the last survivors of vaudeville and burlesque and a comic who made a career out of playing the Milton Berle wiseguy heckler Sidney Spritzer, has died. He was 102. He died May 19, 2016. SC http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/irving-benson-dead-vaudeville-survivor-897441 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted May 31, 2016 Carla Lane dies. http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/736/cpsprodpb/15364/production/_89848868_89848867.jpg Television writer Carla Lane, who created shows including 1980s Liverpool sitcom Bread, has died aged 87. Lane, who was born in Liverpool and later became known for her animal rights activism, also wrote Butterflies and co-wrote The Liver Birds. Bread, which focused on the extended Boswell family, aired for seven series between 1986 and 1991. The Liver Birds aired from 1969 to 1979 - and once again in 1996 - while Butterflies aired from 1978 to 1983. Bread followed the working class Boswell family as they struggled through the city's high unemployment and poor prospects in the late 1980s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
