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John Dunsworth, known for his portrayal of Jim Lahey in the comedy series "Trailer Park Boys" and revered as a brilliant actor with a warm heart, has died at the age of 71.
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4 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

John Dunsworth, known for his portrayal of Jim Lahey in the comedy series "Trailer Park Boys" and revered as a brilliant actor with a warm heart, has died at the age of 71.
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2 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

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Posted earlier in the Canadians thread, but not in this one afaik  So it's fine.

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Out of interest really, death of James Sharkey, actor and theatrical agent announced by his wife: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/218129/sharkey

 

Was in the BBC production of The Moonstone back in the 1950s and was also agent for Christopher Lee, among others.

 

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1621788/

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2 minutes ago, Deadpool said:

RECORD BROKEN!!!!

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34 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

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Stop it. 

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Who was the last name to break the DL record?

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Leni Riefenstahl I believe. 

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Riefenstahl, who actually died (or it was announced) in the middle of a History class discussing her work! Always felt it strange to have a notable Nazi hanger-on still around into my school lifetime.

 

Segovia (87), Sugar Ray (89), Kitty Godfree (92), Erich Honecker (94), Quentin Crisp (99) to complete the list of "record breakers".

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Fittingly enough, if you treat any name that's the first hit of a certain number as a record breaker, rather than just those who broke a previous year's record, then you can consider Roy Castle (the first hit #8) to be one!

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39 minutes ago, Death Impends said:

Fittingly enough, if you treat any name that's the first hit of a certain number as a record breaker, rather than just those who broke a previous year's record, then you can consider Roy Castle (the first hit #8) to be one!

 

A big favourite as a kid, too. Think him dying was the first time the kids TV had to cover that sort of thing here in my lifetime.

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We did it, we did it, we did it. We smashed the record.

I guess they're getting good at picking them out.

I could easily see us breaking 20.

By the way, who the hell is Gordon Downie?

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^ Someone forgot their gimmick.

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Has anyone mentioned the death of actor Trevor Byfield? https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/oct/18/trevor-ziggy-byfield-obituary?CMP=twt_a-culture_b-gdnculture.He was in loads of tv shows like Lewis and Taggart and he had a part in the James Bond film Goldeneye.Also starred in the traffic jam episode of One Foot in the Grave as the annoying playboy

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5 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said:

Has anyone mentioned the death of actor Trevor Byfield? https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/oct/18/trevor-ziggy-byfield-obituary?CMP=twt_a-culture_b-gdnculture I remember him best as the playboy driver from the One Foot in the Grave episode where Victors stuck in a traffic jam

 

One of those faces. Remember a thing in the press about him being injured by a runaway tractor when filming Heartbeat. Knew that show was potentially deadly.

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He's hit #16, for me.

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15 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Not sure how reliable the link is, but it's being reported that Scott Putesky/Daisy Berkowitz has died: https://www.sacurrent.com/sa-sound/archives/2017/10/22/founding-marilyn-manson-band-member-has-died

 

After checking, it seems to be true...

If so... RIP. Seemed like a fine fellow. Very regrettable. And you couldn't have told how bad it was by his social media accounts (didn't check them this week though). 

I picked him more or less based on statistics. And until now, I would have said it was a mistake. But now, and after the earlier similar hits with Joost and Campbell, it's proving its value. 

I've wondered a little about his obitability. But Manson's recent publicity with accident and new album are enough to make me stop worrying.

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I did a brief checkup on him a week or so ago, though failed to check his Twitter account (I could only remember he had a GoFundMe and a public Facebook page) which I've just now visited. He looked very jaundiced in his last selfie there... ouch.

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