Vinegar Tits 606 Posted October 16, 2019 Sad though inevitable news, though she well to survive as long as she did. She was one of the very few actors I never met on Emmerdale, mainly because most of her filming was done on location at the Harewood set, but she was by all accounts a lovely person and I never heard anyone say a bad word about her. Indeed, she was a favourite of quite a lot of the staff as despite being, certainly for a time, probably the most famous and best-known character in the soap, she never let it go to her head and there were no airs and graces with other actors, staff or fans, with whom she was particularly generous with her time. I'm not a fan of the hippy-dippy new age stuff but if it gave her hope and positivity after such a grim prognosis then I'm glad it helped her live out her remaining time with contemplative happiness, gratitude of life and peace of mind. RIP 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 606 Posted October 16, 2019 1 hour ago, msc said: In among the tributes, just learnt she was daughter of assistant director David Bracknell who worked on the Indiana Jones films and many British ones Most famously was second unit director of the 'Battle Of Britain' film action scenes. Ooh, I'd forgotten she was my main team joker! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,521 Posted October 16, 2019 Gonna go with the 29th for the DDP update just to get the tables sorted, will change later if needs be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiroemonKimura 95 Posted October 16, 2019 Wow, poor lady, can't imagine having to suffer such a terrible cancer for 3 years. Rest in peace. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JTrost1234 21 Posted October 16, 2019 someone younger than me has died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted October 16, 2019 Edit, can't add up. Condolences. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted October 16, 2019 Guess this is my last chance to share my art work of Leah Bracknell as a Blood. Took me a whole 2 minutes in Microsoft Paint. So she died way back in September and just announced today? That's rather odd. Wouldn't be as shocking for an elderly, low-profile celebrity... but she was in the news a lot and still relevant. I hope we all agree that we need not go back to the ''XXth poll of 2019'' threads and correct them chronologically for this pre-Baker, possibly pre-Chirac (if the 29th death date is false) DL death. After two years of having her on the DDP, I dropped her and Greg Gilbert and thought I was gonna eke out the year with them still living. Not the case for one of them. Now if Greggy dies too I'll be mad... I fell down a few spots too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,087 Posted October 17, 2019 Who are the Ricksens and Bracknells of next year? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,315 Posted October 17, 2019 Just now, Youth in Asia said: Who are the Ricksens and Bracknells of next year? Gulpilil Trebek Smullen Turnbull P-Orridge Alagiah Sam Lloyd Bader Ginsburg ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted October 17, 2019 Peter Falk has Alzheimer’s disease Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 17, 2019 4 hours ago, Youth in Asia said: Who are the Ricksens and Bracknells of next year? What does that mean and I'll tell you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted October 17, 2019 9 hours ago, RadGuy said: Guess this is my last chance to share my art work of Leah Bracknell as a Blood. Took me a whole 2 minutes in Microsoft Paint. So she died way back in September and just announced today? That's rather odd. Wouldn't be as shocking for an elderly, low-profile celebrity... but she was in the news a lot and still relevant. I hope we all agree that we need not go back to the ''XXth poll of 2019'' threads and correct them chronologically for this pre-Baker, possibly pre-Chirac (if the 29th death date is false) DL death. After two years of having her on the DDP, I dropped her and Greg Gilbert and thought I was gonna eke out the year with them still living. Not the case for one of them. Now if Greggy dies too I'll be mad... I fell down a few spots too. Re the death date - Wiki only has September , at some point surely the family will say when or it'll come out by way of a public doc Relevant if only because she had quite a following on the HPDP where such things are crucial Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elvis is alive! 76 Posted October 17, 2019 They probably did not want to announce her death till after her funeral. Thats my guess anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted October 17, 2019 28 minutes ago, Elvis is alive! said: They probably did not want to announce her death till after her funeral. Thats my guess anyway. Aye, s'funny because with the lack of Leah action I thought something smelled funny around this thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted October 17, 2019 10 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said: Aye, s'funny because with the lack of Leah action I thought something smelled funny around this thread That was all the premium Bracknell ganja. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Life Is Beautiful 716 Posted October 17, 2019 It's eery how we spent 20 days discussing her here without knowing she was already dead. RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,391 Posted October 17, 2019 14 hours ago, Sean said: Gulpilil Trebek Smullen Turnbull P-Orridge Alagiah Sam Lloyd Bader Ginsburg ? That’s a long name 4 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted October 17, 2019 Anyone got an exact date for her death? All I can find, and I can admit my glance is cursory, is 'September' which is about as much use as a chocolate fireplace for the Hare's Pool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted October 17, 2019 It’s still unclear when she died, although I think we can safely say that she was alive at least up to September 10th due to this being her last tweet: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bladan 293 Posted October 17, 2019 The Grim Reaper is back to his old tricks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted October 17, 2019 16 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: It’s still unclear when she died, although I think we can safely say that she was alive at least up to September 10th due to this being her last tweet: You can schedule a tweet in advance (as a celeb with busy commitments this is something Bracknell could have done). There was a recent case of a that Conservative youth lass who scheduled her suicide note to be tweeted after she'd committed suicide, so a tweet from someone's account is not in itself proof they were alive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted October 17, 2019 29 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: It’s still unclear when she died, although I think we can safely say that she was alive at least up to September 10th due to this being her last tweet: You get the best chance of surviving cancer if it is diagnosed early. I can tell you from personal experience that staff shortages have fuck all to do with poor early diagnosis, fucking useless GPs and consultants do. Even when she was dying she was on the wrong sodding train. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted October 17, 2019 33 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: You get the best chance of surviving cancer if it is diagnosed early. I can tell you from personal experience that staff shortages have fuck all to do with poor early diagnosis, fucking useless GPs and consultants do. Even when she was dying she was on the wrong sodding train. I agree with you to an extent, GPs reluctance to refer people is an issue... But presumably (given recent personal experience with NHS waiting times); if there is more staff and more equipment; waiting times should come down which would increase the possibility of early diagnosis (as consultants would not be pressurised to repeatedly avoid referring people who actually need to go to the hospital as they are now) rather than living in eternal limbo land waiting for appointments and having to chase them up every time you get told you should get an appointment in X weeks. I think both you and Leah are (were) arguing the same fatal flaw in our system just at different angles on it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted October 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Kinnock said: I agree with you to an extent, GPs reluctance to refer people is an issue... But presumably (given recent personal experience with NHS waiting times); if there is more staff and more equipment; waiting times should come down which would increase the possibility of early diagnosis (as consultants would not be pressurised to repeatedly avoid referring people who actually need to go to the hospital as they are now) rather than living in eternal limbo land waiting for appointments and having to chase them up every time you get told you should get an appointment in X weeks. I think both you and Leah are (were) arguing the same fatal flaw in our system just at different angles on it. Ever the diplomat. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted October 17, 2019 What does numerology say @bladan did she go to the Burnie hot or is she up there now passing the bong with the apostles? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
