Thatcher 2,377 Posted January 9, 2018 Donnelly Rhodes (IMDb), a Canadian character actor, has died aged 80. He appeared in TV shows such as Battlestar Galactica, Da Vinci's Inquest, Murder She Wrote and Soap. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,531 Posted January 10, 2018 On Monday, January 08, 2018 at 19:06, Thatcher said: Donnelly Rhodes (IMDb), a Canadian character actor, has died aged 80. He appeared in TV shows such as Battlestar Galactica, Da Vinci's Inquest, Murder She Wrote and Soap. I remember him more from his role in Soap. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Exu 250 Posted January 10, 2018 Former Liverpool shot stopper Tommy Lawrence aka the flying pig has died Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RIP Wee Jum 1,559 Posted January 11, 2018 Former Dundee footballer John McGlashan dies aged 50 https://www.scotsman.com/regions/dundee-tayside/former-dundee-footballer-john-mcglashan-dies-aged-50-1-4658315 Sad news, he was a good guy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,084 Posted January 11, 2018 Not sure this belongs here. But Aussie flu and the sudden increase in flu in the UK this week might help get some people off to a flying start this year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42652675 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,630 Posted January 11, 2018 On 10/01/2018 at 11:54, Exu said: Former Liverpool shot stopper Tommy Lawrence aka the flying pig has died Ah yes - I'd forgotten. Of course he was the flying pig for a while - until Carlisle signed Joe Laidlaw and he combined a thinly disguised beer gut with an uncanny ability to head in goals. For those unfamiliar with Laidlaw it is worth noting he spent some of his post football years trunding along a wire high in the air as Pink Floyd played on stage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,426 Posted January 12, 2018 Hearing Bella Emberg (actress) has died aged 80. Link to follow (or apology given death reports this week!) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted January 12, 2018 Oh a name from the past - RIP if she has gone. Here is an article interviewing her from middle of last year. “A lot of people think I’m dead anyway,” adds tiny, chuckling 79-year-old Bella And it sounds like now a lot of people are right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,426 Posted January 12, 2018 A bunch of creative in the know types posting about it on Facebook, so I think it could be true. Obit might be a few days off though, as tends to be the case with old school actors/actresses - the nerds hear well ahead of the press! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted January 12, 2018 2 hours ago, msc said: Hearing Bella Emberg (actress) has died aged 80. Link to follow (or apology given death reports this week!) I'll wager it's a hoax or a blunder; woman is still alive. She's a superheroine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,426 Posted January 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, Cat O'Falk said: I'll wager it's a hoax or a blunder; woman is still alive. She's a superheroine. Possibly, though the Music Hall lot (I changed the broken link) are the lot who broke the news of Jimmy Perry's death in 2016. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,019 Posted January 12, 2018 Can guarantee this is true now: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted January 13, 2018 It's a great loss to British showbusiness.Few people appreciate what a great actress and singer she was, as well as comedienne. Many people will be saddened and distressed to hear this news. RIP PS her death must have been sudden because she was scheduled to appear in 3 episodes of a new tv series starring Idris Elba this year http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256082/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t9 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted January 13, 2018 Just saw the unveiling of a statue for former Glasgow player Fernando Ricksen at his former club Fortuna Sittard in the Netherlands. As is well known over here he is suffering from ALS. He was not looking very well I can tell. He couldn't comment on what was happening so I think his speech is more or less gone now. I think he should have been included in the Top50 on the front page. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted January 13, 2018 1 minute ago, Whitehouse said: Just saw the unveiling of a statue for former Glasgow player Fernando Ricksen at his former club Fortuna Sittard in the Netherlands. As is well known over here he is suffering from ALS. He was not looking very well I can tell. He couldn't comment on what was happening so I think his speech is more or less gone now. I think he should have been included in the Top50 on the front page. But he's not dead yet, is he? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted January 13, 2018 1 minute ago, Joey Russ said: But he's not dead yet, is he? No one in the top 50 is.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted January 13, 2018 7 minutes ago, Whitehouse said: No one in the top 50 is.... That still doesn't change that he isn't dead. This easily could've been posted Idea and possibilities thread or one of the sports thread... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philheybrookbay 439 Posted January 13, 2018 5 hours ago, CoffinLodger said: It's a great loss to British showbusiness.Few people appreciate what a great actress and singer she was, as well as comedienne. Many people will be saddened and distressed to hear this news. RIP PS her death must have been sudden because she was scheduled to appear in 3 episodes of a new tv series starring Idris Elba this year http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256082/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t9 She appears on the titles of the 1970s comedy Man About the House as a traffic warden when the 3 characters park a car to go to the zoo. Im full of useless facts. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,084 Posted January 13, 2018 Russ Abbot next then. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42671503 Goodbye Blunder Woman. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heef 166 Posted January 13, 2018 The Russ Abbot show was fucking awful. Really shows the diabolical standard of mainstream comedy in the 80s. Still, Emberg was an icon of the time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted January 13, 2018 48 minutes ago, Heef said: Still, Emberg was an icon of the time And shares a birthday with another curvy beauty who is also an icon of her time 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted January 13, 2018 Man walks into a bar *ooof* , an iron bar is my only memory about the Russ Abbott show, bar Blunderwoman and the See you jimmy shite that lfn based his Life on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted January 13, 2018 4 hours ago, charon said: Man walks into a bar *ooof* , an iron bar is my only memory about the Russ Abbott show, bar Blunderwoman and the See you jimmy shite that lfn based his Life on. Never!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted January 13, 2018 Sweaty sock.... Unqoute Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,565 Posted January 13, 2018 16 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Can guarantee this is true now: Missed opportunity for the headline Massive Bella End 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
