CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted January 18, 2018 16 minutes ago, Bentrovato said: Actor Peter Wyngarde, star of Department S, dies aged 90 ‘Unique, original and creative’ actor also appeared in Flash Gordon and Doctor Who Press Association Thu 18 Jan 2018 08.27 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jan/18/actor-peter-wyngarde-department-s-dies That's 3 of us that have reported it ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,087 Posted January 18, 2018 6 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said: That's 3 of us that have reported it ! Ooops. Then again he was an icon of the 70s. And probably not dead...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,446 Posted January 18, 2018 That is a shame. Brilliant actor, though one who could make Brian Blessed look restrained at times. As mentioned by many of us in the past, well known for his boozing, and his doctors said he should have died before the age of 60, so to make it to 90 is pretty good going. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,525 Posted January 18, 2018 If you've never heard his album from the 1970s, you've missed out. Here's the toe-tapping smash hit "Rape" 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,580 Posted January 18, 2018 3 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: If you've never heard his album from the 1970s, you've missed out. Here's the toe-tapping smash hit "Rape" Someone played this on their phone at work this morning. Unbelievable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted January 18, 2018 34 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: Someone played this on their phone at work this morning. Unbelievable. Apparently it only got a release because his record company expected it to fail; and they quickly pulled it when it started making a profit. The question is who the fuck was buying it and which lists should they be on? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youwanticewiththat 611 Posted January 18, 2018 3 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said: Someone played this on their phone at work this morning. Unbelievable. 3 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: If you've never heard his album from the 1970s, you've missed out. Here's the toe-tapping smash hit "Rape" Ah to be a woman growing up in the seventies... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted January 18, 2018 41 minutes ago, Youwanticewiththat said: Ah to be a woman growing up in the seventies... I'm sorry for kids growing up now in the witch-hunting 21st century, when almost anything is deemed 'offensive' by somebody, harmless flirting is outlawed and people are vilified for minor misdemeanours 30 or 40 years ago, or have their reputations ruined over unproven allegations. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Deeper 21 Posted January 18, 2018 9 hours ago, Bentrovato said: Actor Peter Wyngarde, star of Department S, dies aged 90 ‘Unique, original and creative’ actor also appeared in Flash Gordon and Doctor Who Press Association Thu 18 Jan 2018 08.27 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jan/18/actor-peter-wyngarde-department-s-dies R.I.P. He released this in 1970. Imagine something like this released nowadays. https://www.discogs.com/Peter-Wyngarde-Peter-Wyngarde-Commits-Rape/release/5846783 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted January 18, 2018 8 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: If you've never heard his album from the 1970s, you've missed out. Here's the toe-tapping smash hit "Rape" I prefer this one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted January 18, 2018 4 hours ago, Toast said: I'm sorry for kids growing up now in the witch-hunting 21st century, when almost anything is deemed 'offensive' by somebody, harmless flirting is outlawed and people are vilified for minor misdemeanours 30 or 40 years ago, or have their reputations ruined over unproven allegations. I'm just wondering Toastie.... What if he had been caught cottaging in 2018 instead of 1975. How would society have seen him now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted January 18, 2018 16 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: I'm just wondering Toastie.... What if he had been caught cottaging in 2018 instead of 1975. How would society have seen him now? Something like this? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted January 18, 2018 8 minutes ago, Grim Up North said: Something like this? Yes, something like that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted January 18, 2018 This reminds me that The Pooka had Wyngarde as his avatar. Fuck, I miss Pookie. Wyngarde will always be Department S and Jason King for me. He was so dapper and Gex Godesque I'm sure he used Tiger piss as aftershave. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted January 18, 2018 Theatre director & co-founder of the RSC, John Barton has died aged 89. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted January 18, 2018 So close.... Almost death by Pope! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,342 Posted January 19, 2018 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-turner/ex-cia-director-stansfield-turner-dead-at-94-served-under-carter-idUSKBN1F806Z Former Director of the CIA Stansfield Turner has died aged 94. Also my first 'hit' in any team this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted January 19, 2018 has Stansfield Turner ever been on the list? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,342 Posted January 19, 2018 35 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said: has Stansfield Turner ever been on the list? He has never been on the official deathlist as far as I can remember. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lewd_Squirrel 331 Posted January 19, 2018 I'm guessing that Peter Wyngarde was the inspiration for Marvel's Mastermind character, he looks like him, & even has the same, or very similar last name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,051 Posted January 20, 2018 I STARTED this year quite well with 2death in 2 WEEKS ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zsa Zsa's leg 884 Posted January 21, 2018 Jim Johannson, a team USA hockey manager dies unexpectedly at 53. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,446 Posted January 22, 2018 Couldn't see a reference elsewhere via search engine, or indeed from a QO yet, but Howard Lew Lewis has died aged 76. Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, Brush Strokes, plus guest spots on Blackadder, Minder, and nearly every other 80s British TV show. One of those faces imo. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted January 22, 2018 1 minute ago, msc said: Couldn't see a reference elsewhere via search engine, or indeed from a QO yet, but Howard Lew Lewis has died aged 76. Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, Brush Strokes, plus guest spots on Blackadder, Minder, and nearly every other 80s British TV show. One of those faces imo. OldWillz was watching Brushstrokes late last year. Had him marked out, but felt (probably wrongly) he was likely to go the way of Zara Nutley and Ronald Hines. Good actor. RIP. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites