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On The One Show this evening. Sounds good, looks okay... he's taking part in a new "Parkinson at 50" programme with the BBC. 

Think he has a couple of years left in him yet.

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24 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

On The One Show this evening. Sounds good, looks okay... he's taking part in a new "Parkinson at 50" programme with the BBC. 

Think he has a couple of years left in him yet.

He's outlived many of his most favourite guests such as George Best and Muhammad Ali. I wonder who'll go first out of Parky and Billy Connolly (another favourite guest)?

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8 minutes ago, Deathrace said:

He's outlived many of his most favourite guests such as George Best and Muhammad Ali. I wonder who'll go first out of Parky and Billy Connolly (another favourite guest)?


Well one of them was an alcoholic with liver failure and the other two have/had Parkinson's disease, so given that MP's only major complaint was prostate cancer (which seems to be cured/under control), I wouldn't be surprised if he outlives Connolly too.

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3 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

On The One Show this evening. Sounds good, looks okay... he's taking part in a new "Parkinson at 50" programme with the BBC. 
Think he has a couple of years left in him yet.

 

Aren't they about 40 years too late for that? :lol:

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On 05/08/2021 at 19:20, Ulitzer95 said:

On The One Show this evening. Sounds good, looks okay... he's taking part in a new "Parkinson at 50" programme with the BBC. 

Think he has a couple of years left in him yet.

Watching this now, not sure how long ago it was recorded but looks (and sounds) like there's plenty of life left in him.

 

Not so most of the guests, sadly.

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All this talk of him being aged now, here's an actual pic from the documentary. I mean, yes, he has aged, and his voice is weaker than it once was, but that's by Parkinson's standards. By someone being 88 86 years old in general, he's not doing too bad...

 

 

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He has the haunted look of a man who has reviewed his career before the obituary.

 

Just my opinion of course.

 

He's made my main team for next year, and screw the uniques.

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27 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

He has the haunted look of a man who has reviewed his career before the obituary.

 

Just my opinion of course.

 

He's made my main team for next year, and screw the uniques.

And that was a flattering screenshot!

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5 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

He is 87 FFS!

How do you expect him to look?

As an aside, has Diego liked all of your posts?

It may well be the only time anybody has.

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1 hour ago, The Old Crem said:

He looks better than he has for the last 2 _3 years :. He is looking quite old which he is but still sharp and isn't looking any thinner older of frailer than before if anything he looks less frail than he did in 2020.

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Appeared on GMB this morning.

 

 

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Does anyone have any idea why Parkinson was selected by the Committee for this year’s DeathList? 

 

Sure a bit frail, but he could easily make 90. There were so so many other possibilities that would have been more worth his position (Field, Alagiah, Flack, Napolitano, Caine, Spencer, Irwin, Vialli especially). 

 

Does anyone here support Parkinson’s inclusion on the 2023 DL?

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1 hour ago, The Daredevil said:

Does anyone have any idea why Parkinson was selected by the Committee for this year’s DeathList? 

 

Sure a bit frail, but he could easily make 90. There were so so many other possibilities that would have been more worth his position (Field, Alagiah, Flack, Napolitano, Caine, Spencer, Irwin, Vialli especially). 

 

Does anyone here support Parkinson’s inclusion on the 2023 DL?

I’ll tell you in 364 days’  time

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1 hour ago, The Daredevil said:

Does anyone have any idea why Parkinson was selected by the Committee for this year’s DeathList? 

 

Sure a bit frail, but he could easily make 90. There were so so many other possibilities that would have been more worth his position (Field, Alagiah, Flack, Napolitano, Caine, Spencer, Irwin, Vialli especially). 

 

Does anyone here support Parkinson’s inclusion on the 2023 DL?

I actually think it's a fair pick given he has experienced a few serious health scares the last five years. I do agree that George Alagiah and Frank Field should be on the list. I would have swapped out Duvall and Marianne Faithful. 

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10 hours ago, The Daredevil said:

Does anyone have any idea why Parkinson was selected by the Committee for this year’s DeathList? 

 

Sure a bit frail, but he could easily make 90. There were so so many other possibilities that would have been more worth his position (Field, Alagiah, Flack, Napolitano, Caine, Spencer, Irwin, Vialli especially). 

 

Does anyone here support Parkinson’s inclusion on the 2023 DL?

I guess I have to say so yes. He is on my own DL this year :)

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1 hour ago, Miranda lass said:

I guess I have to say so yes. He is on my own DL this year :)

was a consideration for my own list. decided agaisnt approx 2 weeks before 2023

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12 hours ago, The Daredevil said:

Does anyone here support Parkinson’s inclusion on the 2023 DL?

 

I do. I'm sure we all have names we would prefer but Parky looks awful, very different even to his pre-pandemic self.

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Does he still pick his nose?

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On 01/01/2023 at 06:13, The Daredevil said:

Does anyone have any idea why Parkinson was selected by the Committee for this year’s DeathList? 

 

Sure a bit frail, but he could easily make 90. There were so so many other possibilities that would have been more worth his position (Field, Alagiah, Flack, Napolitano, Caine, Spencer, Irwin, Vialli especially). 

 

Does anyone here support Parkinson’s inclusion on the 2023 DL?

I think it is a fair inclusion given his age, fame and visible physical decline.

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On 01/01/2023 at 13:32, SovietJohnny said:

The Committee clearly going for the full house this year….

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Who are they ? I can’t even name one 

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14 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said:

Who are they ? I can’t even name one 

I can recognise Frankie Howard Sid James and I think Vera Lynn. 

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