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He had a chest infection apparently, paired with the stress of being dumped from channel 4 and related court cases. I think this year is his last, Maybe he has just given up?!

His face is so thin and long he is starting to resemble the animals he commentated on.

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14 hours ago, Torva Messor said:

I was reminded of Robin Gibb when I saw McCririck. I thought there'd be a decent chance of him being a hit on my Hare DP list.

I cannot recall McCririck ever having sung Massachusetts.

Obviously, he could have done at parties or summat but he probably didn't.

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If anyone on the current list of 50 were likely to engage in banter with us it might be JM; apart from anything else the odds on his demise would be a topic of interest

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Hmmmm, his old oppo Alastair Down looks like shit these days too.

 

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https://www.starsportsbet.co.uk/bettingpeople-alastair-down/

 

 

Reduced to writing freelance these days, the booze looks to have caught up with him.

 

 

* videos in link are work a swatch if racing was your thang (he looks worse in the videos)

 

 

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Don't know how much should be attributed to Down's freelancing given his previous employer - Racing Post are a complete mess currently. 

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10 minutes ago, Gatwick Was An Inside Job said:

McCrick ain't going anywhere you daft cunts.

Maybe not, but you definitely are Deathers. 

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I saw him on celebrity big brother and he was smoking a lot of cigarettes.

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Fact we haven’t seen a photo of him since the Autumn is worrying. I suspect he’s now housebound and in the final stages of his illness. A sad end for a controversial but undoubtedly colourful character. 

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Has been on Talk Sport and Radio 2 today talking about the equine flu outbreak, somewhat ironic given his recent comments about his own flu.  Perhaps the horses will all lose huge amounts of weight and start wearing garish oversized clothes once they recover. 

 

No sign of any TV appearances though which may be telling. 

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Next DL-birthday, not DL-death: John McCririck turns79 today. :birthday:

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1 minute ago, Book said:

Next DL-birthday, not DL-death: John McCririck turns79 today. :birthday:

You had my hopes up there you cunt :rant:

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8 minutes ago, JR976evil said:

You had my hopes up there you cunt :rant:

Cheers!

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Because his death wont be announced apparently they is  quite a chance we wont know until many months later.

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9 hours ago, The Old Crem said:

Because his death wont be announced apparently they is  quite a chance we wont know until many months later.

 

Struggling to believe that, tbh. Surely his former employers at Channel Four will do the usual humbug of his "massive contribution" or summat and he's been tabloid fodder for so long they'll all run a few words and an archive shot of him doing some of the usual hand-jive mumbo-jumbo.

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Yeah, it might not be "announced" but it certainly won't go unmentioned.

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59 minutes ago, Toast said:

Yeah, it might not be "announced" but it certainly won't go unmentioned.

If his family don't announce the media might not find out.

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6 hours ago, The Old Crem said:

If his family don't announce the media might not find out.

 

Hmm

 

He's got enough gobby pals somebody would find out about the funeral - seriously, nailed on q/o

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1 hour ago, maryportfuncity said:

 

Hmm

 

He's got enough gobby pals somebody would find out about the funeral - seriously, nailed on q/o

 

For sure.  The racing community is tight-knit and news would get out, even if there's no funeral.

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I have a feeling he has already died but there hasn't been an announcement yet. Diane told me earlier while we were sharing a can of Mojito on the train

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On 19/04/2019 at 17:13, maryportfuncity said:

 

Hmm

 

He's got enough gobby pals somebody would find out about the funeral - seriously, nailed on q/o

Surely somebody would get suspicious when things suddenly got much quieter...

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Interesting tweet about McCririck:

 

McCririck himself responded on Twitter to a separate "get well soon" comment, so still able to tweet, but does seem to suggest some sort of new illness.

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23 minutes ago, Death Impends said:

Interesting tweet about McCririck:

 

McCririck himself responded on Twitter to a separate "get well soon" comment, so still able to tweet, but does seem to suggest some sort of new illness.

Assuming that The Booby didn't do the tweet for him.

He never was the picture of health and he always looked like a heart attack/pneumonia candidate even when he was running around race courses ranting and gesticulating to all and sundry.

Mind you, if you were stupid enough to bet, he was your champion.

Millions of woodbine smoking , flat capped punters around Yorkshire the country will lament his passing when he, eventually goes.

 

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Did'nt he say he "wouldn't see another summer". Well it is now officially summer.

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