Marvin Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 Barry Cryer, aged 86 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 14 minutes ago, Marvin said: Barry Cryer, aged 86 Lovely man. Met him once after he had spoken as the after dinner speaker. He was still very funny on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 RIP Barry, joining his ISIHAC mates Tim B T and Humph. Who will they now get to talk about the passing of entertainment's "great and good" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 55 minutes ago, TomF said: Used to listen to Sorry I Havent A Clue for years in back of my parents car Well worth listening to latest series on bbcsounds. The last 2 episodes were up there with the best ever. Jack Dee is better than Humph (blasphemy?) and Milton Jones was in top form. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60154371 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted January 28, 2022 Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 Sad news about Barry Cryer. He was hilarious on Sorry I Haven’t A Clue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted January 31, 2022 Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 Leonard Fenton who played Dr Legg in Eastenders aged 95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enclosure Old Timer Posted January 31, 2022 Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 Norma Waterson, first lady of English folk music, aged 82. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 9 hours ago, Enclosure Old Timer said: Norma Waterson, first lady of English folk music, aged 82. Very sad news, RIP. Wife of Martin Carthy and mother of Eliza Carthy . 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 Bamber Gascoigne: Original University Challenge presenter dies at 87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 4 hours ago, TomF said: Noooo. I think this is only appropriate: Rick with a P gets me every time. RIP 'Bambi'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Shadow Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 Ian McDonald, founding member of King Crimson and Foreigner. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted February 14, 2022 Report Share Posted February 14, 2022 Ivan Reitman, Ghostbusters director, 75. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60370984 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 (edited) Just listening to the Kermode and Mayo Podcast, it seems we missed the passing of Doug Trumbull. He directed the great Silent Running, but it was his Director of Photography and Visual Effects he was best known for. His resume reads like a lot of peoples top sci fi list. Silent Running Andromeda Strain 2001: A Space Odyssey Close Encounters of the Third Kind Blade Runner Star Trek the Motion Picture As has been pointed out before on here, genius is an overused adjective, but deserved in this case. Edited February 15, 2022 by Port Said Red 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 PJ O'Rourke, aged 74. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 22 minutes ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: PJ O'Rourke, aged 74. Had to Google him, in the Wiki pic he looks just like Jonathan Pie ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 1 hour ago, slartibartfast said: Had to Google him, in the Wiki pic he looks just like Jonathan Pie ! He's one of the good guys. Lovely dry sense of humour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Red-Robbo said: He's one of the good guys. Lovely dry sense of humour. Not someone I could say I was attuned with politically, but his humour was such that it transcended that. If you can laugh at a statement you are fundamentally opposed too, it becomes a little bit of a reality check. I loved his observational humour. One of his books opens with him on a flight into Albania where he suggests that it tells you all you need to know about Albanians. Apparently every hill and mountain has a dwelling on top of it, "the only reason for this, is that it makes your home easier to defend, which is important in a country where tribal feuding is the norm" he said. Edited February 16, 2022 by Port Said Red 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 5 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: Not someone I could say I was attuned with politically, but his humour was such that it transcended that. If you can laugh at a statement you are fundamentally opposed too, it becomes a little bit of a reality check. I loved his observational humour. One of his books opens with him on a flight into Albania where he suggests that it tells you all you need to know about Albanians. Apparently every hill and mountain has a dwelling on top of it, "the only reason for this, is that it makes your home easier to defend, which is important in a country where tribal feuding is the norm" he said. Same. He was a Libertarian, which in the US encompasses a lot of folk who don't want the government to do anything apart from buy arms from their companies and provide police to ensure poor folk don't encroach on their properties. However his angle was anti-Nanny State and in particular allowing people to drink, smoke and take drugs to their own detriment if that's what they want, providing they have the correct information on all those products. I can get with that. Unlike the "I don't like paying any tax" Libertarians, he was also anti-Trump. Remember his very dry, although slightly cliched, BA adverts? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said: Same. He was a Libertarian, which in the US encompasses a lot of folk who don't want the government to do anything apart from buy arms from their companies and provide police to ensure poor folk don't encroach on their properties. However his angle was anti-Nanny State and in particular allowing people to drink, smoke and take drugs to their own detriment if that's what they want, providing they have the correct information on all those products. I can get with that. Unlike the "I don't like paying any tax" Libertarians, he was also anti-Trump. Remember his very dry, although slightly cliched, BA adverts? Blast from the past indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 Love Thy Neighbours star Jack Smethurst aged 89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 Music entrepreneur and YouTube star Jamal Edwards has died aged 31. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted February 22, 2022 Report Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) Procol Harum lead singer and pianist Gary Brooker, age 76. Fantastic story follows: Edited February 22, 2022 by Silvio Dante 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porto Red Posted February 22, 2022 Report Share Posted February 22, 2022 Mark Lanegan https://youtu.be/azH5eEXtllc 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted February 23, 2022 Report Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Porto Red said: Mark Lanegan https://youtu.be/azH5eEXtllc Very sad to hear this. Both with the Screaming Trees and as a solo artist, he was superb. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaissance Williams Posted February 23, 2022 Report Share Posted February 23, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Red-Robbo said: Very sad to hear this. Both with the Screaming Trees and as a solo artist, he was superb. When Isobel Campbell left Belle and Sebastian her collaboration with Lanegan saved her from the bland emptiness that did for Dido. A great singer and writer who brought out the best in others. If you don’t know his solo stuff Google “Strange Religion” and lament his passing….. Edited February 23, 2022 by Renaissance Williams Just dug out “Bubblegum” - I’d forgotten “Mephamphetamine Blues” - Rest In Peace, and time for bed….. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Sinclair Posted February 23, 2022 Report Share Posted February 23, 2022 Anna Karen, or for our older viewers Olive from On The Buses, aged 85 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gazred Posted February 23, 2022 Report Share Posted February 23, 2022 56 minutes ago, Marvin said: She was brilliantly gross as Olive in On the Buses. RIP. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 23, 2022 Report Share Posted February 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, Gazred said: She was brilliantly gross as Olive in On the Buses. RIP. Must be the last one to go pretty sure Stan Jack and Blakey went quite a while ago? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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