RIP Richard Samson

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:22 pm

Richard Samson, Countdown's longest-serving male lexicographer has sadly passed away following a terminal illness. He made over 300 appearances in DC, the last being in Series 50 in 2003.

http://www.thebookseller.com/news/lonel ... -dies.html

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:08 pm

James Robinson wrote:Richard Samson, Countdown's longest-serving male lexicographer has sadly passed away following a terminal illness. He made over 300 appearances in DC, the last being in Series 50 in 2003.

http://www.thebookseller.com/news/lonel ... -dies.html

Joseph Krol · Post by **Joseph Krol** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:37 pm

RIP Richard.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:47 pm

Shit - how old was he?

Rhys Benjamin · Post by **Rhys Benjamin** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:51 pm

We don't know, Gavin.

Edit: 47

Lucy Gowers · Post by **Lucy Gowers** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:37 pm

I chanced upon his Linkedin profile a few weeks ago as we had a few contacts in common.

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/richard-samson/4/25a/474

I find the grace and good humour demonstrated there really moving. I hope he excelled in his final role and that his family and friends made his life wonderful too.

Oliver Garner · Post by **Oliver Garner** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:03 pm

RIP Richard. Although I do not remember much about him, I can recall him being in DC for Julian's extraordinary 146 game.

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:34 pm

Terribly sad news. Richard was in DC during all of my games bar one. Nice chap with a good sense of humour. I'm sure he'll be much missed by family and friends.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:02 am

Just been reading Richard's blog. Wish I'd discovered it while he was still alive.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 2:48 am

Phil Reynolds wrote:Just been reading Richard's blog. Wish I'd discovered it while he was still alive.

Thanks for that Phil, just spent a good amount of time reading it all. I confess to having not known of him from Countdown.

My thoughts tonight are with Richard and the family he's left behind.

Martin Bishop · Post by **Martin Bishop** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:05 pm

Other than Susie, I'd say he was the best lexicographer on the show and it was a shame he disappeared from screens when Susie went full time.

RIP Scissors.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:22 pm

Martin Bishop wrote:Other than Susie, I'd say he was the best lexicographer on the show and it was a shame he disappeared from screens when Susie went full time.

RIP Scissors.

I preferred him to Susie actually.

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:50 pm

I was never quite comfortable with his tilted-head grinning antics, but aye, a shame.

Soph K · Post by **Soph K** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 6:58 pm

I had absolutely no idea who he was. But anyway, bye bye Richard Samson who I didn't even know. Hades will look after you!

P.S. Hades is the Greek God of the underworld. That is my fact of this post! ...Most of the facts of my other posts are: I am random and crazy. Thank you, readers, for reading. Oh, and, feel free to call me Randzy (half random, half crazy), Soph The Poph (I made that up myself and I like it) or Cukoos (my friends used to call me that)

Jojo Apollo · Post by **Jojo Apollo** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:32 pm

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:46 pm

RIP - I remember watching you on TV when I was little. Sad to see someone so young (in comparison) leave this world.

Jayne Wisniewski · Post by **Jayne Wisniewski** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:31 pm

Saddened by this news. Remember Richard well from when I first started watching Countdown. RIP.

Soph K · Post by **Soph K** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:35 pm

RIP, Richard Samson.

Tracey Anne Mills · Post by **Tracey Anne Mills** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:17 pm

RIP Richard my thoughts are with your family at this sad time, he was the lexicographer for my game against Jeremy Slaney in Series 47 he was a lovely guy and viewer friendly.

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