Deathwatch 2018

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Fri Apr 20, 2018 9:36 pm

Mark James wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 20, 2018 8:17 pm
How come you missed R. Lee Emery and Harry Anderson?

They were never on my radar.

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 20, 2018 8:41 pm
To be fair Dale Winston is a household name but Avicii is not a household name in his own household.
R. Lee Emery was great in Full Metal Jacket
Never watched Harry Anderson in anything

I doubt I would have mentioned Avicii if not for the coincidence that happened today.

Tom S · Post by **Tom S** » Fri Apr 20, 2018 9:55 pm

Tbh the news of Avicii's death made me feel physically sick because he is probably the first artist to die who I have seen evolve musically and then this happens- completely shocked me. Avicii is very well known amongst the teenager/young generation community and will forever have some great songs....

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:14 pm

I knew that Avicii was ill but his death today was a bit shocking. He becomes the latest high-profile member of the 27 club, probably the best-known since Amy Winehouse.

(edit: I definitely read earlier that he was 27, but it turns out he was actually 28. Still tragically young).

Tom S · Post by **Tom S** » Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:20 pm

The way I feel about his passing is the same as my parents when they heard of George Michael's death- like a part of their childhood had been taken away.

Zarte Siempre · Post by **Zarte Siempre** » Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:48 am

Weird. I'm not a music snob at all - I like bits from almost all genres. But I always found Avicii fucking awful. I'm really surprised that so many people have lost their shit about it.

That's not to undermine your feelings Tom - I have no doubt that they're genuine, and merited in your eyes - wouldn't want you thinking otherwise.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Mon Apr 23, 2018 9:19 am

I guess if you are under 28 it makes you reflect on your own mortality.
He was no Buddy Holly that's for sure, who was only 22 when he died and was a terrible loss to music, and would almost certainly have been bigger (although probably not in physique ) than Elvis.

Mark James · Post by **Mark James** » Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:31 am

Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:48 am
Weird. I'm not a music snob at all - I like bits from almost all genres. But I always found Avicii fucking awful. I'm really surprised that so many people have lost their shit about it.

We agree on one thing musically anyway.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:19 am

Mark James wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:31 am

Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:48 am
Weird. I'm not a music snob at all - I like bits from almost all genres. But I always found Avicii fucking awful. I'm really surprised that so many people have lost their shit about it.
We agree on one thing musically anyway.

I've just been listening to some of his stuff on YouTube. There are a few things I recognise, but it's largely "background music". I know he was commercially successful, but he also was nothing like a household name in the way someone like George Michael was. But then I think there are fewer household names in music these days anyway. You get a few really big names, and the rest are generally only known by people who go out of their way to pay attention to these things. Guy off the street wouldn't have known who Avicii was.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:26 am

Oh, and Verne Troyer died the other day.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:07 am

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:26 am
Oh, and Verne Troyer died the other day.

I heard he touched someone's ankle inappropriately
Mini-metoo#

Mark James · Post by **Mark James** » Sat May 05, 2018 2:39 pm

1981:
1. Prince from England married
2. Liverpool wins the Champions League
3. The pope dies

2005:
1. Prince from England married
2. Liverpool wins the Champions League
3. The pope dies

2018:
1. Prince from England marries
2. Liverpool is in the Champions League final

Anyone have the Pope on their list?

Mark Deeks · Post by **Mark Deeks** » Sat May 05, 2018 2:55 pm

Guy off the street wouldn't have known who Avicii was.

He would of a certain age.

Andy McGurn · Post by **Andy McGurn** » Sat May 05, 2018 4:24 pm

Mark James wrote: ↑
Sat May 05, 2018 2:39 pm
1981:
1. Prince from England married
2. Liverpool wins the Champions League
3. The pope dies

2005:
1. Prince from England married
2. Liverpool wins the Champions League
3. The pope dies

2018:
1. Prince from England marries
2. Liverpool is in the Champions League final

Anyone have the Pope on their list?

The pope did not die in 1981, Pope John Paul II became pope in 1978 and was the pope who died in 2005

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Sat May 05, 2018 4:54 pm

Andy McGurn wrote: ↑
Sat May 05, 2018 4:24 pm

Mark James wrote: ↑
Sat May 05, 2018 2:39 pm
1981:
1. Prince from England married
2. Liverpool wins the Champions League
3. The pope dies

2005:
1. Prince from England married
2. Liverpool wins the Champions League
3. The pope dies

2018:
1. Prince from England marries
2. Liv awerpool is in the Champions League final

Anyone have the Pope on their list?
The pope did not die in 1981, Pope John Paul II became pope in 1978 and was the pope who died in 2005

There was an assasination attempt in 1981.

Also Liverpool won the European Cup in 1981 not the Champions league.
Its a moot point anyway as Real Madrid will batter them

Mark James · Post by **Mark James** » Sat May 05, 2018 6:29 pm

Stupid Facebook. I do apologise.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sat May 05, 2018 7:56 pm

Mark James wrote: ↑
Sat May 05, 2018 6:29 pm
Stupid Facebook. I do apologise.

Ouch.

Mark James · Post by **Mark James** » Sun May 06, 2018 1:47 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Sat May 05, 2018 7:56 pm

Mark James wrote: ↑
Sat May 05, 2018 6:29 pm
Stupid Facebook. I do apologise.
Ouch.

Indeed. I'm thoroughly ashamed of myself. What I don't get is why they felt the need to make up a fact. Usually you'd do it to sell some crap. Or at least get you to click to another site. People were just sharing this random yoke to make a rather shit joke.

Also do you remember everything anyone's ever posted on here? You always seem to find something someone's said in obscure threads from ages ago.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sun May 06, 2018 7:33 pm

Mark James wrote: ↑
Sun May 06, 2018 1:47 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Sat May 05, 2018 7:56 pm

Mark James wrote: ↑
Sat May 05, 2018 6:29 pm
Stupid Facebook. I do apologise.
Ouch.
Indeed. I'm thoroughly ashamed of myself. What I don't get is why they felt the need to make up a fact. Usually you'd do it to sell some crap. Or at least get you to click to another site. People were just sharing this random yoke to make a rather shit joke.

Also do you remember everything anyone's ever posted on here? You always seem to find something someone's said in obscure threads from ages ago.

I definitely don't remember everything! Some things just seem to stick in my mind though.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Wed Jun 06, 2018 5:43 pm

Last Munchkin.

Also, Tessa Jowell, Michael Martin and Dennis Nilson all died fairly recently.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Wed Jun 06, 2018 6:48 pm

And Glyn Edwards

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Thu Jun 07, 2018 7:20 am

Peter Stringfellow

Tom S · Post by **Tom S** » Thu Jun 07, 2018 9:10 pm

Teddy Johnson

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Fri Jun 15, 2018 12:30 pm

Leslie Grantham ( Dirty Den )

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 4:07 pm

German World domination of football

Tom S · Post by **Tom S** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 6:16 pm

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 27, 2018 4:07 pm
German World domination of football

RIP- Lived a good life though.

Peter Mabey · Post by **Peter Mabey** » Fri Jun 29, 2018 8:07 am

Harlan Ellison - legendary in the SF fan world

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 5:14 pm

Peter Firmin.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 5:23 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 01, 2018 5:14 pm
Peter Firmin.

Very sad, his programmes were a huge part of my childhood TV viewing

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Fri Jul 13, 2018 5:08 pm

Stig of the Dump author.

Owen Carroll · Post by **Owen Carroll** » Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:14 pm

What are we supposed to do here?

Mark James · Post by **Mark James** » Sat Jul 14, 2018 1:09 am

Owen Carroll wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:14 pm
What are we supposed to do here?

Watch for death.

Owen Carroll · Post by **Owen Carroll** » Sat Jul 14, 2018 2:04 am

Mark James wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 14, 2018 1:09 am

Owen Carroll wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:14 pm
What are we supposed to do here?
Watch for death.

No seriously. Please explain the whole thing

Elliott Mellor · Post by **Elliott Mellor** » Sat Jul 14, 2018 9:29 am

Owen Carroll wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 14, 2018 2:04 am

Mark James wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 14, 2018 1:09 am

Owen Carroll wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:14 pm
What are we supposed to do here?
Watch for death.
No seriously. Please explain the whole thing

1) Watch to see if anyone notable has died.
2) Feel sad/happy/indifferent
3) Report here who has died.
4) If you predicted said person would die, you gain some points.

There you go.

Owen Carroll · Post by **Owen Carroll** » Sat Jul 14, 2018 11:04 am

Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 14, 2018 9:29 am

Owen Carroll wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 14, 2018 2:04 am

Mark James wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 14, 2018 1:09 am

Watch for death.
No seriously. Please explain the whole thing
1) Watch to see if anyone notable has died.
2) Feel sad/happy/indifferent
3) Report here who has died.
4) If you predicted said person would die, you gain some points.

There you go.

Oh. Thanks.

Tom S · Post by **Tom S** » Sun Aug 05, 2018 9:36 am

Barry Chuckle- used to enjoy Chucklevision as a child, so was very sad to hear the news this morning.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Sun Aug 05, 2018 10:02 am

Tom S wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 05, 2018 9:36 am
Barry Chuckle- used to enjoy Chucklevision as a child, so was very sad to hear the news this morning.

That's very sad news to me.....to you

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Thu Aug 16, 2018 4:20 pm

Aretha Franklin. I wonder if she died of a urinary tract infection.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Thu Aug 16, 2018 8:02 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 16, 2018 4:20 pm
Aretha Franklin. I wonder if she died of a urinary tract infection.

Show a little RESPECT

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:07 am

Kofi Annan.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 1:55 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:07 am
Kofi Annan.

That might Ghana some interest

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:33 pm

Neil Simon

Tom S · Post by **Tom S** » Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:05 pm

John McCain

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 10:59 am

Jacqueline Pearce, aka Servalan in Blake's 7.

Paul Worsley · Post by **Paul Worsley** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 7:19 pm

Burt Reynolds RIP.

Francis Ford Coppolla's first choice for the part of Michael Corleone.

He also turned down the role of James Bond in 1970.

Mark James · Post by **Mark James** » Fri Sep 07, 2018 10:14 am

Aaron Ramsey strikes again.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 8:12 am

Denis Norden.

Peter Mabey · Post by **Peter Mabey** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 6:32 pm

Fenella Fielding - for me, the sexiest voice ever!

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 12:45 pm

Chas.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Mon Oct 01, 2018 12:03 pm

Geoffrey!

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Mon Oct 01, 2018 3:47 pm

Charles Aznavour

Tom S · Post by **Tom S** » Mon Oct 01, 2018 4:36 pm

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 01, 2018 3:47 pm
Charles Aznavour

Always liked " She" , and saw him being interviewed by Piers Morgan I think not so long ago.

Tom S · Post by **Tom S** » Sat Oct 06, 2018 12:10 pm

Montserrat Caballe

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Sat Oct 06, 2018 6:50 pm

Ray Galton legendary sit com writer

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:58 am

George Bush senior RIP.
Who had him in their deadpool ?

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:50 pm

Dame June Whitfield

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sat Dec 29, 2018 11:28 pm

Paddy Ashdown quite recently too.

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