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I see what you did there.

Coincidentally I was watching this just yesterday.
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Jimmy Buffett. I had previously thought he died sometime in the '00s or '10s to be honest.
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Johnny Canuck wrote: Sat Sep 02, 2023 4:59 pm Jimmy Buffett. I had previously thought he died sometime in the '00s or '10s to be honest.
Most Brits won't know who he is. I can only name two songs: Margaritaville and 5 O'clock Somewhere.
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Paul Worsley wrote: Sat Sep 02, 2023 7:02 pm
Johnny Canuck wrote: Sat Sep 02, 2023 4:59 pm Jimmy Buffett. I had previously thought he died sometime in the '00s or '10s to be honest.
Most Brits won't know who he is. I can only name two songs: Margaritaville and 5 O'clock Somewhere.
That’s one better than me still
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Johnny Canuck wrote: Sun Sep 03, 2023 12:50 pm
Paul Worsley wrote: Sat Sep 02, 2023 7:02 pm
Johnny Canuck wrote: Sat Sep 02, 2023 4:59 pm Jimmy Buffett. I had previously thought he died sometime in the '00s or '10s to be honest.
Most Brits won't know who he is. I can only name two songs: Margaritaville and 5 O'clock Somewhere.
That’s one better than me still
still?
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Mike Yarwood.
Seriously, I thought he died years ago
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I had the same impression.
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Marc Meakin wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:22 pm Mike Yarwood.
Seriously, I thought he died years ago
I thought so too, but then I saw a photograph of him with Richard O'Sullivan. They were both in the same retirement home for ex-actors.

Mike Yarwood was a huge star in the 1970s. His 1977 Christmas day special holds the record for the biggest audience for a light entertainment programme.
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 5:28 pm Jean Boht from Bread.
Brown bread, surely
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Sixto Rodriguez. Mrs Warboys from One Foot In The Grave. Heath Streak.
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I meant to mention Mrs Warboys at the time.
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 1:11 pm I meant to mention Mrs Warboys at the time.
I dont believe it!!
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Roger Whittacker
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David McCallum 1933-2023 RIP
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Paul Worsley wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 9:21 am David McCallum 1933-2023 RIP
Loved him in The Man From U. N. C. L. E.
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Sir Michael Gambon...82
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Paul Worsley wrote: Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:20 pm Sir Michael Gambon...82
A legend, love his acting on stage screen and TV.
Notably The Singing Detective, Layer Cake and that wizarding thingy
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Paul Worsley wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 9:21 am David McCallum 1933-2023 RIP
Paul Worsley wrote: Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:20 pm Sir Michael Gambon...82
Got something against Gambon?
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Ian Volante wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2023 12:09 pm
Paul Worsley wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 9:21 am David McCallum 1933-2023 RIP
Paul Worsley wrote: Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:20 pm Sir Michael Gambon...82
Got something against Gambon?
Not at all....the article I read didn't give his birth year...but, yeah, RIP
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Haydn Gwynne from Drop the Dead Donkey, The Windsors and probably some other stuff.
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RIP Siry Bobby Charlton, the best footballer England ever had.
Survived the Munich air crash and went on to win three titles an fa Cup and a European Cup along with, of course helping England win the World Cup.
I will fact check but he scored 48 goals for England which was only beaten by Rooney and Kane (less penalties than them too)
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Marc Meakin wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 3:21 pm RIP Siry Bobby Charlton, the best footballer England ever had
I don't remember the 1966 World Cup Final, but I remember watching the entire match some 30 years on and being struck by the way the West Germans approached the game. Beckenbaeur, along with his teammates, had been instructed to ensure Charlton couldn't get time on the ball. They largely succeeded, but at the cost of opening up the space for Geoff Hurst to flourish.

RIP Sir Bobby Charlton
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Paul Worsley wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 3:54 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 3:21 pm RIP Siry Bobby Charlton, the best footballer England ever had
I don't remember the 1966 World Cup Final, but I remember watching the entire match some 30 years on and being struck by the way the West Germans approached the game. Beckenbaeur, along with his teammates, had been instructed to ensure Charlton couldn't get time on the ball. They largely succeeded, but at the cost of opening up the space for Geoff Hurst to flourish.

RIP Sir Bobby Charlton
Also in 1970 Ramsay bringing Charlton off for a rest in the quarter final against Germany was the main reason we lost from 2-0 up
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Sun Oct 29, 2023 9:02 am Matthew Perry.
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Rosalynn Carter. Two days after entering hospice care.

I guess she wasn't quite as good at it as her husband, who has been taking it in his stride since February.
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Joss Ackland 95.... I know who he is, but I can't remember what I've seen him in. Was he in one of the Lethal Weapon films?
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Paul Worsley wrote: Sun Nov 19, 2023 11:14 pm Joss Ackland 95.... I know who he is, but I can't remember what I've seen him in. Was he in one of the Lethal Weapon films?
This is what I always think of.
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 6:14 pm
Paul Worsley wrote: Sun Nov 19, 2023 11:14 pm Joss Ackland 95.... I know who he is, but I can't remember what I've seen him in. Was he in one of the Lethal Weapon films?
This is what I always think of.
Genuinely loled at that.
Btw did Rolf Harris die of Czech Neck?
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Wow. That one is a startler.
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Terry Venables., Footballer, Manager author. RIP
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Henry Kissinger...100 RIP
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Paul Worsley wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:06 am Henry Kissinger...100 RIP
Belongs in the unpopular opinions page. Unless the p stands for pain.
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Shane MacGowan and Alistair Darling. Big week for death.
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Came here to post those.
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Mark Deeks wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:45 pm Shane MacGowan and Alistair Darling. Big week for death.
Where is Aaron Ramsey playing these days?
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Ryan O'Neal, 82. RIP
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Paul Worsley wrote: Sat Dec 09, 2023 10:01 am Ryan O'Neal, 82. RIP
Good actor in Barry Lyndon.
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Shirley Anne Field not to be confused with Sally Ann Field (which I did)
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David Leland, film director

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Gaston Glock

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Mark James wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 1:24 am Gaston Glock

Never knew the gun was named after an actual dude
But not the Glockenspiel
Turns out Glock means bell
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John Pilger.
A legend in investigative journalism
Tom Wilkinson a fine British actor
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