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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:49 am Cricketman Dickie Bird.
Not to be confused with Dixie Baird.
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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 9:18 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:49 am Cricketman Dickie Bird.
Not to be confused with Dixie Baird.
And definitely not to be confused with S78 contestant Dickie Bird!
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Menzies "Mingis" Campbell. Decent runner in his time.
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Arguably we need a new contender for the greatest living scientist 😢

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9qyw2ewl2nt
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Dame Jane Goodall
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Callum Todd wrote: ↑Wed Oct 01, 2025 6:47 pm Arguably we need a new contender for the greatest living scientist 😢

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9qyw2ewl2nt
Sad news but surely an exaggeration.
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Patrick Murray, actor (Mickey Pearce, OFAH) 68. RIP.

Arguably, we need a new contender for the greatest living actor in a minor role in a sitcom.
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Paul Worsley wrote: ↑Thu Oct 02, 2025 7:55 pm Patrick Murray, actor (Mickey Pearce, OFAH) 68. RIP.

Arguably, we need a new contender for the greatest living actor in a minor role in a sitcom.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Brenman ?
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I will have to give that to Michael from I'm Alan Partridge or Jim from Friday Night Dinners
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Mark Heap just played the Mark Heap character in Friday Night Dinner. It's what he does in everything.
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Good innings, but Dame Patricia Routledge has kicked the bouquet at 96.
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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 10:58 am Mark Heap just played the Mark Heap character in Friday Night Dinner. It's what he does in everything.
I'm guessing you haven't watched Lark Rise to Candleford then.
I guess his character in Spaced is similar insomuch as him being an oddball
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Philip A wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 11:03 am Good innings, but Dame Patricia Routledge has kicked the bouquet at 96.
How long have you had this lined up?
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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 6:30 pm
Philip A wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 11:03 am Good innings, but Dame Patricia Routledge has kicked the bouquet at 96.
How long have you had this lined up?
I'm waiting for Mick Hucknall to go so I can say Simply Dead
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Dame Jilly Cooper who wrote novels such as Riders
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Tracey Anne Mills wrote: ↑Mon Oct 06, 2025 1:48 pm Dame Jilly Cooper who wrote novels such as Riders
She was 88?! I thought she was like half of that. West Yorkshire massive RIP
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Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Mon Oct 06, 2025 3:19 pm
Tracey Anne Mills wrote: ↑Mon Oct 06, 2025 1:48 pm Dame Jilly Cooper who wrote novels such as Riders
She was 88?! I thought she was like half of that. West Yorkshire massive RIP
She was a DC guest in 2005 during the Des Lynam era
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The one that isn't H from Steps...
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Surprised he lasted so long
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Diane Keaton, Oscar winning actress, 79...RIP
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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Oct 11, 2025 6:36 pm Surprised he lasted so long
Well deserved in my opinion
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Ace Frehly, guitarist with Kiss, 74. RIP
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English-American actress Samantha Eggar
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Dave Ball keyboardist from Soft Cell
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Prunella Scales, actress, aged 93 RIP
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Paul Worsley wrote: ↑Tue Oct 28, 2025 11:09 am Prunella Scales, actress, aged 93 RIP
She died on 27th October which is also John Cleese's birthday.
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Philip A wrote: ↑Tue Oct 28, 2025 12:48 pm
Paul Worsley wrote: ↑Tue Oct 28, 2025 11:09 am Prunella Scales, actress, aged 93 RIP
She died on 27th October which is also John Cleese's birthday.
She was in the Tesco's adverts in 1990s that were really popular at the time
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