Author Topic: In Memorial (Celebs that have passed) (Read 59751 times)

Shaggy21x · « **Reply #90 on:** September 05, 2021, 04:02:18 PM »

Quote from: 123z on September 05, 2021, 02:38:07 AM

Remembering Freddie Mercury on his birthday today.

Yes, it would have been his 75th Birthday today (5th September). Lots on the radio, music and interviews, to remember him.

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Heard this earlier today: comedy legend Norm Macdonald has died from cancer at 61

Shaggy21x · « **Reply #92 on:** September 15, 2021, 05:41:06 AM »

Very sad news about Norm Macdonald. A great Candian Comedian. Perhaps not so well known in the UK. A few years ago I saw him tell the 'Moth' Joke on the Conan O'brien show. Check it out on YouTube, so funny.

123z · « **Reply #93 on:** September 19, 2021, 06:10:02 AM »

Legendary England and Tottenham Hotspur footballer, Jimmy Greaves, has died at 81. Sad news. RIP Jimmy.

Shaggy21x · « **Reply #94 on:** September 19, 2021, 10:02:00 AM »

His playing career was really before my time, but he was great on the Saint and Greavsie show. I've heard people who saw him play say that he was the best striker of his day. RIP Jimmy.

Shaggy21x · « **Reply #95 on:** September 19, 2021, 10:07:01 AM »

More sad news today, John Challis, the actor best known for playing Boycie in British Sitcom Only fools and horses has died, from cancer, aged 79.

123z · « **Reply #96 on:** September 19, 2021, 10:17:29 AM »

Quote from: Shaggy21x on September 19, 2021, 10:07:01 AM

More sad news today, John Challis, the actor best known for playing Boycie in British Sitcom Only fools and horses has died, from cancer, aged 79.

Only Fools and Horses. Got to be the best comedy ever. So many great characters.

Shaggy21x · « **Reply #97 on:** September 19, 2021, 05:38:08 PM »

Only Fools is certainly amongst the greatest Sitcoms, just turned 40 as well, if you can believe it.
Fawlty Towers may be the best IMO. still makes me laugh today, even if some jokes are considered 'Woke' in the current climate.
I know I've discussed this subject before, and it's always a matter for debate.

123z · « **Reply #98 on:** September 20, 2021, 01:57:44 AM »

Quote from: Shaggy21x on September 19, 2021, 05:38:08 PM

Only Fools is certainly amongst the greatest Sitcoms, just turned 40 as well, if you can believe it.
Fawlty Towers may be the best IMO. still makes me laugh today, even if some jokes are considered 'Woke' in the current climate.
I know I've discussed this subject before, and it's always a matter for debate.

Porridge is still right up there. Seen the same episodes many times but I still laugh.

Shaggy21x · « **Reply #99 on:** September 20, 2021, 04:34:45 PM »

Quote from: 123z on September 20, 2021, 01:57:44 AM

Quote from: Shaggy21x on September 19, 2021, 05:38:08 PM
Only Fools is certainly amongst the greatest Sitcoms, just turned 40 as well, if you can believe it.
Fawlty Towers may be the best IMO. still makes me laugh today, even if some jokes are considered 'Woke' in the current climate.
I know I've discussed this subject before, and it's always a matter for debate.

Porridge is still right up there. Seen the same episodes many times but I still laugh.

Agreed, not seen it for a few years. Dad's Army is on alot, I catch it when I can. Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, Radio series, superbly funny. I was lucky to hear the original broadcast on Radio 4 back in the 1970's.

Shaggy21x · « **Reply #100 on:** September 28, 2021, 03:22:32 PM »

RIP Roger Hunt, age 83. Liverpool and England football great. 1966 World Cup winner.

DanielO · « **Reply #101 on:** October 26, 2021, 10:19:51 PM »

Mort Sahl, the acerbic comic whose pioneering style paved the way for such boundary-breaking comedians as Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor and George Carlin, died Tuesday at his home in Mill Valley, CA. He was 94.

DanielO · « **Reply #102 on:** November 09, 2021, 11:43:41 AM »

The amazing Dean Stockwell, a great actor from childhood in the 1940's (The Secret Garden, The Boy With Green Hair), young adulthood in the 1950's and 60's (Compulsion, Sons and Lovers, Long Day's Journey Into Night), maturity in the 1980's and 90's (Married to the Mob, Blue Velvet, Quantum Leap), and senior citizenship in the 2000's (Battlestar Galactica), has died at 85.

Cadeauxxx · « **Reply #103 on:** November 18, 2021, 11:02:14 AM »

Memphis rapper Young Dolph was murdered yesterday while shopping at a cookie bakery in Memphis. He was only 36.

Shaggy21x · « **Reply #104 on:** November 23, 2021, 01:49:10 PM »

Freddie Mercury died 30 years ago, 24 November 1991, aged just 45 years old.

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