Iconic actor.Quote:
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Must have made a wad from this side hustle..
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Iconic actor.Quote:
Originally Posted by speedy_gonzales
Must have made a wad from this side hustle..
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Talented guy McCallum. In the sixties he was like the fifth Beatle.
Michael Gambon 82.
Once took a girl to see The Cook, The Thief, His wife etc.... , don't think she appreciated my taste in arthouse cinemaQuote:
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Jake Abraham, good Scouse actor known for Lock Stock and GBH amongst others.
Prostate cancer at 56. That's a scary thought.Quote:
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Francis Lee.
Rudolph Isley passed, at the age of 84.
One of the original Isley Brothers, a group who enjoyed huge success. firstly on Motown and then incorporating funk, gospel and some strong social conscience lyrics in the seventies. Rudy left the music side to become a pastor but their music remains as vibrant as ever.
Two of their bigger songs here, the first is a personal favourite, the second perhaps the one that they are most widely-known for.
https://youtu.be/8g6Ov67VDQM?si=y00DY3MlmJ_5MaEU
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U_9M6kRfJes
I also didn’t realise until yesterday that they did the originals of Twist and Shout (Beatles) and Shout (Lulu). Great band who covered a range of musical genres across the years 🙌Quote:
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Actress Piper Laurie. Twin Peaks and a decent cameo in one if my favourite Frasier episodes - among many other things.
‘Caravan of Love’ by the Housemartins is another less obvious hit that is a cover of theirs.Quote:
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Some noticeable lifting of hooks by generations that followed too - Kendrick Lamar, Jay Z, Tupac, Nas, Public Enemy are just a few of those who have borrowed from the Isley Brothers.
Ivor Robson, 'Voice of The Open'.
Another musical loss from the generation that came to the fore in the 1960s, Carla Bley just passed at the age of 87. It's very hard to define her by a style, she was extraordinarily prolific in many forms, but for music buffs who know the ECM label, they will know of her long association with it
She was a talented writer and arranger in the funny space between jazz and rock. Works like "Escalator over the Hill" were like a mash-ip of Miles Davis, Kurt Weill, Joni Mitchell and Jefferson Airplane, passed through blotting paper soaked in acid. She also was heavily involved in the Liberation Music Orchestra, especially after Charlie Hadens death.
Funny the things you never knew - I don't think I was aware that she wrote practically all of Nick Mason's debut solo album. Just another accomplishment by a hugely accomplished talent.
Burt Young, Paulie from the Rocky movies
Haydn Gwynne star of Drop the Dead Donkey, The Windsors has died age 66 of cancer
Also just found out the Tony Husband died on Wednesday, cartoonist for Private Eye and many other publications. Quite shocked at this one, he posted his last tweet on Wednesday, collapsed with a heart attack later whilst on Westminster Bridge, going to a Private Eye party. One of the good guys and a campaigner for dementia sufferers.
She was my favourite in The Windsors. They announced earlier this year that a series 4 had been commissioned. Not sure what they'll do with that now.Quote:
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Sir Bobby Charlton
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62989801
Oh dear. He was a Sikh and a leftie spinner. Familiar figure when cricket was a proper game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sloop67
Bill Kenwright (producer and Chairman of Everton)
Huge Toffees fan not universally popular recently. RIP.Quote:
Originally Posted by overdrive
My mate is a huge Toffes fan, hates Kenwright and feels he's to blame for the last 10 years at least.
Shaft, John Shaft!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67191245
Lots of my mates are huge toffee fans too, they could never hate him, they disagree with a lot of what he done and said but they remember how he led the club after Peter Johnson almost ruined it and the massive part he played in the club throughout his time.Quote:
Originally Posted by J-C
Possibly hate was a tad strong, I know he disagreed a lot with Kenwright and wanted him out the club for quite a while now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
A nice pictorial collection of his film work hereQuote:
Originally Posted by speedy_gonzales
Matthew Perry dead at 54 from Drowning apparently 🥲
Played the character Chandler Bing brilliantly,bit gutted about this one
Really hoped it was a hoax when I read it. So sad about this. Friends is my all time favourite program. My son who born a few months after the last episode aired also loves it, he watches it on repeat constantly. Quite something that almost 20 years after it finished, it’s still a hugely popular show.Quote:
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Very sad news. He led an awfully troubled life for many years.Quote:
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He didn't look at all well in the last thing they did when the Friends cast got back together. It seems that being successful has been his downfall. Real shame when anyone goes "before " their time.Quote:
Originally Posted by He's here!
Properly sad about this one. I grew up with Friends and still love it to this day.
Same. Really sad to hear this news.Quote:
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Really sad to hear of Mathew Perry's death, we all know he had his demons but he with Matt LeBlanc were my 2 favourite characters in Friends and the two I could relate to.
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I was just reading an interview with him from a few years back and I hadn't realised he'd struggled so badly with the ensuing fame from Friends, and from the stress of making the shows.
He apparently had endless number of people shouting 'hey Chandler' at him in the street and he absolutely detested it.
He was so out of it that he doesn’t remember filming series 3-6.Quote:
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https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...cted-substance
This is a sad read.
Perhaps not a celebrity but someone I had a lot of time for, sadly James Doleman, Scottish journalist, has died. I didn't know him personally but we had some interactions on twitter. I'm sorry to see him gone.
such a shame re Matthew Perry i still watch a couple of Friends episodes once or twice a week, i've probably watched every episode so many times i could play each part in any given episode. :(
James done a short piece in the Byline Times last month about his diagnosis (He has been living with treatable cancer since 2013, this was about the change of diagnosis to terminal cancer). I have always enjoyed his work and have followed him on Twitter for a good few years now,I am sure most would know him from his court reporting on the various cases the rangers were going through a few years back.. Sad news that he has diedQuote:
Originally Posted by grunt
Really sorry to hear this. Will miss his court reporting - and more recently, his hospital dinner updates. Sad loss.Quote:
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Annabel Giles
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...s-dies-aged-64
What an awful thing to happen. Only 64.Quote:
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Just seen the pictures of Shane Macgowan, don't think he'll be around for much longer 😬
Terry Venables
Killing Joke guitarist Kevin ‘Geordie’ Walker
But his teeth go marching on.Quote:
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If anyone can survive a brain infection, it’s Shane MacGowan. He’ll be grand.Quote:
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Edit: I hope. Get well soon Shane.
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Benidorm legend "Sticky Vicky" passed away this morning
Henry Kissinger. I can't be the only person who's astonished he wasn't dead yet :dunno:
Dean Sullivan aka Jimmy Corkhill from Brookside.
I was surprised a bit, must be one of the last of that era of American politicsQuote:
Originally Posted by s.a.m
Shane MacGowan RIP
The Pogues are already odds on favourite for Xmas no.1.Quote:
Originally Posted by tamig
Gutted by this one.Quote:
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Saw the Pogues live on a fair few occasions.
One of the great songwriters and an incredible frontman. The raw anger displayed by him singing the 'Birmingham Six' is something to behold.
****, gutted at that too 🥲Quote:
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Alistair Darling
Sad but tbh surprised with his lifestyle he lasted as long as he did.Quote:
Originally Posted by tamig
RIP Shane, a true one off.
Dean Sullivan/ Jimmy Corkhill , One of my favourite soap characters
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67575906
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Originally Posted by GreenNWhiteArmy
That's the most devastating news of today.
When I first started going out to the local bar with my mates here it had a old style jukebox . Fri , Sat and sometimes sun nights we'd have some beer ,shoot some pool with the pogues regularly getting played . Very sad news about a wonderful musician .
Shane McGowan Legend.
RIP .
James Douglas-Hamilton.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...itics-67569288
An abiding memory of him and kirsty mccall waltzing to fairy tail of new york in the playhouse. Well she was holding him up. Not a ‘gone too soon’ but a ‘how did you do that’……legendQuote:
Originally Posted by tamig
A very likeable toff. My MP for years.Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
Gutted, met John a few times and spoke to him at length prior to him going into hospital, such a friendly guy and loved talking about his artQuote:
Originally Posted by grunt
He painted a fantastic piece on the internal ceiling of the Kings Theatre and there is a really good documentary about it amongst others on youtube which are well worth a watch
I met him once, when his first play, Writer's Cramp, was on at the Calton Studios. A pal of mine (Alex Norton) was in the play, as were Bill Paterson and John Bett.Quote:
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The 5 of us went to Clarinda's on Waterloo Place, and ended up in a drinking game.
I lost. :drunk:
Not the most obvious pub to have a drinking game!Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
Seems like it's my week for the anecdotes :cbQuote:
Originally Posted by Hibby Bairn
When I was 17, I needed a work permit for going to the US. At that time, the law required people of my age to apply to the Court. So my Dad travelled down to Bow Street Magistrates Court in London for a 2-minute appearance to have the permit granted.
When he came back, he approached Lord James, as he was our MP. He then raised it in Parliament, and was able to get the law changed to something more sensible.
Although I never voted for him, it has always stuck in my mind as a great example of what is arguably the prime duty of an MP, to look after their constituents.
Spookily enough the night before I had mentioned to work colleagues about bumping into him in M&S in Stirling of all places a good number of years ago. :bitchy:Quote:
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Brigit Forsyth (Thelma from Whatever happened to The Likely Lads).
Shame, from Edinburgh originallyQuote:
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Aye, that rings a bell.Quote:
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He was our MP for a while too and as you say a very pleasant fella. He had an air of a bygone era about him and was, I think, married to John Buchan's granddaughter.Quote:
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Seeing the Pogues at the Barrowlands at the peak of their mid 80s prowess made you glad to be young and alive. Phenomenal gigs, especially Christmas 87 when Joe Strummer joined them for a couple of Clash songs.Quote:
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MacGowan was a wonderful lyricist. Many of those songs are just beautiful, poetic pieces of work, but he needed/should have sought help for many, many years. I imagine there was a George Best element to things whereby folk were happy to indulge his addictions as they wanted him to play up to his image.
For those interested, Tom Robinson on 6 Music tomorrow is doing a tribute show for Shane. His one on Sinead was wonderful, so I'm expecting the same :cb
Glenys Kinnock wife of Neil Kinnock dies, 79
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RIP Patrick (Pseudonym). Great visual artist, playwright and screenwriter.. Loved his Gerry Rafferty album cover designs. And what about The Slab Boys and Tutti Frutti?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bridge hibs
Never watched the Slab Boys Jim, not that I can remember anyway but enjoyed Tutti Frutti when it was aired back in the dayQuote:
Originally Posted by Jim44
The Slab Boys is a real treat.Quote:
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This is John proudly showing off his Kings Theatre ceiling artwork Attachment 27441Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim44
Denny Laine, one of the founders of the Moody Blues, and later worked with McCartney in Wings.
Is it bad taste to say he's gone now?Quote:
Originally Posted by grunt
At least you didn't say that he's now got his Wings.Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
Benjamin Zephaniah. Really sad to hear that - and kind of surprised to learn he was 65. Seemed younger. He was diagnosed with a brain tumour 2 months ago.
My heart sank when I heard this. A principled man, a poet and great writer. Turned down an OBE, "I have been fighting against empire all my life, why would I accept an honour that puts that word with my name?"Quote:
Originally Posted by s.a.m
Really sad news. Cultural icon is a befitting description. Always spoke and talked with passion and conviction. Loved Aston Villa too. Will be much missedQuote:
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Actor Ryan O'neill aged 82 (age surprised me)
Jeezo , I'd never have guessed he was that age . The grim reaper seems to be working hard latelyQuote:
Originally Posted by alhibby
Talking about his clubQuote:
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https://youtu.be/DnraKuh4FH4?si=6wkuBtycknO2HwJw
And his ode to villa
https://youtu.be/9YVOHu8qYSo?si=eSuhfoeHqKAU0Tt0
He couldn't read or right when he produced his first book, a complete genius went onto produced magic. I try not to be political in every thread but it's fitting for him. A child of immigrants talking about his love for the local area and the history of his club, its what makes Britain great. F the tories who want to villainize these people striving for a better life.
Ryan O'Neal and daughter were unforgettable in Paper Moon, a very stylish and poignant comedy.
They both had big drug problems later on. I think he was a bit lazy as an actor and relied on his looks too much.
Actress Shirley Anne Field, 87
played opposite Michael Caine in the film Alfie
The Bill, Murder She Wrote, Last of the summer wine, Upstairs, Downstairs
Andre Braugher - captain Holt from Brooklyn 99 along other things. He was only 61.
Never watched that but, he was brilliant on Homicide: Life on the street.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
Gutted by this,He played the Captain Holt role brilliantlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
Only 61, shocking news.
Steve Halliwell(Zak Dingle) 77.
Tom Wilkinson 75,
with more than 130 Film and TV credits to his name