lunababymoonchild Report post Posted June 19, 2017 45 minutes ago, megustaleer said: Brian Cant Oh no! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Minxminnie Report post Posted June 19, 2017 11 minutes ago, lunababymoonchild said: Oh no! I know! I've seen singing the Playaway theme all evening. 😄 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
megustaleer Report post Posted June 28, 2017 Michael Bond - creator of Paddington Bear Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hazel Report post Posted June 29, 2017 Mikael Nyqvist - the actor from Girl with A Dragon Tattoo, Devastated at this, I absolutely love him in this trilogy. RIP. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ragamuffin Gunner Report post Posted August 9, 2017 Glen Campbell - great musician, wonderful voice and singer of some fine songs, especially those written with/by his long-time collaborator Jimmy Webb. I saw a documentary film recently which was made shortly after he discovered that Alzheimers was taking hold and he wanted to go out on tour one final time before he forgot the words to his own songs. Surprised to learn that he was 81, didn't think he was quite as old as that. I remember being dragged by CP (well that's how it felt at the time!) to see him live in 1981, as her musical tastes and mine in our "courting" days differed wildly, but I grew to appreciate him as an artist as I myself "matured". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ragamuffin Gunner Report post Posted August 20, 2017 Surprised to see no mention of Bruce Forsyth yet. Whether he was your particular cup of tea or not there's no denying that he formed a backdrop to many Saturday nights TV viewing as we were growing up, and a career that went well beyond my tender years (ahem). I actually thought he was a master of what he did in terms of leading light entertainment shows and I imagine that he is probably the last of his particular brand of entertainer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lunababymoonchild Report post Posted August 20, 2017 Jerry Lewis, the comedian at 91. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
megustaleer Report post Posted August 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Ragamuffin Gunner said: I actually thought he was a master of what he did in terms of leading light entertainment shows and I imagine that he is probably the last of his particular brand of entertainer. I am in absolute agreement with you. He got a lot of criticism when he was doing "Strictly", with claims that his delivery was stilted and wooden - but that was because it was scripted and he had to use autocue. that wasn't his style at all - he was brilliant on live shows, working audience members & ad-libbing. I even missed listening to The Archers on Friday to watch the tribute to him that replaced The One Show Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ragamuffin Gunner Report post Posted August 21, 2017 19 hours ago, megustaleer said: I am in absolute agreement with you. He got a lot of criticism when he was doing "Strictly", with claims that his delivery was stilted and wooden - but that was because it was scripted and he had to use autocue. that wasn't his style at all - he was brilliant on live shows, working audience members & ad-libbing. I even missed listening to The Archers on Friday to watch the tribute to him that replaced The One Show Couldn't put it better Meg, an absolute master of working an audience and ad-libbing. I know he did get criticism over "Strictly" but there were still plenty of occasions when you knew he was going "off-piste". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
megustaleer Report post Posted September 26, 2017 Two ex-Corrie actors died yesterday: Anthony Booth who played two fairly minor characters, one in 1960 and the other in 1987 (and, incidentally, was Cherie Blair's father). We have also lost Liz Dawn, who played the unforgetable Vera Duckworth Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viccie Report post Posted October 3, 2017 Tom Petty from a heart attack. I loved the albums he made with the Heartbreakers - and the Travelling Wiburies too, I had no idea he was still performing. His last concert was at the weekend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ragamuffin Gunner Report post Posted October 3, 2017 Oh this is a hard one to take. Tom Petty, one of my rock heroes and a musician of great integrity, not to mention fabulous songs, gone at 66. Daughter texted last night to say she had just heard it and I'm afraid I shed a tear or three. To quote the closing line from one of my all-time favourite songs (Free Fallin')...................."gonna free fall out into nuthin', gonna leave this world for a while" His songs will never die. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Binker Report post Posted October 3, 2017 I too was shocked by Tom Petty's death. 66 seems younger and younger. He played at the halftime show at the Superbowl a few years ago and was fabulous, exceeded only by his purpleness, also gone from us. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
megustaleer Report post Posted October 16, 2017 Comedian Sean Hughes. I'm familiar with him as a panelist on various comedy panel games on TV & radio. A shockingly young age to die! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Minxminnie Report post Posted October 16, 2017 Sounds like he had a bit of a drink problem. What a shame. He was a month older than me and very much one of my generation. Seemed like a lovely man, but he seems to have been troubled. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iff Report post Posted October 18, 2017 gord downie of tragically hip passed away from brain cancer at age 53 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iff Report post Posted October 22, 2017 (edited) Kevin cadle, former sky sports american football and basketball presenter died last Monday at 61 Edited October 22, 2017 by iff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
megustaleer Report post Posted October 22, 2017 Rosemary Leach - one of my favourite actresses from back n the '70s Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lunababymoonchild Report post Posted October 26, 2017 It was announced yesterday that Fats Domino died. He was such a big influence that I felt it should be mentioned. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lunababymoonchild Report post Posted November 18, 2017 (edited) And this man wrote the soundtrack to my life: Malcolm Young Dies Edited November 18, 2017 by lunababymoonchild Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lunababymoonchild Report post Posted November 22, 2017 Don't know if he's entitled to rest in peace but Charles Manson has finally died aged 83. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lunababymoonchild Report post Posted November 22, 2017 And another childhood hero of mine from way back when I was in primary school, David Cassidy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
megustaleer Report post Posted November 22, 2017 'Likely Lad', Rodney Bewes and last week actor Keith Barron Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
momac Report post Posted November 23, 2017 15 hours ago, lunababymoonchild said: Don't know if he's entitled to rest in peace but Charles Manson has finally died aged 83. I hope he's running around in the hot place being chased by a creature with horns and a pitchfork. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
megustaleer Report post Posted December 11, 2017 Cheggers! I know he'd been ill for some time, but that's so young! I'm getting used to the stars of my youth going, but Cheggers was part of my sons' childhood viewing. Talk about time's winged chariot! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
