Celebrity Deaths

[Rogerb]

Comedian and actor John Sessions has passed away at 67. Was both a subject and did voices on spitting image and had a number of his own shows

[oldjamfan1]

Sad loss is John Sessions. He was a very gifted man. Born in the town where I now live as well so there is a fair bit of sorrow locally today. RIP

[Steven butter]

Connery dead ? Bloody hell oh no  my first day in over a month without internet and cards and I find this . 
he was old tho money penny 

[Steven butter]

On 03/11/2020 at 19:15, oldjamfan1 said:

Sad loss is John Sessions. He was a very gifted man. Born in the town where I now live as well so there is a fair bit of sorrow locally today. RIP

No also hom off Stella stre. He was young Ish 

[oldjamfan1]

Covid-19 has at least removed Peter Sutcliffe (aka The Yorkshire Ripper) from this life.

If there is a Hell, he will surely be in there now.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Covid-19 has at least removed Peter Sutcliffe (aka The Yorkshire Ripper) from this life.

If there is a Hell, he will surely be in there now.

I hope that dickhead hoaxer is there with him.

[Vinjay]

More "infamy" than "celebrity".

[Dreyski]

Des O’Connor’s gone at 88. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Very sad. He seemed a genuinely nice bloke. He was the compere when Buddy Holly toured the UK.

[arbitro]

16 minutes ago, Dreyski said:

Des O’Connor’s gone at 88. 

Sad news. Des always seemed to be on television at weekends and as well as being a really good singer he had a great sense of humour. For us older gits who can forget the way Morecambe and Wise ribbed him in a good natured way of course.

 

[Sparks Rover]

All my childhood entertainers are dying.  Very sad.

[Mike E]

31 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Sad news. Des always seemed to be on television at weekends and as well as being a really good singer he had a great sense of humour. For us older gits who can forget the way Morecambe and Wise ribbed him in a good natured way of course.

 

Morecambe and Wise are timeless. I'm 29 and love them, and will be showing them to my chn.

[jodrell]

Ray Clemence RIP

[Gav]

44 minutes ago, jodrell said:

Ray Clemence RIP

What a keeper he was 

As Sparks said earlier, it seems like all our childhood hero's/entertainers are dying (He wasn't my hero, Jim Arnold was in the Keeper stakes, but you get my drift)

Its a clear sign I'm getting old, but I still think I'm 21.

Edited November 15, 2020 by Gav

[oldjamfan1]

Me and my sons met Ray in Alcudia in 2003 and it was like chatting to an old pal talking to him about football. Lovely man and we also shared flights with John Robertson of Forest and Scotland on the same holiday and when we told Ray this he said “Please pass on my regards to him and his family if you’re on the same flight back”, which we were and we did. Sad day ?

Edited November 15, 2020 by oldjamfan1

[Mike E]

6 hours ago, jodrell said:

Ray Clemence RIP

Met with my dad as a patron of Prostate Cancer UK. RIP big man

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

12 hours ago, Mike E said:

Met with my dad as a patron of Prostate Cancer UK. RIP big man

I got lucky with that Mike. It was caught in time and I'm ok now. Some blokes are too squeamish and leave it until it's too late. My next door neighbour was one and it spread to his spine. He died on Boxing Day 2 years ago. Any blokes over 45 reading this - get tested !

[Mike E]

12 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I got lucky with that Mike. It was caught in time and I'm ok now. Some blokes are too squeamish and leave it until it's too late. My next door neighbour was one and it spread to his spine. He died on Boxing Day 2 years ago. Any blokes over 45 reading this - get tested !

Dad still kicking 6 years after terminal prognosis of 5-7yrs, you'd never know he had it. It might not be a cure, but I think the 'Stampede' drug trial he's on has halted it.

Without any other intervention, his PSA has been at 0 (zero) ever since. Down from 775 at diagnosis when 4 (four) was considered 'high risk of cancer'!

[Rogerb]

Monster monster Eric Hall passed away at 73 was agent for Tim Sherwood.

[Mashed Potatoes]

2 minutes ago, Rogerb said:

Monster monster Eric Hall passed away at 73 was agent for Tim Sherwood.

Despite being a footballers' agent he was no expert on football - he negotiated a £9k bonus for Dave Beasant for every goal he scored unaware that he was a goalkeeper.

[philipl]

10 hours ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

Despite being a footballers' agent he was no expert on football - he negotiated a £9k bonus for Dave Beasant for every goal he scored unaware that he was a goalkeeper.

It worked. Wasn't Beasant one of of only two PL keepers to score a goal.

The other being....

[Mashed Potatoes]

1 hour ago, philipl said:

It worked. Wasn't Beasant one of of only two PL keepers to score a goal.

The other being....

BF at Charlton in the last minute - I was there , and then Charlton immediately scored to win the game. Mark Hughes gave his kit bag a good kicking.

[oldjamfan1]

Don't recall Beasant scoring in the premier league? There have been others though: Paul Robinson, Tim Howard, Begovic (sp?), and Peter Schmeichel spring to mind

Edited November 18, 2020 by oldjamfan1

[Mike E]

2 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Don't recall Beasant scoring in the premier league? There have been others though: Paul Robinson, Tim Howard, Begovic (sp?), and Peter Schmeichel spring to mind

Cough FRIEDEL cough

[oldjamfan1]

Just now, Mike E said:

Cough FRIEDEL cough

He'd already mentioned Friedel, the ones I listed were the 'others'