Celebrity Deaths

[Mike E]

RIP Hagrid 😞

[Upside Down]

On 15/10/2022 at 08:09, Mike E said:

RIP Hagrid 😞

You mean Doctor Samuel Johnson 

 

[Mike E]

9 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

You mean Doctor Samuel Johnson 

 

Sausage?!

SAUSAGE-UH?!?!

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

On 31/08/2022 at 08:43, Gav said:

Mikhail Gorbachev the former soviet leader and widely acclaimed for bringing an end to the cold war has died.

Nobel Piece prize winner also.

How we could do with a man like Gorbachev leading Russia right now!

You mean he didn’t get all the Nobel Prize Gav ?

[Gav]

2 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

You mean he didn’t get all the Nobel Prize Gav ?

Predictive text on these bloody phones Tyrone…

[oldjamfan1]

The last of the original rock n rollers, Jerry Lee Lewis, aka nonce, has died aged 87.

[bazza]

On 28/10/2022 at 18:38, oldjamfan1 said:

The last of the original rock n rollers, Jerry Lee Lewis, aka nonce, has died aged 87.

Goodness, gracious............................

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

On 28/10/2022 at 18:38, oldjamfan1 said:

The last of the original rock n rollers, Jerry Lee Lewis, aka nonce, has died aged 87.

That live show he did for Granada TV back in the 1960’s was the second best live rock n roll show I’ve ever seen on TV. The one they did earlier with Little Richard was the best.

[bazza]

Yeah. JLL was a fantastic performer. He was so ahead of his time. People were still very stuffy in those days in spite of Bill Haley, Elvis and Tommy Steele. JLL was frowned upon by the older people but to us youngsters he was a breath of fresh air.

[oldjamfan1]

RIP Wilko Johnson, Dr Feelgood guitarist. Cheated death once but not a second time. He was definitely an inspiration for the young Paul Weller.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63728503

Edited November 23, 2022 by oldjamfan1

[Stonesrick]

11 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

RIP Wilko Johnson, Dr Feelgood guitarist. Cheated death once but not a second time. He was definitely an inspiration for the young Paul Weller.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63728503

The heart and Soul of Dr Feelgood. Such a unique guitarist.

RIP Wilko.

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I saw a few times after he left Dr Feelgood. He had a style all of his own.

[only2garners]

I remember seeing him at Glastonbury in 2014 when he was still under his terminal diagnosis and then subsequently in Manchester. i suspect I also saw him as a Blockhead with Ian Dury in the early 80s. Unique.

[oldjamfan1]

As well as Wilko, another Johnson also died yesterday. RIP Dave 'Doc' Johnson, ex Everton, Ipswich, Liverpool and England striker. He was part of arguably the best ever Liverpool side (circa 1978/79).

 

Any chance Boris can complete the hat trick?

[broadsword]

On 22/10/2022 at 11:31, Mike E said:

Sausage?!

SAUSAGE-UH?!?!

Quote

Oh, come on, Blackadder, it’s only a book. Let’s just damn the fellow’s
eyes, strip the britches from his backside and warm his heels to Putney
Bridge! HURRAH!

 

[Upside Down]

14 hours ago, broadsword said:

 

These aren't the days of Alfred the Great, you can't just lop someone's head off and blame it on the vikings. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

On 24/11/2022 at 10:29, oldjamfan1 said:

As well as Wilko, another Johnson also died yesterday. RIP Dave 'Doc' Johnson, ex Everton, Ipswich, Liverpool and England striker. He was part of arguably the best ever Liverpool side (circa 1978/79).

 

Any chance Boris can complete the hat trick?

A remember being in the pub one Saturday night when a Dingle pal of mine came in. He’d been to the Turf that day and he said “ I’ve just seen a young lad make his debut for the scousers, he’s called David Johnson and he’ll play for England one day “.

[oldjamfan1]

RIP Doddie Weir, Scotland rugby player, who has died of MND at the age of 52. The word ‘brave’ gets bandied about a lot these days but this fella was even braver off the field than he was on it, and that’s saying something.

[oldjamfan1]

Not a celebrity as such but RIP Bob Eccles, Darwen FC President and long serving stalwart of the club. He was on the Board at the Anchor with my dad in the early to late 70s and oversaw their transition from the Lancashire Combination to the Cheshire League and then the North West Counties League, on who’s committee he also served with distinction. A sad loss to grass roots football so soon after losing Lionel Cooke.

https://www.nwcfl.com/news-articles.php?id=8921

Edited November 27, 2022 by oldjamfan1

[arbitro]

18 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Not a celebrity as such but RIP Bob Eccles, Darwen FC President and long serving stalwart of the club. He was on the Board at the Anchor with my dad in the early to late 70s and oversaw their transition from the Lancashire Combination to the Cheshire League and then the North West Counties League, on who’s committee he also served with distinction. A sad loss to grass roots football so soon after losing Lionel Cooke.

https://www.nwcfl.com/news-articles.php?id=8921

Thanks Andy. I wasn't aware that Bob had passed away. It's a few years since I saw him and he didn't seem in great health but he was happy to stand and chat football for a while.

Did you know he was a Bournemouth supporter?

[oldjamfan1]

3 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Thanks Andy. I wasn't aware that Bob had passed away. It's a few years since I saw him and he didn't seem in great health but he was happy to stand and chat football for a while.

Did you know he was a Bournemouth supporter?

I did mate yeah, we all have a cross to bear I suppose. I must admit I was a little surprised to hear that he had only just passed away. I first met him 50 years ago and he seemed like an old guy then! He was possibly only in his 30s on reflection but you became middle aged very quickly in his generation I suppose. Him and my old man crossed swords a few times, notably when Bob took Darwen out of the Lancashire Combination, but without people like Bob Eccles football would die on its backside.

[Gav]

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/fleetwood-macs-christine-mcvie-dies-aged-79-12758951

Christine McVie has passed away, what a talent and what a band.

[oldjamfan1]

11 hours ago, Gav said:

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/fleetwood-macs-christine-mcvie-dies-aged-79-12758951

Christine McVie has passed away, what a talent and what a band.

Along with Kate Bush probably the greatest English female singer/songwriter of my lifetime. I can’t readily think of a better one.

RIP

[Gav]

Well you learn something new every day, Christine McVie was from Cumbria, Bouth to be exact near Windermere, I didn't know that.

Bouth must have seemed many miles away when living with Dennis Wilson of Beach Boy fame in Beverley Hills.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

On 01/12/2022 at 07:35, oldjamfan1 said:

Along with Kate Bush probably the greatest English female singer/songwriter of my lifetime. I can’t readily think of a better one.

RIP

I don’t “ get “ Kate Bush at all. If she was singing in my garden I’d draw the curtains.