Celebrity Deaths

[Mike E]

18 hours ago, RoverDom said:

Let's not forget benidorm legend Sticky Vicky has joined the long list of deaths today. 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0PoW15NPWn/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[den]

On 30/11/2023 at 12:13, Gav said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67546785

Shane MacGowan has died after a long illness that has been going on for 50yrs+

He certainly did it his way, RIP Shane.

Those Irish know how to do funerals. Loved it.

[bazza]

3 hours ago, den said:

Those Irish know how to do funerals. Loved it.

Den, have you ever read "Puckoon" by Spike Milligan? If not I recommend it. There's an Irish wake described in the book. 

[den]

1 hour ago, bazza said:

Den, have you ever read "Puckoon" by Spike Milligan? If not I recommend it. There's an Irish wake described in the book. 

No I haven’t Bazza. I’ll look out for it.

Milligan - he was a one off😀

[den]

Thought this was brilliant.

 

[bazza]

Superb. 

[den]

38 minutes ago, bazza said:

Superb. 

Glad you enjoyed it Bazza. 👍

[Mike E]

Shane would’ve loved them using his own Christmas classic to abuse him in tribute 😂

Ya scumbag, ya maggot, ya cheap lousy f***** 😂

[wilsdenrover]

19 hours ago, den said:

Thought this was brilliant.

 

Just imagine what the ‘wake’ would have been like!

[RoverDom]

Andre Braugher aka Captain Holt in Brooklyn 99 died at 61. Great character brilliantly executed by Bruagher

[47er]

On 09/12/2023 at 09:03, den said:

No I haven’t Bazza. I’ll look out for it.

Milligan - he was a one off😀

Good read that Den.

[Mike E]

19 hours ago, RoverDom said:

Andre Braugher aka Captain Holt in Brooklyn 99 died at 61. Great character brilliantly executed by Bruagher

I first came across Braugher as a therapist opposite Hugh Laurie in House, and felt the character could’ve led its own series!

4 years later I met Mrs E, she introduced me to B99 and one of the best takes on the archetypal ’straight man’ in modern comedy (possibly ever). Manages to be stoic and silly (a corgi called Cheddar, BONE!!!!, laughing hysterically at the ‘desk moved a half-inch prank’) all at once, and brings the exact right amount of gravitas to the moments that needed it.

Captain Holt is a superb character that provided real VIN-DI-CA-TION!!!! to Braugher’s career.

Edited December 14, 2023 by Mike E

[Ianrally]

Tom Wilkinson has died aged 75. One of Britains great character actors well remembered for The Full Monty and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. 

[oldjamfan1]

He was a terrific actor. That scene with the garden gnomes in the Full Monty still cracks me up every time I see it.

RIP

[Mike E]

I also thought he made a very good villain in Rush Hour.

Personally think the best scene from Full Monty is Hot Stuff in the dole queue 😂

[jodrell]

Just seen Franz Becknbauer  has died what a great player. R I P.

 

[oldjamfan1]

44 minutes ago, jodrell said:

Just seen Franz Becknbauer  has died what a great player. R I P.

 

That's Pele, Charlton and Beckenbauer all gone within about a year 😞

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

The best attacking midfield player I ever saw. That was before he prolonged his career by dropping into the back four. A Rolls-Royce of a player.

[Mike E]

Missed this a couple of days ago, but Glynis Johns has died, aged 100. Famously the suffragette mother in the Mary Poppins film, and the singer for whom ‘Send in the Clowns’ was written.

[Ianrally]

Just seen that one of the all time great Welsh and British Lions players JPR Williams has died. 

[oldjamfan1]

Only three people have won the football World Cup as player and coach. Mario Zagallo who died on Saturday, Franz Beckenbauer who died yesterday and Didier Deschamps who's now shitting himself.

[DeeCee]

Der Kaiser, what a player - Germany's answer to Bobby Moore 🏆

[bazza]

On 08/01/2024 at 18:27, Mike E said:

Missed this a couple of days ago, but Glynis Johns has died, aged 100. Famously the suffragette mother in the Mary Poppins film, and the singer for whom ‘Send in the Clowns’ was written.

I'm sure she played the Salvation Army soldier who stopped Phineas Fogg  from getting to his club in time to win the "wager" in "Around the World in Eighty Days" starring David Niven.

[Mike E]

15 minutes ago, bazza said:

I'm sure she played the Salvation Army soldier who stopped Phineas Fogg  from getting to his club in time to win the "wager" in "Around the World in Eighty Days" starring David Niven.

Wiki has her down as ‘Sporting lady’s companion’ 🤷‍♂️

[jodrell]

Annie Nightingale RIP always liked her on the Whistle Test.