The 2013 Celebrity Death Cull Thread!

Let the cull begin.

*edited cos it's no longer shitmas, and no longer 2012

I think we should include links to past death threads:

2011: http://www.wereallneighbours.co.uk/idlechat/message.php?id=45535&page=...
2010: http://www.wereallneighbours.co.uk/idlechat/message.php?id=42928&page=...
Obscure rock deaths: http://www.wereallneighbours.co.uk/idlechat/message.php?id=36520&page=...

Oscar Niemeyer - Architect.

Stock Footage of his Congresso Nacional building was used as 26th centry Earth Presidential Headquarters in Doctor Who in 1973. ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:National_Congress_of_Brazil.jpg

Ed Cassidy, Drummer of 60's psychedelia and 70's prog rockers Spirit.

I used to exchange emails with Ed Cassidy after buying a Spirit album off his mail order company years ago... The 12 Dreams of Dr Sardonicus and the first Spirit album were on the turntable all the time...

Embarrassingly (because it's a bit sad to buy an album just because the artist has died) I've just bought the first spirit album. I had a quick listen today and some of it reminds me of Syd era Pink Floyd, which is a good thing. I'll see what I think once it has arrived and had a chance to listen.

EDIT: I've listened to the album twice now and I don't like any of it I'm afraid.

Dave Brubeck: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9725214/Dave-Brubeck.html

i think happyted should change his name to mr music anecdote, or manecodote for short. you're a fucking anecdote machine.

Ed Cassidy was a legend, also helped with music therapy for sick children in the bay area that my brothers son organised... such a willing man.

liked a big drum kit as well.

What was really sad he had to sell his 1957 Chevy, drum kit and music memorabilia to help pay for his housing and health care...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10525469

we all like a big drum kit ted.

Patrick Moore, a loss so sad he already has his own thread. Here's a song he wrote on the xylophone. http://youtu.be/703AFmOd80o

He appeared in Doctor Who, as himself, in 2010.

Huw Lloyd-Langton, Guitarist for Hawkwind for the first album and then all their albums for the 1980's.

Alex Moulton, who designed the suspension system used on the (proper, rather than BMW) Mini and later saved the British bicycle industry with his revolutionary Moulton space-frame, small-wheeled bikes (designed with help from Jack Lauterwasser, who probably isn't a household name among WANers but was admired greatly by me).

Ravi Shankar.

I loved Ravi... I was lucky to see him at WOMAD some years back... I shouted out "we love you Ravi" and he replied. "And I love you too my friend".

If ever an instrument has represented a country with all its sadness and joy it must be the sitar. The way the music starts and builds is almost like telling the story of India itself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCJkjhNmsoI

Norman Joseph Woodland - invented the barcode

Kenneth Kendall, Newsreader for the BBC for years and years and years. Also played a newsreader in 2001: A Space Odyssey and in Doctor Who in 1969.

Maurice Herzog, great mountaineer, one of the first two men to summit Annapurna.

Lawrie Barratt - very rich fellow who founded Barrett Homes, one of the two biggest housebuilders in the country. Cambourne, Orchard Park, Loves Farm - at least some of the truely outstanding houses built there are because of him. Sigh...

^Get free helicopter with your Barratt home ;-]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAgBcVPLcec

Lee Dorman, bass player from Iron Butterfly. Da da dadada dum dum dom dadadada.

In other news Thatcher is in hospital at the moment. Do we reckon she's going to go in 2013? Prince Phillip as well?

Unfortunately the BBC says, 'Baroness Thatcher is doing "absolutely fine".'

I must admit I'm not actually looking foward to Thatcher passing away. It's going to be Diana all over again but with added right wing horror. Plus, I must say, I actually hate Tony Blair far more than Thatcher. Sadly he's going to be with us for ages yet, and also Thatcher is too far gone to do any harm ever again.

goosey, that's a mean-spirited remark. Poor effort.

Defrev, don't be such a square. She's an evil harridan and I whole-heartedly agree with goosey's views. Stock that in yer Tory pipe and smoke it.

*stick

Quincy actor Jack Klugman dead.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4713060/Legendary-Quincy-act...

Gerry Anderson creator of the Thunderbirds:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-20845407

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20743958

Loved Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet when I was little - remember collecting Captain Scarlet bubblegum cards when I was 6. They discontinued them before I had collected the whole set, so I wrote to the bubblegum manufacturers (Anglo) and they sent me a full set.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20743959

Wing Commander Gordon Hughes (Photo Reconnaissance Pilot, DSO, DFC and Bar)

maybe not a well-known celebrity - but certainly a role model

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-for...

Richard Rodney Bennett. Wrote a lot of Jazz and "difficult" classical music but did a lot of film scores including Four Weddings and a Funeral, Gormenghast and the Dr Who story The Aztecs.

Mike Scaccia :o(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20836131

Onstage death too.

Going back to Gerry Anderson, Fireball XL5 was my favourite when I was growing up.

Silent Rob, I thought that Parker was a bit of a dude,

(No longer) Stormin' Norman Schwarzkopf.

Patti Page, sang the most famous version of (How Much is that) Doggie in the Window? which was Margret Thatchers favourite record of all time fact fans.

Tony Lip, played Carmine Lupertazzi in The Sopranos. Was also in The Godfather and Goodfellas.

Daphne Oxenford, Listen with Mother:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20908822

^ She's also been in loads of stuff over the years. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654559/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Pierre Cogan, ex-oldest living person to have competed in the Tour de France. Died last night, aged 98.

(New Oldest Living Person to have competed in the Tour, incidentally, is 96-year-old Albert Bourlon. He and Cogan were team mates on Mercier-Hutchinson in 1937. Chances are, this is the only Cambridge-based public web forum where you can pick up obscure trivia like that.)

Fish dies but comes back to life and becomes a youtube celebrity;-]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAdWFI5I7to

David R. Ellis - directed cinematic classics like Snakes on a Plane and Final Destination 3. Also worked as a stuntman on tons of films.

Alasdair Milne, director general of the BBC 1982 to 1987 until Thatcher made him resign. He bought Yes, Minister to TV among other things.

He also didn't sack Michael Grade who, as we all know, cancelled The Tripods, cut the budget of Blackadder and cancelled Doctor Who in 1988 before buying Neighbours instead.

I've just realised I've mentioned Margaret Thatcher on this thread 6 times in less than a month.

Actually, now it's 7. :/

Mariangela Melato. Just like Brian Blessed she has been in tons of films but is mostly only remembered for being in Flash Gordon.

"Open fire! All weapons, now!"

^Yeah quite fancied her in a M&S way ;-]

S&M I meant ;-]

Someone once told me that Flash Gorden was exactly like a porn film but without the sex. After that I've never been able to watch it since. :/

It's actually much worse than Barbarella if you watch it with that it mind.

It was called Flesh Gordon. A VERY YOUNG bLUE pETER PRESENTER WS IN IT.
cAN ANYONE REMEBER WHICH ONE IT WAS?

500 WAN POINTS FOR THE RIGHT ANSWER.

Peter Duncan was in Flash Gordon. Spare me the madness.

Has anyone actually seen Flesh Gordon? It was one of those boxes that was always in the video shop but no one ever hired it.

On New Years there was one Flash and two Mings. Is it like that?

I've seen Flesh Gordon - it's quite funny and not really very naughty at all!

I imagine it is quite softcore. I've seen a trailor, it has stop motion special effect monsters - always a very good thing in my book. Much better than the blurry CGI troll armies that you get these days.

Teh Internet seems to think that Michael Winner's just popped his clogs.

It's on the bbc website so it must be true

Bernard Horsfall. Was in On Her Majestys Secret Service and lots of other films. He's been in Doctor Who four times, mostly playing Timelords including Chancellor Goth in Tom Baker classic The Deadly Assassin.

Patty Andrews, last surviving member of the Andrews Sisters.

Andre Cassagnes, inventor of the Etch-A-Sketch.

http://cdn03.cdnwp.thefrisky.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/31/etch_a_...

Bubs White... guitarist with the Soul Soul Committee (Cambridge Band from 60s) and played with the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and others
http://www.andyrobertsmusic.com/news-bubs-white.html

Reg Presley of the Troggs. Wild Thing!

Paul Tanner - last surviving member of the Glen Miller Orchestra AND played Theremin on Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys!

Nic Potter (Mozart) bassist, composer and painter, best known for his work with the group Van der Graaf Generator.
He did sessions and played live with everyone from Jeff Beck, The Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, Paul Kossoff and Pink Floyd's Nick Mason and was a member of The Misunderstood, Van Der Graaf Generator and Rare Bird.

Stuart Freeborn, make up artist. Designed the face of Yoda in Star Wars. Also did the apes in 2001: A Space Odyessy and made Peter Sellers look like three different people in Dr Strangelove.

Donald Byrd, Blue Note jazz trumpeter who played with - among others - Herbie Hancock and Thelonious Monk.

thats a shame. His 'At the Half Note Cafe' was the first CD I ever bought in the mid 80's. And I still have it and play it at least once a year. I also have it on my i pod and listened to it when traveling on a coach to Parga in Greece last year.

ACTOR Peter Gilmore, star of 1970s BBC drama The Onedin Line, has died aged 81.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/4784698/Onedin-Line-st...

^ He was married to Aunt Sally from Worzel Gummage at one point. http://cdn.static.ovimg.com/episode/251141.jpg

Cecil Womack http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21320040

also Alva 'Reggie' Lewis - reggae session guitarist.

Oh - and Donald Byrd.

The originator of ping pong diplomacy...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21400699

Trevor Grills from the sea shanty group Fishermans Friends, after a metal door fell on him at a festival in Guildford.

I'm a bit upset about this, I quite like them and went to see them at the Corn Exchange last year. Plus - having a metal door fall on you, in fucking GUILDFORD, is not exactly high on my list of bestest ways to die.

Jazz dude Donald Byrd:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21425208

Rick Huxley from the Dave Clark Five, leaving them as now The Dave Clark Two.

Apparently Donald Byrd has died.

Reg Presley of The Troggs

I cannot imagine how boring it would be to be famous for one shite song. Having to play it at every gig you ever did. Gig after gig after gizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Then when you die thats what people remember you for. Singing a shite song.

Anyways a jobs a job I suppose.

Nutty pegged that one on Feb 5th Mal...

and The Troggs were well known/famous appart from influencing many bands for "Wild Thing", "With a Girl Like You", "I Can't Control Myself", "Any Way That You Want Me" and "Love Is All Around" (no 5 for the Troggs and at no 1 for fifteen weeks in the UK for the Wets and royalties enabled Reg to take it easy) ...

The Troggs are widely seen as a highly influential band whose sound was an inspiration for garage rock and punk rock. Influential American critic Lester Bangs "called the band the progenitors of punk", according to NPR.For example, the Troggs influenced artists such as Iggy Pop, and the early version of British pop-punk pioneers Buzzcocks featured "I Can't Control Myself" in their live repertoire. The Ramones are also amongst punk bands who cited the Troggs as an influence. "I Can't Control Myself" is perhaps the most enduring favorite of critics; it continues to be championed for its originality and lasting influence by radio hosts such as "Little" Steven Van Zandt.
The MC5 covered "I Want You" at their live shows and recorded the song for the album Kick Out the Jams, although they renamed it "I Want You Right Now".
The Jimi Hendrix Experience famously covered "Wild Thing" during their appearance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, introducing it as the British/American joint "national anthem", and climaxing with Hendrix burning his guitar.
In 1990, the first hit for the band Spiritualized was a cover of "Anyway That You Want Me". This cover was later used in the movie Me and You and Everyone We Know.

some people know zilch.

Well said Ted!!

Pfffffft, whatever.

"Wild Thing" is still a shite song.

The Troggs were a great band.
Even if you don't like them you must appreciate this quite glorious recording of them arguing in the studio: http://youtu.be/XcM2_ZjTLK8

Petro Vlahos - invented chroma key and Blue / Green screen filming. Made a thousand dodgy special effects possible and is the reason why todays Hollywood actors spend most of their time reacting in rooms with green walls instead of speaking convincing dialogue, playing good characters and generally making watchable films.

Great as The Troggs were, the best version of "Wild Thing" is actually by........The Goodies - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zN2wWGbGyM
Similarly, the classic version of The Zombies "She's Not There" is actually by the UK Subs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aur8Miwq9Rc

I have spoken!!

I've never seen the Goodies version before. That would have made a much better single than "Funky Gibbon" don't you think?

Absolutely - Funky Gibbon never did it for me!

Richard Briers. Pretty old, but much loved in the CRS household.

Shame, he's been in a lot of great stuff over the years. Even if his appearence in Doctor Who in the late 1980's is one of the shows most cringeworthy moments in 50 years. Which really IS saying something...
http://youtu.be/zRTPhqnBlV0 11seconds in onwards.

hope he had a good life...

I think the greatest thing he did was Roobarb and Custard:
http://youtu.be/I4aVXeDg3U4

Sad times, what a back catalogue - The Good Life and Roobarb and Custard, in the list. Some GL trivia:

http://www.tv.com/shows/good-life-the/trivia/

RIP Richard.

Derek Batey - he of Mr & Mrs http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/mr-mrs-host-derek-batey-dies-aged-84...

Other deaths this week:
Lanier Greig - founded ZZ Top but left / was chucked out soon after they got going.
Shadow Morton - Wrote lots of Motown songs including Leader of the Pack.
Kevin Peek - played guitar on lots of prog reworkings of classical music in Sky. My dad was a fan. They were better than James Last but only just.

I don't think George "Shadow" Morton had anything to do with Motown. He produced and (co-)wrote most of the great Shangri-Las records, and later produced the 2nd New York Dolls album. All will be remembered.

Wonderfully knowledgeable as ever SD! :)

Elspet Gray. Played the Queen in the first Blackadder and been in lots of TV stuff including Catweezle and Fawlty Towers. Only been in Doctor Who once.

Kevin Ayers from Soft Machine.

So sad about Kevin. Young too. Loved his solo work in the mid-70s...he offered a sophistication that I could only imagine. Totally laid back and un-showbiz. A fabulous talent. I shall play Bananamour tonight. Sad now.

"Joy Of A Toy" myself. Glum news.

Oh, I missed this one. :( Only latterly got into SM but they are giving me a lot of joy.

Just saw this too. Sad. The early solo albums are extraordinary. Every bit as experimental as Eno's stuff and a lot more charming.

Although I was an early convert to all things punk, the theme tune to my teenage years wasn't Neat Neat Neat or Pretty Vacant but Shouting in a Bucket Blues. God, I'd love to see him sing that just one more time.

I actually met him a couple of years ago in an ill-fated attempt at doing an interview. It was hard to get him to talk, I think he must have been a very private sort of person.

Raymond Cusick, who designed the Daleks.

^ He got paid about 20 quid tops while Terry Nation kept the rights and made millions of pounds over 40 years. Even today the "Estate of Terry Nation" keeps the design tightly controlled and drop down hard on anyone who uses it, even though Terry had nothing to do with how Daleks look. Unfair.

Bob Godfrey, animator who did Henrys Cat, Roobarb and the Trio adverts. Literally days after Richard Briers from Roobarb.

did seem unfair though he did get the recognition and an ex-gratia payment... though I bet no where even minutely close to what the Nation estate has got...

'As Cusick was a BBC employee at the time he designed the Daleks, he was on a salary and not paid royalties. Given the large revenue generated by merchandise featuring Cusick's Dalek design, some feel that he should have been paid a royalty (as was script writer Terry Nation, who created the concept of the Daleks but not their design or appearance). However, this was not in the terms of his contract. Despite this, the BBC did recognise his contribution with an ex-gratia payment. Cusick himself never asked for more money; just to be recognised as the designer.'

Richard Street has died. Since Damon Harris died last week this means that two of the Temptations have kicked the bucket in less than a week. Though neither of them were in the band when they did the well known songs.

BBC designer Raymond Cusick is said to have dreamt up Doctor Who’s most evil enemy after taking one look at a school rooftop at a chimney pot.

www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/4816657/Fifty-year-Dalek-secr...

That's a 1964 Dalek in the photo in case we were wondering. :P

Despite Ronnie Biggs being at deaths door for the last four years Bruce Reynolds surprises us all by being the next train robber to die.

The song he did with Alabama 3 is approximately 24 billion times better than Ronnie Biggs' No one is Innocent with the Sex Pistols. Not that that's very hard - I think Rebecca Black is much better than No one is Innocent.

Hugo Chavez

thomas cooke's left leg

Alvin Lee, guitarist with Ten Years After...Woodstock made them...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21688814

Tony Gubba - well known sport presenter for those of a certain age. Actually, I think he was still doing stuff.

Alvin Lee, guitarist with Ten Years After...Woodstock made them...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21688814

"I'm going home by helicopter!"

Peter Banks original guitarist with Yes, on the first 2 albums.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm2xkDfm_C4&feature=player_embedded#!

with 17 year old Bruford on drums...

Comedian Norman Collier
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21798955

Clive Burr, drummer of Iron Maiden for the first three albums. I always thought they were much better when they were a punkier NWOBHM thing, before Bruce Dickenson and the monsters in stadiums.

Captain Peacock actor Frank Thornton is unfortunately no longer free.

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/National-News/Are-You-Being-Served-act...

^ Always remember that he was in Tony Hancocks "The Blood Donor" :)

92 - not bad Captain Peacock. I think he's the last AYBS main character to go, unless you count Mike Berry who wasn't an original.

For some reason, this had me checking on Melvyn Hayes but thankfully he's still chuntering along. It's a shame that It Ain't Half Hot Mum never gets repeated but quite obvious why I suppose!

B - O - B - O - Y - S - Boys to entertain yooouuu.

Punkawallah!

Ah, we knew how to have fun in those days. You already knew but it was filmed in Thetford Forest. Very tropical.

Wasn't Dads Army also filmed in Thetford, or at least very nearby?

James Herbert, purveyor of popular pulp horror novels whose titles start with "The". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21870413

^ Like Stephen King his books have been made into some really good films.

Also like Stephen King his books were banned in my school, which of course made them far more massively popular than they would have been otherwise. People just don't LEARN do they?

I had a game based on The Rats for my Commodore 64.

Harry Reems, star of Deep Throat. Which none of us will have seen, of course.

I had a game based on The Rats for my Commodore 64.

Me too (although I had the CPC version). I liked games like that, you could be a part of it even though you weren't able to read the real thing. See also Viz: The Computer Game. Tagline: "You'll never play a bigger load of bollocks".

Joe Weider

Norman Collier - best known for his routines b s d on a fa l y mic ph ne, on 70s TV sh ws

Your behind the times George.Pfffft.

Gordon Stoker from the Jordanaires. Sung of a ton of 50's records including many of the good Elvis songs in the Sun Records period.

Jocelyn Stoker very nearly made this list...

Richard Griffiths. All together now: "MONTY YOU TERRIBLE CUNT!!!!!!"

:(

Phil Ramone -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21983894

The man who invented Velcro has died.

RIP.

Mrs Muppet - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22012663

Iain Banks is terminally ill :-(

http://local.stv.tv/edinburgh/219947-renowned-scots-author-iain-banks-...

Jesus Franco. Spanish Director who made a long list of cinematic classics:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Franco#Filmography

Durand Durand (Milo O'Shea)

Maggie Thatcher

After Maggie finally obliging us by dropping dead and hogging the limelight for a whole week this weekend we have:

Jonathan Winters - Voiced grandpa Smurf.
Chi Cheng - bass player for the Deftones, after been in a near coma for three years. Poor guy.

This is the ninth time I've mentioned Thatcher on this thread. Can I make it ten I wonder?

Richard LeParmentier. Darth Vader found his lack of faith disturbing and force choked him at the table in Star Wars.

Apparently he was married to the woman who played Ursa in Superman 2. Scary stuff.

Storm Thorgerson from Hipgnosis.

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Iconic-Pink-Floyd-album-artist-St...

There was an exhibition of Hipgnosis album covers at the newish gallery space on King Street a month or two back. I must admit that it wasn't really my "thing", mostly because I didn't like any of the bands the covers were of, but you must admit that Hipgnosis had an recognisable style and did very well for so long.

Richie Havens
http://www.spinner.com/2013/04/22/richie-havens-dead/

Also Chrissie Amphlett from the Divinyls, apparently.

Oh and Andy Johns who produced Led Zep, the Stones, Television etc.

Saw Richie Havens in a field in Suffolk many years ago, hugely impressive. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child...

Allan Arbus. Played The Psychologist in M*A*S*H and had a notable turn in The Omen II where he gets killed by chemical fumes after having a disagreement with Damien.

George Jones. Damn. He was great.

Nosher Brown, stuntman who wasn't credited in anything. Apparently was in Flash Gordon, The Empire Strikes Back, Bridge Over the River Kwai and a whopping 14 Bond films and no one noticed.

Paul Shurey has died after falling over on cobblestones in Goa. He was an old school rave promoter for Universe, then was one of the founders of Tribal Gathering, that main post CJB dance music festival of the 1990s.

I never went to a Tribal Gathering. Shame, I would have probably quite enjoyed sitting in a heap in the chill out tent as we discussed last week.

Albert Hofmann: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/04/lsd-inventor-al/

(Is he dead, or has he merely transcended our reality?)

I could be tripping maaan, but I'm pretty sure he died 5 years ago.

Looking at the date in the URL I posted, I have to conclude that it's actually me who's tripping.

God only knows why I thought this story was in any way recent.

I've seen it posted several times over the last week. Perhaps he's back for a brief anniversary haunting?

Chris Kelly, of that terrible 1990's pop / rap duo Kriss Kross. One of them had dreads and the other one was bald and they both wore their trousers backwards.

He wasn't very old at all poor bloke.

Jeff Hanneman of Slayer.

It seems that Hanneman was killed, indirectly, by a spider bite - how very bizarre!

*Adds to my list of bizzare rock deaths*

I think he is higher than Jeff Porcardo and Sonny from Sonny and Cher but below Cass Elliot, Kirsty MacColl, Randy Rhodes and Terry Keith from Chicago.

There are some more excellent bizarre music deaths here - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeremy-simmonds/rock-star-death_b_218936...

Judging by the 'When the paramedics put the Defibrillator on his chest, were they shouting, "jump jump?" jokes I've been getting via text tonight...

Chris Kelly of Kriss Kross, hip hop one hit wonder wunderkind fame RIP....

Ray Harryhausen.

I go on and on about his greatness here, so I won't do it again.
http://www.wereallneighbours.co.uk/idlechat/message.php?id=41339&page=...

Bryan Forbes. Wrote and was involved with loads of films. Directed the Stepford Wives among lots of others.

Cedric "Im" Brooks - a reggae legend - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedric_Brooks

Aubrey Woods. Was the sweet shop owner in the good version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, played Haggunenon Underfleet Commander in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, was in one epsisode of Blake's 7 and was in Day of the Daleks in Doctor Who in 1972.

Paul Shane, played the holiday camp manager with the quiff in Hi-De-Hi.

Bye-de-bye :)

You are wrong Old Rocker... Paul Shane was the crap comic- but with a big heart. Not the camp manager with the quiff. Get ypur facts right buster.
I couldny stand Hi-de-hi.

Bigmal - get your names right Buster. That post was from the silent one. Paul Shane was the one who looked like he should be running a Waltzer ride on Yarmouth pier in the 1970s. I also disliked Hi-de-Hi but found Ruth Maddox's voice somewhat alluring.

Seems to be becoming a regular thing nowadays but I stand corrected.

I don't think I ever watched an episode of Hi De Hi in my life. It was one of those things (along with Supergran, T Bag, Grange Hill, Johnny Briggs, The Price is Right and Allo Allo) that my father demanded was switched off as soon as it started. Usually to watch a Question of Sport.

Well blow me ...Sorry Old Rocker.
Oi Silent Rob gets yer facts right buster...

Ray Manzarak of the Doors: sad news. Light My Fire riff immediately springs to mind.

Eddie Braben

^ "There were two old men sitting in deckchairs..." was one of Eddie's lines. Ernie never let Eric finish the joke off because it was too rude. Eric later revealed that it continued:
"It's nice out, isn't it?"
"Yes, but I think you should put it away now..."

When I was 12, I think this was the funniest thing I'd ever heard.

Eddie was a great man.

Ray Manzarak had some amazing shoes. I like these white ones:
http://youtu.be/cJEL6b9Z78w

My eldest boy happens to be learning Riders on the Storm on the piano at the moment :(

Trevor Bolder
(Uriah Heep and Spiders from Mars)

Only two Spiders From Mars left now. :(

Didn't Trevor Bolder paint his face blue and then find it was permanent? Or was that the drummer?

"Didn't Trevor Bolder paint his face blue and then find it was permanent? Or was that the drummer?" yeah that was Trevor Bolder after lots of treatment he was still left with blue dye behind his ears apparently

^ That should have been in Spinal Tap. For me, Uriah Heep was the template for the Tap boys.

I once had a conversation with a South African who tried to persuade me that Heep had produced better music than the Beatles. I can only assume that during the 70s, Heep were one of the three bands allowed to be played on SA radio. I mean...!

I once had a conversation with a South African who tried to persuade me that Heep had produced better music than the Beatles

Several people, South African and otherwise, have tried to convince me that Uriah Heep and various other bands of that era produced better music than the Beatles. Sometimes this is down to personal taste (as in the case of those who prefer Led Zep and Black Sabbath, because they like the heavier sound); often it's because they've only really heard the poppier, earlier "boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy writes sappy pop record about it all" Beatles that gets on the radio. When they hear some of the later stuff from the period when the band was regularly taking LSD but before John and Paul had vanished up their own bumholes, they usually change their minds and agree that the Beatles had their moments. Happiness Is A Warm Gun usually does the trick, I find. Blue Jay Way is another good one - it tends to get overlooked, but it's a cracking tune.

Mick McManus, professional (British) wrestler from the days when European wrestling was becoming silly (before the Americans developed their own very silly version).

I love Wrestling, the sillier the better. Well, maybe not love, nor would I ever think of watching it, but it always amuses me to know that it exists - exactly like how I like Prince Phillip or Twisted Sister.

Richard Thorp. Played the Squadron Leader of the Lancaster that dropped the bomb that went over the top of the dam and then damaged the aircraft in the film of the Dambusters. He probably played with the racist dog at some point as well.

Apparently he was in Emmerdale for years on end but I wouldn't know about that.

^ Was he in Doctor Who?

Not once! I call that a failed acting career if you ask me.

Marshall Lytle, played double bass on rock around the clock and lots of other songs for Bill Haley. I think he might have invented slap bass but I wouldn't be sure.

Bill Pertwee. You ruddy 'ooligans.

Are you sure? He was reported to have died just after Clive Dunn last year but it turned out to be a rumour. :)

He might have gone back in time in his tardis and died a second time...

yes-Bill Pertwee- his light has been turned out...

It seems that Bill has actually died this time.

Stuart Cable

What, again?

Local boy Tom Sharpe, he of the farcical comedy novels, often set in Cambridge. If I'm in the right mood I sometimes find some of his books quite funny, if I am in the wrong mood they can be very annoying.

His favourite pub was the Champion of the Thames on King Street which appears in several of his novels, often under a different name. He obviously had very good taste. Next time I am in there I will drink to him.

His South African novels were terrific, as were the earlier Wilt novels. The latter ones were awful. I'm with you, SR...a silent toast to him next time...

Yeah, his novels do vary an awful lot. Some of them can be very entertaining, some of them do leave a very nasty taste. Just not funny at all - like whenever you see a paperback novel which says "HILLARIOUS!!" on the front cover, you just know it's going to be awful before you even pick it up.

Slim Whitman - the secret weapon in Mars Attacks!

Tony soprano

Nelson Mandela is getting worse. I think he is going to go on around Thursday lunchtime sadly.

I don't think he'll last that long. Tomorrow arvo at the latest.

We should make a sweepstake:

SR - Thursday 12pm.
BB - Tuesday pm.

Hold on...is this South African time or UK? Isn't there a 2 hour difference?

Good point! Like the vampire Alexi Sayle in the Young Ones, I forgot about the time difference between here and Johannesburg...

Let's go with South African time.

What does the winner get?

500 WANpoints?
The smug satisfaction of winning?

I'll go Friday PM.

Thursday, 2am.

Sick bastards

Thursday, 04:30

Ha.

Sorry, lol.

BB - Tuesday PM
BM - Thursday 04.30
SR - Thursday 12pm
DF - Thursday 2am
DR - Friday PM

Mick Aston - the bloke with the loud jumpers on Time Team.

Richard Matheson.

Look, within the last 2 years pretty much ALL my favourite sci fi authors have died, if you extend it to 2008 then you can include Arthur C Clarke as well. I'm getting pretty bloody annoyed with this!

Of the three film versions of I Am Legend I think the Charlton Heston version is the best one.

Alan Myers, drummer of Devo from 1976 to 1986 - ie all the years when they were brilliant and then a bit beyond that.

Are we not men? Never saw them live but saw their video of Satisfaction played before Grease. Must have been late summer/Autumn 1978. Can't decide which was the weirdest: their utterly wacked outversion of the song or the fact that I paid folding money to watch that film. I think a girl might have been involved. Blimey, he must have been young.

I saw Devo in 2007 and they were still amazing - Myers not on drums by then of course.

I'm still not sure if I'd go and see the reformed Devo or not. I'd probably enjoy it though because they are one of my all time favourites.

I think my favourite thing about Devo is that in many ways they were the least glamourous band on earth, yet they put on these amazing choreographed stage shows.

Some examples:
http://youtu.be/6QZD_niSlK8 (doesn't start until a minute in)

http://youtu.be/R0jk6SojCQs (performing on treadmills)

http://youtu.be/l1bNh-9Nj7U (swelling itching brain)

I do wish they'd filmed better quality versions of all this stuff at the time. Bah.

That was my fear in 2007 but, aside from the fact that a couple of them have become a little portly, they really were excellent.

Is the Nelson Mandela sweepstake still on?
I'm changing my bet to 03:45 Monday 1st of July.

I say 13 July at 1 pm.

I've been away for a week and I am surprised that no one has mentioned:

bernie Nolan - leader of the Nolans
Or
Douglas Engelbart - invented the computer mouse.

Do try to keep up everyone. :p

Kay Matheson, one of the Scots who stole the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey in 1950.

Does Bigmal have an opinion on this I wonder?

I like scones yum yum

Splendid political commentary from north of the border.

Bah. I check this thread for the first time in ages and discover that one of my favourite musicians died weeks ago and I never heard about it. Alan Myers was a fantastic drummer with a very distinctive style (and a horror of ride cymbals by the sound of it). RIP.

Dr R, was the Devo show you saw the one on the South Bank? QEH or RFH, I forget which. I was nervous about that too but it was absolutely brilliant.

No, it was at Shepherds Bush Empire - same tour but a week later so the interweb tells me!

Anna Wing - absolutely ancient death list favourite. She was in Eastenders or something or other and she was in Doctor Who in 1982.

Louis the chimp.
He played Brooke Bond in PG Tips ads dead aged 37.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/celebritynews/louis-the-chimpanzee-who-...

Alan Whicker. Presented Whicker's World for decades.

There was even a Monty Python sketch about him: http://youtu.be/LFp3H8dnJps

Alan Whicker meets Papa Doc, to me his best interview.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO_fLp_j-wQ

Bert Trautmann http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23375452

Mel Smith from Smith and Jones and Not the Nine O'Clock News.

Quite sad about that
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23390982

Mel Smith - hedgehog sandwiches - I like trucking and I like to truck. Sadly missed!

His humour never really done anything for me.

Dennis Farina RIP. I always confused him with George Clooney. "We've got beaches in England, Avi." "Who the **** wants to see 'em?"
Of the 3 I'd prefer to see Mel Smith.

Wikipedia's Recent Deaths page currently has this gem:

"Darlene Flynn, 58, American world record holder for most shoes, blunt force trauma"

I felt bad for giggling at it.

JJ Cale has died. That's a shame.

Mark Knopfler owes his whole guitar style to J J Cale

Mick Farren, one of NMEs top writers when i was young and NME mattered, also singer with The Deviants, wrote a few good sci fi books if i remember correctly

^^ Used to love Farren in the NME. Remember Watch Out Kids? His memoir Give the Anarchist a Cigarette is a hoot. Very sad that he's dead...but what a way to go.

Ah the onstage death, joining the likes of Dimebag Darrell, Tommy Cooper, Tiny Tim, Sid James and Eric Morecambe. Never very pleasant.

Tim Wright, original bass player for Pere Ubu but left before A Modern Dance (I think he might have played on one song on the album).

Later he played in DNA where he made an even bigger racket than he did in his first band.

To pedanticise... Tim Wright played on first two Pere Ubu singles and the first studio version of "The Modern Dance" (song), but not on "The Modern Dance" (album). Looking into the heart of darkness...

Karen Black, one of the prostitutes in the acid trip scene in Easy Rider. And lots of other stuff too.

for some reason i was thinking she was in Man Who Fell To Earth, but that was Candy Clark, are they similar?

Always amuses me that the other prostitute is Toni Basil!

Before she started singing, Toni Basil also had a small part in the Monkees movie Head, possibly the best film ever.

If anyone hasn't seen it before they should watch it immediately.
I don't care if you're at work, this is much more important.
http://youtu.be/mFibqE5qqm8

Jon Brookes, drummer of the Charlatans, brain cancer.

At least the second member of the band to die by my count. No doubt they'll carry on releasing their hazy post madchester records regardeless.

Now I think about it, I've not heard a Charlatans record since 1997. They could have gone death metal for all I'd know.

Allen Lanier, member of Blue Oyster Cult. Played keyboards and guitar on (Don't Fear) The Reaper. More Cowbell!

Elmore Leonard, wrote a lot of exciting books that were often made into films (such as Get Shorty and Jackie Brown).

Didn't care about offending grammar nazis either which is often a good thing. ;)

It's been quiet for famous deaths at the moment. I think that everyone is still recovering from Thatcher.

Gerard Murphy has died today though, he's been in lots of stuff including Batman Begins. He played the Airline pilot in the Father Ted episode Flight into Terror and he was in an especially crap Dr Who outing with the Cybermen in 1988.

there was Mike Winters the unfunny half of an unfunny comedy duo.

Very unfunny and later replaced by Schnorbitz of course!! In an event that could almost have come from an alternate universe, Schnorbitz once fell into a swimming pool at Terry Scott's house, only to be rescued by Barbara Windsor. I would love to have been at that party!!

When Eric Morcombe was asked what him and Ernie Wise would be if they weren't comedians he replied Mike and Bernie Winters

Cliff Morgan, Wales and British Lion, broadcaster and a nice bloke. 83. Shame.

Apparently Gerard Murphy died in Histon.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/Obituaries/tributes-to-versatil...

Seamus Heaney: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23898891

David Frost.Never quite 'got' Frostie. Peter Cook loathed him fwiiw.

I think it was because he sucked up to complete arseholes, although the Nixon interview was seen as ground breaking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0K3buuYMLQ

David Jacobs = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23938128 - a lovely and gentle man

Frederik Pohl, another of the Sci Fi authors I like. The Space Merchants is his best.

In the Space Merchants he apparently invented the terms "Muzak", "Soyaburger" and the abbreviation "R&D".

Ken Wallis, war time pilot and inventor of the Autogiro, which he flew in the James Bond Film You Only Live Twice died on Sunday.

He was a good friend of my Dad (who died last year) and i've met him at Mum and Dad's house a few times. he took an arial photo of their house from one of his autogiros. which has pride of place in thier hallway.

As a youngster my dad remembers him building racing boats on the Ouse, think he broke several records at that too.

Incredibly his father built and flew an aircraft just two years after the Wright brothers. so the family has a real connection to the history of aviation.

José Ramón Larraz. One of those movie directors that no one has heard of but then I look at his list of credits and then decide that he is worthy of inclusion on our list.

He directed (among others) such classics as Blood Virgin, Don't go in the Bedroom, Daughters of Dracula, Vilolation of the Bitch and Sex Rites of the Devil.

He sounds tremendous!!

http://youtu.be/e9rAgWWi80E

Trailer for one of his movies I just found. Features avantgardish soundtrack with sped up guitar, hammer horror type castle, crap 70's sports car, terrible acting and a LWT style film quality.

I think I'm going to buy all his movies and watch them!

I'm surprised that Death Waltz Recordings aren't all over this, despite their ongoing love affair with Goblin.

Rochus Misch

Hitlers last bodyguard. A great man.

My "favourite" living Nazi is this chap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Priebke

Managed to completely escape any punishment and is inexplicably still alive, aged 100. Can't be long now though.

Ray Dolby - known to his friends as "B". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24075429

Ray Dolby has died.

I guess what goes surround, comes surround.

Rodney Smith (the "ney" of Lesney - maker of Matchbox cars). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/10171874/Sixty-years-of-Match...

Hiroshi Yamauchi, president of Nintendo from 1949 until 2002. He was in charge when they released the Game and Watch games, the NES, the SNES and all the others that came later. I suspect that he might have been quite rich when he died.

Lindsay Cooper, played bassoon in (sometime) local prog rockers Henry Cow.

Prince Jazzbo - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Jazzbo

Tom Clancy. Wrote Lots and lots of thrillers. Sean Connery had a bloody brilliant crap Russian accent in the film version of his Hunt for Red October.

Phil Chevron of The Pogues and Radiators From Space

Scott Carpenter, second American to orbit the earth and forth man in space. Scott Tracey from Thunderbirds is named after him.

My "favourite" living Nazi is this chap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Priebke

Managed to completely escape any punishment and is inexplicably still alive, aged 100. Can't be long now though.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24493079

SR, you clearly have Magickal Powers.

You should probably use them to get all the others.

Wow! Let's see now... David Cameron, tony Blair, Mel Gibson, Sting, and Sarah Palin for starters. Anyone else?

That Osborne scum.

Eric pickles as well.

Awww I like Ozzy ;-]

Hans Riegel, rich fellow who was the owner of Haribo, maker of non vegetarian sweets. Best way to annoy me at work is to bring in a box of Haribo on your birthday, rather than delicious cake, donuts or biscuits. :p

Albert Bourlon, a cyclist born in 1916, died yesterday at the age of 96. He turned professional in 1937 and enjoyed his first professional victory, at Châtellerault; a year later he rode his first Tour de France and finished in 35th place, 2h18' after the winner.

While some races continued during the Second World War, professional cycling largely came to a standstill. Bourlon joined the Army, but was captured and imprisoned by the Nazis. Known to be a Communist (he'd been politicised when he was involved in organising strikes during his time working for Renault before his cycling career) he was in very grave danger of being executed. He attempted to escape from prison three times, eventually doing so in 1944, after which he made his way to Romania which had been liberated from Nazi control by the Soviet Red Army only a short while previously. That same year, he won the Boekarest-Ploesti-Boekarest race.

When the War ended, Bourlon returned to France and later entered the 1947 Tour, the first time the race had been held since 1939. At the start of Stage 14 he escaped the peloton and then successfully stayed away for the remainder of the 253km parcours, winning the stage - the longest successful breakaway in Tour history.

Noel Harrison - son of Rex Harrison - Windmills of your mind - from the Thomas Crown Affair:

Round -
Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning
On an ever spinning reel
Like a snowball down a mountain
Or a carnival balloon
Like a carousel that's turning
Running rings around the moon

Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple
Whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind !

^ lets not forget that he was the co star of Girl from UNCLE (and was in lots of 60's cult TV) and he was a former Olympic Skier too!

Lou Reed.

^ quite a shock that one. Sometimes great, nearly always amusing solo artist and founder member of the greatest band of all time. :(

Nigel Davenport, been in lots of great old films including The Entertainer and Man for all Seasons.

Marcia Wallace, voiced Edna Krabapple in The Simpsons.

Lewis Collins from the professionals.

Junior Murvin - Police and Thieves singer

Mary Riggans, played Suzie Sweet in Balamory.

Balamory terrifies me for some reason, I find it very sinister.

Nelson Mandella jjust popped his clogs, do I get some wan points for being first woooooo.

10 WANpoints to Mal.

isn't there some betting on here at start of year as to how many days he had left!

BB got closest with 13th July.

I thought I was furthest a everyone said he would go later, non?

Hello from addenbrookes! I'm going for various scans and xrays shortly and am quite excited about the experience.

I love going to Hospital and being scanned. You get to see all these machines and gadgets and it's really interesting. MRI is a bit scary though.

Yeah I didn't have an MRI. I would like to though but the CT scans have shown nothing abnormal, apart from my large, throbbing brain.

Which, of course, is your secondary large throbbing organ.

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I really hate these bots and spammers. The only redeeming feature this one has is that it's called flobalobafon.

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Je voudrais une croissant, Je suis enchante
Ou est le bibliotheque?
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Nice lyrics, DeFrev. Are they yours?

Alors! Et maintenant...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L26l5KbQTSs&feature=kp

So French! (what a Dude - clearly looks after himself!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntuMfn2NJxs

Foux Da Fa Fa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5hrUGFhsXo

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