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Writer, broadcaster, and satirist Victor Lewis-Smith has died aged 65 after a short illness: https://metro.co.uk/2022/12/12/victor-lewis-smith-dead-tv-star-and-writer-dies-at-65-after-short-illness-17922396/ 

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On 12/12/2022 at 14:25, Futtocks said:

Writer, broadcaster, and satirist Victor Lewis-Smith has died aged 65 after a short illness: https://metro.co.uk/2022/12/12/victor-lewis-smith-dead-tv-star-and-writer-dies-at-65-after-short-illness-17922396/ 

I remember in the early-mid 90's when he wrote In the Daily Mirror. Always looked a little bizzare in his pic with dreads (or something similar) and had a pretty unique style. 

Liked him, RIP. 

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Ex Specials, Fun Boy Three and Colourfield front man Terry Hall, a massive part of my youth. Gutted 😢 

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2 hours ago, Phil said:

Ex Specials, Fun Boy Three and Colourfield front man Terry Hall, a massive part of my youth. Gutted 😢 

Mine also.

It's tragic. 

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2 hours ago, Phil said:

Ex Specials, Fun Boy Three and Colourfield front man Terry Hall, a massive part of my youth. Gutted 😢 

Simply dreadful news.

Terry Hall was a bloody genius, wrote some of my favourite songs and was a fantastic stage presence in his own inimitable way. "Deadpan" is a descriptive word that might have been invented for him. Saw him fronting the Specials on several occasions, the last time at Sheffield in the not too distant past. 

I was in a pub quiz only last Wednesday and a question was asked : "What song was co written  by Terry Hall and Jane Wiedlin in 1981" and they played the intro to it, which I didn't need to hear to know the answer.

 

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Just put SKY news on and that was the first story I saw.  Absolutely gobsmacked.  Just got my Spotify year in review and ‘A Message to you, Rudy’ was in my top 5 most listened to songs.

We all get used to the passing of people that were adults when we were young but when it is people of similar age it is sobering.

Thanks Terry for the memories.

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Horrible news. Rest In Peace Terry Hall your music along with the rest of the "Two Tone"  "ska" bands brought a lot of kids from different backgrounds in Belfast together.

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9 hours ago, Adelaide Tiger said:

Just put SKY news on and that was the first story I saw.  Absolutely gobsmacked.  Just got my Spotify year in review and ‘A Message to you, Rudy’ was in my top 5 most listened to songs.

 

that songs actually a cover as were quite a few of the early 80s 2tone releases but they still wrote some great original stuff too -mainly through Jerry Dammers - way too soon to die - RIP Terry - a big part of the soundtrack of my life - thankyou 

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Not only was the music brilliant but they were part of the formation of my political and social views that have not changed from then until now.

My favourite Specials song (probably not the best or most influential) was "Stupid Marriage" with Terry as the defendent and Neville Staples as Judge Roughneck.

 

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Mike Hodges, director of 'Get Carter' and 'Flash Gordon'.
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/mike-hodges-dead-get-carter-croupier-1235466719/ 

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
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16 hours ago, Futtocks said:

Mike Hodges, director of 'Get Carter' and 'Flash Gordon'.
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/mike-hodges-dead-get-carter-croupier-1235466719/ 

Yes i didnt know that until i read the obituaries in the paper.  Interesting that he ended up on Get Carter after pulling out of the film he was working on after the producer threatened to shoot him 

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2 hours ago, Les Tonks Sidestep said:

Ah, explains why Brian Blessed is trending

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18 hours ago, Futtocks said:

Mike Hodges, director of 'Get Carter' and 'Flash Gordon'.
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/mike-hodges-dead-get-carter-croupier-1235466719/ 

Get Carter is a classic. Ted Lewis, who wrote the novel and was from Barton-upon-Humber, always wanted it to be set in his home area of North Lincolnshire, Scunthorpe in particular. It was Hodges who decided to base it in Newcastle.

Not a lot of people know that.

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On 17/12/2022 at 11:16, The Masked Poster said:

I remember in the early-mid 90's when he wrote In the Daily Mirror. Always looked a little bizzare in his pic with dreads (or something similar) and had a pretty unique style. 

Liked him, RIP. 

I loved VLS and i thought TV Offal was hilarious. When he phoned up Derek Nimmo  to tell him the queen mother has died. 
My god has she died !!!. 

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On 22/12/2022 at 10:30, Les Tonks Sidestep said:

Ahmed Aslam Glaswegian chef credited with inventing the chicken tikka masala has died, aged 77.

Sad that that's now been confirmed.

At first it was thought he'd just slipped into a korma.

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