Obituary Thread

[Old Frightful]

David Soul from Starsky and Hutch, 80.

[Futtocks]

David Soul: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67895679 

[DavidM]

Very sad . His were some of the first records I had , Silver Lady a classic 

[Ullman]

4 hours ago, Old Frightful said:

David Soul from Starsky and Hutch, 80.

Was genuinely saddened to hear that on the news.

[Futtocks]

Mario Zagallo: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/jan/06/mario-zagallo-world-cup-winning-player-and-coach-for-brazil-dies-aged-92 

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

Mike Sadler one of the first recruits to the SAS, aged 103.

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

Pioneering transplant surgeon Sir Roy Calne, aged 93

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-67907549

[Irish Saint]

The Kaiser. Franz Beckenbauer 78 .Rest in Peace

[Pen-Y-Bont Crusader]

16 minutes ago, Irish Saint said:

The Kaiser. Franz Beckenbauer 78 .Rest in Peace

My all time favourite player. 

[Futtocks]

One hell of a player.

[Mumby Magic]

36 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

One hell of a player.

Like Cruyff, sport defining. Defensive mid, sweeper, pass from defence 40 yards. Yep big admirer. RIP

Edited January 8 by Mumby Magic

[Futtocks]

Someone posted elsewhere that he was the first German that his dad's generation felt it was okay to like (post-WW2).

[Futtocks]

Welsh Rugby Union player John (J.P.R.) Williams aged 74.

One that got away, from a RL perspective. He'd have done alright.

[EggFace]

On 05/01/2024 at 15:21, DavidM said:

Very sad . His were some of the first records I had , Silver Lady a classic 

Loved him in Salem's Lot.

[Futtocks]

Pretty sure we missed quite a lot of these deaths during last year. R.I.P.

 

Edited January 9 by Futtocks

[Futtocks]

Cindy Morgan, aged 69. Mainly known for Tron and playing Lacey Underall (fnarr!) in Caddyshack.

Edited January 9 by Futtocks

[Trojan]

On 08/01/2024 at 20:47, Futtocks said:

Welsh Rugby Union player John (J.P.R.) Williams aged 74.

One that got away, from a RL perspective. He'd have done alright.

I recall reading somewhere that he was all set to sign for Hull FC in the early 80's, they'd even line a job up at a local hospital,  but it fell through for some reason.  Who knows? Union players presumably would spread rumours about signing RL to get a better deal from their clubs, and RL teams spread them to sell season tickets.  In those days when if was all cloak and dagger, there's no way of telling.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

11 hours ago, Futtocks said:

Cindy Morgan, aged 69. Mainly known for Tron and playing Lacey Underall (fnarr!) in Caddyshack.

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

James Kottak, drummer with The Scorpions, Kingdom Come, Montrose, Warrant, Wild Horses, the McAuley Schenker Group, and Buster Brown, aged 62.

[The Future is League]

23 hours ago, Trojan said:

I recall reading somewhere that he was all set to sign for Hull FC in the early 80's, they'd even line a job up at a local hospital,  but it fell through for some reason.  Who knows? Union players presumably would spread rumours about signing RL to get a better deal from their clubs, and RL teams spread them to sell season tickets.  In those days when if was all cloak and dagger, there's no way of telling.

He would have been an outstanding Rugby League player, and surely your not suggesting that union clubs were paying their players before their game went honest in 1995? 

[Trojan]

6 hours ago, The Future is League said:

He would have been an outstanding Rugby League player, and surely your not suggesting that union clubs were paying their players before their game went honest in 1995? 

As Tony Collins says in "The Codebreakers,"   the WRFU pretended they weren't paying the players and the RFU pretended to believe them, otherwise the whole home nations thing would have fallen apart.

[Ullman]

On 10/01/2024 at 09:41, Trojan said:

I recall reading somewhere that he was all set to sign for Hull FC in the early 80's, they'd even line a job up at a local hospital,  but it fell through for some reason.  Who knows? Union players presumably would spread rumours about signing RL to get a better deal from their clubs, and RL teams spread them to sell season tickets.  In those days when if was all cloak and dagger, there's no way of telling.

It was actually 1976 and word had got around that he'd got a job at Hull Royal (my mate's dad worked in the hospital works department and he told me Williams was on his way). In Vince Groak's excellent book "Last One Out...", former Hull director Mike Page confirmed it was a "done deal" but when Williams was on his way up to sign the contract he stopped and called his dad. Whatever was said was enough to get him to change his mind and head for home.

[Old Frightful]

3 hours ago, Ullman said:

It was actually 1976 and word had got around that he'd got a job at Hull Royal (my mate's dad worked in the hospital works department and he told me Williams was on his way). In Vince Groak's excellent book "Last One Out...", former Hull director Mike Page confirmed it was a "done deal" but when Williams was on his way up to sign the contract he stopped and called his dad. Whatever was said was enough to get him to change his mind and head for

home.

Bumped into Vince before the 2017 RL Cup Final.

I asked him "Is it true that if you can find an unsigned copy of your book, it's probably worth a fortune?"

His mates enjoyed his uncomfortable moment.

[Ullman]

11 hours ago, Old Frightful said:

Bumped into Vince before the 2017 RL Cup Final.

I asked him "Is it true that if you can find an unsigned copy of your book, it's probably worth a fortune?"

His mates enjoyed his uncomfortable moment.

I must admit, after reading through two hundred pages I was disappointed with the ending.

[Futtocks]

DJ Annie Nightingale, aged 83.