Ullman Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 6 hours ago, Old Frightful said: I don't watch or listen to the news that much so this sad news has passed me by a bit. "Make me smile (Come up and see me)" is one of the truly great seventies number one hits and instantly recognisable as soon as it starts. But, of course, there was so much more to the great man than just that one song. RIP Steve Harley. There certainly was: The Mick Ronson Foundation 1 "I'm from a fishing family. Trawlermen are like pirates with biscuits." - Lucy Beaumont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Lou Conter aged 102, the last survivor of the Japanese attack on the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor. https://www.denver7.com/last-survivor-of-uss-arizona-from-pearl-harbor-attack-dies-at-102 1 Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 John Sinclair, Former MC5 Manager and Counterculture Activist https://variety.com/2024/music/news/john-sinclair-former-mc5-manager-dead-1235958404/ Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Chris Cross from ultravox 1 see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Worlds oldest man died today . Well , formerly worlds oldest man … now deaths youngest man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Tonks Sidestep Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 1 hour ago, DavidM said: Worlds oldest man died today . Well , formerly worlds oldest man … now deaths youngest man Pretty sure the world's oldest man is still alive..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Just now, Les Tonks Sidestep said: Pretty sure the world's oldest man is still alive..... He’s the only one celebrating the death of the last one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Drummer Keith LeBlanc. https://louderthanwar.com/keith-leblanc-rip/ Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Children's author Lynne Reid Banks, aged 94 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54117688 Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopping Mad Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 (edited) Former world No 3 (1975) and British No 1 (1975) speedway rider John 'Tiger' Louis. He was 82. Ipswich-born Tiger's racing career spanned 1970-84, and included a couple of seasons with Halifax. Louis, a speedway hall of fame inductee, won World Team Cup gold medals three times (1972, 1974 and 1975). With Malcolm Simmons, he won the 1976 World Pairs title. Later, Louis was England team manager, and promoted speedway at Ipswich until 2019. https://britishspeedway.co.uk/miscellaneous/john-louis-1941-2024/ Edited April 5 by Hopping Mad 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Former MP and father of the current Speaker of the HoC, Doug Hoyle, aged 98. 1 Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Former Football manager Joe Kinnear. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unapologetic pedant Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 6 hours ago, Futtocks said: Former MP and father of the current Speaker of the HoC, Doug Hoyle, aged 98. Delivered a trying-too-hard bien pensant speech to the Labour Party conference one year which included the line "Women and other minorities..." Didn't go down well with a certain segment in the hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeds Wire Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 07/04/2024 at 13:15, Futtocks said: Former MP and father of the current Speaker of the HoC, Doug Hoyle, aged 98. I remember Wire drawing Chorley away in the Challenge Cup. Doug was MP for Warrington North and his son was MP for Chorley. They innocently wandered around the perimeter of the pitch at half time and got an impromptu standing ovation on all 4 sides of the ground. It was absolutely lovely to see. I really hope there's some footage of it somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Keith "Golden Boots" Barnes, Balmain and Kangaroos legend: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-08/keith-barnes-australia-captain-dies-aged-89/103681184 Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry, who sang ‘Ain’t Got No Home,’ dies at 87. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/04/08/clarence-frogman-henry-dead-new-orleans/ Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Saint Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Poverty exists not because we cannot feed the poor but because we cannot satisfy the rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopping Mad Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 (edited) Wales Students rugby league player Gabriel Holt, 21. Atherton-born, Holt played for Atherton Roosters, Leigh East, Folly Lane, Wigan St Patricks and University of Central Lancashire (Preston). https://wrl.wales/rip-gabriel-holt Edited April 9 by Hopping Mad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Peter Higgs, physicist who theorised Higgs boson, dies aged 94. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Future is League Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 2 hours ago, Hopping Mad said: Wales Students rugby league player Gabriel Holt, 21. Atherton-born, Holt played for Atherton Roosters, Leigh East, Folly Lane, Wigan St Patricks and University of Central Lancashire (Preston). https://wrl.wales/rip-gabriel-holt Absolutely terrible for someone so young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 OJ Simpson Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 1 hour ago, Futtocks said: OJ Simpson Surrounded by his family , unlike his wife and her friend . Well apart from her husband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 At the Dancing Itos' former agent's boarded-up office, a dusty phone rings... 1 Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 "Deadly" Derek Underwood: England and Kent great dies aged 78. 1 Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unapologetic pedant Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 33 minutes ago, Futtocks said: "Deadly" Derek Underwood: England and Kent great dies aged 78. Used to get a lot of bowlers like him in local league cricket i.e. fall somewhere between spinner and medium-pacer. Not many could fruitfully ply that method in County cricket let alone the Test arena. He had it down to a fine art. Heard a number of Aussie batsmen say they hated facing him. Constantly nagging away, always there or thereabouts. Seemed to get under their skin like Boycott did the Aussie bowlers. Those Kent teams Derek Underwood was a vital member of were instrumental in one-day cricket's halcyon years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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