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To return to a measure of gravity; My old man died this morning after a short illness. He was RL through and through, a former groundsman and director at Batley amongst other roles at a number of

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my mum, aged 82. Proud Leigh supporter, season ticket holder for god only knows how many years, the woman that took me to my first match and made me a knitted scarf for the event( Leigh versus Austral

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RIP Hughie, a proper legend and a damn nice bloke as well. I only saw him a few years ago when he was playing a veterans’ game and he was in fine form then. This is one of my favourite pics of mine of

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graveyard johnny

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not gonna trawl back a year but did we miss Nicholas Ball? 78 

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16 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

not gonna trawl back a year but did we miss Nicholas Ball? 78 

A search suggests that we did miss it. Good spot.

And now I have added 1985's completely bonkers Lifeforce to my watch list, to commemorate him.

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Bedford Roughyed

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RIP Uriah Rennie.  

With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on!

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18 minutes ago, Bedford Roughyed said:

RIP Uriah Rennie.  

A bit of a surprise, as he always was noted for being in great physical shape.

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Bedford Roughyed

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2 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

A bit of a surprise, as he always was noted for being in great physical shape.

He’s been ill for a while apparently.  But yes he was very fit back in the day.

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With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on!

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Day of the Jackal author Frederick Forsyth 86.

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Sly Stone, aged 82.

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Wolford6

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Haven't seen this earlier . . . Times Obituary this week.

 

Great boxer and great man Nino Benvenuti, 87.

90 fights 7 losses.

World Champion at two weights

Olympic Champion

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1 hour ago, Wolford6 said:

Haven't seen this earlier . . . Times Obituary this week.

 

Great boxer and great man Nino Benvenuti, 87.

90 fights 7 losses.

World Champion at two weights

Olympic Champion

90 fights and only 7 losses and after being an Olympic gold medalist and world champion at 2 weights is some record.

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Post -retirement, Benvenuti remained great friends with Emile Griffith (who beat him in one of their three fights) and helped Griffith  out with money. Griffith was reviled by the boxing establishment for being gay.

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8 hours ago, Wolford6 said:

Post -retirement, Benvenuti remained great friends with Emile Griffith (who beat him in one of their three fights) and helped Griffith  out with money. Griffith was reviled by the boxing establishment for being gay.

I think he also remained good friends with Carlos Monzon until he passed away

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brian wilson 82

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3 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

brian wilson 82

A musical genius.

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18 minutes ago, Old Frightful said:

A musical genius.

not for me - but I wont  disagree with you 

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1 hour ago, Old Frightful said:

A musical genius.

Agreed.  It is probably a truism to say that we all think that our youthful heyday years were when popular music was at its best, but you really were spoilt for choice in the 1960s, when I was in my teens.  For me, the likes of the Beatles, Stones and Bee Gees were all very good, but the Beach Boys were the best.

At a personal level, my love of choral music which, nowadays, has a particular emphasis on the Anglican church choral tradition, can be traced back directly to my love of Brian Wilson's musical work with the Beach Boys.  He spelled out for me the scope for human voices.

When, in due course, I learnt that he oversaw and arranged all their productions, my admiration for him only grew.  That was in contrast to, for instance, the Beatles, who were latterly quite reliant on the skills of George Martin to bring the best out of the band's compositions.

I will, of course, remember the well known Beach Boys numbers, but also the brilliance of less well known pieces like Cabinessence and Surf's Up.

He clearly found life challenging in its latter stages.  "I guess" he "just wasn't made for these times."  RIP, Brian.

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1 minute ago, Wiltshire Warrior Dragon said:

Agreed.  It is probably a truism to say that we all think that our youthful heyday years were when popular music was at its best, but you really were spoilt for choice in the 1960s, when I was in my teens.  For me, the likes of the Beatles, Stones and Bee Gees were all very good, but the Beach Boys were the best.

I was born after the 1960s, and only really discovered the beach boys in recent years, but as old frightful said, a musical genius.

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The Telegraph (but nobody else as of right now) have run an obituary of former TV weather presenter Wincey Willis.

Turns out she died last December.

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3 hours ago, Futtocks said:

The Telegraph (but nobody else as of right now) have run an obituary of former TV weather presenter Wincey Willis.

Turns out she died last December.

Only announced today apparently. Treasure Hunt was great. 

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