Obituary Thread

[Robin Evans]

That said.... what a track....

[Griff9of13]

Just now, Robin Evans said:

That said.... what a track....

Isn't it? I still get goose bumps whenever I play it even after all these (42!) years.

[Trojan]

Betty Wright 10th May..  Only seen her obit in today's Grauniad.  Clean Up Woman is one of my all time faves.

 

Edited May 23, 2020 by Trojan

[Wolford6]

Heather Chasen from the Navy Lark, aged 92. Many glorious Sunday laughs during my youth.

[Griff9of13]

Michael Angelis

[ivans82]

Very sad to hear of the death of Michael Angelis , a top class actor who i always thought added greatly to anything he appeared in .

[Leeds Wire]

On 31/05/2020 at 13:38, ivans82 said:

Very sad to hear of the death of Michael Angelis , a top class actor who i always thought added greatly to anything he appeared in .

I know very, very little about films and tv, but Michael Angelis left a big impression on me as a youngster.

Boys from the Blackstuff was a smack-in-the-chops kind of tv show when I was maybe 12 or 13 years old, a real eye-opener in the unforgettable days of Thatcherism. But what I really remember Angelis for was a screenplay, also by Alan Bleasedale I think, called No Surrender, which I didn't watch until I was a politicised student at the end of the 80s. I watched it over and over and loved the characters, especially Angelis as the nightclub manager.

https://www.comedy.co.uk/film/no_surrender/

R.I.P.

[Robin Evans]

Just now, Leeds Wire said:

I know very, very little about films and tv, but Michael Angelis left a big impression on me as a youngster.

Boys from the Blackstuff was a smack-in-the-chops kind of tv show when I was maybe 12 or 13 years old, a real eye-opener in the unforgettable days of Thatcherism. But what I really remember Angelis for was a screenplay, also by Alan Bleasedale I think, called No Surrender, which I didn't watch until I was a politicised student at the end of the 80s. I watched it over and over and loved the characters, especially Angelis as the nightclub manager.

https://www.comedy.co.uk/film/no_surrender/

R.I.P.

One of my fav films....

"Glad you're here.... I haven't seen a tide mark in years"!

[Leeds Wire]

11 minutes ago, Robin Evans said:

One of my fav films....

"Glad you're here.... I haven't seen a tide mark in years"!

And, to bouncer Bernard Hill: "You shouldn't judge a book by its cover you know"

Bouncer: "I do, I can't read".
 

 

Edited June 1, 2020 by Leeds Wire
found some footage

[Robin Evans]

8 minutes ago, Leeds Wire said:

And, to bouncer Bernard Hill: "You shouldn't judge a book by its cover you know"

Bouncer: "I do, I can't read".
 

 

I'm going to watch that again this weekend.

[Leeds Wire]

2 minutes ago, Robin Evans said:

I'm going to watch that again this weekend.

I won't spoil the ending 

[Robin Evans]

Steve Priest

[Bleep1673]

Only one left now - Andy Scott

Edited June 5, 2020 by Bleep1673

[Bleep1673]

 

Edited June 5, 2020 by Bleep1673

[Bleep1673]

4 hours ago, Robin Evans said:

Steve Priest

All 3 deceased members of Sweet came from my old stomping ground in Hillingdon, 

Brian Connolly (b Glasgow) Grew up in Harefield (Ironic really as he died of a heart attack)

Mick Tucker lived for a long time in Ruislip

Steve Priest Hayes Middlesex

Andy Scott, Wrexham, Wales, only surviving member now.

[Bleep1673]

23 minutes ago, Johnoco said:

IIRC Brian Connolly was the half brother of Taggart! 

Mark McManus, yes, adoptive 1/2 brother, d 1994 

Edited June 5, 2020 by Bleep1673

[Wolford6]

My van doesn't have a cd player so I transferred loads of stuff onto a memory stick ... over 2000 tracks. I never play whole abums in the van, just leave the stick on "random play". I was driving yesterday when Hellraiser by Sweet came on to play. I haven't got any Sweet albums so it must be on a compilation album.

 

 

[Bleep1673]

1 hour ago, Wolford6 said:

My van doesn't have a cd player so I transferred loads of stuff onto a memory stick ... over 2000 tracks. I never play whole abums in the van, just leave the stick on "random play". I was driving yesterday when Hellraiser by Sweet came on to play. I haven't got any Sweet albums so it must be on a compilation album.

 

 

They will be on plenty of 70's comp albums

[JohnM]

Sara Chapman. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8396741/Match-Day-2-host-Mark-Chapmans-wife-Sara-dies-aged-44-long-illness.html

[Futtocks]

5 minutes ago, JohnM said:

Sara Chapman. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8396741/Match-Day-2-host-Mark-Chapmans-wife-Sara-dies-aged-44-long-illness.html

That's awful.

[Irish Saint]

2 hours ago, JohnM said:

Sara Chapman. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8396741/Match-Day-2-host-Mark-Chapmans-wife-Sara-dies-aged-44-long-illness.html

Heartbreaking, my favourite sports presenter loses his wife.

Deepest sympathy.

[Futtocks]

Kurt Thomas, aged 64. The first American man to win a world gymnastics title, but maybe better known as the star of the unintentionally hilarious action movie 'Gymkata'.

[DavidM]

19 hours ago, Irish Saint said:

Heartbreaking, my favourite sports presenter loses his wife.

Deepest sympathy.

Terrible . A big advocate for our sport , utterly tragic for him and family 

[Mumby Magic]

54 minutes ago, DavidM said:

Terrible . A big advocate for our sport , utterly tragic for him and family 

RIP Sara way too young. 

[Shadow]

Bonnie Pointer