RIPs

[Richard]

That's genius! I'm nicking that one for Facebook!

[The Legendary Shark]

Heh, be my guest.

[TordelBack]

Poor old Cheggers!  I was a big fan of Swop Shop (The awesome [if largely unrealised] concept! Valley of the Dinosaurs cartoon! The stuffed T-Rex! Maggie Philbin!), so Keith was a big figure in my Saturday morning TV landscape.  Not so much his later work.  Sorry to hear of his passing.

[Robin Low]

I was a big fan of Swop Shop

Wow, I don't think I've ever met any else who was a fan. Thought I was the only one.

Regards,

Robin

[TordelBack]

I was a big fan of Swop Shop

Wow, I don't think I've ever met any else who was a fan. Thought I was the only one.

Finally!  I'm offering an arthritic right knee and periodic black moods, and I'm looking to swap them both for a beachside house somewhere in the Small Cyclades (not picky). 

[Robin Low]

I was a big fan of Swop Shop

Wow, I don't think I've ever met any else who was a fan. Thought I was the only one.

Finally!  I'm offering an arthritic right knee and periodic black moods, and I'm looking to swap them both for a beachside house somewhere in the Small Cyclades (not picky).

Sorry, but my mum would never let me.

Regards,

Robin

[Zarjazzer]

Pat DiNizio of the great band the Smithereens.  https://www.yahoo.com/music/pat-dinizio-lead-singer-smithereens-dead-62-142956737.html


Fuck.

[rogue69]

Professor Heinz Wolff, a bioengineering pioneer and TV presenter, has died aged 89.


http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/professor-heinz-wolff-bioengineering-pioneer-and-tv-presenter-dies-aged-89/ar-BBGNOVs?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=U220DHP

[rogue69]

Heather North, the voice of Scooby-Doo's Daphne, dies at 71

[rogue69]

Heather Menzies-Urich, who played Louisa Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, has died aged 68.

[Professor Bear]

More pertinent to our tastes, she played Jessica in the Logan's Run tv series, which was a fun bit of 1970s camp.  She also played the female lead in Joe Dante's Piranha.

[flip-r mk2]

Skizz artist Jim Baikie


filippo

[I, Cosh]

Skizz artist Jim Baikie

Aw. Sad news.

[TordelBack]

Ah crap, I'm sorry to hear that. Skizz was my first 2000AD love, and the reason I started buying the comic regularly. I can never thank Jim enough for that, and for almost every strip he drew thereafter. His grimy realism, pin-sharp story-telling and strong distinctive characters were unique. RIP to a true master, and every sympathy to his family, friends and colleagues.

[The Legendary Shark]

Very sad news indeed.