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Started by Quirkafleeg, 27 February, 2006, 03:03:14 PM

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rogue69

Richard Baker, one of the first news presenters to appear on screen with the BBC & he introduced the first BBC television news bulletin in 1954, has died at the age of 93.

sheridan

Quote from: Daveycandlish on 19 November, 2018, 04:05:15 PM
TV21 comic strip artist Mike Noble has died, aged 88

Damn. I grew up reading his stuff. Loved it.

RiP Mike.

Not an obituary, but this is a nice article about 2000AD alumni Lee Sullivan's friendship with Mike Noble.

broodblik

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

Old age is the Lord's way of telling us to step aside for something new. Death's in case we didn't take the hint.

CalHab

Nic Roeg, genius director of Don't Look Now, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Walkabout and others.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/nov/24/nicolas-roeg-dies-aged-90-dont-look-now-walkabout

IAMTHESYSTEM

Unfortunate news but he was an original and unique talent.
"You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension."

http://artriad.deviantart.com/
― Nikola Tesla

rogue69

Actor George A. Cooper who played no nonsense caretaker Mr Griffiths in Grange Hill died aged 93

rogue69

'SpongeBob SquarePants' creator Stephen Hillenburg died of ALS aged 57

TordelBack

Absolutely awful to hear of Hillenburg's passing. "Bungebob" was my son's first word, no word of a lie. I don't think a day went by for about 8 years that we didn't have Spongebob on somewhere in the house, there were jellyfish Halloween costumes, long journey trivia contests, Lego pineapples and beloved lunchboxes.  It remains the only one of the kids' favourite cartoons that never once bored or irritated me, and putting Sandy Cheeks in Bikini Bottom is still one of the best gags I've ever heard.  RIP you magnificent loon.

JayzusB.Christ

Awww, man. Really sorry to hear that.  I don't have kids but I am one and I love Spongebob. 
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest"

IAMTHESYSTEM

For those desperate for a Christmas present  with a difference and perhaps to lament the passing of one of our great cartoonists this could be the thing you want:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SpongeBob-SquarePants-Philosophy-Popular-Culture/dp/0812697308/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543395414&sr=8-1&keywords=the+philosophy+of+spongebob
"You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension."

http://artriad.deviantart.com/
― Nikola Tesla

Professor Bear

Disproving the adage that you get more right wing as you age, RAF veteran and Labour mainstay Harry Leslie Smith, AKA the Grandpa Simpson of the UK left, has died, aged 95.
Don't worry if you've never heard of him, he was a huge supporter of the NHS and spoke eloquently in its defence, so he didn't get invited on telly much.  A combative bastard to the end, if you check his Twitter feed you can find that where most people would probably get tired of telling Nazis to fuck off sixty years after planting their grandads, Harry made a point of it right up until the day he was hospitalised, most likely never being suspended from Twitter only because they figured they wouldn't have to wait long until he was off the platform permanently.
Harry spoke often of his upcoming death, citing it as being akin to waiting for a sailboat or a train containing his loved ones, but despite this became a political activist in his final years even though his frailty and difficulty in speaking were obvious, both authoring and promoting a book in which he spoke firsthand of the Britain that was and which his political opponents would see return - he titled it Don't Let My Past Be Your Future.  I guess we'll see.

rogue69

George H.W. Bush, the 41st U.S. president and father of the 43rd, has died at age 94

CalHab

Punk legend Pete Shelley of The Buzzcocks:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46476369

I saw them a few years ago and they were still great.

rogue69

British wrestling legend Tommy "Dynamite Kid" Billington  one half of the British Bulldogs has died on his 60th birthday


moogie101

Quote from: rogue69 on 08 December, 2018, 09:11:31 PM
British wrestling legend Tommy "Dynamite Kid" Billington  one half of the British Bulldogs has died on his 60th birthday

That's terrible news.

Anyone with the slightest interest in wrestling, particularly the WWF during the 80's should get his book "Pure Dynamite" as its an amazing, if at times far too honest, read.