RIPs

[Batman's Superior Cousin]

That was posted a few posts back by Batman's Superior Cousin

Thank you for that acknowledgement, much appreciated!!!

[Spikes]

Radio DJ Ed 'Stewpot' Stewart, 

Have very fond memories of listening to Ed after getting my first little transistor radio at some point in the 70's.
Early weekend morning listening to Junior Choice.

RIP, Stewpot.

[ThryllSeekyr]

That was posted a few posts back by Batman's Superior Cousin

Thank you for that acknowledgement, much appreciated!!!

Nobody seemed to notice yours much either. So it must have skipped over it the first time.

[Batman's Superior Cousin]

That was posted a few posts back by Batman's Superior Cousin

Thank you for that acknowledgement, much appreciated!!!

Nobody seemed to notice yours much either. So it must have skipped over it the first time.

No-one never seem to notice my posts at all!!

[GordonR]

Radio DJ Ed 'Stewpot' Stewart, 

Have very fond memories of listening to Ed after getting my first little transistor radio at some point in the 70's.
Early weekend morning listening to Junior Choice.

RIP, Stewpot.

Any mention of him meeting his wife when she was 13, and marrying her when she was 17?  (He was well into his 30s at the time.)

WTF was going on with Radio 1/BBC children's TV personalities in the 1970s?

[COMMANDO FORCES]

Angus Scrimm aged 89 has passed away. Best known to most of us as The Tall Man from Phantasm.

Having checked his Wikipedia page, he had a varied and interesting career.

[Daveycandlish]

Angus Scrimm aged 89 has passed away. Best known to most of us as The Tall Man from Phantasm.

He must have had a bloody hard paper round as a bairn if he was only in his early fifties when he made Phantasm! 

[Spikes]

WTF was going on with Radio 1/BBC children's TV personalities in the 1970s?

Indeed. That should have been a clue, I guess.

Ah well...

[Hawkmumbler]

Angus Scrimm aged 89 has passed away. Best known to most of us as The Tall Man from Phantasm.

Having checked his Wikipedia page, he had a varied and interesting career.

Ah bugger, been a tough few years for horror fans like me but it's always so much worse when one of it's mosticonic characters passes on. RIP Angus, continue to terrify a 12 year old me even in death.

[Goaty]

David Bowie 

[Jim_Campbell]

Sadly, the news about Bowie does now seem to be official.

Although I would never describe myself as a fan, he seems to have been present at a background level for my entire life as symbol of restless re-invention and creativity. Perhaps appropriately, Bowie exists more in my mind as a concept of Bowie-ness than any real impression of the man himself...

I feel oddly the way I did when Jean Giraud died: that a shining, singular light had gone out, leaving the world just a tiny bit gloomier and less interesting.

Jim

[Something Fishy]

Oh no, one of my favourites back in the 70s and 80s , a huge influence on music.

That is so very sad indeed. RIP.

[JamesC]

People throw words like legend around all over the place but Bowie was the real deal. Really gutted.

[Hawkmumbler]

David Bowie's passing fill's me with a great deal of sadness indeed, as I absolutely love the majority of his singles. He was arguably the deffinitive voice of music in the 80's as well, he'll be missed.

RIP

[Krakajac]

I can't believe he's gone.  Being a fan of his later work, I had visions of him recording/performing well into his 70's and beyond.

Have just been listening to his latest album.  The last track (which is great) is called, "I can't give everything away".  Class/style even to the end.