RIPs

[a chosen rider]

Crikey I thought we lost him years ago - who'd have thought he'd be (almost) the last survivor?

Why so? Wasn't he one of the youngest of the cast?

Yeah, I was shocked to realise he was 92.  I knew he was only in his forties when they filmed the series - guess I hadn't really registered just how long ago that was.

[Daveycandlish]

I shall watch an episode in his memory tonight :-(

[Dandontdare]

Crikey I thought we lost him years ago - who'd have thought he'd be (almost) the last survivor?

Why so? Wasn't he one of the youngest of the cast?

Apparently so - just listening to the news, I had no idea that he was so much younger than than the characters he played.

[Frank]

Just Pike and Hodges (the ARP warden) left now. Even Philip Madoc, the U-boat captain from the "don't tell them, Pike" episode, is deid.

[Daveycandlish]

I believe the vicar is still going too...

[Frank]

I believe the vicar is still going too...

Do you remember the episode of The Simpsons where the surviving cast members of Bonanza do a personal appearance at the Springfield mall, and it's just two fat Apaches?

[Grant Goggans]

That Ceefax page is completely brilliant.

[TordelBack]

Just Pike and Hodges (the ARP warden) left now.

And Pike was on Eastenders - that's a form of living death.  Stupid boy.

Both my grandfathers and all my great uncles having died when I was too small to appreciate them, Clive Dunn in his later incarnations functioned as a substitute TV grandad. Sad to hear he's gone, but glad to see he got in nearly 30 years of retirement in Portugal!  Quite like the sound of that myself.

[I, Cosh]

MSN. Sort of.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20222998

[Adrian Bamforth]

It's a tribute to Clive Dunn's talents that no-one questioned he was as old as the other actors. In the excellent episode 'Two and a Half Feathers' we get a rare glimpse of Jones in flashback the Sudan, and both Dunn and Lavander playing their own age.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qow0q5nNXf8

[Batman's Superior Cousin]

Bill Tarmey, "Jack Duckworth" in Coronation Street!!!!!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20270904

[von Boom]

Oh man, my wife is going to be gutted about that one. She loves Corrie and had a soft spot for Jack.

Sad news.

[Dandontdare]

that's a shame. I thought his screen death was the best ever in a soap, as the ghost of Vera came to take him to heaven on t'bus.

[Richmond Clements]

that's a shame. I thought his screen death was the best ever in a soap, as the ghost of Vera came to take him to heaven on t'bus.

Did you just make that up?
I hope not..!

[Dandontdare]

No it's true! he nodded off in front of the telly, then Vera came in and said something like "Ee Jack, gerrup we're late. T'bus is here, c'mon". He persuaded her into having a little dance, like they used to do down the palais, and then left with her. Tyrone came home later to find him dead in his armchair. I don't mind admitting I filled up.