RIPs

[Keef Monkey]

Richard Hatch of Battlestar Galactica - both old and new.

Just seen this on CBR too.  Currently rewatching the original series.  A quality slice of nostalgia.

Very sad news, Apollo and Starbuck were two of my heroes as a kid and I was so happy when he appeared in the reboot in such a great role. I think he was quite instrumental in that even happening actually, he was apparently tirelessly campaigning for a reboot for years before it happened. Sad news indeed.

[Steve Green]

Yeah, there's a trailer on youtube for the 'Second Coming'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica:_The_Second_Coming

[IAMTHESYSTEM]

Alan Simpson of Steptoe and Son fame dies according to the Beeb.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38906672

[JamesC]

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has been found dead.
She was always a figure of fun in the media and obviously had her problems with drugs and alcohol. Apparently she'd been diagnosed with a brain tumour.
All a bit tragic really.

[Mardroid]

Yes. She was only 45, apparently.

[Daveycandlish]

Alan Simpson of Steptoe and Son fame dies according to the Beeb.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38906672

Legend. I love Hancock and Steptoe 

[TordelBack]

Alan Simpson of Steptoe and Son fame dies according to the Beeb.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38906672

Legend. I love Hancock and Steptoe 

Best of the best.

[The Legendary Shark]

Love listening to Hhhhhancock's Half Hour on BBC Radio 4 Extra, still funny. Steptoe & Son too. Both funny but in completely different ways - S&S is full of pathos and drama as well as humour - the desperation of the two characters, one to escape and the other to stay put, is as tragic as it is funny. Genius writing scribes of today just can't match.

[Heath C Ackley]

Galton and Simpson - two of the very best comedy writers ever.

[auxlen]

I believe Steptoe was considered the first Sitcom....IIRC.

[Hawkmumbler]

Jiro Taniguchi, author of A Distant Neighbourhood, The Summit of the Gods and A Zoo in Winter amongst many others. The only mangaka to receive a french knighthood.

RIP

[CrazyFoxMachine]

I'm an avid Radio 4 listener BECAUSE I HAVE THE BRAIN AN OLD MAN and I was saddened to learn this evening of the death of Steve Hewlett whose weekly discussions of his struggles to get his terminal esophageal cancer treated had been featured on the frequently astounding PM with Eddie Mair. It's rather alarming and inspiring to have heard a man so candidly speak of his potential death, having his sons on to speak about it, the prospect of a final Christmas etc etc...

Mair frequently read letters allowed from listeners who gained a new understanding cancer treatment and attitudes from the extensive coverage - who'd gained new ways of relating to their own fathers or friends suffering through it. Hewlett would tear up at these quite frequently - clearly never believing he was doing much more than speaking about his own struggles. I'll certainly never forget him, and I never even knew him.

[Frank]

Hewlett was the model of what the BBC should be; scrupulously balanced, well informed, and able to communicate complex issues in a way that made them comprehensible and interesting to a general audience. He'll be greatly missed.

[TordelBack]

I don't think I've ever listened to better radio than the Mair/Hewlett chats over these past months. It has been compelling, moving and incredibly informtive and the acme of what public service broadcasting can be. Here's to you Steve, I know I'll never forget you or what I've learnt about death and life listening to you.

[Tjm86]

It is impossible to convey the true impact of what this man did.  As a journalist he took his responsibility to the utmost and took what is probably our most challenging taboo (death) to its limits.  It was profoundly humbling to listen to this man explore what it meant to him as a person and to those closest to him as he dealt with his impending death.  The courage with which he faced it, focusing on what it meant, makes his passing so much more powerful and effective.  How do we live our lives in the face of this?