RIPs

[Hawkmumbler]

Alas, many happy memorys of Cpt. Scarlet. Never to be forgoten, farewell Gerry Anderson.

[Spikes]

Sad news indeed. An absolute genius. RIP.

[Dandontdare]

Another icon of my childhood sadly passes. Gerry Anderson was responsible for my earliest TV moments that fired my imagination and were hugely influential on me. Joe 90, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Capt Scarlet, the list goes on and on. He knew how to tap into that  part of little boys' brains that adores cool gadgets and vehicles like no-one else.

[Zanti Misfit]

Grew up with Gerry Anderson's TV magic. Many years later, had the Thunderbirds March at my wedding. I can't believe he's gone.  F.A.B., Gerry.

[COMMANDO FORCES]

Stormin' Norman Schwarzkopf aged 78

[Heath C Ackley]

Fontella Bass has sadly passed away. Rescue Me was a classic soul track.

Sad to see another genius of my childhood pass away in Gerry Anderson. I can dimly recall watching Fireball XL5 but it was the stuff from the late sixties/early seventies that I remember most. They were filled with such fantastic characters and machines. I mean, who could forget this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV8YbLvGrb0

[Daveycandlish]

Charles Chilton, writer of Riders of the Range (in the original Eagle comic) and Journey Into Space died yesterday at the ripe old age of 95

http://www.bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/

[Heath C Ackley]

I had been listening recently to Journey Into Space on BBC 4 Extra in the 7th Dimension (Essential listening when on dish washing duties). It was entertaining in a retro/vintage kind of way. 

[Zarjazzer]

Sad to see Charles Chilton go. Journey into Space is ace entertainment.

[Albion]

Cluade Nobs, founder of Montreaux Jazz Festival. Died after a skiing accident. He was mentioned in Deep Purple's Smoke on the water in the line....."Funky Claude was running in and out, pulling kids out the ground".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20981739

[CrazyFoxMachine]

Bit gutted about that - Mr Nobs was clearly a massive gent. Also - what a way to go!

[Frank]

Not a good time for fondly remembered figures from childhood.

In a recent discussion of Flash Gordon on this here board, Tordelback mentioned his preference for the severe General Kala over the undeniable charms of Ornella Muti's Princess Oral. Mariangela Melato, the Italian actress who got that "What do you mean, Flash Gordon approaching?" line died today. Her other most famous role was in the original version of Swept Away; here she is in the only clip from that film I could find which didn't feature her naked, making love to one of the dwarves from The Hobbit.

[Goaty]

RIP Prop Joe actor Robert Chew of the Wire

[Daveycandlish]

Conrad Bain - the Dad in Diff'rent Strokes - died this week at the grand age of 89

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21057560

[CrazyFoxMachine]

RIP Prop Joe actor Robert Chew of the Wire

Gutting - love Prop Joe.