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Albion

#3540
14 March, 2013, 07:39:18 AM
Sad to hear about Clive Burr.

Iron Maiden were one of the bands that got me into rock music after hearing The Numbe Of The Beast album in a friends car.
I've seen Maiden a few times over the years and was lucky enough to go to one of the charity shows they put on for Clive at Brixton in 2002 to raise money to help with his illness.
Farewell Clive Burr.
Dumb all over, a little ugly on the side.

Daveycandlish

#3541
15 March, 2013, 06:41:29 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21798955

Norman Collier (he of the broken mike routine back in the 70s) is gone. I didn't realise he was that old! RIP.

An old-school, no-bullshit, boys-own action/adventure comic reminiscent of the 2000ads and Eagles and Warlords and Battles and other glorious black-and-white comics that were so, so cool in the 70's and 80's - Buy the hardback Christmas Annual!

rogue69

#3542
18 March, 2013, 03:24:54 PM
Frank Thornton "Are you being served"'s Captain Peacock aged 92

Spikes

#3543
18 March, 2013, 03:33:03 PM
Ah, thats a shame. Another childhood favourite gone. Still, 92 is a very good innings.

SuperSurfer

#3544
18 March, 2013, 03:42:16 PM
Quote from: Daveycandlish on 15 March, 2013, 06:41:29 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21798955
Norman Collier (he of the broken mike routine back in the 70s) is gone. I didn't realise he was that old! RIP.
Wh-- a sh-m-. M-- -e r-st -- p--ce.

von Boom

#3545
18 March, 2013, 04:04:28 PM
Quote from: rogue69 on 18 March, 2013, 03:24:54 PM
Frank Thornton "Are you being served"'s Captain Peacock aged 92

That's so sad. He was still funny in Last of the Summer Wine. He'll be missed.

Frank

#3546
20 March, 2013, 06:16:59 PM

Daveycandlish

#3547
20 March, 2013, 06:18:57 PM
Bloody hell. I was just talking about his books yesterday. :-(
An old-school, no-bullshit, boys-own action/adventure comic reminiscent of the 2000ads and Eagles and Warlords and Battles and other glorious black-and-white comics that were so, so cool in the 70's and 80's - Buy the hardback Christmas Annual!

JamesC

#3548
20 March, 2013, 06:21:18 PM
That's really sad news - he seemed like a top bloke and I've always really liked his stories. He was a real master at creating creepy atmosphere and building it up into a crescendo.

Heath C Ackley

#3549
20 March, 2013, 07:04:57 PM
A real shock. I had only just been taking a gander at Ash in the bookshop when I heard the news.
The guy was a legend. People will inevitably label him as 'the author of The Rats' but that was only his first hit and he went on to write far better stories. A sad loss for British horror and the genre as a whole.
"Give a man a mask and he will give you the truth."

Hawkmumbler

#3550
20 March, 2013, 07:24:24 PM
Deary me what a shame. A true legend.  :(

Dandontdare

#3551
20 March, 2013, 08:13:45 PM
I still have a copy of Lair that flops open at the dirty bits after it went around most of the fourth year at school.

Richmond Clements

#3552
20 March, 2013, 08:57:51 PM
Damn shame. I'd go for The Ghosts of Sleath as his best book. He was very much responsible for my love of horror and my wanting to be a writer.

Link Prime

#3553
21 March, 2013, 09:44:07 AM
Quote from: Richmond Clements on 20 March, 2013, 08:57:51 PM
He was very much responsible for my love of horror

Mine too Richmond (well, him and all the other greats).
Real sad news, only just heard this morning.

I liked 'Once' a lot.

moly

#3554
21 March, 2013, 08:45:13 PM
Loved James Herbert in the 80s fantastic author
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