RIPs

[COMMANDO FORCES]

John Fortune aged 74

British satirist, comedian writer and actor, best known for his work with John Bird and Rory Bremner on the TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune.

[Dandontdare]

ah that's a shame. I love Bremner, Bird & Fortune

[I, Cosh]

ah that's a shame. I love Bremner, Bird & Fortune

Yeah, he could make me laugh just with that look of shocked disbelief he does.

In other news, I only just found out that the Rev John Graham, aka Guardian crossword setter Araucaria, had died recently.

[Bat King]

James Avery - best known probably as Uncle Phil in Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

A bit more detail here

[locustsofdeath!]

James Avery - best known probably as Uncle Phil in Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

A bit more detail here

Also the voice of Shredder in the classic TMNT cartoons. RIP.

[Batman's Superior Cousin]

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

[radiator]

The Fresh Princes' Uncle Phil aka Shredder actor James Avery.

[Mabs]

James Avery - best known probably as Uncle Phil in Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

A bit more detail here

Balls. I used to love the Fresh Prince as a kid.

R.I.P

[CrazyFoxMachine]

Very sad about Mr Avery by all accounts he was a very nice man and as a nineties pop culture figure there is none finer.

Always cheers me up though, no offence Radiator, when people are so keen to report a death they come on here and report it as news without looking to see if anyone is talking about it beforehand 

[radiator]

Very sad about Mr Avery by all accounts he was a very nice man and as a nineties pop culture figure there is none finer.

Always cheers me up though, no offence Radiator, when people are so keen to report a death they come on here and report it as news without looking to see if anyone is talking about it beforehand 

Actually, you should blame the Tapatalk App, which has a weird quirk that means sometimes it fails to display the last few posts but one. I actually did check, was surprised it hadn't been posted, and assumed that Batson must just really, really like crosswords.

[CrazyFoxMachine]

I didn't know tapatalk did that - consider me not picking on that forumquirk again!

Have a nice Uncle Phil moment by way of apology:

[I, Cosh]

Nothing lasts Phil Everly.

[JOE SOAP]

Nothing lasts Phil Everly.

A decent tune-smith in his day.

[Frank]

Nothing lasts Phil Everly.

A decent tune-smith in his day.

If this is the thread where we compete to post the most simultaneously unnerving and compelling scenes from major motion pictures I've never seen before but am about to try and find a copy of, you've just won. Again. That head of yours is a palace of exotica and ephemera, boy.

[Dunk!]

Nothing lasts Phil Everly.

I was always annoying my older siblings by pulling Cathy's Clown out of my mums 60's record collection and putting it on.

Knew nothing of close harmonies but knew quality when I heard it.

RIP Phil - you truely had a distinct sound and a huge influence.