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Started by Quirkafleeg, 27 February, 2006, 03:03:14 PM

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JayzusB.Christ

Quote from: Colin YNWA on 03 May, 2021, 01:06:28 PM
Jesus I can't believe I got the name wrong there - so sorry as others have said John Paul Leon. So disrespectful of me and I'm very sorry.

My only excuse was Tommy Lee Edwards started that GoFund me - but still.

Hardly disrespectful - just a minor mistake.
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest"

Barrington Boots

Hearing Richard Halliwell, the designer of Warhamer, Space Hulk, Dark Future and of course Block Mania, among others, has passed away.
A big chunk of my formative years was influenced by his work. Sad times.
You're a dark horse, Boots.

sheridan

tweet from fellow gaming luminary Graeme Davis

Quote from: Graeme-DavisRichard Halliwell is no longer with us. One of #Warhammer's creators, plus #SpaceHulk, #DarkFuture, and more.
To say Hal was a personality is an understatement.  I think of him as the British games industry's very own Crazy Diamond. Shine on, Hal.

I, Cosh

Behind the times, but Anita Lane died last week. Best known for colloborations with Nick Cave and assorted Bad Seeds, you can also give her own records a listen.
We never really die.

IAMTHESYSTEM

Billy Hayes 'Witchiepoo' in the Pufnstuf TV series has met her Waterloo. It was the most bonkers TV series ever made and only lasted a season.

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/billie-hayes-dead-dies-witchiepoo-hr-pufnstuf-1234965739/?fbclid=IwAR2UzEwFlu4d18C-88P5eKoYeO-I7mZuzLoB91ZtvJRgezTq2HUgMa7ygQk
"You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension."

http://artriad.deviantart.com/
― Nikola Tesla

sheridan

Nick Kamen, 59 - jeans advert actor and singer.  Cancer.

milstar

I saw this post in FB group 2000ad tat and chat.

David Evans, aka Bolt-01 of Future Quake fame passed away.

RIP
Reyt, you lot. Shut up, belt up, 'n if ye can't see t' bloody exit, ye must be bloody blind.

IndigoPrime


IAMTHESYSTEM

"You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension."

http://artriad.deviantart.com/
― Nikola Tesla

IAMTHESYSTEM

"You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension."

http://artriad.deviantart.com/
― Nikola Tesla

sintec

Kentaro Miura, writer and artist of Berserk (amongst other things) has passed away. I guess that's one saga that will never be completed.

https://twitter.com/DarkHorseComics/status/1395245332234002432?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Hawkmumbler

Quote from: sintec on 20 May, 2021, 10:41:12 AM
Kentaro Miura, writer and artist of Berserk (amongst other things) has passed away. I guess that's one saga that will never be completed.

https://twitter.com/DarkHorseComics/status/1395245332234002432?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
Absolutely devastating. Berserk has been one of the best comics of any genre, of any corner of the globe, for decades now. An absolute giant of the medium gone way, way too soon. RIP king.

Funt Solo

My daughter's parakeet, Elvie, who liked landing on heads, pooping on heads, playing the "catch the finger-snake" game, burbling along to television shows, nibbling our teeth, chatting to her mirror friends and rattling her disco ball.
++ A-Z ++  coma ++

Definitely Not Mister Pops

Barney Curley, an Irish professional gambler, philanthropist behind a charity for impoverished children in Zambia, former trainer, former Jesuit seminarian, failed pub owner, former pop group manager, entrepreneur and the man behind the Yellow Sam betting coup.

Wikipedia has a decent summary of it HERE, but doesn't get into how almost impossible it would have been to even coordinate such a thing in Ireland in the 70s without mobile phones or the internet. At the same time it would be completely impossible to pull off now because of mobile phones and the internet.

QuoteSince nothing about the coup had been illegal, the bookmakers were forced to pay out the full IR£300,000 (>€1.7m adjusted for inflation). They did, however, pay out the winnings in single notes, filling 108 bags
You may quote me on that.

rogue69

Max Mosley aged 81 ex-Formula One boss.