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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #6675 on: November 15, 2020, 09:53:38 AM »
Des O'Connor, 88.
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Always came over as a decent guy with far more talent than the Eric and Ernie routines implied and big enough to be used as a foil

RIP

Shame, yet another celebrity that defined my life.


God! I'm beginning to feel very mortal.  eeek:

me too Uncle...  scared2:
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #6676 on: November 15, 2020, 01:43:17 PM »
Des O'Connor, 88.
cry:

Always came over as a decent guy with far more talent than the Eric and Ernie routines implied and big enough to be used as a foil

RIP

Shame, yet another celebrity that defined my life.


God! I'm beginning to feel very mortal.  eeek:

me too Uncle...  scared2:

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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #6677 on: November 15, 2020, 03:33:22 PM »
Des O'Connor, 88.
cry:

Always came over as a decent guy with far more talent than the Eric and Ernie routines implied and big enough to be used as a foil

RIP

Shame, yet another celebrity that defined my life.


God! I'm beginning to feel very mortal.  eeek:

me too Uncle...  scared2:

 sad24:
There is no escaping the fact that we are all getting nearer to the front of the queue. noooo:
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #6678 on: November 15, 2020, 03:37:53 PM »
Ray Clemance, 72.

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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #6679 on: November 15, 2020, 04:09:02 PM »

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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #6680 on: November 15, 2020, 04:28:38 PM »
The singer??
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #6683 on: November 16, 2020, 10:47:13 PM »
Sacre Bleu  Shocked:  The French just killed off the Queen, Pele, Brigitte Bardot, Clint Eastwood and others

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54965098

but apparently in some Pythonesque moment they all got better so that's alright then
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #6684 on: November 17, 2020, 06:48:47 AM »
Sacre Bleu  Shocked:  The French just killed off the Queen, Pele, Brigitte Bardot, Clint Eastwood and others

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54965098

but apparently in some Pythonesque moment they all got better so that's alright then

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I had them all on my bingo card too...  cussing:
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #6685 on: November 17, 2020, 10:05:27 AM »
Sacre Bleu  Shocked:  The French just killed off the Queen, Pele, Brigitte Bardot, Clint Eastwood and others

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54965098

but apparently in some Pythonesque moment they all got better so that's alright then

 eeek:  lol: noooo:

I had them all on my bingo card too...  cussing:
What a year we'd have had with Death Bingo
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #6686 on: November 18, 2020, 05:01:30 PM »
Chris 'Sarge' Hodges, one of the founders of that crazy horde of buggers known as the Falmouth Marine Band, local legend and one of the most decent people I've ever met. The town isn't going to be the same without him around  sad24:

https://youtu.be/UZm9Eni7SBw

https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/18875986.tribute-falmouth-marine-band-sarge-chris-hodges-died/
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #6687 on: November 18, 2020, 05:29:57 PM »
sorry to hear, good that he managed to get married in the hospice

RIP
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #6688 on: November 19, 2020, 09:23:44 PM »
The Arecibo radio telescope


Shame, but its had its moments.

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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #6689 on: November 19, 2020, 09:26:21 PM »
The Arecibo radio telescope


Shame, but its had its moments.
57 years  eeek:

Still gaffer tape would have worked, surely
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