Debatable whether their deaths have stuck with me, but those whose talents I miss the most are probably Sean Locke and Rik Mayall.
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Debatable whether their deaths have stuck with me, but those whose talents I miss the most are probably Sean Locke and Rik Mayall.
Rod Hull, and i haven't seen Emu since Rod's passing. And please don't tell me Roger De Courcey is longer with us.
My dad!
Well he was a celebrity in our house!
Mine would be Gene Pitney. I went to his concert in St David Hall, and the next day, I heard he had died overnight and could not believe it
Shane Warne, his passing really upset me. He was a huge reason why I fell in love with cricket and wanted to bowl leg spin
Marc bolan, Allan Holdsworth, John Wetton, Keith (prodigy)
What did you do after the gig?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rontomuk
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George Michael. A genuine and kind man and incredibly talented. The scum press made his life a misery. He should have been celebrated
Robert Kennedy. To a 22-year-old in 1968, he represented a hope that the Viet-Nam war would at last be ended. He had declared his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President, elbowing out Gene McCarthy who had made some ground in opposing LBJ's re-nomination. I remember hearing the news of his assassination on the radio and felt compelled to share the news with my mother who worked in a local shop. On my way a lady stopped me and asked if I'd heard the news and I remember being too upset to respond. No doubt emotions were heightened by his brother also being the victim of an assassin.
Over half a century on, a more cynical me wonders if he would have become President and achieved a real difference in US policy but I regret I shall never know.
The deaths remember most:
1. John Lennon. Heard the news on the radio while I was in bed with the flu in a freezing cold cottage I was renting with two friends.
2. Lady Di. I am no fan of royalty and my mother mentioned it in the phone whilst we had a news blackout in Somerset due to the electricity supply being down. We flew to Austria that afternoon only to find out on arrival that it was wall-to-wall news even in Austria and for days on end.
3. Dr Michael Mosely's demise was extremely sad as I had listened to his radio broadcasts and adopted a number of his health tips. He seemed to be a kindly man and it was ironic that he assisted in improving the health of many other people.
I was out in my 18th birthday with friends on 22/11/63 when his brother JFK was assinated, BBC closed down and the night was very downbeat. We met in Hallinans, think it’s now the Rummer Tavern. Very sombre end to my 18th.Quote:
Originally Posted by lostinnewforest
There was a proggy on last night about the death of the matchstick man, I don't normally bother watching anything on the beeb but it started just after we came home from the Birchgrove, it was quite a moving programme I thought, and although I do remember it, the programme filled in quite a few gaps from my memory, the main one being that Johnny survived 6 weeks in hospital after the fight. They programme showed his knockdown in the 12th round but didn't show anything from the final round, Pinto came to merthyr to unveil his statue. If not already I'm sure it'll be on iPlayer at some time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whisperer
I watched it on iPlayer the other day after Steve Bunce was on BBC Breakfast talking about it. He still finds it a bit difficult to talk about without getting upset. Interesting that it was this incident that was the catalyst for fights changing from 15 to 12 rounds.Quote:
Originally Posted by Heathblue
George Michael used to send us (the NGO I work for) a cheque (a significant one) every December up until he passed. He wanted anonymity. One of our directors is a singer/songwriter in his own right and had a semi-hit with GM. Lovely, funny and kind man. Towards the end of his life he became difficult, but most put that down to the illness and medication (and alleged drugs). Very sad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pearcey3
I think that the death that affected me most though, was Robin Williams. Was in the Hague at a University when I woke up to the news and I never forget the feeling. Awful.
What a coincidence, you have 2 out of 3 matching with mine!Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
Chronological order:
1. Elvis - we were on a long long car drive to a caravan site in east anglia. The radio was on and we were all singing songs in a holiday mood. The announcement of his death resulted in a very quiet remaining few hours. I didn't even like his music, but understood the significance for my parents who were in their prime during the 60s.
2. Diana - our clock radio turned on suddenly at a really strange time (it was the weekend and very early in the morning). The first words spoken were the news reader announcing her death. I'm not a royalist, but the circumstances means this sticks with me vividly.
3. Dr Michael Mosely - this really did affect me. His very practical and manageable health tips helped transform my lifestyle. In our family we still go for "a Mosely walk", have "a Mosely glass of red wine" and can be found standing on one leg "doing a Mosely" waiting for the kettle.
Mosely was really sad, but hard to understand how he did that walk, he seemed so sensible and logical, great bloke such a shame.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crisp White Lines
Says it all really. He wanted anonymity. Sad to hear he was difficult in the end. By then he had been hounded by the press for decades.Quote:
Originally Posted by AfricanBluebird
Recency bias but David Lynch a couple weeks ago caught me in a way I wasn’t quite expecting. I imagine for some combination of nostalgia, bonding with my sister and old man, and knowing that they don’t make many like him. RIP to a true freak.
Terry Hall is one from recent years that really saddened me. I liked plenty of his music from the Specials to the Colourfield, and his solo stuff, but I always thought he was a bit of a miserable sod.
It's sad that it sometimes takes the person's death to delve a bit deeper into their personality. Everything I read about him mentioned a lovely and genuine man, also funny with a very dry sense of humour. This really came across from his appearance on one of Richard Herring's Podcasts, which went out a couple of years before he died.
He had a very interesting and traumatic life but died way too soon.
Caroline Ahearne
Dave Thomas
Chris Cornell Soundgarden
Great guitarist , great voice
Ruins it all with heroin
The footballer ?
Or the coach and mini bus firm from Maesteg ?
[QUOTE=Taunton Blue Genie;5568356]The deaths remember most:
2. Lady Di. I am no fan of royalty and my mother mentioned it in the phone whilst we had a news blackout in Somerset due to the electricity supply being down. We flew to Austria that afternoon only to find out on arrival that it was wall-to-wall news even in Austria and for days on end.
Somewhat off topic but ..Is it true that at Vienna International Airport there is a Help Desk dedicated to helping arriving passengers who mistakenly believed they were travelling to Australia ?
[QUOTE=light up the darkness;5571365]I remember reading somewhere that IKEA have a help line for people who get suicidal trying to put some of their stuff together... and a girl who worked on it committed suicide.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie