R.I.P.

Sad news. 'Coming out' still not an easy road for many. Laybutt was at the Jets a season after Tim Brown.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/301040102/former-australian-international-footballer-stephen-laybutt-found-dead-in-bushland

Carl Weathers :-(

Barry John        RIP
A great rugby player

Ian Lavender aka Private Pike from Dad's Army. I believe the last of th main core group.

"Wvat is your name?" "Don't tell him Pike!"

Mike Procter             RIP
An outstanding cricketer.

German player Andreas Brehme. Age 63. He scored the winning goal against Argentina in the 1990 World Cup Final. 
This brings back memories for me as I watched this game in a Salzburg youth hostel. 

Actor Ewan MacIntosh best known for his role as Big Keith from The Office has died at 50. Far too young. Whilst he only had a minor part, the episode involving his performance review would have to be one of the funniest scenes from the whole series.

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What are the options again?

Buffon II

What are the options again?

same as before. They're always the same. 'Not at all. To some extent. Very much so. Don't know.

Clinton Brown, bass player & backbeat to the sounds of Wellington for the last 5 decades.

Stan Bowles. QPR legend. I managed to see him play in the twilight of his career when he was at Brentford. RIP.

Thanks for the memories Stan. You were a genius, an entertainer, a maverick. But you were ours! 

Bernard Hill

https://twitter.com/FellowshipFans/status/1787120684323205208

Procrastinixing

Bernard Hill

https://twitter.com/FellowshipFans/status/1787120684323205208

"Boys from the Black Stuff" - set in Liverpool in 70-80s. Hill's character Yosser Hughes meets Graeme Souness & Sammy Lee in a famous scene from the show.

Little before my time, but I'm told it was a hugely popular show back then. Leggy can confirm or deny.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=396338524492404

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Procrastinixing

Bernard Hill

https://twitter.com/FellowshipFans/status/1787120684323205208

"Boys from the Black Stuff" - set in Liverpool in 70-80s. Hill's character Yosser Hughes meets Graeme Souness & Sammy Lee in a famous scene from the show.

Little before my time, but I'm told it was a hugely popular show back then. Leggy can confirm or deny.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=396338524492404

Black Stuff - definitely one of the key UK dramas of the 1980's.
"Giz a job...Go on...Giz a job" entered the vernacular....
Bernard Hill starred in two productions in NZ:
"Lord of the Rings" and Christchurch earthquake drama series "Hope and Wire":
https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/hope-and-wire-full-series-2014
He no doubt was paid very little or donated his fee to earthquake recovery - Hill was a genuine bloke, a true socialist.
It also first brought Rachel House to prominence.
"This six-part drama follows 11 Cantabrians after the 2011 earthquake which devastated Christchurch. The ambitious series mixes drama and documentary footage to portray the people of a broken city. Len (Brit Bernard Hill) and Joycie (Rachel House) form their own inclusive backyard community. Ryan and Donna (Jarod Rawiri and Miriama McDowell) find the aftermath of the quake straining their relationship. Ginny (The Strip's Luanne Gordon) wonders exactly where her husband was when the first shock hit; property developer Greggo (Joel Tobeck) smells only opportunity. Writer/director Gaylene Preston writes here about Hope and Wire's birth — and filming in a quake zone. 

RIP César Luis Menotti  22 October 1938 – 5 May 2024
Coached Argentina to their World Cup win in 1978.
But achieved stuff all afterwards.....
ENIGMA OF CESAR LUIS MENOTTI:

Managerial career
1970 | Newell's Old Boys
1971–1974 | Huracán
1974–1983 | Argentina
1978–1979 | Argentina U20
1983–1984 | Barcelona
1986–1987 | Boca Juniors
1987–1988 | Atlético Madrid
1989 | River Plate
1990–1991 | Peñarol
1991–1992 | Mexico
1993–1994 | Boca Juniors
1996–1997 | Independiente
1997 | Sampdoria
1997–1999 | Independiente
2002 | Rosario Central
2005 | Independiente
2006 | Puebla
2007 | Tecos

 Honours: Manager
Huracán

Grayson Murray. Only 30 years old. Two time winner on the PGA tour. Withdrew from the Charles Schwab Classic the other day, found dead less than 24 hours later.

Gentle reminder to talk to someone if you are struggling.

Matija Sarkic

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cv22z9lgdlxo

Sven-Goran Eriksson
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350392387/sven-goran-eriksson-first-foreigner-lead-englands-football-team-dies-76

James Earl Jones.  What a legend.  

He was in "Doctor Strangelove & How I stopped worrying and learned to love the Bomb" On the B52 delivering the bomb that Slim Pickens sat on and accidently dropped.

He was brilliantly funny for that "Big Bang Theory" episode. Especially when pranking Carrie Fishers door bell.

He was excellent as the blind former Baseball player (whom played with Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig) in "The Sandlot".

He was oustanding as Terrance Mann in "Field of Dreams"

Mal Bland     RIP
Ex All White. A top player and a great bloke.

Ex Aston Villa striker and 1982 European Cup winner Gary Shaw aged 63 after injuries from a fall.
RIP

Toto Schillaci 

Golden boot winner at one of the most iconic World Cups of all time, Italia 90.

Just heard on radio Sam Malcomson has passed away aged 77 no other details

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350421784/all-whites-1982-world-cup-squad-member-sam-malcolmson-dies-aged-77

Very sad indeed. RIP

RIP Maggie Smith. An absolute legend on TV and the screen.

Some iconic roles: Professor McGonagall, Violet Crawley, Mother Superior, just to name a few.

Kris Kristofferson                   RIP
Country music icon

Johan Neeskens. Classy Dutch footballer from the 70's

RIP George Baldock.

RIP Quincy Jones, best known for producing We are the World and Michael Jackson's albums Off the Wall, Thriller, and Bad. 

He was also a producer for Lesley Gore and worked with Frank Sinatra and Count Basie.

Les Coffman
great Nz referee from the 60's and 70's
One of a great number of good referees around that time - Tom Delahunty ,Ron Harries,John Cameron and a few others.
Refereed by common sense and were respected by the players.
Probably wouldn't be allowed anywhere near top level football these days , more the pity

Ian Redpath        RIP

Outstanding oz cricketer. Remember seeing him score over 150 at Eden Park

Dr Heather Kavan, very respected at Massey University and author of the the Book "They said that?!" - printed in October 2024 ($27.99 at Books & More & at Whitcoulls.)

Dr Kavan created the "Top 10 Iconic quotes of the year" in 2011. She compiled the list lists from 2011-2023 into the above mentioned book. She was about to give a TV interview on the topic when she had a sudden illness last Tuesday and passed away on Saturday. 

RIP Cousin.

Jimmy Carter.

Did incredibly well to make it to 100 despite looking like a corpse for the past two years.

Former TV3 reporter Bob McNeil

RIP Brit Allcroft, developed the TV adaptation of Thomas the Tank Engine, of which she was also a writer and producer.

RIP my grandfather and grandmother

Denis Law.

Manchester United legend and Scottish international. A ballon d’or winner. Famously sent United down when playing for City in the 70s.