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R.I.P.

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03 Sep 09:01 · edited 09 Sep 06:23

UK Kiwi wrote:

Leggy wrote:

RIP  Max Bygraves, always a happy guy.

Only Leggy would be old enough to remember "Max Bygraves"

 

I remember Henry the V111 , so what is your point.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

04 Sep 08:40 · edited 09 Sep 06:23

Speaking of Maxes...is Max Cryer still alive?

 

 

"Sharing rewards the weak"- Steven Colbert

05 Sep 07:44 · edited 09 Sep 06:23

Traitor wrote:

Speaking of Maxes...is Max Cryer still alive?

 

 

 

Pretty sure he is.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

07 Sep 22:47 · edited 09 Sep 06:23

Terry Nutkins - good presenter, never boring to watch, mad hair. Raised a sea lion called Gemini. RIP.

08 Sep 02:01 · edited 09 Sep 06:23

Michael Clarke Duncan. Always had a great presence in his movies.

26 Sep 22:44

Andy Williams - Introduced the Osmonds to the World.....Sunday roast will never be the same

Even worse

John Bonds...381 appearances for West Ham, passed away age 79....Black armbands for the weekend I say

27 Sep 05:15

UK Kiwi wrote:

Andy Williams - Introduced the Osmonds to the World.....Sunday roast will never be the same

Even worse

John Bonds...381 appearances for West Ham, passed away age 79....Black armbands for the weekend I say



Plus 1.             Pretty sure JB was the manager of Bournemouth when they  were in Auckland.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

27 Sep 06:31 · edited 27 Sep 06:32 · History

 Yeah John Bond was quintessentially the 70's footy manager for me. It was also pretty sad seeing how old Paul Power looked with the tributes.

19 Oct 19:32
Milija Aleksic - mr elastic. 61. Underated, but fan favourite spurs goalie.

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

24 Oct 10:22

So I posted this song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10dmK7O-KSY) in another thread and then googled up Don Estelle after reading some of the comments.  He had a Christchurch connection according to the wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Estelle.

RIP lovely boy!



"Phoenix till they lose"

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04 Nov 09:48

Junior82 wrote:
Milija Aleksic - mr elastic. 61. Underated, but fan favourite spurs goalie.

Bio here 

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

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07 Nov 19:43

RIP Clive Dunn - Never one to Panic and they never liked it up em - aka Corporal Jones of Dads Army - 92 Years Old

09 Nov 21:20

 Bill Tarmey, Jack from Corro.

RIP.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

18 Nov 12:54

Martin Fay, ex- The Chieftans

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/nov/16/martin-fay


"Phoenix till they lose"

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24 Nov 22:50

 Dallas star Larry Hagman. One of my favourites at the time. Also in' I dream of Jeannie.'

RIP


If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

26 Nov 21:34

Former Chelsea and Man United manager Dave Sexton. He was appointed by Bertie Mee in 1966 to be Arsenal 1st team coach and in a couple of books I've read by Frank McLintock and Peter Storey, it was Sexton who basically ran the team and not Mee. He was regarded as a visionary back then and McLintock and Storey say he was one of the best coaches they ever worked under.

RIP.

27 Nov 05:13

 Sven Hassel - I never read any of his books but my brother did and loved them, the covers were something out of this world. A mystery geezer as some said he never fought for the Nazi's against the Russians but Sven then produced documents that suggest he was a tank commander and did win his x2 iron crosses.


the finest exponent of war-porn that ever lived.

28 Nov 09:19

Gott in Himmel!

I looked on his wiki page and I must have read most of his books (not that I can remember any of the details).

War-porn as you say.


(budda-budda-budda. Arrggh! They got me sarge! Teufel!  Take that Ivan.  Hande-hoche Englander Schweinhund. etc etc.)

"Phoenix till they lose"

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Genuine opinion: FTFFA

08 Dec 01:05

 Huw LLoyd-Langton sometimes guitarist with Hawkwind and had his own band. A very nice bloke and friend to those that knew him. Never heard anyone say a bad word about him.


Check out  Rocky Paths by Hawkwind on you tube, incredible track.



11 Dec 00:23


Patrick Moore - TV astrologer aged 89years.

The Night Sky was his programme.

 

11 Dec 05:04

Steve Andrews  - of Vas Deferens 


Real sad.

Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

12 Dec 08:22 · edited 12 Dec 08:24 · History

Ravi Shankar. He heavily influenced George and the rest of the Beatles, who in turn helped shape modern pop/rock/blues music and gave artists the ability to write their own songs (even when many many many shouldn't). His death leaves a pretty large void in the musical world.

One of his collaborations with Philip Glass:



Yellow Fever - Misery loves company

26 Dec 20:04

Gerry Anderson creator of Thunderbirds............Parker was always my favourite !!

 

29 Dec 04:50 · edited 29 Dec 04:53 · History

Tong Greig.  1946-2012.  Hard and fast...right out of the meat of the bat...a great commentator.

29 Dec 04:59

RIP Greggy.

Three for me, and two for them.

29 Dec 05:15

 RIP. Always enjoyed his comments. Was a great player.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

29 Dec 09:06

Yeah, very sad. Was wondering why he wasn't involved this season, was he quite sick?

29 Dec 09:11

el grapadura wrote:

Yeah, very sad. Was wondering why he wasn't involved this season, was he quite sick?

I think he was very sick !!

29 Dec 09:19

UK Kiwi wrote:

el grapadura wrote:

Yeah, very sad. Was wondering why he wasn't involved this season, was he quite sick?

I think he was very sick !!

Ok he wasn`t sick as such.....Heart Attack !!

29 Dec 09:21

UK Kiwi wrote:

UK Kiwi wrote:

el grapadura wrote:

Yeah, very sad. Was wondering why he wasn't involved this season, was he quite sick?

I think he was very sick !!

Ok he wasn`t sick as such.....Heart Attack !!


But apparently diagnosed with lung cancer a few months back, that's why he wasn't on Channel 9 commentary team this season.
30 Dec 01:27

el grapadura wrote:

UK Kiwi wrote:

UK Kiwi wrote:

el grapadura wrote:

Yeah, very sad. Was wondering why he wasn't involved this season, was he quite sick?

I think he was very sick !!

Ok he wasn`t sick as such.....Heart Attack !!


But apparently diagnosed with lung cancer a few months back, that's why he wasn't on Channel 9 commentary team this season.

Yeah that - heard Chapelli saying they gave him a few months but all signs were positive following that until his ticker gave it up.

 

RIP big fella.

E + R + O

19 Jan 02:31 · edited 19 Jan 23:51 · History

 Roy Cox.  RIP

A long time servant of football in New Zealand.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

29 Jan 06:07

 Mike Singleton - The guy who wrote The Lords of Midnight and Doomdark's Revenge those fantastic games for the ZX Spectrum. Strategy mixed with RPG elements. Many Games today doff a cap in Mike's direction,. He died a few months ago and I missed it as he was not very famous.

Great characters such as  Farflame the Dragon Lord, Utarg of Utarg, Thormand the Fey... Just amazing games for the times. Truly a giant of the Golden age of Home Computers.

29 Jan 21:52

Gordon Mooney.

Drycleaner to NZ Football and anyone/everyone in Auckland football.

Mr Gordy used to run a drycleaners just off Dominion Road in Auckland where he converted one whole room to a Football Kingz shrine.  He was the Kingz Mad Butcher, always talking the club, always in the middle of Bloc 5 and a lover of the game in New Zealand.  Ventured off to the 2003 Confeds cup and followed the Kingz and All Whites all over the country and into Aus.

A great supporter of NZ Football.


How's my driving? - Whine here

29 Jan 22:26

Well said HN. And thank you for posting it on here, as i probably would not have known otherwise.


RIP Mr Gordy.

Three for me, and two for them.

30 Jan 00:08

Hard News wrote:

Gordon Mooney.

Drycleaner to NZ Football and anyone/everyone in Auckland football.

Mr Gordy used to run a drycleaners just off Dominion Road in Auckland where he converted one whole room to a Football Kingz shrine.  He was the Kingz Mad Butcher, always talking the club, always in the middle of Bloc 5 and a lover of the game in New Zealand.  Ventured off to the 2003 Confeds cup and followed the Kingz and All Whites all over the country and into Aus.

A great supporter of NZ Football.


I think he featured once on Miles Davis and Martin Devlins show House of Football on Sky a few years back. Like you say, he was like the Kingz version of the Mad Butcher.

RIP

31 Jan 21:18


RIP

Sir Paul Holmes

Love him or hate him a very good broadcaster.

Best wishes to the family.

31 Jan 22:21

 RIP Paul Holmes

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

04 Feb 07:57 · edited 04 Feb 08:55 · History


For Paul Holmes......


"Sharing rewards the weak"- Steven Colbert