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R.I.P.

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03 Feb 22:42
Carl Weathers :-(
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04 Feb 20:43
Barry John        RIP
A great rugby player

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

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06 Feb 06:57
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!"
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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18 Feb 06:09
Mike Procter             RIP
An outstanding cricketer.

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

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20 Feb 17:50
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. 
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22 Feb 00:48 · edited 22 Feb 00:48 · History
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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22 Feb 01:09
What are the options again?

Three for me, and two for them.

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22 Feb 01:24
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.
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24 Feb 07:03
Clinton Brown, bass player & backbeat to the sounds of Wellington for the last 5 decades.
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24 Feb 23:50 · edited 24 Feb 23:50 · History
Stan Bowles. QPR legend. I managed to see him play in the twilight of his career when he was at Brentford. RIP.
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25 Feb 03:10
Thanks for the memories Stan. You were a genius, an entertainer, a maverick. But you were ours! 
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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06 May 11:55 · edited 06 May 11:55 · History
Procrastinixing

"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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15 May 04:11
coochiee
Procrastinixing

"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. 
Rachel House is simply tremendous as Joycie: she carries the drama and embodies the terrible mix of anxiety and fatigue that people in Christchurch know. The rendering of the earthquakes themselves and the blending of real-life footage with acted drama are a technical triumph...
– Writer Russell Brown on the first episode of Hope and Wire, Public Address

Big Pete 65, Christchurch

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15 May 04:20 · edited 16 May 23:43 · History
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:
Argentina's 1978 World Cup winning manager passed away last week aged 85.
I'd assumed that he died a decade ago (when he was last in the news when he was sick with cancer)
Enigma?
Yes - after winning the Cup in 1978, he failed to win another major trophy at national team or club level (he won the 1979 FIFA u-20 World Cup and a couple of cups with Barcelona on 1982-83 - but that was all).
He was unusually young (youngest in history to this day) when he coached the Argies to the title in '78.
He was only 39 - crazy!
Menotti had scant club coaching experience when appointed Argentina manager in 1974 aged only 35.
The Argentina team was in crisis - their results had been mediocre for decades and they were totally eclipsed by a stellar Brazil.
Menotti had success in 1978 - with help in making the semi-final from alleged bribes paid by Argentina's dictatorship to the opposition team Peru to lose the last group game by at least 4 goals (they lost 6-0).
But that was the only major success in his senior coaching career.
After he left the Argentina job in 1983, Menotti had no major success in club football either in Argentina, Europe or Mexico.
He failed to win a single league title and the only trophies were a Spanish Cup, League Cup and Super Cup in his single season at Barcelona.
Not a single trophy of any kind after that 1983 - 84 season at Barcelona.
And he carried on coaching club sides (and less than a year as Mexico boss) for another 23 years till 2007.
In his club coaching career 1983- 2007, he never stayed at a club for more than two seasons:
At 12 clubs - he stayed one season or less before usually being fired (sometimes resigning)
He coached Mexico for less than one year.....
I agree with those who say that he was never really a very good coach and just got lucky with Argentina in 1978.
Argentina flopped under Menotti at the 1982 World Cup despite having Maradona.
He really achieved nothing in 24 years of (mostly) club coaching after 1983.
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

Barcelona
Argentina

Big Pete 65, Christchurch

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26 May 21:09
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.

Three for me, and two for them.

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10 Sep 01:10
James Earl Jones.  What a legend.  
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10 Sep 06:10 · edited 10 Sep 12:18 · History
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"
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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15 Sep 08:01
Mal Bland     RIP
Ex All White. A top player and a great bloke.

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

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16 Sep 20:26
Ex Aston Villa striker and 1982 European Cup winner Gary Shaw aged 63 after injuries from a fall.
RIP
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18 Sep 10:14
Toto Schillaci 

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

Three for me, and two for them.

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19 Sep 00:37
Just heard on radio Sam Malcomson has passed away aged 77 no other details
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28 Sep 00:41
Some iconic roles: Professor McGonagall, Violet Crawley, Mother Superior, just to name a few.


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30 Sep 06:29
Kris Kristofferson                   RIP
Country music icon

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

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07 Oct 23:38
Johan Neeskens. Classy Dutch footballer from the 70's
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10 Oct 02:19
RIP George Baldock.
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04 Nov 09:12
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.
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25 Nov 21:44
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

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01 Dec 06:46
Ian Redpath        RIP

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

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

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24 Dec 10:17
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.
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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29 Dec 22:54
Jimmy Carter.

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

Three for me, and two for them.

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30 Dec 01:38
Former TV3 reporter Bob McNeil
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03 Jan 12:27
RIP Brit Allcroft, developed the TV adaptation of Thomas the Tank Engine, of which she was also a writer and producer.
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10 Jan 15:28
RIP my grandfather and grandmother
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17 Jan 19:37
Denis Law.

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

Three for me, and two for them.

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