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Re: Departed during 2020

#141 Post by G-CPTN » Tue Oct 27, 2020 5:24 pm


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#143 Post by CharlieOneSix » Sat Oct 31, 2020 12:41 pm

The helicopter pilots' mantra: If it hasn't gone wrong then it's just about to...
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#144 Post by Woody » Sat Oct 31, 2020 12:59 pm

My favourite Sean Connery film, not an easy watch, but excellent performance https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hill_(film)
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#145 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Oct 31, 2020 3:02 pm

"I expect you to die Mr Bond"... and sadly he did in the end.. RIP Mr Connery (surely the best Bond of them all)!


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#146 Post by Woody » Sat Oct 31, 2020 3:36 pm



A Spaniard with a Scottish accent and a Scot with a French accent :D :D
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#147 Post by Karearea » Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:44 pm

Utterly memorable. Thank you, Sir Sean.

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#148 Post by tango15 » Sat Oct 31, 2020 9:08 pm

Karearea wrote:
Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:44 pm
Utterly memorable. Thank you, Sir Sean.

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#149 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Nov 02, 2020 12:40 am

RIP Robert Fisk

The veteran British foreign correspondent Robert Fisk has died at the age of 74.
The journalist and author was reportedly admitted to St Vincent’s hospital in Dublin after becoming unwell on Friday. A source at the Independent, where Fisk was Middle East correspondent, confirmed the news of his death.

Fisk was admitted to hospital after suffering a suspected stroke, according to a report in the Irish Times.

Described by the New York Times in 2005 as “probably the most famous foreign correspondent in Britain”, Fisk won many prestigious awards over the span of his career for his coverage of the Middle East
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... es-aged-74
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#150 Post by Undried Plum » Mon Nov 02, 2020 1:25 am

Robert Fisk was one of the last proper journalists.

There's damn few left. John Pilger is one; and I'm struggling to think of another. Carrie Gracie, perhaps. Mebbe Matt Taibbi.

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#151 Post by CharlieOneSix » Tue Nov 03, 2020 3:07 pm

John Sessions dies of a heart attack at 67. His impressions on the original series of Spitting Image were superb.
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#152 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Nov 04, 2020 5:44 pm

CharlieOneSix wrote:
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John Sessions dies of a heart attack at 67. His impressions on the original series of Spitting Image were superb.
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#154 Post by ian16th » Fri Nov 06, 2020 3:41 pm

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Geoffrey Palmer.
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#155 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Nov 06, 2020 4:51 pm

Palmer was an all round good egg.

I enjoyed him as the bumbling ex army officer in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.
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Re: Departed during 2020

#156 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Nov 07, 2020 5:15 am

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#157 Post by Boac » Sat Nov 07, 2020 8:13 am

Classic! It shows we all have our demons. :))

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#158 Post by Undried Plum » Sat Nov 07, 2020 12:56 pm

:YMAPPLAUSE:

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#160 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Nov 07, 2020 8:13 pm

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Sat Nov 07, 2020 8:00 pm
Jonathan Sacks, former chief rabbi.
I shall say informal Kaddish for him... RIP

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