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The RIP Thread

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  1. QPR999

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    The Alanyaspor team bus crashed in Turkey killing Czech international Josef Sural. Steven Caulker was also on the bus but was physically unharmed.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48090099

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    On Saturday Celtic beat Kilmarnock 1-0 with the goal scored by their No 5 (McNeill's shirt) in the 67th minute (67 the winning year) and as if to close this chapter today it was announced that Stevie Chalmers who scored the winner in 67 had passed away also from dementia...
     
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    Chewbacca is dead <wah> Loved the original films, RIP

    Peter Mayhew: Harrison Ford leads tributes to Chewbacca actor
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    Peter Mayhew played Chewbacca (L) alongside Harrison Ford in Star Wars Episode IV

    Star Wars star Harrison Ford has paid an emotional to Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew, who has died aged 74, saying: "I loved him."

    Ford, who played Han Solo, praised the "kind and gentle man" for his "great dignity and noble character".

    Mayhew died at his home in Texas on 30 April with his family by his side, a statement said.

    The British-US actor played the giant Wookiee warrior in several Star Wars films from 1977 until 2015.

    "He put his heart and soul into the role of Chewbacca and it showed in every frame," his family said.

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    Peter Mayhew

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    The family of Peter Mayhew, with deep love and sadness, regrets to share the news that Peter has passed away. He left us the evening of April 30, 2019 with his family by his side in his North Texas home.


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    London-born Mayhew played Chewbacca in the original Star Wars trilogy, episode three of the prequels and shared the role in 2015's The Force Awakens.

    Ford and Mayhew's characters were close friends and piloted the Millennium Falcon in the franchise.

    "We were partners in film and friends in life for over 30 years and I loved him," said Ford.

    "He invested his soul in the character and brought great pleasure to the Star Wars audience."

    'Big man with a bigger heart'
    Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars films, described Mayhew as "the gentlest of giants".

    "A big man with an even bigger heart who never failed to make me smile and a loyal friend who I loved dearly," Hamill tweeted.

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    He was the gentlest of giants-A big man with an even bigger heart who never failed to make me smile & a loyal friend who I loved dearly-I'm grateful for the memories we shared & I'm a better man for just having known him. Thanks Pete #RIPPeterMayhew #Heartbroken @TheWookieeRoars


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    Star Wars creator George Lucas had wanted a tall actor to play Chewbacca, but initially considered 6ft 6in (1.98m) tall David Prowse for the role.

    However, Prowse wanted to play Darth Vader so Lucas then turned to Mayhew, who at 7ft 2in (2.18m) was chosen purely for his height. His face was never seen in the Star Wars films.

    "He fought his way back from being wheelchair-bound to stand tall and portray Chewbacca once more in Star Wars: The Force Awakens," his family said.

    Mayhew also consulted on The Last Jedi, released in 2017, in an attempt to pass on the secrets of the role to his successor, Finland's Joonas Suotamo.

    Mayhew's family said "the Star Wars family meant so much more to him than a role in a film".

    "The relationships that began then grew into the friends and family that he would love for decades to come."

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    Image captionPeter Mayhew last played Chewbacca in The Force Awakens in 2015
    The statement also said the actor had been "heavily involved" with non-profit organisations, and had launched his own foundation, which they said supported "everything from individuals and families in crisis situations to food and supplies for children of Venezuela".

    Mayhew's family did not say what the cause of his death was.

    A memorial service for friends and family will be held on 29 June, while a separate memorial for fans will take place in December, the statement said.

    The actor is survived by his wife Angie and three children.
     
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    RIP Chewie aka Peter
     
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    RIP sad loss and another one of my childhood memories leaves us. <rose>
     
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    seems freddy starr has eaten his last hamster

    Shamed comedian Freddie Starr has been found dead at his Costa del Sol bolthole.
    A carer dialled 999 after discovering the 76-year-old on the floor of his £180,000 townhouse in Mijas near Fuengirola.
    Starr, who fled to Spain in July 2015 after a libel case loss against a woman who accused him of groping her when she was 15, was found around 3pm on Thursday.
    Police sources said there was nothing to suggest the death of the fallen comic, who suffered asthma and had a quadruple bypass following a heart attack in 2010, was suspicious.
     
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    The best Mick jagger impression...not sure why it always made me laugh...
     
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    Doris Day dies at 97.

    Recently watched her with Jimmy Stewart in The Man Who Knew Too Much

    Que Sera Sera <rose>
     
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    Great life, great career and good innings. Am I the only person who thought she was already dead?
     
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    Doris Day, loved her in Calamity Jane
    Brian Walden former Labour MP and brilliant broadcaster. Staunch Brexiteer, his wife said ''The biggest regret that he would have is he didn't live to see Brexit, because he was a passionate Brexiteer. To be dominated by a capricious and undemocratic Brussels-Berlin axis is not something he would have wanted''
    May they Rest in Peace
     
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    Lovely actress & loved her films RIP
     
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    My dads favourite, maybe he’ll met her now
     
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    Ex Aussie PM Bob Hawke
    When I was in Australia many years ago Bob was the PM. He had the world record for drinking beer from one of those yard glasses (not joking). Always a good laugh and came across a top bloke.
    RIP <rose>
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    Seems inconceivable now that, as a progressive, he had to battle to change the Australian national anthem from "God save the Queen" to "Advance Australia Fair." RIP
     
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    RIP Niki Lauda.

    Sensationally brave, very principled and incredibly focussed.

    Watch the excellent film Rush, to which he contributed, for the measure of the man.
     
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    I remember that crash in the 70s when he was given the last rites, six weeks later he was racing again. Probably Austria's greatest sporting hero. RIP Niki...
     
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    Lauda was a phenomenon. Best driver of his generation, brave and clever man. It appears his death was caused by the crash all those years ago...so sad.
    As said above one of Austria's greatest sporting heroes. RIP

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    Great driver & another goes at no age 70, RIP
     
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    Hunt v Lauda. The Great Rivals

    RIP Niki Lauda <rose>
     
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