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Off Topic RIP Des O Connor

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  1. Robref62

    Robref62 Well-Known Member

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    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    RIP

    He was the Dean Windass of entertainment ...

    ... made the most out of limited talent with hard work and determination.
     
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  3. Evil Jimmy Krankie

    Evil Jimmy Krankie Well-Known Member

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    RIP Des.

    Mrs EJK used to visit his stables as a little girl. Got a photo somewhere of her and her sister wearing some racing silks from his stables.
     
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    SAFCDRUM Well-Known Member

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    A very likeable bloke. RIP.
     
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    Disco down under Well-Known Member

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    As a kid I couldn't tell him and bob monkhouse apart.

    No idea what I was watching either of them in but always thought they were incredibly likeable.
     
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    Dorset Well-Known Member

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    Very sad news. If you've never seen it, look up the interview he did with Stan Boardman about the fokkers. Had me crying with laughter. RIP Des
     
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    Remember the sketches with morecambe and wise hilarious, I think des said they boosted his career
     
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    He didn't have the ego of the likes of Bruce Forsyth and didn't mind himself being at the receiving end of jokes. I think this more than anything endeared him to me.. R.I.P.
     
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  9. Evil Jimmy Krankie

    Evil Jimmy Krankie Well-Known Member

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    Just read his BBC story. Turns out he wrote the jokes for them. Bit of self publicity there.
     
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    I bought one of his records from boots the chemist, at the poison counter ! brilliant entertainer up there with Brucey, bob monkhouse etc.
     
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