The RIP Thread

R.I.P. Jimmy
A true genius and all round legend

 

Boycie now, FFS.

Only Fools and Horses star John Challis dies aged 79 | Daily Mail Online

 

2 of life’s characters leave us today

RIP Jimmy
RIP John

 

Just read that & another fine actor disappears from our screens , sad news & RIP John Challis

 

RIP John

 

Sad day........ Greavsie had been poorly for a long time, saw a terribly sad photo of him with Harry Kane........ Only 6 months after his pal Ian St John, they were the staple Saturday pre match tv programe to watch, Saint was Ernie to Greavsie's Eric........

As a player he was the most natural goalscorer you could wish to see, made it look so easy.......scored on his debut for every club he played for as well as England....

John Challis was a great character actor, can hear him now saying "Marlene"............

 

Most of you won't have heard of Steve Strange, but he was a major player in the live music scene.

Passed away, only 53 - RIP. I went to the Limelight a few times when I lived in Belfast, and have seen a few of the bands on his books.


Steve Strange: Ed Sheeran and Coldplay pay tribute to music agent
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Ed Sheeran, Coldplay and Snow Patrol are among leading figures in the music industry to pay tribute to music agent Steve Strange.

The co-founder of X-Ray Touring, from Carrickfergus, in County Antrim, died following an illness, aged 53.

X-Ray Touring has Eminem, Erasure, Kodaline, Queens of the Stone Age and Stereophonics on its books.

"Steve was a titan of the global music industry," a spokesperson for Limelight Belfast said.

The spokesperson described Mr Strange as "an unsung hero, and a fantastic and loyal friend to this venue and to Northern Ireland's music community for more than 40 years".

Mr Strange started his music industry career at Limelight Belfast in the 1980s, according to the venue, before becoming an agent in London a few years later.

Writing on Instagram, Grammy Award winning artist Ed Sheeran said it was "a very sad day, and a huge loss".

'Giant of the music industry'
While Coldplay said it was "devastated" by the news of Mr Strange's death.

On Twitter, the band said it spent "a bittersweet hour" with Mr Strange last week.

"Despite his illness he was still taking calls and watching ticket counts."

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Rock band Snow Patrol said that their agent "believed in us before almost anyone else in the music industry did".

"To picture a world without him in it is to picture a world so diminished. With less joy, less positivity, less optimism, less heart. Quieter, duller and much less interesting," said the band.

"So instead we'll remember the joy he brought so many people and tell Steve Strange Stories."

• Steve Strange receives Outstanding Contribution to Music Award

The band Ash described Mr Strange as "agent extraordinaire" with "the heart of a lion".

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Lead singer of The Script, Danny O'Donoghue, said Mr Strange was "taken so young and a true legend in the industry".

"You'll be missed by everyone who came in contact with you," added the singer.

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In a tweet, Irish band Kodaline said they are "truly saddened" by the news.

"Steve signed us to his roster at X-Ray Touring before we had even played a show as Kodaline and since then has helped guide and shape our live career," the band added.

 

Alan Lancaster of Quo gone too.

 

RIP

Confused me for a bit, didn’t know that there were two Steve Strange’s and was certain that he had been dead for some time. The other one, club owner, early punk and prime mover of New Romanticism, has been dead a few years.

 

I did the same mate

 

Sad day for the music industry

 

Alan Lancaster, bass player from Status Quo has passed away, aged 72.

Excellent bass player who resided in Sydney, Australia, since the eighties.

RIP Alan.

From 2013...........

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Seen Quo live a few times & music is fantastic, sad day as another Quo departs RIP Alan

 

RIP European Ryder Cup team, losing 19-9...

 

RIP Alan

 

Roger Hunt now.

 

Another of the 66 team gone ! A true great who was the spearhead for the Shankly team that started the Liverpool era and a gent with it according to reports. RIP

 

One of the more unsung heroes of the side but a key part of Ramsey's team. RIP...

 

Trying to think who is left, Geoff Hurst and ?

 

Bobby Charlton is one