Off Topic The R.I.P Thread

You are right Lardi.

My only observation about South Africa is that in 20 years time it will be Zimbabwe Mark 2 ...but on a far bigger scale.

All of the warning signs are there.

 

RIP Peter Brackley.

Commentator on the best football programme, Football Italia.

Commentator on the best football game, Pro Evo.

I didn’t know he was an impressionist, but Spitting Image was before my time.

 

RIP Peter Brackley.

One of my favourite ITV commentators back in the day, along with Brian Moore, Hugh Johns and Martin Tyler.

A sad loss.

 

RIP Peter ….. you will be missed

 

67 is no age.

A great voice.

Great memories.

Pro Evo

RIP Peter

 

RIP, Cliffs of Moher

Aidan O'Brien has a habit of killing his horses on the racecourse and he has done it again! Perhaps someone should look into what he is doing in Ireland?

 

RIP Baroness Trumpington.

A Bletchley Park Code cracker, fantastic Parliamentarian, and a wonderful woman. Not only that, a member of our dwindling Westminster smoker's club up until recently before she retired ....aged 95.

If nothing else, Jean was a fantastic example of how smoking 40 cigarettes a day can indeed lead to a long and fulfilling life.

RIP.

 

RIP, George Bush Snr ….. he tried to do the right thing

 

Very sad news.

WW2 fighter pilot
Successful businessman
Congressman
CIA Director
Vice President
President
Father of a President.

What a life

 

RIP Paddy Ashdown.

Not my cup of tea politically, but a brave man with many achievements in his life.

 

He made some mistakes in his life but which of us hasn't done that. And he always served his country the best that he could.
A good man.

 

RIP June Whitfield.

CARD are believed to have based their protest campaign on an episode of Terry & June.

Fantastic career - amazing longevity.

 

RIP ….. Windsor Davies.... of his type, one of the best actors around

 

It ain't half hot mum was part of the background of my childhood, and Winsor was a big part of that. Not an actor with a huge CV, but much loved never the less.
RIP

 

RIP Hugh McIlvanney. Years ago I used to get the Observer and go straight to McIlvanney's report and Eamonn McCabe's large photo. What a combination. Sports writers of that era were craftsmen, and would write insightful descriptions which gave you the flavour of the occasion. What a contrast to today's pages, which give a few quotes and focus on the manager. Btw we went to the same school.

 

He was a top journalist who covered sport not a top sports journalist … as Parky said on Talksport yesterday

 

You don't need to actually be there to write a lot of today's reports.

 

RIP Albert Finney

1936 - 2019

A great Actor.
Loved his masterful performance in the 1990 BBC TV adaptation of 'The Green Man' by Kingsley Amis.

 

Fair play to Finney - he turned down both a CBE and a knighthood, saying that they promoted snobbery.

 

Fine actor, he will be missed