RIP 2024
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Timothy West.
Celebrated British actor, husband of Prunella Scales and tireless dementia campaigner. who openly chronicled her life with the disease.
Prunella Scales faces dementia battle without husband Timothy West after his death at 90
Actors were married for 61 years and praised for their gentle exploration of her condition in the hit TV series Great Canal Journeys
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@Machpants said in RIP 2024:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360478700/last-surviving-maori-battalion-member-dies
End of an era. I have a small family connection too - my Dad trained some of the 28th radio operators before they left NZ
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RIP 2024:
Timothy West.
Celebrated British actor, husband of Prunella Scales and tireless dementia campaigner. who openly chronicled her life with the disease.
Prunella Scales faces dementia battle without husband Timothy West after his death at 90
Actors were married for 61 years and praised for their gentle exploration of her condition in the hit TV series Great Canal Journeys
Saw him and his wife Prunella Scales in a production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night back in the 90s
A tour de force
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Bela Karolyi, gymnastics coach who mentored Nadia Comaneci, dies aged 82
Karolyi trained multiple Olympic gold medalists and help turn the US into an international gymnastics power
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Rod Eddowes: bloke who wrote https://www.rugbology.co.nz/about
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Former Test cricketer and Australian Hall of Fame hero Ian Redpath dies age 83
The Victorian opener who played 66 Tests, scored eight centuries and was inducted into Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2023, has died age 83
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From Chappell on Ian Redpath: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/obituary-ian-chappell-remembers-ian-redpath-the-soft-spoken-fierce-competitor-1463072
The whole article is worth a read, but the conclusion especially:
Redda played many fine and important innings for Australia but two really stand out in my mind.
In 1973-74 he made a marvellous 159 not out in Auckland, carrying his bat on a tricky pitch. Despite his being known for his solid defence and ability to survive tough conditions, he still managed to hit 20 boundaries.
Then in 1975-76 on a stifling hot day at the MCG against a strong West Indies attack, he batted virtually the whole first day to score a stubborn century. It was Redpath at his technical best - defying the bowling and the heat to score the first of three centuries in that series.
Just before he passed away I spoke to Annabel, one of Redda's daughters, and said, "Could you please tell your father it was a privilege to play with him and to be his friend."
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Bad couple of days for Oz. Lose another sporting legend
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Tom Voyce, former England Rugby International, is confirmed to have died in recent floods in NE England.
