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.
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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.
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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Rod Eddowes: bloke who wrote https://www.rugbology.co.nz/about
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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.
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Paul Hogan, RIP
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Leg End
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@taniwharugby said in RIP 2024:
Paul Hogan, RIP
Pays to read the story, not just the by line. Reports of Paul Hogan's demise have been greatly exaggerated. The crocodile died, the Australian actor is very much alive
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See you later alligator