R.I.P. 2020
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@Crucial said in R.I.P. 2020:
Add to the list Ronald Bell, co-founder of Kool and the Gang
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@MiketheSnow Loving the afro's!
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@MajorRage said in R.I.P. 2020:
@MiketheSnow Loving the afro's!
I’m loving the music. Funk of that era is awesome
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@Victor-Meldrew said in R.I.P. 2020:
@dogmeat said in R.I.P. 2020:
@Victor-Meldrew yes devastating to wake up to learn Emma Peel's arse has been taken from the world.
She appeared naked in Abelard and Heloise on stage in the 70's. A critic famously described her as "built like a brick mausoleum with insufficient flying buttresses".
Her response? She published a best-selling collection of caustic theatre reviews called "No Turn Unstoned" and dedicated it to said critic.
Class to burn
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@Bovidae He used to cop a bit of tall poppy shit but he was also instrumental in Jonah's early days of steering him onto the good track.
Has done a massive amount of work for CM too so gets my gratitude for that.
RIP Phil.BTW his jokes were terrible
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@Bovidae said in R.I.P. 2020:
@MN5 Those other 3 movies are well worth watching.
Lonsdale was the oldest living Bond villain actor. Christopher Lee had that honour until he died.
Yeah he probably was given many of them were getting on when they made their movies in the 60s and 70s.
It’s Yaphet Kotto now I believe off the top of my head
EDIT: no, it’s Julian Glover, the man with the best franchise CV in history
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Joining his Road Warrior mate......always entertaining watching these guys fish out beatings back in the day. Maybe 60 is a pretty good innings considering all the drugs he woulda consumed.
RIP
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@Godder said in R.I.P. 2020:
@MN5 one half of one of the all time great tag teams. Corey Graves pointed out that Heaven now has a dream Survivor Series 1990 team, being Warrior, Texas Tornado and the Legion of Doom.
Only Ax and Smash survive from the opposition too......Mr Perfect and Crush both passed away years ago.
I loved the promos and I shudder to think how much coke the Warrior snorted before the cameras started rolling.
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@MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:
@Godder said in R.I.P. 2020:
@MN5 one half of one of the all time great tag teams. Corey Graves pointed out that Heaven now has a dream Survivor Series 1990 team, being Warrior, Texas Tornado and the Legion of Doom.
Only Ax and Smash survive from the opposition too......Mr Perfect and Crush both passed away years ago.
I loved the promos and I shudder to think how much coke the Warrior snorted before the cameras started rolling.
What a rush...
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@Godder said in R.I.P. 2020:
@MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:
@Godder said in R.I.P. 2020:
@MN5 one half of one of the all time great tag teams. Corey Graves pointed out that Heaven now has a dream Survivor Series 1990 team, being Warrior, Texas Tornado and the Legion of Doom.
Only Ax and Smash survive from the opposition too......Mr Perfect and Crush both passed away years ago.
I loved the promos and I shudder to think how much coke the Warrior snorted before the cameras started rolling.
What a rush...
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Horrible news from Croydon. Sgt Matt Ratana sounds like a great guy:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-54302266
A long-serving police officer shot dead in a custody centre in south London has been named as Sgt Matiu Ratana aged 54.
New Zealand-born Sgt Ratana was two months away from retirement when he was shot in the chest in Croydon on Friday.
The 23-year-old suspect is then thought to have turned the firearm on himself. He remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick described the police sergeant as "a big guy" who was "big in heart".
"He was very well known locally and he will be remembered so fondly in Croydon and missed there, as well as in the Met and the rugby world," she said.
A minute's silence was held at 16:00 BST at New Scotland Yard and Croydon Police Station to pay tribute to the officer.
Sgt Ratana, who was known as Matt, had served with the Met for almost 30 years having moved to the UK in 1989.
The 54-year-old was originally from the Hawke's Bay area of New Zealand and was educated at Palmerston North Boy's High School's, a town north of the capital, Wellington.
He had served with the Met in various parts of London including Hackney and Selhurst, with his last posting as custody sergeant in Croydon, where he managed suspects who are brought into the cells.
He was on duty in that role at the Windmill Road centre when he was shot dead at about 02:15.
The BBC has been told the shooting happened during questioning of the suspect about Covid-19.
Outside work Sgt Ratana was a highly experienced rugby union coach, leading teams in Worthing, close to Goring-by-Sea where he then lived and in East Grinstead, where he was living when he died.
Ryan Morlen, assistant head coach at East Grinstead Rugby Club, described the 54-year-old as "an absolutely lovely bloke".
arlier, BBC Home Affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said it was believed the suspect was known to counter-terrorism police having been on their radar in the past, though the Met has not officially confirmed that.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said the man was arrested on suspicion of possession of Class B drugs with intent to supply and possession of ammunition.
He was handcuffed with his hands behind his back and taken to the Croydon Custody Centre in a police vehicle, before being escorted into the building.
The shots were fired as officers prepared to search the suspect, who was still handcuffed, with a metal detector, the IOPC said.
"A non-police issue firearm, which appears to be a revolver, has been recovered from the scene. Further ballistic work will be required," said IOPC regional director Sal Naseem.
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@sparky said in R.I.P. 2020:
Horrible news from Croydon. Sgt Matt Ratana sounds like a great guy:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-54302266
A long-serving police officer shot dead in a custody centre in south London has been named as Sgt Matiu Ratana aged 54.
New Zealand-born Sgt Ratana was two months away from retirement when he was shot in the chest in Croydon on Friday.
The 23-year-old suspect is then thought to have turned the firearm on himself. He remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick described the police sergeant as "a big guy" who was "big in heart".
"He was very well known locally and he will be remembered so fondly in Croydon and missed there, as well as in the Met and the rugby world," she said.
A minute's silence was held at 16:00 BST at New Scotland Yard and Croydon Police Station to pay tribute to the officer.
Sgt Ratana, who was known as Matt, had served with the Met for almost 30 years having moved to the UK in 1989.
The 54-year-old was originally from the Hawke's Bay area of New Zealand and was educated at Palmerston North Boy's High School's, a town north of the capital, Wellington.
He had served with the Met in various parts of London including Hackney and Selhurst, with his last posting as custody sergeant in Croydon, where he managed suspects who are brought into the cells.
He was on duty in that role at the Windmill Road centre when he was shot dead at about 02:15.
The BBC has been told the shooting happened during questioning of the suspect about Covid-19.
Outside work Sgt Ratana was a highly experienced rugby union coach, leading teams in Worthing, close to Goring-by-Sea where he then lived and in East Grinstead, where he was living when he died.
Ryan Morlen, assistant head coach at East Grinstead Rugby Club, described the 54-year-old as "an absolutely lovely bloke".
arlier, BBC Home Affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said it was believed the suspect was known to counter-terrorism police having been on their radar in the past, though the Met has not officially confirmed that.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said the man was arrested on suspicion of possession of Class B drugs with intent to supply and possession of ammunition.
He was handcuffed with his hands behind his back and taken to the Croydon Custody Centre in a police vehicle, before being escorted into the building.
The shots were fired as officers prepared to search the suspect, who was still handcuffed, with a metal detector, the IOPC said.
"A non-police issue firearm, which appears to be a revolver, has been recovered from the scene. Further ballistic work will be required," said IOPC regional director Sal Naseem.
The Met have said a murder investigation was under way.Shame the suspect didn’t have the skills to finish himself off.
It makes it even more galling when you consider how close to leaving the Police he was. If anyone deserves a happy retirement it’s Cops.
