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    @Victor-Meldrew said in RIP 2023:

    @MiketheSnow

    His songs just seemed to be everywhere for decades, didn't they?

    I remember the ex-Mrs Meldrew, who was a professional musician, telling me his stuff was really complex but sounded so very simple and accessible. Only one opinion, but she rated him up there with Gershwin & Shubert musically.

    He must be up there in terms of most recorded songwriter in the last 80 years

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    @canefan said in RIP 2023:

    @Victor-Meldrew said in RIP 2023:

    @MiketheSnow

    His songs just seemed to be everywhere for decades, didn't they?

    I remember the ex-Mrs Meldrew, who was a professional musician, telling me his stuff was really complex but sounded so very simple and accessible. Only one opinion, but she rated him up there with Gershwin & Shubert musically.

    He must be up there in terms of most recorded songwriter in the last 80 years

    Must be close. He's been ubiquitous for 7 whole decades and, according to Wiki, had his first hit in 1952. Extraordinary body of work which rivals Macca.

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    Movie star Raquel Welch dies aged 82

    Poo

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    Andy Dufresne (and every other male) says thanks.

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    @canefan said in RIP 2023:

    Movie star Raquel Welch dies aged 82

    Poo

    Hall of fame smokeshow/milf/cougar/gilf . Caused more dna to be spilt in vain than a pathology lab staffed with people who have Parkinson’s disease

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    Stuff

    I did not realise Welch was Bolivian and took her first husband's surname to avoid prejudice and type casting

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    @canefan said in RIP 2023:

    Stuff

    I did not realise Welch was Bolivian and took her first husband's surname to avoid prejudice and type casting

    Rita Hayworth was another woman that to do that , she even had to change her appearance. I imagine the 1940s version of electrolysis they used to alter her hairline was fairly brutal

    Rita Hayworth - Wikipedia

    Rita Hayworth - Wikipedia
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    Dickie Davis. Sports presenter on UK TV who was ubiquitous from the 60-80's & pretty much the face of sport on TV. A top-notch sports journalist who developed modern TV sports coverage & interviewed all the sporting greats

    Feb 18, 2023

    Dickie Davies, face of World of Sport, dies aged 94

    Dickie Davies, face of World of Sport, dies aged 94

    Giant of British sports broadcasting presented everything from World Cups and Olympic Games to Wimbledon and wrestling

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    @Victor-Meldrew said in RIP 2023:

    Dickie Davis. Sports presenter on UK TV who was ubiquitous from the 60-80's & pretty much the face of sport on TV. A top-notch sports journalist who developed modern TV sports coverage & interviewed all the sporting greats

    Feb 18, 2023

    Dickie Davies, face of World of Sport, dies aged 94

    Dickie Davies, face of World of Sport, dies aged 94

    Giant of British sports broadcasting presented everything from World Cups and Olympic Games to Wimbledon and wrestling

    Legend

    RIP

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    An icon of football broadcasting passes RIP. Motson and Tyler are the voices of English football for me

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    From the Class of '82 - Grant Turner: https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/131354311/tributes-flow-after-all-whites-great-grant-turners-passing-following-cancer-struggle

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    @Donsteppa said in RIP 2023:

    From the Class of '82 - Grant Turner: https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/131354311/tributes-flow-after-all-whites-great-grant-turners-passing-following-cancer-struggle

    One of my favourite players from that team. Young and brash

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    Turner's header against Aust is one of NZ's most iconic sporting moments. RIP.

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    Jeez ages are getting too close to mine

    Mar 2, 2023  /  Music

    Steve Mackey, bass guitarist for Pulp, dies aged 56

    Steve Mackey, bass guitarist for Pulp, dies aged 56

    Musician died following three month stay in hospital, with wife Katie Grand describing him as ‘the most talented man I have ever known’

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    @Machpants said in RIP 2023:

    Jeez ages are getting too close to mine

    Mar 2, 2023  /  Music

    Steve Mackey, bass guitarist for Pulp, dies aged 56

    Steve Mackey, bass guitarist for Pulp, dies aged 56

    Musician died following three month stay in hospital, with wife Katie Grand describing him as ‘the most talented man I have ever known’

    Booooo

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    RIP Tom.

    Nice gritty parts in three of my all time favourite movies ever….True Romance, Heat and Saving Private Ryan.

    Outstanding flicks and he played his part in all of them being as brilliant as they are.

    Mar 3, 2023  /  Film

    Tom Sizemore, star of Saving Private Ryan, dies aged 61 after brain aneurysm

    Tom Sizemore, star of Saving Private Ryan, dies aged 61 after brain aneurysm

    The actor, best known for his tough-guy roles in war and action movies including Black Hawk Down, also had a turbulent private life

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    @MN5 said in RIP 2023:

    RIP Tom.

    Nice gritty parts in three of my all time favourite movies ever….True Romance, Heat and Saving Private Ryan.

    Outstanding flicks and he played his part in all of them being as brilliant as they are.

    Mar 3, 2023  /  Film

    Tom Sizemore, star of Saving Private Ryan, dies aged 61 after brain aneurysm

    Tom Sizemore, star of Saving Private Ryan, dies aged 61 after brain aneurysm

    The actor, best known for his tough-guy roles in war and action movies including Black Hawk Down, also had a turbulent private life

    @MN5 said in RIP 2023:

    RIP Tom.

    Nice gritty parts in three of my all time favourite movies ever….True Romance, Heat and Saving Private Ryan.

    Outstanding flicks and he played his part in all of them being as brilliant as they are.

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/04/tom-sizemore-star-of-saving-private-ryan-dies-aged-61-after-brain-aneurysm-reports

    Oh crap. Way too young

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  • MiketheSnowM Offline
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    @canefan said in RIP 2023:

    @MN5 said in RIP 2023:

    RIP Tom.

    Nice gritty parts in three of my all time favourite movies ever….True Romance, Heat and Saving Private Ryan.

    Outstanding flicks and he played his part in all of them being as brilliant as they are.

    Mar 3, 2023  /  Film

    Tom Sizemore, star of Saving Private Ryan, dies aged 61 after brain aneurysm

    Tom Sizemore, star of Saving Private Ryan, dies aged 61 after brain aneurysm

    The actor, best known for his tough-guy roles in war and action movies including Black Hawk Down, also had a turbulent private life

    @MN5 said in RIP 2023:

    RIP Tom.

    Nice gritty parts in three of my all time favourite movies ever….True Romance, Heat and Saving Private Ryan.

    Outstanding flicks and he played his part in all of them being as brilliant as they are.

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/04/tom-sizemore-star-of-saving-private-ryan-dies-aged-61-after-brain-aneurysm-reports

    Oh crap. Way too young

    Lived a life though I think

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    @canefan said in RIP 2023:

    @MN5 said in RIP 2023:

    RIP Tom.

    Nice gritty parts in three of my all time favourite movies ever….True Romance, Heat and Saving Private Ryan.

    Outstanding flicks and he played his part in all of them being as brilliant as they are.

    Mar 3, 2023  /  Film

    Tom Sizemore, star of Saving Private Ryan, dies aged 61 after brain aneurysm

    Tom Sizemore, star of Saving Private Ryan, dies aged 61 after brain aneurysm

    The actor, best known for his tough-guy roles in war and action movies including Black Hawk Down, also had a turbulent private life

    @MN5 said in RIP 2023:

    RIP Tom.

    Nice gritty parts in three of my all time favourite movies ever….True Romance, Heat and Saving Private Ryan.

    Outstanding flicks and he played his part in all of them being as brilliant as they are.

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/04/tom-sizemore-star-of-saving-private-ryan-dies-aged-61-after-brain-aneurysm-reports

    Oh crap. Way too young

    Not so sure his wife or Heidi would share that sentiment.

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  • MN5M Offline
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    RIP.

    Entertainment

    Gary Rossington, last founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, dies aged 71

    Gary Rossington, last founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, dies aged 71

    Gary Rossington had been grappling with health problems for decades.

    While “Freebird” and “Sweet Home Alabama” have been thrashed to the point of not being enjoyable anymore this is still a banger.

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