Celebrity Deathlist 2016

Achilles · **Joined:** 15th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 484

..........................................

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Only nearly 18 months late, but Storm Thorgerson has gone to the dark side ..... of the moon. This may not mean much to you young 'uns, but I have many examples of this man's artistry in my vinyl record collection.

If nothing else, he had a great name.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29505646

Actor who played the Baron in Live and Let Die has died

One of the more memorably bad guys from the Bond films for me

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Lynda Bellingham

She was in all kinds of comedies in't old days, as well as telling us about the benefits of Oxo. She also had a bit of a raunchy quality that appealed to some gentlemen. :hat:

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

Alvin Stardust

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29741028

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

zaphod79 wrote:

Alvin Stardust

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29741028

One of those people where I knew his name, but it turns out... nothing at all about him.

Still a shame.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Jack Bruce

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

Warren Clarke

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30023012

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

Ralph Baer

http://kotaku.com/the-father-of-video-g ... 1667980395

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

Joe Cocker : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30582761

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Zaphod, do you have some kind of Google alert set up for "celebrity death" and then a bot using your account to auto-post that here? I'm just wondering...

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

Bamba wrote:

Zaphod, do you have some kind of Google alert set up for "celebrity death" and then a bot using your account to auto-post that here? I'm just wondering...

No I just read the BBC website regularly - so you see things like this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30591740

Jeremy Lloyd (writer of 'Allo 'Allo and Are You Being Served?)

I'd also expect a tweet from Chinny when he sees that.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Anne Kirkbride, who played Deidrie Barlow in Coronation Street, she was only 60

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

asfish wrote:

Anne Kirkbride, who played Deidrie Barlow in Coronation Street, she was only 60

This surprised me. She looked 60 when I lived with my parents and we only had one TV in the house so I ended up watching it by default. That would be 25 years ago.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Jan 20, 2015 9:49

Bamba wrote:

Zaphod, do you have some kind of Google alert set up for "celebrity death" and then a bot using your account to auto-post that here? I'm just wondering...

I missed this. He must have the same setup for Call of Duty news.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Feb 27, 2015 18:49

Leonard Nimoy

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Future Warrior wrote:

Bamba wrote:

Zaphod, do you have some kind of Google alert set up for "celebrity death" and then a bot using your account to auto-post that here? I'm just wondering...

I missed this. He must have the same setup for Call of Duty news.

I missed this too. I just assumed that he'd taken control of the Saville mortuary hotline.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38457

Grim... wrote:

Leonard Nimoy

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Fri Feb 27, 2015 19:07

Just spotted this on the Beeb's site.

Slightly Green · **Joined:** 26th Aug, 2010 **Posts:** 2069

NervousPete · **Posted:** Fri Feb 27, 2015 20:06

Aw, man.

EDIT: Good obituary at the NY Times, followed by a nice little story with him. A better obituary than the BBC video, frankly.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/ ... .html?_r=0

myp · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2015 16:14

Pratchett.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Fuck

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2015 16:25

Cras wrote:

Fuck

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

That's a real shame

I didn't realise he was likely to die so soon, I thought he'd be around for a while yet albeit with his Alzheimer's progressing.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38457

Quote:

Prognosis. Unfortunately, there is currently no cure for Alzheimer's Disease. The average amount of time a person with Alzheimer's will live is eight years after the onset of symptoms.

Source

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

DavPaz wrote:

Quote:

Prognosis. Unfortunately, there is currently no cure for Alzheimer's Disease. The average amount of time a person with Alzheimer's will live is eight years after the onset of symptoms.

Source

I guess it's all been going on for longer than I'd realised

The last thing I remember watching him in is that documentary about Dignitas where he travelled with the guy who was going there to end his life.

Very sad programme, Pratchett himself came over as a marvellous, kind, and dignified man. (As did the guy who'd gone there to die as well.)

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Shit. Genuinely gutted by that. I'd been having a shitty day already.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Jem · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2015 18:48

Sad loss. My favourite author

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2015 19:00

Jem wrote:

Sad loss. My favourite author

This. Awesome tweets though.

Malc · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2015 21:44

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

Todays XKCD

http://xkcd.com/

Alt text "Thank you for teaching us how big our world is by sharing so many of your own."

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38457

Bro...

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2015 15:29

zaphod79 wrote:

Todays XKCD

That's beautiful.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

I have dust in my eye now.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

I have dust in my eye now.

Strange, me too. Silly dusty offices.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25584

I had never seen Star Wars. Then I did, and it was rubbish.

I had never seen James Bond. Then I did, and it was rubbish.

I have never read anything by Terry Pratchett, so I don't think I ever will, as I know that everyone loves his work and I am worried that I will not 'get' it

Banhammer · **Joined:** 19th Aug, 2010 **Posts:** 35

Man, I'm going to have a busy day today.

Jem · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2015 16:43

Mimi wrote:

I have never read anything by Terry Pratchett, so I don't think I ever will, as I know that everyone loves his work and I am worried that I will not 'get' it

You should, because even if you don't "get" one book you will probably find one that appeals.

My first Pratchett was Jingo and I didn't actually like it - found it difficult to get into and follow - but the way Pratchett wrote about his characters etc was so compelling that I ended up buying/reading his others and I love 99% of the other books. :luv:

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Jingo is one of his best

I love the Sam Vimes books.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2015 16:45

I liked Pyramids.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

Anyone looking to find more of the dust floating around their office have a read :

http://www.vulture.com/2015/03/terry-pr ... er_vulture

Or this which includes a short video of a Q&A with Neil Gaiman on Monday where he was asked if he was going to work again with Terry

https://corasteel.wordpress.com/2015/03 ... pratchett/

Gaiman had said he knew time was short and you can see that in his response.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

For those asking on books although this looks really complex

Reading order - idea is you start with one of the orange books and if you like the characters and want to find out more about them follow the trail - if you dont then jump to another orange starter book

I'm old enough to have read them from release in order but going back i do find the first few hard going in places

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2015 17:11

Mimi wrote:

I had never seen Star Wars. Then I did, and it was rubbish.

Very much

Quote:

I had never seen James Bond. Then I did, and it was rubbish.

Also

Quote:

I have never read anything by Terry Pratchett, so I don't think I ever will, as I know that everyone loves his work and I am worried that I will not 'get' it

[/quote][/quote]
Not :this:

The first two are rubbish fairly generic film series. The third is a clever and charmingly written book series.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

Mimi wrote:

I have never read anything by Terry Pratchett, so I don't think I ever will, as I know that everyone loves his work and I am worried that I will not 'get' it

Has Russell ?

The thing is i bet there is at least one book in there that would be the perfect snare for you , you'd read it and get lost and caught up in it all and although we can all shout our favorites at you and that might work - if Russell has read them then he might have a better idea of what one would click for you.

FYI for anyone else I think Small Gods is a perfect starter book if someone is unsure if they will like it , and if i was picking something for you I'd probably go with "The Amazing Maurice"

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38457

You can't call James Bond generic when it invented most of the things that people would class as 'spy movie' tropes.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2015 17:18

DavPaz wrote:

You can't call James Bond generic when it invented most of the things that people would class as 'spy movie' tropes.

Well, yes, but is it sci fi?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38457

I've only read the first two Rincewind novels, but I will read more. He reminds me a lot of Dresden, in fact.

Be Excellent To Each Other

Celebrity Deathlist 2016
NOT THIS YEAR FFS

Who is online

Be Excellent To Each Other

Celebrity Deathlist 2016 NOT THIS YEAR FFS

Who is online

Celebrity Deathlist 2016
NOT THIS YEAR FFS