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“fallen off the back of the history lorry to lie amnesiac in the road to progress … everyone you actually see is Benny from Crossroads or Benny in drag … The weather’s foul, the food’s medieval, it’s covered in suicidal motorists and folk who believe in fairies.”

Cras wrote:

AA Gill

Reading through his Wikipedia and sounds like a right bigoted twat.

DavPaz wrote:

Cras wrote:

AA Gill

Reading through his Wikipedia and sounds like a right bigoted twat.

Yeah, I think he probably was. Or someone who just likes to court controversy, which isn't much better. Great restaurant critic though.

AA Gill on IoM wrote:

Zsa Zsa Gabor. 99 is pretty good going.

Though she spent her life delivering others' lines, Gabor could turn a memorable phrase herself.

Pondering her good relations with her many ex-husbands, she said: "I never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back."

She also commented: "I am a marvellous housekeeper: Every time I leave a man I keep his house."

I saw on Twitter that she was the last celebrity guest villain in the Batman series from the 60's... so there you go.

Rabbi Lionel Blue

*awaits Give Us A Clue jokes*

MaliA wrote:

Rick Parfitt

A friend of mine had a bit of a thing for him and has seen Status Quo in concert a few times. She was gutted that he'd pulled out of a gig she'd got tickets for earlier in the year.

Still, at least it's her birthday today and nothing could spoil..oh.

Carrie fisher apparently.

2016 is just a warm up

Debbie Reynolds (Carrie Fisher's mum) just a day after her daughter:(

MaliA wrote:

TheVision wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Mr Russell wrote:

Well clearly someone should set it up properly for 2017.

RemindMe! 1st December 2017
to do the Celebrity Deathlist thread.

Thanks Remindo!

Test

Thanks, Remindo!

Seriously?

Yes.

You're right. Thanks Remindo!

Kern wrote:

Christine Keeler

Didn't like the R4 interview this morning about her.

Pope Paul, Malcolm X
British Politician Sex.

Author:	DavPaz [ Sat Dec 10, 2016 20:11 ]
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But still, sad that a person died and that.

Author:	MaliA [ Sat Dec 10, 2016 20:29 ]
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AA Gill on IoM wrote: “fallen off the back of the history lorry to lie amnesiac in the road to progress … everyone you actually see is Benny from Crossroads or Benny in drag … The weather’s foul, the food’s medieval, it’s covered in suicidal motorists and folk who believe in fairies.”

Author:	Cras [ Sat Dec 10, 2016 21:01 ]
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DavPaz wrote: Cras wrote: AA Gill Reading through his Wikipedia and sounds like a right bigoted twat. Yeah, I think he probably was. Or someone who just likes to court controversy, which isn't much better. Great restaurant critic though.

Author:	DavPaz [ Sat Dec 10, 2016 21:05 ]
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Cras wrote: DavPaz wrote: Cras wrote: AA Gill Reading through his Wikipedia and sounds like a right bigoted twat. Yeah, I think he probably was. Or someone who just likes to court controversy, which isn't much better. Great restaurant critic though. Undoubtedly

Author:	Bobbyaro [ Sun Dec 11, 2016 8:31 ]
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MaliA wrote: AA Gill on IoM wrote: “fallen off the back of the history lorry to lie amnesiac in the road to progress … everyone you actually see is Benny from Crossroads or Benny in drag … The weather’s foul, the food’s medieval, it’s covered in suicidal motorists and folk who believe in fairies.” Cornwall, right?

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Author:	Hearthly [ Sun Dec 11, 2016 10:44 ]
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The thing with AA Gill was to not take him seriously, I remember the kerfuffle about his IOM comments at the time and thought 'our' response was wildly out of proportion, the Chief Minister of the time spoke in parliament about it and suchlike. My take on it was the guy came here and didn't like it very much, and didn't rate the restaurant he went to, and he had a bit of a rant about it, as he was wont to do about things he didn't like very much - end of story. No point dignifying it with too much of a response was my opinion. His writing was good but he was deliberately provocative and a polemicist, so not worth getting overly excited about overall.

Author:	Squirt [ Mon Dec 12, 2016 10:48 ]
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I'm sad that there'll be no more new Winnie the Pooh stories though

Author:	Bobbyaro [ Mon Dec 12, 2016 10:52 ]
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I was going to make that joke!

Author:	Squirt [ Mon Dec 12, 2016 10:53 ]
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o/

Author:	Bobbyaro [ Mon Dec 12, 2016 12:12 ]
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\o

Author:	Grim... [ Mon Dec 12, 2016 19:36 ]
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Ian McCaskill the weatherman snuck off a couple of days ago.

Author:	devilman [ Tue Dec 13, 2016 0:37 ]
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Walter Swinburn

Author:	devilman [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 0:51 ]
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Zsa Zsa Gabor. 99 is pretty good going.

Author:	Mr Russell [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:32 ]
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devilman wrote: Zsa Zsa Gabor. 99 is pretty good going. Quote: Though she spent her life delivering others' lines, Gabor could turn a memorable phrase herself. Pondering her good relations with her many ex-husbands, she said: "I never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back." She also commented: "I am a marvellous housekeeper: Every time I leave a man I keep his house." Don't know a lot about her, but this sounds funny.

Author:	NervousPete [ Mon Dec 26, 2016 11:18 ]
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For a further Brand 2016 kick in the teeth, I found out a week ago after watching the wonderful Miller's Crossing that Jon Polito had died September 1st, from cancer, aged 65. Polito was one of my favourite character actors, and a super reliable "Hey, it's that guy!" in many a TV show and film. Best known probably for his stints in Coen Bros. movies, playing such roles as incompetent private investigators and Chicago mob bosses, for me he will always be Steve Crosetti from Homicide: Life on the Street. Unjustly ditched at the end of season 2, Polito was there for a run of episodes that mark the greatest police procedural television ever made. His Crosetti, a moody, sometimes excitable blue collar policeman with an addiction to conspiracy theories felt far more real and vital than any number of modern day rote 'high-functioning' anti-social detectives. Paired with the great Clark Johnson as Meldrick Lewis, they made a fun, compelling team of pretty realistic homicide detectives. His filmography is pretty chunky, but I also have a fondness for his small role in Seinfeld as his landlord Silvio. "I do not like Newman. He is an agitator!" Looks like 2016 gave him the high-hat. RIP, 'Salami-brain'.

Author:	devilman [ Mon Dec 26, 2016 23:50 ]
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Liz Smith. I couldn't find many sources initially so I checked her wikipedia page and they listed her cause of death as 'diarrhoea', which has now been swiftly edited.

Author:	Goddess Jasmine [ Tue Dec 27, 2016 19:27 ]
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Richard Adams earlier too. (Author of Watership Down) Is it 2017 yet?

Author:	TheVision [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:36 ]
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I saw on Twitter that she was the last celebrity guest villain in the Batman series from the 60's... so there you go.

Author:	Mr Russell [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 12:05 ]
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TheVision wrote: I saw on Twitter that she was the last celebrity guest villain in the Batman series from the 60's... so there you go. And in the original Moulin Rouge film, which I don't know but will probably watch at some point. Maybe.

Author:	Curiosity [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 13:43 ]
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Rabbi Lionel Blue awaits Give Us A Clue jokes

Author:	MaliA [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 13:47 ]
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Curiosity wrote: Rabbi Lionel Blue awaits Give Us A Clue jokes

Author:	MaliA [ Sat Dec 24, 2016 16:18 ]
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Rick Parfitt

Author:	Grim... [ Sat Dec 24, 2016 16:20 ]
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Oh no!

Author:	Mr Russell [ Sat Dec 24, 2016 16:36 ]
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Only 68.

Author:	myp [ Sat Dec 24, 2016 16:55 ]
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I don't like it like it like it like a lot

Author:	Hearthly [ Sat Dec 24, 2016 16:56 ]
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2016 going for a final push, I see.

Author:	devilman [ Sat Dec 24, 2016 19:50 ]
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MaliA wrote: Rick Parfitt A friend of mine had a bit of a thing for him and has seen Status Quo in concert a few times. She was gutted that he'd pulled out of a gig she'd got tickets for earlier in the year. Still, at least it's her birthday today and nothing could spoil..oh.

Author:	MaliA [ Mon Dec 26, 2016 0:01 ]
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Wham! George michael!

Author:	Curiosity [ Mon Dec 26, 2016 0:36 ]
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devilman wrote: MaliA wrote: Rick Parfitt A friend of mine had a bit of a thing for him and has seen Status Quo in concert a few times. She was gutted that he'd pulled out of a gig she'd got tickets for earlier in the year. Still, at least it's her birthday today and nothing could spoil..oh. At least she still has that new George Michael album to...

Author:	Hearthly [ Tue Dec 27, 2016 0:01 ]
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Deathlist will be pleased, they've been after her for years. And to think she outlived Caroline Aherne.

Author:	ApplePieOfDestiny [ Tue Dec 27, 2016 19:00 ]
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Carrie fisher apparently.

Author:	Malc [ Tue Dec 27, 2016 19:06 ]
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Yeah it's on the BBC (TV and radio)

Author:	asfish [ Tue Dec 27, 2016 19:06 ]
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ApplePieOfDestiny wrote: Carrie fisher apparently. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38446753 Yes BBC is saying this now.

Author:	Dr Zoidberg [ Tue Dec 27, 2016 19:37 ]
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Several days of carnage left yet.

Author:	Mr Dave [ Tue Dec 27, 2016 19:37 ]
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2016 is just a warm up

Author:	KovacsC [ Tue Dec 27, 2016 19:38 ]
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Mr Dave wrote: 2016 is just a warm up Can we offer names??

Author:	Satsuma [ Tue Dec 27, 2016 22:36 ]
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I watched the 8 Out of 10 Cats with Carrie Fisher only yesterday. It felt strange knowing that she'd probably filmed that a day or two before she went downhill.