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    • canefan
      canefan @MN5 last edited by

      @MN5 those crazy eyes

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      • Machpants
        Machpants last edited by Machpants

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        • MiketheSnow
          MiketheSnow @JC last edited by

          @JC said in R.I.P. 2020:

          Left field for The Fern I guess, but Barbara Windsor has died of Alzheimer’s at 83. For those of us of a certain age our Dads’ interest in the comedy stylings of Sid James and co in the Carry On films was suspiciously weighted to the ones Babs was in. RIP.

          Very underrated

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          • MiketheSnow
            MiketheSnow @MN5 last edited by

            @MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:

            RIP Deebo/Zeus 😞

            I hope you find another bike up there, @raznomore will feel this one I’m sure

            https://www.google.co.nz/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9041925/amp/Friday-actor-Tommy-Tiny-Lister-dead-age-62-Marina-Del-Rey-apartment.html

            Loved him in Little Nicky

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            • MN5
              MN5 last edited by

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                pakman @canefan last edited by

                @canefan said in R.I.P. 2020:

                @MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:

                Possibly not the most recognisable of faces but he did play the most iconic bad guy in movie history.

                RIP Lord Vader

                https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55117704

                I always assumed that it was Prowse's face we saw in ROTJ when Luke took off Vader's mask. But it was actually this guy

                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Shaw_(actor)

                Another tidbit I stumbled on, the guy who voiced and played the hologram Emperor Palpatine in ESB was a Kiwi

                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Revill

                He was replaced by Ian McDiarmid in ROTJ

                The lady who cuts my hair cuts what's left of his. One degree of separation from most powerful being in the universe!

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                • booboo
                  booboo last edited by booboo

                  Charley Pride, 86, from COVID complications

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                  • MN5
                    MN5 @booboo last edited by

                    @booboo said in R.I.P. 2020:

                    Charley Pride, 86, from COVID complications

                    That’s a shame. He was one of the old mans favourites that I had to enjoy ( it took a few listens ) on car rides back in the late 80s. He actually made country music more than tolerable.

                    Apparently COVID got Zeus/Deebo as well 😞

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                    • Crucial
                      Crucial @booboo last edited by

                      @booboo said in R.I.P. 2020:

                      Charley Pride, 86, from COVID complications

                      At least he might be able to kiss an angel good morning now.

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                      • Bovidae
                        Bovidae last edited by

                        He was a good professional baseball player in his 20s.

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                        • Victor Meldrew
                          Victor Meldrew @Crucial last edited by

                          @Crucial

                          Country music isn't my thing but he sure was a great singer who broke down musical barriers. Didn't even know he was black - not that it matters.

                          Absolutely revered in Ireland (Nth & Sth) as he refused to cancel a tour there when the Troubles were at their worst and helped ensure other acts followed him in appearing there. That took courage.

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                          • Snowy
                            Snowy @Victor Meldrew last edited by

                            @Victor-Meldrew said in R.I.P. 2020:

                            Didn't even know he was black - not that it matters.

                            Apparently it does.

                            There's a bit of a "thing" at the moment about black lives mattering.

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                            • MN5
                              MN5 @Snowy last edited by

                              @Snowy said in R.I.P. 2020:

                              @Victor-Meldrew said in R.I.P. 2020:

                              Didn't even know he was black - not that it matters.

                              Apparently it does.

                              There's a bit of a "thing" at the moment about black lives mattering.

                              Hahaha, another ‘spit coffee on your screen’ moment for 2020 !!

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                              • Victor Meldrew
                                Victor Meldrew @Snowy last edited by

                                @Snowy said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                There's a bit of a "thing" at the moment about black lives mattering.

                                Thank God Bob Marley didn't die in 2020 then. I could have really put my foot in at and said "I didn't even know he was white...."

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                                • Machpants
                                  Machpants last edited by

                                  https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/dec/13/john-le-carre-author-of-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-dies-aged-89

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                                  • MN5
                                    MN5 @Victor Meldrew last edited by

                                    @Victor-Meldrew said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                    @Snowy said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                    There's a bit of a "thing" at the moment about black lives mattering.

                                    Thank God Bob Marley didn't die in 2020 then. I could have really put my foot in at and said "I didn't even know he was white...."

                                    I fucken hate Bob Marley and his music.

                                    Is that unpopular thread still going ?

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                                    • Victor Meldrew
                                      Victor Meldrew @Machpants last edited by

                                      @Machpants

                                      Loved his books. Think he might just be up there with the best in the annals of english literature.

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                                      • MN5
                                        MN5 last edited by

                                        First the original Darth Vader.....now the original Boba Fett.....

                                        https://www.google.co.nz/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9065255/amp/Star-Wars-original-Boba-Fett-actor-Jeremy-Bulloch-dead-75-unknown-causes.html

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                                        • voodoo
                                          voodoo @MN5 last edited by

                                          @MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                          @Victor-Meldrew said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                          @Snowy said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                          There's a bit of a "thing" at the moment about black lives mattering.

                                          Thank God Bob Marley didn't die in 2020 then. I could have really put my foot in at and said "I didn't even know he was white...."

                                          I fucken hate Bob Marley and his music.

                                          Is that unpopular thread still going ?

                                          I got the missus and I Ben Harper tickets a few years back. She was telling her work colleagues about it, said we were off to Bob Marley tonight. Was convinced it was him 🤣

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                                          • Stockcar86
                                            Stockcar86 last edited by Stockcar86

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                                            Lung problems - non covid related

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                                            • booboo
                                              booboo last edited by

                                              George Blake. Soviet spy.

                                              https://i.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300193764/george-blake-notorious-cold-war-double-agent-who-helped-soviets-dies-at-98

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                                              • Machpants
                                                Machpants last edited by

                                                Good that the traitorous fluffybunny got to see the Communists fall before he died

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                                                  Godder @Stockcar86 last edited by

                                                  @Stockcar86 aged 41 with a family at Christmas, just brutal. For wrestling fans who only know WWE, he was Luke Harper.

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                                                  • MN5
                                                    MN5 @Godder last edited by

                                                    @Godder said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                    @Stockcar86 aged 41 with a family at Christmas, just brutal. For wrestling fans who only know WWE, he was Luke Harper.

                                                    Never heard of him but sadly he’s about the age that so many of them pass away

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                                                      Godder @MN5 last edited by

                                                      @MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                      @Godder said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                      @Stockcar86 aged 41 with a family at Christmas, just brutal. For wrestling fans who only know WWE, he was Luke Harper.

                                                      Never heard of him but sadly he’s about the age that so many of them pass away

                                                      Normally we'd blame drugs or the lifestyle, but this was a lung issue (not Covid-related) that basically came out of nowhere.

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                                                        • booboo
                                                          booboo last edited by

                                                          And Pierre Cardin ...

                                                          .. a little like Mrs Boo who thought he had already departed...

                                                          ... RIP

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                                                          • MN5
                                                            MN5 @booboo last edited by

                                                            @booboo said in R.I.P. 2020:


                                                            Great record but sounds like he gave it away pretty early

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                                                            • canefan
                                                              canefan @MN5 last edited by

                                                              @MN5 that was my recollection. He was an excellent batsman then just stopped

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                                                              • dogmeat
                                                                dogmeat @canefan last edited by

                                                                @canefan He was an amateur and gave it away to concentrate on his teaching career. Couldn't spare the time away from his job.

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                                                                • MN5
                                                                  MN5 @dogmeat last edited by

                                                                  @dogmeat said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                                  @canefan He was an amateur and gave it away to concentrate on his teaching career. Couldn't spare the time away from his job.

                                                                  I don’t remember him playing but being the stats nerd I was ( much tougher in those days relying on the newspaper ) being shocked that a guy averaged even more than Martin Crowe but wasn’t playing.

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                                                                    Bovidae last edited by

                                                                    JF Reid was also a cousin of Bruce Reid.

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                                                                    • canefan
                                                                      canefan @MN5 last edited by

                                                                      @MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                                      @dogmeat said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                                      @canefan He was an amateur and gave it away to concentrate on his teaching career. Couldn't spare the time away from his job.

                                                                      I don’t remember him playing but being the stats nerd I was ( much tougher in those days relying on the newspaper ) being shocked that a guy averaged even more than Martin Crowe but wasn’t playing.

                                                                      I remember him being very solid, classy, then he was gone. If he had been able to make a living like they do today he would have been at least on a par with someone like Andrew Jones, or better from what I remember

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