RIP 2025
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Rod Temperton
The Invisible Man: “Thriller” songwriter Rod Temperton has died aged 66
“He’s like an invisible shadow over the whole music business, the whole culture.”
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@MiketheSnow 2016
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@MiketheSnow 2016
Jesus
Didn't even see that
It popped up on my feed this week
Ooooops
Still a cool story though
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Frederick Forsyth.
Author of The Day of the Jackal and much much more. Didn't know he was a top-notch journalist who reported on and publicized the Biafran war in Nigeria when other media outlets had failed to do so.
Frederick Forsyth dies aged 86
Best-selling thriller novelist has died after a brief illness, his agent announced
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RIP 2025:
Frederick Forsyth.
Author of The Day of the Jackal and much much more. Didn't know he was a top-notch journalist who reported on and publicized the Biafran war in Nigeria when other media outlets had failed to do so.
Frederick Forsyth dies aged 86
Best-selling thriller novelist has died after a brief illness, his agent announced
Author of my favourite ever book, The Devil's Alternative. I mentioned it elsewhere, maybe in the book thread.
Didn't realise he was that young.
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Sly Stone, 82
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So many great tunes that stand the test of time
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Brian Wilson. The genius of geniuses behind The Beach Boys. Had a few mental issues but battled back to do some amazingly good stuff later in his life.
George Martin called him a true musical genius and the Mozart of his age. Not going to argue
Brian Wilson, melodic genius and architect of pop, dies aged 82
‘God Only Knows’ singer-songwriter co-founded the 1960s band in California
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Feck
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This just came up on my feed.....could easily go in the Awesome thread.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RIP 2025:
Brian Wilson. The genius of geniuses behind The Beach Boys. Had a few mental issues but battled back to do some amazingly good stuff later in his life.
George Martin called him a true musical genius and the Mozart of his age. Not going to argue
Brian Wilson, melodic genius and architect of pop, dies aged 82
‘God Only Knows’ singer-songwriter co-founded the 1960s band in California
Their best song.
RIP
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Under The Mountain author Maurice Gee dies at 93
One of the country's most prolific and well-known writers, Gee wrote more than 30 novels for both adults and children.
Under the mountain was a great book
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One of the country's most prolific and well-known writers, Gee wrote more than 30 novels for both adults and children.
Under the mountain was a great book
Great TV series. The 80s one. Think there was a remake.
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One of the country's most prolific and well-known writers, Gee wrote more than 30 novels for both adults and children.
Under the mountain was a great book
Great memories of reading his books as so many NZ kids woulda had. RIP.
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One of the country's most prolific and well-known writers, Gee wrote more than 30 novels for both adults and children.
Under the mountain was a great book
Great TV series. The 80s one. Think there was a remake.
Loved that series
