R.I.P. 2020
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@canefan said in R.I.P. 2020:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12303664
He was a great writer but could be kind of a smug dick too . His NZ history books are worth reading, I think that’s where his real talent was.
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@Machpants said in R.I.P. 2020:
I don't know him, personality wise, but his short history books were excellent, and I handed them out around the UK
He used to do the Batemans encyclopedia of NZ too, he obviously had a real passion for it .
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His party gave him a hospital pass and he did the best he could I guess, always seemed like a good man to me.
This would be worth listening to again
The Trader - Mike Moore: Prime Minister 1990
In part two of The 9th Floor, Guyon Espiner talks to Mike Moore about his short stint as Prime Minister in 1990, followed by his miraculous near-comeback in 1993.
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Most famous for the Lamburger.
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@JC said in R.I.P. 2020:
Andy Gill from Gang of Four has bought the farm. Thrash it out buddy.
Great band
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@canefan said in R.I.P. 2020:
@booboo said in R.I.P. 2020:
Most famous for the Lamburger.
I remember that being low hanging fruit for Mcphail and Gadsby back in the day
The wetaburger the burgerburger
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@Crucial said in R.I.P. 2020:
@booboo said in R.I.P. 2020:
Most famous for the Lamburger.
People took the piss but it did the job it was intended to, which was to start NZ producers thinking a bit more outside the box instead of relying on primary produce.
I think it was more about trying to add value and jobs processing primary produce here rather than sending boatloads of carcasses overseas .
Obviously he was right and I don’t understand why every time I drive past the wharf in Wellington I see logs piled up ready to ship overseas when I see mills shutting down a couple of times a year.It says in one obituary Moore left school at 15, I didn’t know that . It makes going on to be pm , WTO commissioner and US ambassador even more impressive accomplishments.
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@sparky said in R.I.P. 2020:
Mike Moore left school at 14. One of the last politicians, like Poland's Lech Wales, to do manual jobs before entering public office. Most politicians now seem to have spent their whole careers in the politics, PR & media bubbles.
Some articles say 15, his widow Yvonne says 14 she also said he had cancer when he was in his 30s and given months to live but obviously managed to beat it.
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Ivan Kral most famously of Patti Smith Group dead at 71.
Who'd have thought that from this photo, it was the wild one that was the last one standing
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Kirk Douglas, aged 103
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/119321567/actor-kirk-douglas-dies-at-age-103
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It was only a matter of time.... 103 is an amazing age!
As I’ve said previously:
ACE IN THE HOLE (Billy Wilder)
PATHS OF GLORY (Stanley Kubrick)
SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (John Frankenheimer)
Three of the best Hollywood movies ever made, and he was the star.
Also smart enough to buy the film rights to One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and get it to son Michael. Rest In Peace!
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Yeah, a very good innings but sad all the same. Spartacus predates me but it’s still the first movie I remember seeing. As @Salacious-Crumb says, he starred in some all time classics. A true legend.
