RIP 2021

Godder

@donsteppa said in RIP 2021:

Philip Sherry.

Newsreader and 'thorough gentleman' Philip Sherry has died

A few firsts in there - I remember him on the first TV3 news bulletin and TV 1 news before that, but a long, illustrious career apparently.

JC

@donsteppa That’s really sad. From the era when newsreaders were gentlemen.

JC

@canefan said in RIP 2021:

@bovidae said in RIP 2021:

He would be in his 80s I assume? Not many left from that era of TV news readers. Tom Bradley is one.

Article said 87. Dougal Stevenson still alive as well

Douglas Stevenson always has a place in my heart for his Blerta work. He just seemed to drop off the face of the earth in the 80s, no idea why.

MN5

@canefan said in RIP 2021:

@donsteppa said in RIP 2021:

Philip Sherry.

Newsreader and 'thorough gentleman' Philip Sherry has died

I didn't realise he was still alive

Neither. I assumed he slipped off quietly years ago.

antipodean

All Black number 628 Bruce Watt

A Hunterville boy, Bruce Watt received his secondary education at Wanganui Technical College where he captained the 1st XV in 1955.

Playing for the Hunterville club he represented Wanganui in 1957-58 whilst still a teenager before moving to Canterbury, a union he represented from 1959 to 1968. He first appeared above provincial level when given an All Black trial in 1958, then played for New Zealand Juniors in 1959 against the Lions, a New Zealand XV in 1960 and the South Island in 1960-61.

His All Black debut came in 1962 on the tour to Australia where he scored two tries in his first test match. After two tests against the 1963 English team he toured Britain and France with the very strong 1963/4 All Blacks. Bruce Watt was one of the tour successes, playing in 20 of the 36 matches, including the tests against England, Scotland and Wales, dropping a goal in the latter game.

His All Black career ended with the first test against the 1964 Wallabies, though he continued to win selection for the South Island and All Black trials until 1967 and was perhaps unlucky not to be selected for the 1967 tour of Britain, Canada and France.

Standing a stocky 5'8" (1.72m) and weighing 12 stone (76kg) Watt was a sharp efficient five eight and accurate dropkicker who played 29 matches for his country, including 8 tests, and appeared in 197 first class games, 117 of them for Canterbury.

He competed with a formidable range of five eights, Steve Nesbit, Adrian Clarke, Tony Davies, Neil Wolfe, Mack Herewini, Peter Murdoch and Earle Kirton for All Black honours during the 1960s.

After retirement he served as a South Island under 18 selector 1972-75 and as Co-Coach for Marlborough (1976) and Nelson Bays (1978-79). As a cricketer Bruce Watt had three years in the Wanganui Tech 1st XI and represented Rangitikei at Hawke Cup level.

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During his rugby career Bruce Watt ran a number of marathons. On Canterbury's Queen's Birthday trips to play Buller and the West Coast Watt would strip down and, when given the nod by the bus driver, would run on the spot in the aisle. He would pound away until the bus driver told him they had travelled 26 miles and 385 yards. He even suffered an injury, trading on some broken glass and nearly missing the next round of club matches.

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dogmeat

@antipodean because I am a trainspotter that prompted me to check and discover that in October last year there had been more players capped for the AB's than in the entire period before I was born.

Surprised it's taken that long TBH

Bones

@dogmeat you mean since you were born?

dogmeat

@bones umm yes. Sorry. More players capped since I was born than in the entire period before I was born.

Bones

@dogmeat said in RIP 2021:

@bones umm yes. Sorry. More players capped since I was born than in the entire period before I was born.

1903 was a wee while ago now.

MN5

@bones said in RIP 2021:

@dogmeat said in RIP 2021:

@bones umm yes. Sorry. More players capped since I was born than in the entire period before I was born.

1903 was a wee while ago now.

@dogmeat is very computer literate all things considered

dogmeat

@mn5 It's because I don't spend all day reposting tired old memes

@Bones how'd you know? I'm not a Hungarian chick but a supercentenarian from Nihon

Kane Tanaka

Fun facts: before fame, family life, popularity rankings, and more.

Hard to believe there's someone alive today born before the Wright bros first flight

MN5

@dogmeat said in RIP 2021:

@mn5 It's because I don't spend all day reposting tired old memes

@Bones how'd you know? I'm not a Hungarian chick but a supercentenarian from Nihon

Kane Tanaka

Fun facts: before fame, family life, popularity rankings, and more.

Hard to believe there's someone alive today born before the Wright bros first flight

Not all day, just all morning, I had stuff to do this avo.

Victor Meldrew

Jackie Mason - one of the funniest comedians ever, died aged 93. He was a former Rabbi and one of the greats. Voiced Krusty the Clown's father.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57960048

MiketheSnow

@victor-meldrew said in RIP 2021:

Jackie Mason - one of the funniest comedians ever, died aged 93. He was a former Rabbi and one of the greats. Voiced Krusty the Clown's father.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57960048

Saw him twice

Borscht Belt hotel in the Catskills and Cardiff

Brilliant both times

MN5

Really sad, no band on earth was better than the sum of their parts than these guys. Rock steady bass player and very good singer too.

RIP

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/125900110/zz-top-bassist-dusty-hill-dies-aged-72

Bovidae

I got to see ZZ Top live twice. The first was along with 78,000 other fans at Western Springs on the Afterburner tour. The most recent was when they played at Seddon Park when the V8s were in Hamilton. They always put on a good show.