Celebrity Casualties

[JK]

Pim Verbeek the former Socceroos coach has died of cancer aged 63

Far out, I didn’t realize he was crook. Too young, Fkcancer

[Brodlach]

Mental As Anything founding member and songwriter Andrew "Greedy" Smith has died after suffering a heart attack while driving in Sydney.

[Jim05]

Mental As Anything founding member and songwriter Andrew "Greedy" Smith has died after suffering a heart attack while driving in Sydney.

Just heard that, sad news which comes on the back of Noiseworks guitarist Stuart Fraser passing away from lung cancer on Sunday

[Spargo]

Mental As Anything founding member and songwriter Andrew "Greedy" Smith has died after suffering a heart attack while driving in Sydney.

“If you leave me, can I come too...”
I loved the Mentals - RIP Greedy.

[Pseudo]

Mental As Anything founding member and songwriter Andrew "Greedy" Smith has died after suffering a heart attack while driving in Sydney.

“If you leave me, can I come too...”
I loved the Mentals - RIP Greedy.

"I was lying in bed when I woke up dead
Cool, but not too calm
Must've stolen my soul through a photograph
Or a jungle voodoo charm"

Fond memories of seeing the Mentals at Lennies back in the day. Another Aussie icon gone.

[GWW]

Big shock to hear that former English cricket captain Bob Willis has died.

RIP

[Fluffbag]

https://ew.com/celebrity/2019/12/08/ren ... r-dies-79/

I remember René from Benson, one of my favourite shows

[Jim05]

Marie Fredriksson, one half of the popular Swedish duo Roxette, has died at the age of 61 after a 15 year battle with brain cancer.

[Booney]

Clinton Grybus, 12 years today.

[Wedgie]

Clinton Grybus, 12 years today.

Wow, that's gone quick. Still miss him

[DOC]

Derek Fowlds (Heartbeat, Yes Minister) dies aged 82.

[Magellan]

Derek Fowlds (Heartbeat, Yes Minister) dies aged 82.

RIP. Bernard Woolley in Yes Minister is very much under-rated, a perfect foil to the back-and-forths between Humphrey Appleby and Jim Hacker, and often highlighting the irony or silliness (as the last few seconds of this excerpt demonstrates):



Also had some funny lines in his own right.

Hacker: Bernard, Humphrey should have seen this and warned me.
Bernard: I don't think Sir Humphrey understands economics, he did read classics.
Hacker: What about Sir Frank? He is Head of the Treasury.
Bernard: I am afraid he is in a greater disadvantage in understanding economics, he is an economist.

[Magellan]

Terry Jones from Monty Python has passed away at the age of 77. RIP.

https://www.theage.com.au/culture/celebrity/monty-python-star-terry-jones-dies-aged-77-20200122-p53tw2.html

He gave us many great Python characters (Mr Creosote, Brian's Mum, and numerous pepper-pot ladies), but I'll always love him as Prince Herbert in 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail.'

FATHER: One day, lad, all this will be yours!

PRINCE HERBERT: What, the curtains?

FATHER: No, not the curtains, lad!

[Booney]

John Cleese :

2 down, 4 to go.

[tigerpie]

Rip terry Jones a seriously funny funny man.
So many hilarious lines and characters.

[Pseudo]

He gave us many great Python characters (Mr Creosote, Brian's Mum, and numerous pepper-pot ladies), but I'll always love him as Prince Herbert in 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail.'

FATHER: One day, lad, all this will be yours!

PRINCE HERBERT: What, the curtains?

FATHER: No, not the curtains, lad!

Anyone who has followed a long suffering football team would empathise with Gordon Ottershaw (whom I think is in @Doddy's avatar)

"EIGHT-ONE! EIGHT-BLOODY-ONE!"



I might drag out my Ripping Yarns DVD tonight.

[Magellan]

I might drag out my Ripping Yarns DVD tonight.

Always worth a watch, and seriously under-rated IMHO.

Forgot about Gordon Ottershaw. Although, I imagine Geoff Blethyn would've been offended by his disparaging remarks about the centre-forward who wore glasses on the pitch.

[Corona Man]

Ripping Yarns..... now that takes me back!

I have a vague memory of an episode where the central character has an uncle who collects diseases......and he was shocked to learn his uncle had taken ill.......

[Pseudo]

I might drag out my Ripping Yarns DVD tonight.

Always worth a watch, and seriously under-rated IMHO.

Yes, and when I'm finished I might tuck myself into bed with his * Nasty Book, and read myself to sleep with Bert Fegg, the West Bromley Fighting Haddock and Depravo the Rat...

* - like Ripping Yarns, a collaboration with Michael Palin.

[Jim05]

Kobe Bryant has been killed in a helicopter crash near LA