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By Yudster
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I'm opposite to Nic in that I have never watched DOI and had no idea of his involvement - but I remember him on Grandstand and Match of the Day from back in the seventies. He even commentated on squash!
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By chrysostom
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Princess Lilian of Sweden has died at 97. If you don't know her story, it's well worth a read as it's quite the heart warmer. Oh no.
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By dimtimjim
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I'm always up for researching Sweedish birds... Nom.
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By MK Chris
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Yudster wrote:He even commentated on squash!

And table tennis.
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By chrysostom
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dimtimjim wrote:I'm always up for researching Sweedish birds... Nom.


Sorry to disappoint, but she's Welsh (married the Prince of Sweden).
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By dimtimjim
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chrysostom wrote:Sorry to disappoint, but she's Welsh


Baaaaaaa.
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By dimtimjim
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Clive Burr, dies at 56.... :(
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By Nicola_Red
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dimtimjim wrote:Clive Burr, dies at 56.... :(


I saw that yesterday and forgot to post. Died after a long battle with MS - RIP.
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By Bas
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Nicola_Red wrote:
dimtimjim wrote:Clive Burr, dies at 56.... :(


I saw that yesterday and forgot to post. Died after a long battle with MS - RIP.

Aw f**k!
That's the first I heard.
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By dimtimjim
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Wykey wrote:No an C lie has di to

R P



^^ Riiiiiiiight.
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By Nicola_Red
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Just heard that Frank Thornton from Are You Being Served and Last Of The Summer Wine has died aged 92. He was such a talented comedy actor...big oh no.
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By Wykey
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dimtimjim wrote:
Wykey wrote:No an C lie has di to

R P



^^ Riiiiiiiight.


It was an homage to the deceased and were his microphone working properly, would have read...

Norman Collier has died too.

RIP
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By chrysostom
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Nicola_Red wrote:Just heard that Frank Thornton from Are You Being Served


I watched an alarming amount of Are You Being Served when I was younger - pretty sure that every Pussy joke passed me by. He was also the last surviving member of the original cast. Very sad stuff, great sitcom actors of the '70s are diminishing quickly.

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Oh no.
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By Nicola_Red
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chrysostom wrote:He was also the last surviving member of the original cast. Very sad stuff, great sitcom actors of the '70s are diminishing quickly.


Not quite - Nicholas Smith, who played Mr Rumbold, is still with us.
By Misfit
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I knew frank thorton better from last of the summer wine. brilliant show, a lot of actors who appeared in that have died recently.
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By Nicola_Red
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Misfit wrote:I knew frank thorton better from last of the summer wine. brilliant show, a lot of actors who appeared in that have died recently.


I fear Peter Sallis will be next to go and that'll be terrible (he's 92 now). I did watch the last few episodes of LOTSW and I noticed that him and Frank Thornton were only ever filmed sitting down and were green-screened into location shots cos they were both so elderly and frail. Who but him can be Wallace?
By Misfit
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I watched them all, it was a brilliant show, filmed in holmfirth, half an hours drive from me ha. They introduced the Chinese character with the red pick up to get them around as they could no longer walk everywhere, and more and more stories focused on the younger characters. I miss watching that.
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