RIP AA Gill

[anonymous-user]

I hope he managed to get married as planned.

RIP Mr Gill

[MarshPhantom]

Very sad news.

[DrDeAtH]

..and yet Forsyth still lives..

[MarshPhantom]

Fort Jefferson said:

He was a good mate of Jeremy Clarkson's IIRC.

[TheChampers]

"In person, however, he was a sweet, kind and extremely charming man; one whose company others craved because a room with him in it was always more interesting.” Guardian on line article.

His was the first column Mrs Champers would read in the ST, I loved his writing too.

I wish I had met him; and it's not often I would say that

RIP Adrian.

[Northbloke]

gooner1 said:

His piece on Morrisey http://www.theomnivore.com/a-a-gill-on-autobiograp... sums up
Morrisey,the man, perfectly imo, though I admit to being a fan of his lyrics and music.

Well in my ignorance I'm afraid I wasn't acquainted with his work.

However, that Morrisey piece is just superb. Had to look up lots of words but all used properly and in context not just to show off how clever he thinks he is (a la Self).

[230TE]

This makes me very sad. I was a big fan of his writing - it's fair to say I mainly bought the Sunday Times for his restaurant column.

[princealbert23]

Used to enjoy his tv columns until he used Keith Floyd's death to settle an old score. I had no respect for him after that shabby episode.

[RDMcG]

Brilliant writer ..I read a few of his books apart from the restaurant columns. He had a gleeful vitriol when he disliked something and was laugh-out-loud funny, as well as having a superb sense of history. Very sad he is gone.

[Digger]

230TE said:

This makes me very sad. I was a big fan of his writing - it's fair to say I mainly bought the Sunday Times for his restaurant column.

Similar here, quite often found myself searching out his column before reading anything else.

[13m]

Digger said:

230TE said:

This makes me very sad. I was a big fan of his writing - it's fair to say I mainly bought the Sunday Times for his restaurant column.

Similar here, quite often found myself searching out his column before reading anything else.

Personally I found his writing pretentious, difficult to read and embarrassing. But regardless, 62 is too young. Very sad.

[tumble dryer]

13m said:

Digger said:

230TE said:

This makes me very sad. I was a big fan of his writing - it's fair to say I mainly bought the Sunday Times for his restaurant column.

Similar here, quite often found myself searching out his column before reading anything else.

Personally I found his writing pretentious, difficult to read and embarrassing. But regardless, 62 is too young. Very sad.

I fit somewhere in the middle.

Too young.

[Moonhawk]

Jockman said:

kapiteinlangzaam said:

Blimey.

2016 has been a helluva year for high profile deaths.

RIP Mr. Gill.

Indeed.

Wogan, Prince, Corbett, Bowie, Aherene, Victoria Wood, Paul Daniels........

Hell of a party for anyone else joining them though.......if you believe in that sort of thing

Edited by Moonhawk on Sunday 11th December 01:05

[briang9]

Northbloke said:

Well in my ignorance I'm afraid I wasn't acquainted with his work.

However, that Morrisey piece is just superb. Had to look up lots of words but all used properly and in context not just to show off how clever he thinks he is (a la Self).

yeah RIP AA, and that Morrisey piece is, as you say superb, Morrisey is really such a talentless fkwit

[Biker 1]

briang9 said:

yeah RIP AA, and that Morrisey piece is, as you say superb, Morrisey is really such a talentless fkwit

I just read the Morrisey article - couldn't stop laughing!!!!
I haven't read the ST for many years, but did find him highly amusing & witty, along with Winner's Dinners.....

RIP

[lauda]

I've enjoyed AA Gill's writing for years and his stuff usually made me laugh out loud.

I nearly cried for the first time in over a decade reading his final piece in the ST today.

[RDMcG]

The final article was sad indeed and felt strangely unfinished to me. Strange to think that there will be no more words from him. A great loss.

[TR4man]

Quite a talented painter too.

I wonder how many in Wales will mourn his passing?

[Robbo66]

I'm Welsh and he has an opinion that could be justified on occasions.I would imagine those on the IOM feel equally slighted. He was a brilliant writer, and a sad loss.

[Ayahuasca]

I used to think he was a smug, self satisfied knob.

But then I read his articles on immigrants crossing the Mexico border and on immigrants crossing the Med, and his writing talent and humanity shone through. He dealt with his cancer with remarkable courage.

RIP.