The 2024 Noteworthy Deaths Thread
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wolfracesonic said:
Knowing he always got maligned for being a ships steward early in his career (why?), I can’t help thinking if it was Rachel Reeves that would become Captain of the QE2.
It was more the fact he was always giving it “eeeh, I’m from ‘’’’’’’ mill town, I ate gravel for breakfast, DEAD POOR RIGHT, DEEEEEAAAAD POOR” then proceeded to eat at La Granita, with his champagne socialist buddies. He wasn’t my bag. Sheets Tabuer said:
Still trying to get over the fact the man had an affair.
Hope for us all.
Yep, still seeking that elusive member of that very small number of young females who have a fetish for fat, bald, ugly old blokes. Hope for us all.
Pete Sinfield, King Crimson's roadie, lyricist and collaborator dies at 80.
Hoink said:
Howard Hughes.
Capital breakfast and BBC radio presenter.
Although I mainly knew him from his "The Unexplained with Howard Hughes" podcast which I listened to for many years.
He's going to be a massive miss for those who followed him. He always came across like a genuinely nice bloke.
I knew Howard and worked with him when he was on Capital breakfast. He taught me a lot and made me a much better news reader.Capital breakfast and BBC radio presenter.
Although I mainly knew him from his "The Unexplained with Howard Hughes" podcast which I listened to for many years.
He's going to be a massive miss for those who followed him. He always came across like a genuinely nice bloke.
An incredibly helpful and kind man who loved and lived radio.
And at the risk of becoming a massive name dropper, I knew John Prescott too.
Always a refreshing man to interview. No spin, straight talking and good humour.
I interviewed him once in a shipyard. Walking along together, I had the mic in hand and the recorder running as I was looking to record “atmos” background noise for the edit.
I casually asked John if being surrounded by ships made him hanker to be back at sea again.
His reply:
“What? Go back to a job where I have to bloody work for a living?”
He glanced down a the microphone
“Did you record that.”
I answered yes.
“Are you going to use it?”
I told him probably.
He shrugged, smiled called me a b
d and we walked on.
Always a refreshing man to interview. No spin, straight talking and good humour.
I interviewed him once in a shipyard. Walking along together, I had the mic in hand and the recorder running as I was looking to record “atmos” background noise for the edit.
I casually asked John if being surrounded by ships made him hanker to be back at sea again.
His reply:
“What? Go back to a job where I have to bloody work for a living?”
He glanced down a the microphone
“Did you record that.”
I answered yes.
“Are you going to use it?”
I told him probably.
He shrugged, smiled called me a b
d and we walked on.Edited by Wildcat45 on Sunday 24th November 12:27
Wildcat45 said:
Hoink said:
Howard Hughes.
Capital breakfast and BBC radio presenter.
Although I mainly knew him from his "The Unexplained with Howard Hughes" podcast which I listened to for many years.
He's going to be a massive miss for those who followed him. He always came across like a genuinely nice bloke.
I knew Howard and worked with him when he was on Capital breakfast. He taught me a lot and made me a much better news reader.Capital breakfast and BBC radio presenter.
Although I mainly knew him from his "The Unexplained with Howard Hughes" podcast which I listened to for many years.
He's going to be a massive miss for those who followed him. He always came across like a genuinely nice bloke.
An incredibly helpful and kind man who loved and lived radio.
Jim Abrahams, 80. Writer and director of Police Squad, the Naked Gun films, Airplane!, Hot Shots.
https://deadline.com/2024/11/jim-abrahams-dead-air...
https://deadline.com/2024/11/jim-abrahams-dead-air...
Edited by ajprice on Wednesday 27th November 07:15
ajprice said:
Jim Abraham's, 80. Writer and director of Police Squad, the Naked Gun films, Airplane!, Hot Shots.
https://deadline.com/2024/11/jim-abrahams-dead-air...
Shirley you can’t be serious!https://deadline.com/2024/11/jim-abrahams-dead-air...
Top Secret was by far his best film imo. It had so many clever visual and scripted gags in it far too many to mention but for me
'He's a little horse'
'Latrine' the French resistance fighter
The Cow Scene
The prop room
Peter Cushing in the book store, with the film running backward
And Omar Sharif in the fake doggy do scene
Bloody brilliant film
'He's a little horse'
'Latrine' the French resistance fighter
The Cow Scene
The prop room
Peter Cushing in the book store, with the film running backward
And Omar Sharif in the fake doggy do scene
Bloody brilliant film
juice said:
Top Secret was by far his best film imo. It had so many clever visual and scripted gags in it far too many to mention but for me
'He's a little horse'
'Latrine' the French resistance fighter
The Cow Scene
The prop room
Peter Cushing in the book store, with the film running backward
And Omar Sharif in the fake doggy do scene
Bloody brilliant film
I loved that film...'He's a little horse'
'Latrine' the French resistance fighter
The Cow Scene
The prop room
Peter Cushing in the book store, with the film running backward
And Omar Sharif in the fake doggy do scene
Bloody brilliant film
The "O" group outside the castle, with the model and the ladder up against the wall. Brilliant.
Val Kilmer doing the painting of the countryside on the train. Brilliant.
Peter Cushing through the door's eyepiece. Brilliant.
The phone scene - 20 years before Father Ted. Brilliant.
I'm sure it's amongst the Sky Cinema archives. I'll be watching it again - very soon.
[edit] I just watched it. It's on Paramount+. I don't know where my memory of the ladder came from, but how could I forget the cow with the wellies.
My memory of why Peter Cushing looked like he did was wrong, but it has probably been about 30 years since I last saw the film.
"Deja Vu"
"Have we not met somewhere before?"
Edited by pingu393 on Wednesday 27th November 21:58
paulguitar said:
ApOrbital said:
The worlds oldest man.
John Tinniswood was born in Liverpool on 26 August 1912, the year the Titanic sank. In April, he was named the world's oldest man by Guinness World Records.
Crikey, what the hell happened there? 112 is no age at all. John Tinniswood was born in Liverpool on 26 August 1912, the year the Titanic sank. In April, he was named the world's oldest man by Guinness World Records.
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