The R.I.P thread...

[Master Ray]

Sad news indeed.  Fantastic drummer.  A couple of mates of mine met him and said he was a really nice guy as well.

Still pissed off with myself that I never got around to seeing Pantera live... 

[Pol]

Richard Harrison  " The Old Man " from pawn stars

[Ghosttrain]

How sad,Pawn Stars one of my guilty T.V. secrets..........

[Pol]

William Dunlop
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland/44754057

Genuine gutted to hear about the death of William.  Death has certainly haunted this family with the death of his father Robert and his uncle Joey . God knows how his brother Michael feels . Tragic how 1 family have paid the ultimate price for sport.  RIP .

[Red]

Surprised no one had posted this

Barry Chuckle of the Chuckle brothers aged 73


Little known fact that he once won a biggest sheep contest with his 2 metre ewe

[Isaac(Black Eagle Rising)]

Aretha Franklin...So sad the queen of soul passed away.Most beautiful voice ever 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xroRNBvvF9M

[Master Ray]

Yup, very sad if not unexpected in terms of recent news about her health.  Truly one of the absolute greats.   

[Whirlwind]

Big news over here in the States. News channels are devoting a lot of time to Miss Franklin.

Me, I prefer Gladys Knight, Diana Ross, Marilyn McCoo, even Whitney for best female vocalist. Aretha's voice was BIG...but not sweet at all, not feminine. Whitney had just as big a voice...but hers was soooo sweet and wonderful.

[Wessexy Witch]

Surprised no one had posted this

Barry Chuckle of the Chuckle brothers aged 73


Little known fact that he once won a biggest sheep contest with his 2 metre ewe

*groan*   

[Master Ray]

Sad one from my childhood, but British TV sci-fi fans from late 70's / early 80's might be saddened to hear about the death of Jacqueline Pearce, who played a great villain called Supreme Commander Servalan throughout four years of 'Blakes 7'.   

Funnily enough, I watched a couple of early episodes quite recently, and despite the low-budget production values (I seem to remember reading somewhere that the SFX budget was £50 per episode!) it was a surprisingly dark show for one aimed at the 'Doctor Who' audience... heck, episode one had the main character being framed as a paedophile!  And the ending of the very last episode kind of traumatised me as a kid... 

[Master Ray]

Aw, hell, Burt Reynolds died.  Another one of my fave actors from my childhood gone...   

[Shush]

Indeed. Just heard. Burt to me is 1970's American films personified. "Mean machine" my favourite B-R film.

 R.I.P.

[Pol]

Deliverance

https://youtu.be/gsC4kf6x_Q0

Squeal like a piggy  - don't worry it's not that clip

[Master Ray]

We should all grow moustaches in tribute.

[Bunny]

Cannonball Run- loved him in it bouncing off Dom DeLuise.