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« Reply #705 on: January 28, 2020, 11:58:48 AM »
Nicholas Parsons: 'Broadcasting legend' dies aged 96 after short illness.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51278023

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« Reply #706 on: January 28, 2020, 06:17:54 PM »
Nice chap Nicholas Parsons. R.I.P.
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« Reply #707 on: January 28, 2020, 08:53:30 PM »

96 and still carried on working right to the end... good on you, Sir!
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« Reply #708 on: February 01, 2020, 05:28:12 PM »
I just read that Andy Gill passed away! So sorry! Gang of Four were always one of my favourite bands and Andy's guitar work has practically determined the path of the electric guitar for the past 40 years, just listen to The Edge, Hillel Slovak, Fugazi... They all picked up what he layed out...

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« Reply #709 on: February 01, 2020, 08:51:04 PM »
Just read this on another site...RIP ..always remember the sessions on John Peel....Gang Of Four  a brilliant band.. :'(...

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« Reply #710 on: February 05, 2020, 11:20:38 PM »
"I'm Spartacus!"  R.I.P. Kirk Douglas
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« Reply #711 on: February 06, 2020, 09:44:48 AM »
Buddy Cage pedal steel player with New Riders Of The Purple Sage........as stated in some of my previous posts i love pedal steel guitar, RIP Buddy sleep well......in pedal steel heaven  8).. :'(..

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« Reply #712 on: March 21, 2020, 08:12:57 AM »
Country Legend Kenny Rogers,i always liked Ruby,Don't take Your Love To Town,The Gambler and Islands In The Stream....RIP.

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« Reply #713 on: March 22, 2020, 11:27:37 PM »
Country Legend Kenny Rogers,i always liked Ruby,Don't take Your Love To Town,The Gambler and Islands In The Stream....RIP.

He always sang about people with terrible lives... 'Four hundred children and a croc in the fields...'  ;)
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« Reply #714 on: March 23, 2020, 03:18:45 PM »
Folk singer Julie Felix,wonderful voice...her duet with Leonard Cohen singing ''Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye'' on her TV show from 1968 is a classic R.I.P.. :'(..

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« Reply #715 on: April 03, 2020, 07:41:13 PM »
RIP Bill Withers.....some great songs,some well known,some not so..a beautiful voice.

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« Reply #716 on: May 04, 2020, 04:20:11 PM »
Dave Greenfield keyboard player with Stranglers, Coronavirus...great player with a brilliant band i have been lucky enough to see live many times....RIP Mr.Greenfield...a sad day indeed.. :'(..

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« Reply #717 on: May 04, 2020, 04:23:08 PM »
Dave Greenfield keyboard player with Stranglers, Coronavirus...great player with a brilliant band i have been lucky enough to see live many times....RIP Mr.Greenfield...a sad day indeed.. :'(..

Just reading about this

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« Reply #718 on: May 04, 2020, 06:00:43 PM »
Totally gutted.lovely bloke
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« Reply #719 on: May 06, 2020, 09:23:07 AM »
Millie Small of ''My Boy Lollipop'' fame.....we did'nt have many records in our house growing up as a kid....but we did have this,and i remember playing it to death......it was either that or Jim Reeves or Max Bygraves. ::)