Celebrity deaths

Mimi wrote:

Andrew wrote:Yes he's American and to be fair after looking at his Wiki page, then I actually thought he did a lot more films than he did. So not surprising really that you may not have heard of him. Especially if you've never watched Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory.

As if ......   

Haha

I remember him more from a couple of comedies he did with Richard Pryor.

But I have watched Willa Wonka a lot. I have a near 5 year old boy who loves that film.

Try "Young Frankenstein". It's great.

This is an anniversary one - 10 years today since Steve Irwin died.

This one was a real shocker to me - I loved his craziness and his programmes.

http://www.news.com.au/national/i-love-you-more-than-words-can-describe-bindi-irwins-tribute-to-my-hero/news-story/bc88e579c4b78a3e1ef86ed5ab1aeef7

I loved Steve too, lots of jaw dropping moments when he was on!

A film admittedly I've never seen from start to finish.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/sound-music-star-charmian-carr-8865561

I don't think I've seen it in its entirety but I do remember a reunion programme from a few years ago where all the people who played the children in the film were reunited.

Charmian was actually 21 when she played the 16-year-old daughter so she felt rather distanced from the others, the eldest being 13.

Andrew wrote:A film admittedly I've never seen from start to finish.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/sound-music-star-charmian-carr-8865561

“I mean, d'you know what eternity is? There's this big mountain, see, a mile high, at the end of the universe, and once every thousand years there's this little bird-"

"What little bird?" said Aziraphale suspiciously.

"This little bird I'm talking about. And every thousand years-"

"The same bird every thousand years?"

Crowley hesitated. "Yeah," he said.

"Bloody ancient bird, then."

"Okay. And every thousand years this bird flies-"

"-limps-"

"-flies all the way to this mountain and sharpens its beak-"

"Hold on. You can't do that. Between here and the end of the universe there's loads of-" The angel waved a hand expansively, if a little unsteadily. "Loads of buggerall, dear boy."

"But it gets there anyway," Crowley persevered.

"How?"

"It doesn't matter!"

"It could use a space ship," said the angel.

Crowley subsided a bit. "Yeah," he said. "If you like. Anyway, this bird-"

"Only it is the end of the universe we're talking about," said Aziraphale. "So it'd have to be one of those space ships where your descendants are the ones who get out at the other end. You have to tell your descendants, you say, When you get to the Mountain, you've got to-" He hesitated. "What have they got to do?"

"Sharpen its beak on the mountain," said Crowley. "And then it flies back-"

"-in the space ship-"

"And after a thousand years it goes and does it all again," said Crowley quickly.

There was a moment of drunken silence.

"Seems a lot of effort just to sharpen a beak," mused Aziraphale.

"Listen," said Crowley urgently, "the point is that when the bird has worn the mountain down to nothing, right, then-"

Aziraphale opened his mouth. Crowley just knew he was going to make some point about the relative hardness of birds' beaks and granite mountains, and plunged on quickly.

"-then you still won't have finished watching The Sound of Music."

Aziraphale froze.

"And you'll enjoy it," Crowley said relentlessly. "You really will."



Neil Gaiman, Good Omens

I thought you were on your 'own supply' when I was reading that at first..

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/rentaghost-actress-ann-emery-dead-8948697

I used to love watching rentaghost when I was a nipper.

Andrew wrote:http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/rentaghost-actress-ann-emery-dead-8948697

I used to love watching rentaghost when I was a nipper.

I must confess had to have a look at her picture, never seen her before or heard of her.

I must confess too. As much as I enjoyed Rentaghost - it was about 30 years ago and I can't remember her either, or heard of her for that matter.  

Anyway R.I.P.

I vaguely remember there was a pantomime horse. She wasn't one half of that was she?

Not sure. Can only remember the dizzy one that ended up in Coronation Street. And it's not her.

The character she played was called Ethel Meaker if that helps. I never saw the programme myself.

She was Dick Emery's half-sister - not that I knew that until now.

She had a good innings.

I don't know where the recent birthday came from as all the reports I've found say that she was born on 24th February 1926.

One from the early days of Radio 1.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37732066

Freedom wrote:One from the early days of Radio 1.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37732066

Another gone, sad and not so old either, I do remember Dave Cash from those early days of Radio 1.

unreorganised wrote:I vaguely remember there was a pantomime horse. She wasn't one half of that was she?

I watched Rentaghost occaisionally too but dont really remember her - although now someone has said she was Mrs Meaker I seem to remember the 'ghosts'
saying 'Mrs Meaker'.. but its a vague memory..

I found some of the ghost characters quite annoying at times

Shame about Jean Alexander but yes she did have a good innings. I read that Sir Laurence Olivier thought she was an excellent actress - she certainly 'became' Hilda...
On another Coronation Street note - I'm not an avid watcher but very occasionally  catch an episode - what amazed me the other day was  Liz Mac Donald's face !

I'm not really an avid radio listener so the name Dave Cash is unfamiliar to me.

I do watch Corrie though (when I can), but I've not really been paying much attention to Liz McDonald's face though, Helenmeg. What's wrong with it?

Bobby Vee: 1960s pop singer dies aged 73

Bobby Vee was born into a musical family in Fargo, North Dakota, in 1943

Bobby Vee, best known for hits including Rubber Ball, Take Good Care of My Baby and The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, has died at the age of 73.

Andrew you watch Corrie? My whole image of you as macho man has been shattered! Is that why you go for a pint on Thursdays because Corrie is not on?