Re: Celebrity Death List MMXV / The Death Thread 2015

by JGK Fri 15 May 2015, 10:56

Before Rumble in the Jungle:

by Fred Nerk Sat 16 May 2015, 08:56

Brian Hansen, football writer in the Melb Sun since a couple of hundred BC and 'ghost' for Jack Dyer, has passed away from Motor Neurone....announced on the Coodabeens this morning.

by lardbucket Sat 16 May 2015, 11:42

Yet Mugabe, Castro, and Zsa Zsa live on?

by Ethics? The Gall! Sat 16 May 2015, 12:13

not to mention george bush and tony abbott

by horace Mon 18 May 2015, 02:33

Fred Nerk wrote:Brian Hansen, football writer in the Melb Sun since a couple of hundred BC and 'ghost' for Jack Dyer, has passed away from Motor Neurone....announced on the Coodabeens this morning.

well found Fred.

Brian H was a great follower of the game. Testimony to his writing skills was ghosting Captain Blood's columns...imagine having to decipher what the beloved Jack was saying and turning it into a decent approximate of English that still retained Jack's voice.

Vale.

BTW MND is a bad way to go.

by WideWally Sun 24 May 2015, 15:49

RIP John Forbes Nash junior

The mathematician with A Beautiful Mind was killed together with his wife when a taxi they were travelling in was involved in a traffic accident. He was 86.

by Big Dog Tue 26 May 2015, 09:55

BB King's daughters claim he was poisoned:

http://www.skynews.com.au/culture/showbiz/music/2015/05/26/allegations-bb-king-was-poisoned.html?cid=BP_LINKLIST_sn-showbiz_2_allegations-bb-king-was-poisoned_260515

by Ethics? The Gall! Sat 30 May 2015, 02:39

Big Dog wrote:BB King's daughters claim he was poisoned:

http://www.skynews.com.au/culture/showbiz/music/2015/05/26/allegations-bb-king-was-poisoned.html?cid=BP_LINKLIST_sn-showbiz_2_allegations-bb-king-was-poisoned_260515

it wasnt me

by WideWally Sun 31 May 2015, 09:49

RIP Azmat Rana

It was a little surprising that he didn't play more than one test. He made 49 in his only test innings & averaged 47 in his first class career.

He was the brother of controversial umpire, Shakoor Rana, and test batsman Shafqat Rana.

by lardbucket Sun 31 May 2015, 14:49

Was he in the 1971 touting party to England?

Selection inconsistency was a feature of Pakistani cricket even then.

by WideWally Sun 31 May 2015, 15:30

lardbucket wrote:Was he in the 1971 touting party to England?

Selection inconsistency was a feature of Pakistani cricket even then.

Yes. Both Azmat & Shafqat were in the touring party but they struggled for runs that year.

Azmat played his only test in 1980 against Australia. I originally wondered if they had a settled batting line-up at the time but that doesn't appear to be the case.

by Red Mon 01 Jun 2015, 09:39

Australia's first female premier Joan Kirner has passed away.

by JGK Mon 01 Jun 2015, 09:41

Red wrote:Australia's first female premier Joan Kirner has passed away.

Wow, she was 76.

I still remember her doing a skit on Fast Forward.

RIP.

by JGK Mon 01 Jun 2015, 09:43

Ah, actually it was The Late Show

by Big Dog Mon 01 Jun 2015, 09:47

JGK wrote:Ah, actually it was The Late Show

Ye Gads!!! I'd forgotten about that. The nightmares will start again. affraid

by Fred Nerk Mon 01 Jun 2015, 10:21

The even Later Show now....

(Wasn't Carmen Lawrence before Joan K?)

by embee Mon 01 Jun 2015, 10:26

A memory lapse re Carmen Lawrence ...deja vu

by JGK Mon 01 Jun 2015, 10:28

Fred Nerk wrote:The even Later Show now....

(Wasn't Carmen Lawrence before Joan K?)

Ah yes, you're right. Beat her by 6 months (although Rosemary Follet was Chief Minister of the ACT a few months before Carmen became Premier).

by horace Tue 02 Jun 2015, 02:02

I had a little bit to do with Ms Kirner in the early 90s when she was Premier.

Incredibly gracious person who was committed to a fairer community and one who celebrated the achievements of others.

Vale

by JGK Tue 02 Jun 2015, 02:14

Big Dog wrote:
JGK wrote:Ah, actually it was The Late Show

Ye Gads!!! I'd forgotten about that. The nightmares will start again.

Some more nightmares for you BD - I'm sure you recognise your favourite ranga in this photo.

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by Ethics? The Gall! Tue 02 Jun 2015, 02:28

seen worse legs

by lardbucket Tue 02 Jun 2015, 06:06

JGK wrote:
Big Dog wrote:
JGK wrote:Ah, actually it was The Late Show

Ye Gads!!! I'd forgotten about that. The nightmares will start again.

Some more nightmares for you BD - I'm sure you recognise your favourite ranga in this photo.

FMD, it all goes downhill soon after you get above the legs.

by horace Tue 02 Jun 2015, 06:21

I enjoyed Ms K having fun and sending herself up a bit.

by Guest Tue 02 Jun 2015, 08:26

Charles Kennedy has died.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-32970337

Very sad, one of the last politicians who I really felt was pretty decent and in it to make a difference rather than being self serving.

by LeFromage Tue 02 Jun 2015, 08:45

Aye, a decent guy, but a sad shambles of a man once the alcoholism took over.

55. A real shame.

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