RIP (Read 465137 times)

tomtom · July 01, 2016, 01:35:48 pm

They read that on R5 before the silence today OMM.

lagerstarfish · July 01, 2016, 09:25:08 pm

the guy who lived next door to us when I was a kid (I can't recall his name now) was a balloon aerial photographer/observer (Royal Engineers, I think) in WW1

his stories of being floated up to map out and photograph enemy trenches were just amazing - he was shot out of the sky and parachuted into no mans land and behind German lines several times. he had some very cool aerial photos of the trenches. He told me about a time where the balloon broke loose and he made it back to his own lines with the camera.

he had been reported as having been killed and his sweetheart ended up marrying someone else - they then met again by chance in later life when she was a widow and they got married.

he had seen the scale of the battlefields from a fairly unique perspective and been convinced that his time had come on several occasions - he was just generally very happy to have survived

he died over 20 years ago, but I was thinking about him today - seemed to mean more than remembrance day for some reason

DubDom · July 01, 2016, 10:35:30 pm

http://gu.com/p/4ne8a/sbl

fried · July 02, 2016, 04:26:52 pm

Caroline Aherne. Far too young.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/02/caroline-aherne-actor-comedian-dies-52-royle-family

dave · July 02, 2016, 04:31:24 pm

52 is no age. Amazingly had cancer three times! Beating two out of three ain't bad. Huge loss.

a dense loner · July 02, 2016, 06:17:46 pm

Agreed

Oldmanmatt · July 02, 2016, 06:20:04 pm

Quote from: a dense loner on July 02, 2016, 06:17:46 pm

Agreed

+1

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SA Chris · July 04, 2016, 08:49:29 am

A blow that one.

Oldmanmatt · July 19, 2016, 08:10:40 am

Way too young.

http://www.skiracing.com/stories/swedish-freeskier-matilda-rapaport-dies

All posts either sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek or mildly mocking-in-a-friendly-way unless otherwise stated. Looking at you, here, Dense.

cowboyhat · July 19, 2016, 12:42:56 pm

Great band, one of those albums hearing for the first time as a young man from the first bar of the first track I was hooked.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jul/18/suicide-alan-vega-punk-pioneer?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=182261&subid=675411&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2_footer

slackline · July 20, 2016, 04:09:09 pm

Violet (Ma) Weston of Bosherston

Duma · July 20, 2016, 04:35:32 pm

RIP. Had many cakes in there with the uni club.

tomtom · July 20, 2016, 04:45:27 pm

it's been 20 plus years but I have vague memories...

slackline · July 21, 2016, 01:17:46 pm

Quote from: duncan on June 16, 2016, 01:17:39 pm

Excellent Ken Wilson tribute from Ed Douglas in Alpinist, a journalist and a magazine that both owe a huge debt to him.

Photo: Chris Bonnington

A Celebration of a Life: Ken Wilson – Sheffield 2016-07-30

SA Chris · July 25, 2016, 12:06:47 pm

Quote from: slackline on July 20, 2016, 04:09:09 pm

Violet (Ma) Weston of Bosherston

Bless her. Her breakfast was fuel for many a great day out. RIP.

SA Chris · July 28, 2016, 11:51:53 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36912468

RIP. I used to love MAD.

Bubba · August 29, 2016, 09:52:20 pm

Nibile · August 29, 2016, 11:14:32 pm

What a loss. Amazing person, did lots for charity.

DAVETHOMAS90 · August 29, 2016, 11:52:47 pm

Cool clip there Bubba. Enjoyed that.

There's a great saying, "Don't die with your music still inside you". It never seems so sad when people pass on, when they've lived a full life, because they're still around, the song carries on.

Obi-Wan is lost... · August 30, 2016, 12:15:41 am

Gene Wilder was a comedy genius and in many of my favourite films. RIP.

SA Chris · August 30, 2016, 08:47:02 am

Watched CatCF with the kids only last week. Blazing Saddles is the first film I can remember laughing so hard at that it hurt. RIP.

dave · August 30, 2016, 08:50:14 am

Quote from: SA Chris on August 30, 2016, 08:47:02 am

Watched CatCF with the kids only last week.

As an aside, am I the only person who hates the 1971 film?

SA Chris · August 30, 2016, 08:58:05 am

I find some small parts highly irritating, and some of the songs annoying (but I detest musicals) but otherwise don't mind it.

lagerstarfish · August 30, 2016, 06:11:32 pm

Quote from: dave on August 30, 2016, 08:50:14 am

Quote from: SA Chris on August 30, 2016, 08:47:02 am
Watched CatCF with the kids only last week.

As an aside, am I the only person who hates the 1971 film?

This was the second film that I was aware of seeing having read the book first - the first being that Beatrix Potter film which was pretty damn good.

I remember being quite disappointed the first time I saw it, but years later kind of liked it (I like musicals, a bit)

dave · August 31, 2016, 08:31:02 am

First saw it as a kid and I was like "what the fuck is this". Still the same reaction now, it's just all wrong somehow. I read more recently that Roald Dahl hated that film version too.

The Johnny Depp one is much better, but still annoys me a bit (they say "candy" instead of chocolate for christ sake).