[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

Bill Tarmey

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

Arthur Lowe had it in his contract that he wasn't to be made to appear without his trousers! Great bit of bizarreness.

Also refused to accept any honour that was less than "what Dunn got". (In this case, an OBE).

[mark s]

unless you have looked into the golden age of bodybuilding you would never have heard of him,but he was one of the greatest bb's ever
sergio oliva died yesterday

[mark s]

[a dense loner]

Beast

[duncan]

Pete Namlook

[andy popp]

Sven Hassel: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sven-hassel-soldier-who-won-the-iron-cross-and-wrote-bestsellers-8317043.html

This one probably really depends on time and place.

[Falling Down]

My Grandad used to read these and the similar pulp Western stories.  I sneaked a few home and they were a bit of an eye opener for a ten year old.

[slackline]

Birger Stromsheim (of Heroes of Telemark infamy).

[205Chris]

Sad times. Patrick Edlinger at only 52.

Story here

I remember reading a profile of him in the first OTE I ever owned, inspiring character.

[andy popp]

I just saw this on someone's facebook - truly shocking and a great loss.

[mrjonathanr]

My word, two legends gone. I didn't know Birger Stromsheim's name, but who doesn't know about Telemark?
 I'm sure Ray Mears tried to recreate the endurance feat of the Telemark team and failed.

Mr Ed dead at 52 is just incomprehensible, the first true rock star, exceptional talent. Reading around I just discovered he soloed Orange Mecanique, Cimai, in 86. That's mental, if you've ever seen that route you'll know.  The route in the link - he's on the crux- is Europe's first E7, 7c+ now. La Haine. It's Patrick Berhault's route at La Loubiere, and Patrick is belaying - and he died at 47, in 2004. Very sad, they were cornerstones of modern free climbing those two.

edit:pic of Stefan Glowacz approaching the crux on Orange Mecanique


See here

[SA Chris]

My french is pretty poor does the article give much away?

[mrjonathanr]

No. Causes of death unknown, and he's quoted as saying last week that he has no regrets.

[DaveC]

Larry Hagman

http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/larry-hagman-dies-aged-81-20121124-29zyk.html

[duncan]

Dave Brubeck

Not Take Five:

[slackline]

Patrick Moore

[tomtom]

Patrick Moore

TV icon, but racist, sexist and hated Germans. Dig a little and he had some very unsavoury bigoted views.
I once shared a long car journey with an Asian astronomer - who filled me in on some of Mr Moores opinions.. Quite an eye opener.

[Steve R]

TV icon, but racist, sexist and hated Germans. Dig a little and he had some very unsavoury bigoted views.

Having met him once and assessing him as a nice guy, I'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt here and put this down to a combination of being an eccentric academic(ie. genius in some respects, very thick in others) , of a 'certain generation' and experiences in the war. RIP big guy.

[andy_e]

He may have hated humans but he was big into animal rights. He inspired a generation of astronomers too. So he's not all bad...

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

I just hope that the BBC honour his memory by naming Heathar Coupar as his replacement on TSaN.

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

Patrick Moore

TV icon, but racist, sexist and hated Germans. Dig a little and he had some very unsavoury bigoted views.
I once shared a long car journey with an Asian astronomer - who filled me in on some of Mr Moores opinions.. Quite an eye opener.

That would have nothing to do with the fact they bombed his girlfriend?

[tomtom]

Indeed. Though women and immigrants didnt. Read his statements Alice.. You wouldn't be surprised if Nick Griffin said the same.. Sorry guys, I won't miss him.

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

Indeed. Though women and immigrants didnt. Read his statements Alice.. You wouldn't be surprised if Nick Griffin said the same.. Sorry guys, I won't miss him.

Yes.

I do know his political outlook.

And given that - in the grand scheme of things, it's no great loss to society.

[dave]

On balance I'd still rate him above Jimmy Saville.