[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

I've been reliably informed Rob's funeral is to be held in the woodland section of Hope cemetery on the 25th at 11.00 am.

(Apologies if this is incorrect, btw. Either I or someone else will correct this if I'm wrong)

The information above isn't strictly accurate.

11.00 am service in Hathersage Church.

12.00 noon, Hope Cemetery.

(then adjourn to a local hostelry)

Apologies for duff gen, I had relayed the info I received)

[lagerstarfish]

I've been reliably informed Rob's funeral is to be held in the woodland section of Hope cemetery on the 25th at 11.00 am.

(Apologies if this is incorrect, btw. Either I or someone else will correct this if I'm wrong)

The information above isn't strictly accurate.

11.00 am service in Hathersage Church.

12.00 noon, Hope Cemetery.

(then adjourn to a local hostelry)

Apologies for duff gen, I had relayed the info I received)

do you need a lift?

I'll be driving over - thereby significantly reducing the chances of drinking loads of alcohol and making a twat of myself

probably picking Big Bern up as well

anyone else need a lift from Sheffield?

[SA Chris]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Dog_Johnson

RIP. Designer of the covers to some of my favourite albums ever.

[SamT]

Leslie Nielson (again!)

https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/post/137679037286/rip-leslie-nielsen-naked-gun-stars-2010-death

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

I've been reliably informed Rob's funeral is to be held in the woodland section of Hope cemetery on the 25th at 11.00 am.

(Apologies if this is incorrect, btw. Either I or someone else will correct this if I'm wrong)

The information above isn't strictly accurate.

11.00 am service in Hathersage Church.

12.00 noon, Hope Cemetery.

(then adjourn to a local hostelry)

Apologies for duff gen, I had relayed the info I received)

do you need a lift?

I'll be driving over - thereby significantly reducing the chances of drinking loads of alcohol and making a twat of myself

probably picking Big Bern up as well

anyone else need a lift from Sheffield?

Got a lift, thanks, much appreciated.

However. Had another update.


10.30 Hathersage Church.

Cemetery (Hope) is a family event.


Apologies again for incomplete information.

[SA Chris]

Colin Vearncombe off of Black.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/26/colin-vearncombe-dies-the-voice-of-black-aged-53

[DAVETHOMAS90]

Largers, well done for adding the Grumpycrumpy video.

That's lovely x

[DaveC]

 Terry Wigan...cultural icons are falling at an awful rate this year.

[bigd942]

Sad news, frequently had me in stitches on my drive to work with the Janet & John stories. Never understood his popularity until I listened to the radio show, Chris Evans was hard to take after 15 years of Terry.

[SA Chris]

Two "members" of Jefferson Airplane. On the same day.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3425908/Signe-Anderson-original-Airplane-singer-dead-74.html

[andyd]

Kelly Mcgarry, biking legend 

[JackAus]

Didnt mean to post here!

[tommytwotone]

Founder of Earth, Wind and Fire Maurice White passes away.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35499149


Blast this one time!

[Lopez]

Dave Mirra... Very sad news. I remember watching him at my local half pipe when i was a kid in a flying visit he made with Hoffman doing stuff that seemed impossible to me.

RIP

[Falling Down]

Great tribute to Maurice White from Richard Williams here.  He stood in for Elvin Jones to drum for Coltrane and was turned on to Sun Ra early on which helps to explain some of the influence on EW&F http://thebluemoment.com/2016/02/05/maurice-white-1941-2016/

I remember watching a concert of theirs on TV when I was really young and being blown away.

[fried]

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/20/italian-author-umberto-eco-dies-aged-84

Great man. Name of the rose is probably the book I've reread the most in my life. Sleep well.

[Mumra]

Harper Lee 

[Nibile]

Sad news about Eco. One less functioning brain in Italy.

[Falling Down]

Yup.  I read Name of the Rose as a teenage and it really made an impression. I love his essays and have an unread "imaginary world's" on the shelf that I may now start.

[Will Hunt]

Further evidence that I must be the only person alive who didn't get on with The Name of the Rose. I really liked the bits in the monastery and the solving of the murder, however these sections seemed to be interspersed by huge lectures on the politics of the power struggles between various Christian orders at the time. Interesting the first time round but then seemed to loop over repetitively.
Obviously more a discussion for the Books thread than RIP...

[Nibile]

Sad news about Eco. One less functioning brain in Italy.

I think I should have said "one functioning brain less in Italy". First option seems that his brain was functioning less. Or not?

[Will Hunt]

Sad news about Eco. One less functioning brain in Italy.

I think I should have said "one functioning brain less in Italy". First option seems that his brain was functioning less. Or not?

Regardless of which is grammatically correct/more correct, I think most people would use the first version in conversation.

[mrjonathanr]

'less functioning' makes no sense. Either it functions or it doesn't. 'Less functional' would imply degree though you did not say that of course.

I prefer the clarity of the second formulation, but think both are fine.

[SA Chris]

http://www.surfermag.com/features/brock-little-passes/#32RAxD3PzQ5OLizx.97

2 years older than me

[Falling Down]

Yeah - sad news.  When  I first started surfing properly he was a real charger on the North Shore, surfing big waves like small ones.  Lots of great tributes flying around this weekend.