Death announcements for persons of note

Alee Enn · Post by **Alee Enn** » Mon, 23. Jan 17, 17:49

Gordan Kaye (who played Rene Artois in BBC sitcom Allo Allo) aged 75

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/gordon-kaye-d ... 00559.html

Post by **Ketraar** » Mon, 23. Jan 17, 18:08

Wow talk about nostalgia. That series made me laugh hard back in the day and my English was a lot worse that it is today. For the longest time I thought it was a French TV show mocking the Brits (in my defence I was rather little and knew nothing about cultures and languages).

MFG

Ketraar

mrbadger · Post by **mrbadger** » Mon, 23. Jan 17, 18:45

I still enjoy baffling my 13 year old daughter by announcing myself with 'Tis I, Leclerc!'.

She has no idea what I am wittering about.

Chips · Post by **Chips** » Mon, 23. Jan 17, 20:17

So so many quotes of 'Allo 'Allo - loved the show when I was younger. Box set was £10 last year on Amazon, great purchase, and still love it now - for all its silliness; perfect 80's sitcom.

felter · Post by **felter** » Thu, 26. Jan 17, 02:39

US actress Mary Tyler Moore dies aged 80.

mrbadger · Post by **mrbadger** » Thu, 26. Jan 17, 19:10

It never occurred to me she'd be 80 yet.

Alee Enn · Post by **Alee Enn** » Sat, 28. Jan 17, 05:40

R.I.P. John Hurt

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Sat, 28. Jan 17, 06:50

News article link for that:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38778145

2017 starting off as 2016 left off, by the looks of it...

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Sat, 28. Jan 17, 07:44

DAMNIT!

I loved John Hurt. A damn fine thespian and I never saw, or hear, him give a less that stellar performance.

Godspeed, John Hurt.

Alee Enn · Post by **Alee Enn** » Sat, 28. Jan 17, 07:54

Thank you pjknibbs. I was reading about it, but didn't any credible source to link to.

Golden_Gonads · Post by **Golden_Gonads** » Sat, 28. Jan 17, 11:46

Read it last night and without a credible news link I was hoping it was a hoax... Didn't hold out much hope though. Bah!

muppetts · Post by **muppetts** » Sat, 28. Jan 17, 12:38

The original chest buster! RIP

matthewfarmery · Post by **matthewfarmery** » Sat, 28. Jan 17, 13:04

He was a fine actor, stared in some good films, really sad.

RIP

Praefectus classis · Post by **Praefectus classis** » Sat, 28. Jan 17, 13:12

Very sad to hear of the passing of John Hurt, he was a fine actor with a great voice.

RIP

Alee Enn · Post by **Alee Enn** » Mon, 30. Jan 17, 13:51

One that the world seems to have missed for a week now ...

Masaya Nakamura, the "Father of Pac-Man" who founded the Japanese video game company behind the hit creature-gobbling game, has died. He was 91.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/japanese-arca ... 38517.html

Post by **Ketraar** » Mon, 30. Jan 17, 15:07

I have read about it, but to be fair I had no clue who that was, even though I played Pac-Man quite a lot and its (the game) notoriety is rather great.

MFG

Ketraar

muppetts · Post by **muppetts** » Wed, 8. Feb 17, 08:21

RIP Richard Hatch, a great Apollo and Zarek!

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Wed, 8. Feb 17, 09:44

And the link:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2017/02/0 ... 71-battle/

(Why does the BBC not seem to run obituaries for people like this?).

EDIT: And now the BBC have finally noticed:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38904586

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Wed, 8. Feb 17, 17:18

muppetts wrote:RIP Richard Hatch, a great Apollo and Zarek!

Oh, wow... I loved him in both iterations of the series. In fact, in the most recent Battlestar, his acting chops definitely got an upgrade. He was really awesome in that.

RIP, Apollo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAk0hEVGgMY

(PS - Tried to find a fan-made vid with Vipers flying to the "Danger Zone" music from Top Gun. But, it looks like it was taken down... :/ )

red assassin · Post by **red assassin** » Wed, 8. Feb 17, 17:38

I liked this tribute to him by the composer from the new BSG:

http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/blog/b ... ard-hatch/

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Death announcements for persons of note