R.I.P. 2020
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@MiketheSnow said in R.I.P. 2020:
Fred 'Curly' Neal
Harlem Globetrotters legend 'Curly' Neal, 77, dies
Fred "Curly" Neal, who played 22 seasons for the Globetrotters and was just the fifth player of the organization to have his number retired, has died at the age of 77.
I grew up with the tv cartoon series, used to bācast it after school in NZ in the 1970s. Curly was the star of that cartoon. No ifs-and-buts. I suspect he was more recognizable in his day than Meadowlark Lemon and Wilt Chamberlain, which is kinda shocking, but thatās how global a superstar he was.
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@raznomore I was talking to a musician-writer Gil Scott-Heron in the mid 1980s, and I told him I loved his song āGrandmaās Handsā which heād released on an album prob. early 80s. He thanked me and said, āyeah, itās a really beautiful song, thanks. But itās not mine ā itās Bill Withersā. You have to get that record.ā So I did. Iāve added several B.W. lps to my collection since, treasures all.
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Sir Peter Viggers, the UK Member of Parliament who claimed Ā£1,645 on expenses for a floating duck house, has passed away.
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Stirling Moss, couldn't outrun father time
https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/52261216
He had a damn good run for a guy in his line of work at that time
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@canefan said in R.I.P. 2020:
Stirling Moss, couldn't outrun father time
https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/52261216
He had a damn good run for a guy in his line of work at that time
Leg End
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James Drury, The Virginian
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/arts/television/james-drury-dies.html
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@sparky said in R.I.P. 2020:
Tim Brooke-Taylor, humourist and member of the Goodies, has died after contracting COVID-19.
How confident are doctors / coroners distinguishing 'from' from 'with'
Agent quoted as saying he died 'with'
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@MiketheSnow The 10,000+ who have died in the UK are both from and with. Some have been very poorly for some time, although many others have been taken a long time before they and their families had expected. A minority have had no known underlying health concerns.
Jack Dee's statement says TBT's death came as a shock as they thought he was recovering.
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@pakman said in R.I.P. 2020:
The Goodies was seminal show in my youth. RIP TBT. Anyone expelled from primary school at 5 1/2 was always destined to be a legend!
Grew up with so many great British shows as a kid, The Goodies were at the very top. ( Sooty & Sweep were a close 2nd) such a quirky funny show.
Does kinda feel selfish to morn 1 victim of covid just because he was famous when tens of thousands are dying all over the world, guess thereās just greater impact when itās someone well known. -
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@JC said in R.I.P. 2020:
@sparky said in R.I.P. 2020:
Tim Brooke-Taylor, humourist and member of the Goodies, has died after contracting COVID-19.
Oh Tim. Any child of the 60s will feel that one. The Goodies was essential for us. RIP
I watched them on reruns as a kid of the early 70s. Brilliant fun
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@canefan said in R.I.P. 2020:
@JC said in R.I.P. 2020:
@sparky said in R.I.P. 2020:
Tim Brooke-Taylor, humourist and member of the Goodies, has died after contracting COVID-19.
Oh Tim. Any child of the 60s will feel that one. The Goodies was essential for us. RIP
I watched them on reruns as a kid of the early 70s. Brilliant fun
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@canefan said in R.I.P. 2020:
@JC said in R.I.P. 2020:
@sparky said in R.I.P. 2020:
Tim Brooke-Taylor, humourist and member of the Goodies, has died after contracting COVID-19.
Oh Tim. Any child of the 60s will feel that one. The Goodies was essential for us. RIP
I watched them on reruns as a kid of the early 70s. Brilliant fun
They operated during the 70s and early 80s, I don't think their show was made in the 60s.
They used to be on Sunday night tv in the 80s, along with Our World and a science quiz show maybe? I only remembered because I was allowed to have a pixie caramel on Sunday nights
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@Nepia said in R.I.P. 2020:
@canefan said in R.I.P. 2020:
@JC said in R.I.P. 2020:
@sparky said in R.I.P. 2020:
Tim Brooke-Taylor, humourist and member of the Goodies, has died after contracting COVID-19.
Oh Tim. Any child of the 60s will feel that one. The Goodies was essential for us. RIP
I watched them on reruns as a kid of the early 70s. Brilliant fun
They operated during the 70s and early 80s, I don't think their show was made in the 60s.
They used to be on Sunday night tv in the 80s, along with Our World and a science quiz show maybe? I only remembered because I was allowed to have a pixie caramel on Sunday nights
Yep 70s was their heyday. Iām a 60s child so was an early teen right when the show was first run in NZ. My parents didnāt get it which made it more awesome. But at least theyād let us put it on unlike Monty Python, which they loathed.
