RIP 2023
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@MiketheSnow said in RIP 2023:
Hilarious listening to his obituary on the BBC
Goes from humble lemonade salesman to owner of Harrod's quickly glossing over the fact that he married the daughter of a billionaire arms dealer
I didn't know that! Must have been bloody good lemonade....
Sister sorry
"Mr Al Fayed rose from selling fizzy drinks on the streets of his native Alexandria in Egypt to become a big name in business with all the right contacts.
His break came after he met his first wife, Samira Khashoggi, the sister of Saudi millionaire arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi - who employed him in his Saudi Arabian import business."
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@MiketheSnow said in RIP 2023:
Disturbingly, in 2014, when there were 7 Margaritaville restaurants, despite me being a Kiwi who had barely left NZ, somehow I'd been to 3 (Vegas, Waikiki, Niagara Falls) of the 7 Margaritaville restaurants at the time.
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Yeah advanced cancer, I wonder what happened with the incorrect rumour, I assume he was battling
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There's only one F in Fayed, One F in Fayed...."
Dodgy business dealings, Wacko statue and conspiracy theories aside Dodi's Dad is a nailed on Fulham legend.
Never accepted by the British establishment he lapped up the adulation of the Fulham fan's.
He had a genuine passion for the club plus you gotta love a Chairman that sent all the media who had written off Fulham as relegation certainties a courier package of gold Harrods cutlery in a box with their shredded newspaper articles together with an invitation to eat their words. Something he had said they would have to do back the previous August.
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@Tim Never really cared for him either but I think he was popular because his songs were easy to sing along with. As my friend said, His songs create an island escapism that allow you to feel like you are somewhere else. They are usually happy songs and paint a great picture.
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Gary Wright, singer of Dream Weaver and Love is Alive, dies aged 80
Frequent collaborator of George Harrison and synthesiser pioneer was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia
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At 1:00
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Anytime the lead singer of a 90s rock band dies there’s a damn good chance I’ll spend the day listening to them in their glory days as a bit of a tribute and rocking out…..Chris Cornell and Scott Weiland stand out as recent examples…..
I can’t see myself having a day of listening to Smash Mouth though.
Still, he would have made a truckload of money from singing the Shrek theme tune I guess.
Anyway, RIP
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/arts/music/steve-harwell-smash-mouth-all-star-dead.html
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This one slipped by during all the rugby
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