RIP 2022
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Hi-de-Hi! actress Ruth Madoc dies aged 79
The British star reportedly died in hospital on Friday (local time) after surgery for a fall.
Hi de hi was one of those British shows I enjoyed watching as a boy
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Missed this one last week. Strangely I am wearing a Stax t-shirt today then read this. Didn’t realise he was still alive to be honest.
Jim Stewart, Stax Records Co-Founder, Dead at 92
Jim Stewart, the Rock and Roll Hall of famer and co-founder of Stax Records, died on Monday at the age of 92.
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A little bit of the Stax sound. Sam and Dave with the Mar-Keys (otherwise known as Booker T and the MGs plus horns)
Personally I would add Steve Cropper into the guitarists thread but you rock fellas would get upset ;).
In the good reads lists I recommend "Memphis 68 - The tragedy of Southern Soul" by Stuart Cosgrove. If it wasn't for the like of Jim Stewart it may have taken much longer for the racial integration sound to hit the masses. No small feat.
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Paul Silas Dies at 79; College Basketball Hall of Famer Won 3 NBA Championships
Former NBA star, College Basketball Hall of Famer and longtime NBA coach Paul Silas died on Sunday. He was 79.
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Terry Hall from The Specials has died. Only 63. RIP grumpy guy.
Shit. Saw them play in Brixton only a few years ago.
Was a 'complicated' bloke for sure. Carried a lot of baggage from his youth and a sexual assault as described in a Fun Boy Three song.
Terry Hall was the self-assured eye of the Specials storm
As the pioneering 2 Tone band’s lead singer, Hall’s impassive style made him a star – and helped him weather the vicissitudes of fame, the changing charts and British decline
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Terry Hall from The Specials has died. Only 63. RIP grumpy guy.
Shit. Saw them play in Brixton only a few years ago.
Was a 'complicated' bloke for sure. Carried a lot of baggage from his youth and a sexual assault as described in a Fun Boy Three song.
Terry Hall was the self-assured eye of the Specials storm
As the pioneering 2 Tone band’s lead singer, Hall’s impassive style made him a star – and helped him weather the vicissitudes of fame, the changing charts and British decline
Too soon, too young
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RIP Max Brito.
Paralysed in RWC 95 playing for Ivory Coast v Tonga, aged 54.
No mention of cause.
Max Brito, who was paralysed at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, has died
Max Brito, who was paralysed while playing for Ivory Coast at the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa, has died aged 54.
"The Brito family, their children Mike and Anthony, are saddened to inform you of the death of Max Brito, which occurred on Monday, December 19, at 6:30pm. Max was accompanied with dignity and without suffering on his last journey.
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A slightly frivilous addition to the thread but an important factor in the invention of the Great British Curry House
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Mike Hodges, Get Carter and Flash Gordon director, dies aged 90
British director was known for his often bleak and brutal gangster films, most famously his 1971 film Get Carter starring Michael Caine
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Poos, my cuzzie introduced me to faithless, great memories and some awesome, original, cutting music
EDIT: just went for run, with my normal random play all the songs on my phone - after the current song finished (I stopped last time half way through) this was next - MY FAVE FAITHLESS!
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Pele
Brazilian football icon Pele has died at the age of 82
His daughter Kely Nascimento paid tribute to her father: "We are thanks to you. We love you infinitely. Rest in peace."
