RIP Thread

[Meow]

I'm surprised to hear the cranberries lead singer has died suddenly....I really liked this group in the 90's and in someways shape the music scene back then, with a sort of rock and grunge sound....RIP Dolores

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42745624

[toxibunny]

RIP

[dsssssssss9]

Dodd is Dead

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-43367267

[MattyP]

Sad news RIP Sir Dodd and your diddmen

All these entertainers of my childhood that pass away.. making me feel feel really old now....

[TFO]

Met Ken Dodd a few times in my years in theatre work.
A truly warm, genuine and lovely gentleman who would always treat everyone with total respect, and would make time to talk to anyone and everyone at the theatre, regardless of who they were or what their role was

He was also infamous in that you could never get him off the stage once he was in full flight - stories persist that if allowed he would happily perform until well after midnight before someone stopped him; usually by slowly closing the curtains until he finally got the message (and even then I heard a story from his tour manager about how one time the curtains closed and he simply continued to perform in front of them)

RIP Sir Ken - one of the last of the true performers

[RiK]

TBH I'd kinda assumed he'd died years ago.

Remember seeing him in panto as a kid and he was brilliant when I was six. Can't really remember him registering much on my radar after that.

[RiK]

Side note:

We seem to have a fair few of these type of RIP threads that crop up occasionally and only ever have a handful of posts. Might be worth us having one collective memorial/RIP thread to keep them in one place?

[zip accident]

RIP

I heard a lot of good things about him, but I didn't see much of him on TV myself. What I did see was good, but kind of rare.

[melkig1967]

He was also infamous in that you could never get him off the stage once he was in full flight - stories persist that if allowed he would happily perform until well after midnight before someone stopped him; usually by slowly closing the curtains until he finally got the message (and even then I heard a story from his tour manager about how one time the curtains closed and he simply continued to perform in front of them)

Never saw him forced off but did see him a few times and each time was a live Tour de Force. Unbelievable speed of delivery and had us laughing for 4 hours plus. Generally after a couple of hours he would tell the audience that if they wanted to stay, they would now have to stay till the end and ask the venue to lock the doors.

I doubt they did that but he would defiantly then just go on till well after midnight.

Never hurt so much from laughing

[Markie]

Side note:

We seem to have a fair few of these type of RIP threads that crop up occasionally and only ever have a handful of posts. Might be worth us having one collective memorial/RIP thread to keep them in one place?

indeed, a "DEAD THREAD" :-)

[Firefox]

Side note:

We seem to have a fair few of these type of RIP threads that crop up occasionally and only ever have a handful of posts. Might be worth us having one collective memorial/RIP thread to keep them in one place?

Yeah, not worth honouring a human life with a whole thread, is it?

[zip accident]

Side note:

We seem to have a fair few of these type of RIP threads that crop up occasionally and only ever have a handful of posts. Might be worth us having one collective memorial/RIP thread to keep them in one place?

Yeah, not worth honouring a human life with a whole thread, is it?

Meow tried it http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?f=2 ... d#p1677654, this thread happened after that one.

If the number of threads is critical, it's between this and chucking old ones, Deckard loves reviving old threads, does anyone else care that much which way it goes?

[Portland]

Top bloke, only saw him live once, but just gag after gag. Few songs to change the pace and some of the gags were a little on the blue side (not Chubby Brown) but nothing too dicey! Glad he had a good knock.

[RiK]

indeed, a "DEAD THREAD" :-)

I was thinking more like a memorial to the fallen, R.I.P. thread...

[RiK]

Meow tried it

Ahh, right, well there's a reason I didn't see that one..