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Offline Uncle Mort

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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #7905 on: November 30, 2023, 06:05:00 PM »

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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #7906 on: December 01, 2023, 05:27:24 AM »
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #7907 on: December 01, 2023, 05:35:35 PM »
Shane McGowan

“Make mine a treble!”  That was his catchphrase.
And in a way sums him up.  questionable bloke but also an absolutely brilliant writer and singer.  And he got to well outlive Joe Strummer who replaced him in the Pogues.

IMHO history will treat him well. 

 
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #7908 on: December 07, 2023, 12:26:59 PM »
Benjamin Zephaniah, 65

I'm not really into most poetry but he was really good.  RIP

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67646607
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« Reply #7909 on: December 09, 2023, 09:11:18 AM »

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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #7911 on: December 29, 2023, 02:35:29 PM »
A bit of a sad read

Notable deaths 2023
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #7912 on: December 30, 2023, 05:23:06 PM »
A bit of a sad read

Notable deaths 2023

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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #7913 on: December 30, 2023, 05:48:06 PM »
Bring back Bingo! A fiver says Shirley Bassy!
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #7914 on: December 30, 2023, 11:17:31 PM »
Bring back Bingo! A fiver says Shirley Bassy!

Celebrity Death Bingo you say...?  rubschin:
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #7915 on: December 31, 2023, 01:25:03 PM »
John Pilger: 84

Didn't always agree with his politics but a great writer and campaigner.

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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #7916 on: December 31, 2023, 01:51:09 PM »
John Pilger: 84

Didn't always agree with his politics but a great writer and campaigner.
yes sad loss as he was a very talented and brave journalist but as you say he was a bit off piste sometimes with his visceral hate of much of the West
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #7917 on: December 31, 2023, 09:24:18 PM »
Bring back Bingo! A fiver says Shirley Bassy!

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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #7918 on: January 03, 2024, 08:49:53 AM »
Camila Batmanghelidjh colourful, chaotic and probably maligned character 61.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67868843
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #7919 on: January 04, 2024, 03:45:53 PM »
Camila Batmanghelidjh colourful, chaotic and probably maligned character 61.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67868843

Batman.....*snigger*.... redface: