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Offline Uncle Mort

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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #495 on: May 01, 2009, 11:00:59 AM »
'Side Effects' of flu probably.
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #496 on: June 01, 2009, 01:02:32 PM »
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #497 on: June 01, 2009, 05:30:32 PM »
Quote from: The Moan Ranger on June 01, 2009, 01:02:32 PM
Danny TheRoad, 81

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8077329.stm


I have just been told by the BBC that he was iconic.  Umm no I don't think that he was. Angry9:
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #498 on: June 01, 2009, 05:41:09 PM »
Quote from: Miss Creant on June 01, 2009, 05:30:32 PM
Quote from: The Moan Ranger on June 01, 2009, 01:02:32 PM
Danny TheRoad, 81

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8077329.stm


I have just been told by the BBC that he was iconic.  Umm no I don't think that he was. Angry9:

I don't think he would have liked that description ~ he would have preferred "A comic" which he truly was. Not perhaps to everyone's taste but live, in cabaret or on stage, few could match his wit and the way he could "manage" an audience.
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #499 on: June 01, 2009, 06:04:08 PM »
Vincent O'Brien, one of the most successful horse trainers of all time, died on Monday at the age of 92 at his home near Dublin, his family said.

A sad loss to the racing world. Very much a legend.
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #500 on: June 01, 2009, 06:22:01 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on June 01, 2009, 05:41:09 PM
I don't think he would have liked that description ~ he would have preferred "A comic" which he truly was. Not perhaps to everyone's taste but live, in cabaret or on stage, few could match his wit and the way he could "manage" an audience.

I found him very amusing; a memorable Charlie's Aunt.
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #501 on: June 03, 2009, 02:07:46 PM »
Terence Alexander  sad24:
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #502 on: June 03, 2009, 03:43:47 PM »
Quote from: Nick on June 03, 2009, 02:07:46 PM
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Thats a shame...I used to like him in Bergerac, one of my favourite programs. I used to go to Jersey quite alot
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #503 on: June 03, 2009, 04:59:37 PM »
Was he in The Flying Doctor in the early 60s??
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #504 on: June 03, 2009, 05:14:12 PM »
Quote from: Nick on June 03, 2009, 04:59:37 PM
Was he in The Flying Doctor in the early 60s??

I don't think so. It doesn't appear in his list of "credits"

I recall that one character in the Original Flying Doctor series (and there has been more than one although they changed the name on later series to The Flying Doctors) was an actor by the name of Dawson ~ a real Aussie who later popped up on "Emergency Ward Ten" along with Desmond Carrington

He seems to have been around forever though.
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #505 on: June 03, 2009, 05:41:24 PM »
Update: Dawson was not one of the main characters in the Flying Doctor so perhaps he had a minor role or my memory is shot.
the main cast are given here and includes Patrick Troughton who went on to be a Dr Who!

http://www.whosdatedwho.com/topic/6238/the-flying-doctor.htm#view_cast
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #506 on: June 03, 2009, 07:30:31 PM »
Not the Flying Doctor...It was a programme called 'Garry HALLIDAY' He played a pilot called Bill DODDS
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #507 on: June 03, 2009, 07:42:15 PM »
Oh yes, Gary Halliday. That was real!! And wotsit was in it too!
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #508 on: June 04, 2009, 06:49:11 AM »
 Banghead

It must be that trip to Scotia ~ you make even less sense than usual.
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #509 on: June 04, 2009, 04:35:20 PM »
David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel room.

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