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How sad, RIP.
For those too young, back in the '80s she was THE sexy rock chick. You tube "Pleasure and Pain" or "I touch myself", she absolutely sizzled on stage.
RIP
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 I really loved the Divinyls, RIP Chrissy :cry:
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AUSTRALIAN rock singer Chrissy Amphlett has lost her battle with breast cancer. Amphlett, aged 53, passed away in her adopted home of New York with husband Charley Drayton. The singer, who fronted rock band Divinyls, had fought breast cancer as well as suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. She was also Australia's first rock chick. Her cousin, Patricia 'Little Pattie' Thompson and family have released the following statement. “Our beloved Chrissy peacefully made her transition this morning. Christine Joy Amphlett succumbed to the effects of breast cancer and multiple sclerosis, diseases she vigorously fought with exceptional bravery and dignity. She passed gently, in her sleep, surrounded by close friends and family, including husband of fourteen years, musician Charley Drayton, her sister, Leigh, nephew, Matt, and cousin Patricia Thompson ("l Litte Pattie.") "Chrissy's light burns so very brightly. Hers was a life of passion and creativity; she always lived it to the fullest. With her force of character and vocal strength she paved the way for strong, sexy, outspoken women. Best remembered as the lead singer of the ARIA Hall of Fame inductee, Divinyls, last month she was named one of Australia's top ten singers of all time. Chrissy expressed hope that her worldwide hit I Touch Myself would remind women to perform annual breast examinations. Chrissy was a true pioneer and a treasure to all whose lives her music and spirit touched." Leave a tribute for Chrissy here. Former Divinyls manager Andrew McManus said Chrissy Amphlett's last days were incredibly sad. McManus, who managed Divinyls for 11 years, said she was in terrible pain. McManus went to New York, where Amphlett lived with husband Charley Drayton, to pay his last respects. He said: "I spoke to Chrissy for a good half hour. She was in incredible pain and some of the things she said to me I'll never forget. I'll never repeat what she said, but it was incredibly sad." Countdown host Ian 'Molly' Meldrum was a friend of Amphlett and husband Drayton. "It’s devastating news," Meldrum said. Singer Chrissy Amphlett, who has passed away after losing her battle with breast cancer. Photo: Supplied by the Amphlett Family Meldrum has remembered his friend Amphlett as a music pioneer. "She broke ground for women in Australian music, she was amazing and fearless," Meldrum said. "Divinyls were an incredible band, they helped open the doors for Australian acts to tour America in the '80s. "I absolutely adored her. And she terrified me. But right at the start, around Boys in Town, I remember going to see them at the Prince of Wales and Chrissy did this whole thing on stage of looking me straight in the eye and lifting her skirt. We became good friends after that. I became friends with her mother as well. Chrissie was really into football, so we'd occasionally have fights over that. "She was a wonderful person, and so, so talented it didn’t matter. She had such a powerful voice and wrote such great songs with Mark (McEntee) in the Divinyls, some real classics that have stood the test of time. And Chrissy was one of the best on stage performers Australia has produced. "She'd come around to my house with her husband Charley and she'd go and make herself a cup of tea. It was just odd to see Chrissy Amphlett from the Divinyls in my kitchen, making tea. Because she had that wild persona. "I remember once I said to her 'Chrissie, you had this amazing persona with the Divinyls, you use to frighten the hell out of me. How can you go from that to playing Judy Garland in The Boy From Oz?' And she said 'They're both the same character Molly'." ABC-TV has broadcast an episode of the musical quiz show Spicks & Specks featuring the late star. During the show, Amphlett, who also suffered from multiple sclerosis, was helped to and from the microphone by comedienne Denise Scott. The episode, on ABC 2, had Amphlett as a contestant on the team of Scott and Myf Warhurst. On the show, Amphlett talks of being "shy" and "vulnerable" before her legendary performances on stage in a school uniform and fishnet stockings. Amphlett had declared herself cancer-free two years ago, telling fans "I was given a chance to reflect on my own mortality; given a chance to choose life over the fear of death. Thank you to those who have given their support and love. Now let's celebrate Life!!!!!!" The singer was diagnosed with MS in 1998 and would appear on stage with a cane. She revealed her battle with MS in 2007, and in 2011 announced she was also fighting breast cancer. Amphlett was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2006 with Divinyls band mate Mark McEntee Amphlett's battle was documented by Channel 7's Sunday Night program in which she revealed she would be a "warrior" and not a victim. The Divinyls hits include I Touch Myself, Pleasure and Pain and Boys in Town. Tributes have already begun flooding social media networks. We are devastated to hear of the passing of Chrissy Amphlett. Our thoughts are with her family and friends x — MS Australia (@MS_Australia) April 22, 2013 Other celebrities and fans have also posted their tributes online. Chrissy Amphlett was properly rock. She won't be forgotten by anyone who values danger, courage and chaos. What an icon.— Eddie Perfect (@Eddieperfect) April 22, 2013 R.I.P. Chrissy AmphlettLegend fb.me/1Q00dbAnJ— Vanessa Amorosi (@VanessaAmorosi) April 22, 2013 Remembering @benfolds and I having a blast covering "I Touch Myself" a few times over the years. Safe travels to Chrissy Amphlett— Ben Lee (@benleemusic) April 22, 2013 RIP my dear friend Chrissie love you and will miss you — Jimmy Barnes (@JimmyBarnes) April 22, 2013 #ChrissyAmphlett is an icon of Australian rock. The times i met her she was absolutely delightful and hilarious. She will be missed. — Charlie Pickering (@charliepick) April 22, 2013 Loved The Divinyls . Those Manzil Room Days . #RIPChrissyAmphlett . Sad news . youtube.com/watch?v=wv-34w… — Sam Neill (@TwoPaddocks) April 22, 2013 Oh how i adored watching that wayward,wailing girl in the ripped stockings - I so wanted to be her.#RIPchrissieamphlett — wendy_harmer (@wendy_harmer) April 22, 2013 RIP Chrissy Amphlett. A true Pioneer of Oz Rock. A Trail Blazer in a School Uniform. She deserves a bigger send off than Thatcher. — Adam Hills (@adamhillscomedy) April 22, 2013 Its a sad day for Aussie RocknRoll - R.I.P Chrissy Amphlett - our Queen of Rock instagram.com/p/YZVd0wDN__/ — Prinnie Stevens (@missprinnie) April 22, 2013 Back in 2012, Amphlett kept her Facebook fans informed of her struggles with cancer and MS. She was always honest and open about what she was facing. Born in October, 1959, Chrissy Amphlett will be best-remembered for her hit single I Touch Myself and for singing on stage dressed in a school uniform and fishnet stockings. Released in 1991, I Touch Myself reached Number 1 in Australia, 10 in the UK and 4 in the US. Her skill as a songwriter is underlined by Science Fiction, which the Australian Performing Rights Association (APRA) selected in 2001 as one of the top Australian songs of all time. Amphlett wrote the song with Divinyls front man Mark McEntee, with whom she had a volatile relationship over the 16 year life of the band. The cousin of 1960s Australian pop icon, Patricia "Little Pattie" Amphlett, Chrissy Amphlett was a hugely talented, if untamed free spirit who started out young on the road and had occasional brushes with the law, once ending up in jail in Europe for singing on the streets. In 1999, Chrissy married drummer Charley Drayton, who played on the Divinyls’ eponymous album and who now plays with Cold Chisel. Amphlett moved to New York, where she concentrated on a solo career and writing her autobiography Pleasure and Pain: My Life. In 2007, she revealed she was suffering from multiple sclerosis. Three years later, she announced she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, but was thought to have since beaten the disease. Listen to Chrissy Amphlett's famous hits here: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/chrissy-amphlett-dead-at-53-after-losing-breast-cancer-battle/story-e6frf9hf-1226626029214Edited by Joffa: 22/4/2013 08:38:47 PM
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Jonathan Winters has passed away. Nanu Nanu.
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How did this one slip under the radar?, I was watching "Mad As Hell" on Iview and I noticed in the opening credits was In Memory of Annette Funicello, corny movies but still someone to be remembered.   "They're friends. There was a purity to them," said Frankie Avalon of the characters he and Annette Funicello played on-screen. Funicello died Monday at age 70 of complications from multiple sclerosis. [youtube]mdAdsHM8Pfg#![/youtube] Quote:'Mickey Mouse Club' original Annette Funicello dies
By Alan Duke, CNN
April 9, 2013 -- Updated 1514 GMT (2314 HKT)
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Annette Funicello, one of the best-known members of the original 1950s "Mickey Mouse Club" and a star of numerous 1960s "beach party" films, died Monday at a California hospital, the Walt Disney Co. said.
Funicello, who was 70, "died peacefully from complications due to multiple sclerosis, a disease she battled for over 25 years," the Disney statement said.
"We are so sorry to lose Mother," her three children said in a statement. "She is no longer suffering anymore and is now dancing in heaven. We love and will miss her terribly."
Funicello was just 13 when she was selected by Walt Disney himself to be one of the original Mouseketeers of the "Mickey Mouse Club," the 1950s television variety show aimed at children.
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Funicello, who had a background in dance, quickly became one of the most popular Mouseketeers.
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She "was and always will be a cherished member of the Disney family, synonymous with the word Mouseketeer, and a true Disney Legend," Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger said.
She remained with Disney after leaving the "Mickey Mouse Club," appearing in TV shows including "Zorro" (1957), "The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca" (1958) and starring in the Disney feature films "The Shaggy Dog" (1959), "Babes in Toyland" (1961), "The Misadventures of Merlin Jones" (1964) and "The Monkey's Uncle" (1965).
The most enduring images of Funicello, though, may be of her in a swimsuit, her primary wardrobe when she co-starred with teen idol Frankie Avalon in beach party movies in the early 1960s. These included "Beach Party" (1963), "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), "Bikini Beach" (1964), "Beach Blanket Bingo" (1965), and "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini" (1965).
Although she started out in a more modest version, each movie revealed a bit more, leading eventually to Funicello in a bikini.
The movies helped sell her music. Funicello had Top-40 hits including "Tall Paul," "First Name Initial," "How Will I Know My Love," and "Pineapple Princess." Along with the singles, she recorded several successful albums, including "Hawaiiannette" (1960), "Italiannette" (1960) and "Dance Annette" (1961).
Funicello reunited with Avalon in 1987 to star in "Back to the Beach," in which the two former teen idols played as parents of a pair of troublesome teenagers. Avalon and Funicello followed the movie with a nostalgic concert tour in 1989 and 1990, singing their hits from the 1960s.
"We have lost one of America's sweethearts for generations upon generations," Avalon said of her death. "I am fortunate enough to have been friends with Annette as well as appear in many films, TV and appearances with her. She will live on forever, I will miss her and the world will miss her."
"She will forever hold a place in our hearts as one of Walt Disney's brightest stars, delighting an entire generation of baby boomers with her jubilant personality and endless talent," Iger said in a statement released Monday. "Annette was well-known for being as beautiful inside as she was on the outside, and she faced her physical challenges with dignity, bravery and grace. All of us at Disney join with family, friends, and fans around the world in celebrating her extraordinary life."
'As a little kid you wore the little ears & thought you were something special'
Funicello moved with her family from her birthplace of Utica, New York, to Los Angeles when she was 4.
Walt Disney saw her dancing the lead in "Swan Lake" at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank when she was 13. Disney asked her to audition for a new children's TV series he was developing called "The Mickey Mouse Club." She was hired on the spot to become a Mouseketeer, Disney's statement said.
She became the viewers' favorite soon after the show debuted in October 1955. Although only three original seasons were produced, the show continued to be see in reruns for another four decades.
A 1980s child remembers Funicello
Doctors diagnosed Funicello with multiple sclerosis, a degenerative neurological disease, in 1987. She kept the illness a secret until 1992, the year she established The Annette Funicello Research Fund for Neurological Diseases. The charity, which is still active, supports research into the cause, treatment and cure of multiple sclerosis and other neurological diseases.
Funicello made few public appearances by the late 1990s as she became more debilitated by the disease. She lived under the care of her second husband Glen Holt, a rancher she married in 1986.
She had three children -- Gina, Jack Jr. and Jason -- from her first marriage to Jack Gilardi, which ended in 1981.
"It hurts me deeply in the passing of Annette," Jack Gilardi said. "She was such an important love in my life and blessed me with three beautiful children. I will remember her always and she will live in my heart forever."
"It is so sad to lose a wonderful lady like Annette Funicello," said comedian Don Rickles. "I had so much fun working with her in those beach party pictures. She was a great trouper. My wife Barbara and I send our thoughts and prayers to her family."
"Annette's sweet, unassuming spirit, her love of people, and her capacity to exude kindness and good feelings to everyone she met was part of her beautiful charisma, said Richard Sherman, the Oscar-winning composer who wrote many of her hits. "Because the songs we wrote for her brought us to the attention of Walt, Bob and I always referred to Annette as our 'lucky star.'"
Share your memories of Funicello
Paul Reubens, who worked with Funicello and Avalon in a memorable appearance on Pee-wee Herman's Christmas special in 1988 and in "Back to the Beach," tweeted about her death: "I loved Annette Funicello from the 1st time I saw her on The Mickey Mouse Club. There wasn't a warmer, lovelier person on the planet. RIP"
People we lost in 2013: The lives they lived
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/08/showbiz/annette-funicello-obit/index.html
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Grammy winning 'Pope of Pop' dies Date April 1, 2013 Phil Ramone, the legendary US music producer behind hits by Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, Billy Joel and Barbra Streisand, has died at the age of 79. Ramone - a 14-time Grammy winner once dubbed the "Pope of Pop" - died in New York on Saturday after being hospitalised for weeks with an aortic aneurysm, Billboard magazine reported. The South African native spent most of his career in New York City, first as a songwriter and engineer and then co-launching A&R Recording studios in 1958. Throughout his career, he worked with artists running the gamut of musical genres, from country star Keith Urban to hip hop's Queen Latifah, rock icon Bono and R&B legend Aretha Franklin. Ramone was known for his innovative use of technology and his support for the evolving formats in recording and production. The first CD ever pressed, Billy Joel's 52nd Street, was one he produced, as was the first pop DVD, according to his website. Among his awards spanning more than four decades was a Technical Grammy in 2004 "for contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field". But beyond the mechanics, Ramone also spoke of the importance of encouraging the musicians he worked with to shine. In a 2005 interview with Sound on Sound magazine, Ramone described the producer's role as "convincing people that they are really good and getting them to play at a new level". "People can perform and play well, but the actual intent in what they're trying to do in the music can be lost. Trying to get everybody on the same page is what being a good producer is about," he said. Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/grammy-winning-pope-of-pop-dies-20130401-2h2eu.html#ixzz2PIu1KJT7
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waggzzz2 wrote:r.i.p uncle vernon. 65 is too young.
Edited by waggzzz2: 29/3/2013 10:41:21 PM Quality actor - I'm quite stunned that he's only 65 because I can remember him from tv shows when I was quite young (World Cup - A Captains tale) comes to mind. 65 isn't young when you've been chronically overweight for a long long time though - the body isn't built to handle that. And less of the Uncle Vernon - he'll always be Uncle Monty to me.
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StiflersMom wrote:StreetzFC wrote:Joffa beat me...
Does it happen often? Only when I try to post articles on here :lol:
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StiflersMom wrote:StreetzFC wrote:Joffa beat me...
Does it happen often? Only when he doesn't do as he's told.
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StreetzFC wrote:Joffa beat me...
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r.i.p uncle vernon. 65 is too young.
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Joffa beat me...
Rip uncle Vernon
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Harry Potter star Richard Griffiths dies Date March 29, 2013 - 9:34PM Richard Griffiths, the British actor who played the boy wizard's unsympathetic Uncle Vernon in the "Harry Potter" movies, has died. He was 65. Agent Simon Beresford says Griffiths died Thursday of complications following heart surgery. Griffiths appeared in dozens of films and TV shows and was one of Britain's leading stage actors, creating roles including the charismatic teacher Hector in Alan Bennett's "The History Boys." In 2007 he appeared onstage in "Equus" alongside his "Harry Potter" co-star Daniel Radcliffe. Advertisement Radcliffe said Friday that he was "proud to say I knew him." "Richard was by my side during two of the most important moments of my career," Radcliffe said, his first scene as the boy wizard and his stage debut. Radcliffe said Griffiths' "encouragement, tutelage and humor made it a joy." Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/harry-potter-star-richard-griffiths-dies-20130329-2gzj3.html#ixzz2OvTd3gDP
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HARRY REEMS,1947-2013 Harry Reems' starring role in Deep Throat in 1972 made him America's first bona fide male porn star. His life, more than most, embodied the time-honoured American narrative of fame, failure and redemption. His life came to renewed attention in 2005 with the release of Inside Deep Throat, a documentary about the film's legacy for which he was interviewed on camera. The scheduled release this year of Lovelace, a biographical film starring Adam Brody as Reems, seems likely to ensure his continued place in public memory. Reems, who began his career in the 1960s as a struggling stage actor, had already made dozens of pornographic films when he starred with Linda Lovelace in Deep Throat. But where his previous movies were mostly the obscure, short, grainy, plotless stag films known as loops, Deep Throat, which had set design, occasional costumes, dialogue punctuated by borscht-belt humour and an actual plot of sorts, was Cinema. Advertisement The film quickly became an international sensation and turned Reems, with his immense black moustache and shirts, opened to the navel to reveal an almost preternaturally hirsute chest, into a one-man avatar of the 1970s. Reems was born Herbert Streicher in Brooklyn on August 27, 1947. After high school he enlisted in the Marine Corps then, in the late 1960s, went into acting. But, needing money, he also worked in pornographic films. His moment came after Gerard Damiano hired him as lighting director on Deep Throat. When the male lead didn't arrive, Reems stepped in and Damiano gave him a new name. For the film, which was widely reported to have grossed more than $600 million, Reems was paid about $250. In 1974, Reems was arrested in New York by federal agents. The next year he and 11 others were tried in federal court on charges of conspiracy to transport obscene material across state lines. It was during the trial, Reems said, that he began drinking heavily. He and his co-defendants were found guilty in 1976, but the conviction was set aside in 1977. But pornography is a young man's game, and by the mid-1980s Reems was adrift and begging on the streets. In 1989 Reems, then living in Utah, stopped drinking, converted to Christianity, obtained his real estate licence and married Jeanne Sterret in 1990. Reems led a life of contented small-town obscurity in Utah. There was one lingering affinity between his early career and his later one in real estate. "I'm still selling dirt," he said. Harry Reems is survived by Jeanne and his brother, Robert. Margalit Fox, The New York Times http://theage.domain.com.au/real-estate-news/im-still-selling-dirt-20130327-2gtgg.html
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afromanGT wrote:I hadn't seen 60 minutes in quite a while. I didn't realise how gaunt and sick he looked. That's what Chemo does to you. :(
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I hadn't seen 60 minutes in quite a while. I didn't realise how gaunt and sick he looked.
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Quote:Veteran journalist Peter Harvey dies at 68 by: Jordan Baker From: The Daily Telegraph March 02, 2013 6:00PM PETER Harvey, the journalist with the 'voice of God' who has been a loved and trusted face of Australian television news for almost 40 years, has died with his family by his bedside. He was 68. Harvey was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in October but was positive to the end, telling an interviewer that he would hang on to the possibility that “things are going to be better, not worse. “I don’t want worries about my day, ruining my tomorrows.” Harvey was a journalist for 50 years, first with The Daily Telegraph and then with Newsweek and the Guardian, but it was at the Nine Network in 1975 that he found his home. “This is the saddest of days for the Nine Network,” says Nine chief executive, David Gyngell. “Peter Harvey – Harves as he is known to everyone – is and will remain an indelible part of Nine.” . Harvey has covered politics, wars, and human tragedy, and has been a mentor to generations of journalists. His children, of whom he was extremely proud, have followed in his footsteps. Claire Harvey is the deputy editor of The Sunday Telegraph, and Adam Harvey is a journalist with ABC’s 7.30. Claire said her father thanked the public for their good wishes during his last days. “Dad is comfy, and smiling, in hospital with our mum Anne holding his hand,” she wrote on Twitter. “He asked me to thank everyone for the love.” Peter Harvey is known as a beautiful writer, an incisive newsman and a talented storyteller, but he will best be remembered for his voice, one that his Nine colleagues described as the ‘voice of God’. “One of the funny things is that I’m getting kids aged 18 and 19 coming up to me and saying, ‘would you say Peter Harvey, Canberra’ for me, you know?” he recently told the ABC. “I left Canberra in 97!” Harvey’s colleagues say Australian journalism won’t be the same without him. “We lose a character,” says Ray Martin. “Journalism, like politics and life, is full of bland, colourless people. He is full of colour.” Long-time friend and Nine Network colleague Peter Overton says “we lose a fine storyteller. He came into the lounge rooms of so many families across Australia for so many years.” Peter Harvey is survived by his wife, Anne, his children Claire and Adam, and his grandson Rory.  http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/veteran-journalist-peter-harvey-dies-at-68/story-fndo317g-1226589037334
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Sad news, grew up with 'Peter Harvey, Canberra' on the news.
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afromanGT wrote:Journalist Peter Harvey has lost is battle with pancreatic cancer. Very sad. Arguably Australia's best, and most loved Journo. His voice is going to be missed, especially with that iconic sign off. R.I.P.
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Journalist Peter Harvey has lost is battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Quote:Dalek designer dies aged 84 Raymond Cusick, who gave the Doctor's enemies their enduringly terrifying appeal, has died after an illness The man who brought to life Doctor Who's greatest foes has died aged 84, his daughter has said. Raymond Cusick worked as a production designer on the BBC show from 1963 to 1966. Terry Nation, who died in 1997, wrote the 1963 story The Daleks, in which the "satanic pepperpots" first appeared, but it was Cusick who came up with the machines' distinctive look, including the bobble-like sensors, eyestalk, sucker and exterminator weapons. The Daleks have remained fundamentally unchanged in appearance in 50 years, and have remained the Doctor's most popular enemies even since the show's revival in 2005. On Twitter, Tom Spilsbury, editor of Doctor Who Magazine, paid tribute to Cusick's "timeless" design. Cusick also worked on shows ranging from Z Cars, Dr Finlay's Casebook and The Forsyte Saga to The Duchess of Duke Street, When the Boat Comes In and Rentaghost. He retired in 1987. Cusick's daughter, Claire Heawood, said he had been suffering from an illness and died peacefully in his sleep on Thursday. He leaves two daughters and seven grandchildren. http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2013/feb/24/dalek-designer-dies
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Quote:British actor Richard Briers, star of The Good Life, dies at 79 From: AP February 19, 2013 12:17AM ..Briers' agent, Christopher Farrar, said the actor died at his London home on Sunday. A former heavy smoker, he had suffered from emphysema. Briers starred in the 1970s sitcom The Good Life as Tom Good, a man who decides to quit the urban rat race for a life of self-sufficiency in suburbia. The show, which contrasted the back-to-the land Goods with their conventional neighbours the Leadbetters, made stars of its core cast - Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington - and is regularly voted one of the greatest British sitcoms of all time. Briers also starred in the comedy-drama Ever-Decreasing Circles, the Scottish Highlands drama Monarch of the Glen and a host of other shows. In later life he became well-known for Shakespearean roles. He joined director Kenneth Branagh's Renaissance Theatre Company in 1987 after deciding, he said, that "I had gone as far as I could doing sitcoms." Richard Briers with co-star Felicity Kendal in The Good Life. Briers has died, age 79. For Branagh he took on roles including King Lear, Malvolio in Twelfth Night and the buffoon Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream. He also appeared in several Branagh-directed films, including Henry V, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Peter's Friends and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Other movie roles included the voice of rabbit Fiver in the much-loved animated animal feature Watership Down. On stage, Briers was associated with the work of British comic playwright Alan Ayckbourn, playing leading roles in Relatively Speaking, Absurd Person Singular and Absent Friends. Born January 14, 1934, Briers trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and worked consistently in theatre, film and television for more than half a century. His latest film credit is in the recently released Cockneys Vs. Zombies. He said he had no desire to retire, but complained in one of his final interviews that the chronic lung disease emphysema was slowing him down. "It's totally my fault. So, I get very breathless, which is a pain in the backside," he told the Daily Mail newspaper last month. "Trying to get upstairs... oh God, it's ridiculous. Of course, when you're bloody nearly 80 it's depressing, because you've had it anyway." In 1989, Briers was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the arts. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/tv-radio/british-actor-richard-briers-star-of-the-good-life-dies-at-79/story-e6frf9ho-1226580718537
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Quote:The Troggs frontman Reg Presley, 71, dies after cancer battle By Emily Sheridan PUBLISHED: 00:19 GMT, 5 February 2013 ..Reg Presley, frontman of the '60s group The Troggs, has died at the age of 71. The singer lost his year-long battle with cancer at his home in Hampshire on Monday, his daughter Karen confirmed. Reg's passing comes a year after he announced his retirement from rock 'n' roll after he was diagnosed with lung cancer. Karen said: 'He passed away peacefully at home and myself, my brother and our mother were with him. We’re absolutely heartbroken.' Although The Troggs performed together for many decades, they are best known for their Sixties hits Wild Thing and Love Is All Around. Of course, Love Is All Around was famously covered by Wet Wet Wet for the soundtrack to Four Weddings And A Funeral, spending 15 weeks at No.1 in the UK. In January 2012, Reg said he was quitting music due to ill health in a letter to fans on The Trogg's website. He wrote: 'As you all know I was taken ill whilst doing a gig in Germany in December. During my stay in hospital tests showed that in fact I have lung cancer. 'I am receiving chemotherapy treatment and at the moment not feeling too bad. 'However I've had to call time on The Troggs and retire. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for the cards and calls and for your love, loyalty and support over the years.' Reg, who scored seven top 20 hits with the band, had been married to wife Brenda for 50 years and has written books on crop circles. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2273562/The-Troggs-frontman-Reg-Presley-71-dies-cancer-battle.html#ixzz2Jz9jTGbA Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
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RIP Johnny Mannah...far too soon. A good family looses a good man
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StiflersMom wrote:Heineken wrote:playmaker11 wrote:Moarvelus commentatoarr. Whisks that one away through cover to the bowndrry. The 12th man impersonations of him were always brilliant. The best one for me that sticks out. "You see to me, a grudge is nothing more than a place to pork your cor". Seriously funny that. I even read it in his voice. Ditto... :lol: :lol: And I'll always remember him sticking his key in the pitch to do the pitch report, pulling out a massive chunk of turf and saying "oh dear". RIP Tony, you entertained us.
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Heineken wrote:playmaker11 wrote:Moarvelus commentatoarr. Whisks that one away through cover to the bowndrry. The 12th man impersonations of him were always brilliant. The best one for me that sticks out. "You see to me, a grudge is nothing more than a place to pork your cor". Seriously funny that. I even read it in his voice.
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Funky Munky wrote:sydneycroatia58 wrote:With Bill Lawry retiring after this summer and with Greig unfortunately passing the Channel 9 commentary will never be the same. I think Bill announced he wouldn't actually be retiring. However, with this happening, who knows. Hadn't heard he wasn't, but yeah after this I can't see him continuing.
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sydneycroatia58 wrote:With Bill Lawry retiring after this summer and with Greig unfortunately passing the Channel 9 commentary will never be the same. I think Bill announced he wouldn't actually be retiring. However, with this happening, who knows.
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