The R.I.P. Thread

[Lupo]

Ray Reardon, 91

 

[Squeak]

Ray Reardon, 91

A man who helped transform snooker. Sad news.

 

[Donegal Wolf]

Sad news, only recently came across his interview where he describes how he was buried alive for 3 hours in a collapsed mine.
Suppose that puts missing a black into perspective.

 

[leedswolf]

Sad news, only recently came across his interview where he describes how he was buried alive for 3 hours in a collapsed mine.
Suppose that puts missing a black into perspective.

His wife was a decorator at one of the potbanks in Stoke. They moved to Stoke and he joined the police force.

 

[Keef]

Sir Kenneth Grange 95, industrial designer, this is his best known design

 

[Keef]

And while I’m here, Duke Fakir 88 last original member of the four tops, was in the band from 1953 until he retired earlier this year, 71 years in the same band!

 

[ROVERT47]

Saw the Four Tops at the Gaumont about 1971.

 

[Loki]

Saw the Four Tops at the Gaumont about 1971.

Got your money`s worth in those days.

 

[Langers]

John Mayall, 90

An absolute legend of Blues music

 

[leedswolf]

The father of British blues. At various times, his band the Bluesbreakers included Clapton and Jack Bruce, later of Cream; Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac, Mick Taylor, who played for five years with the Rolling Stones, Harvey Mandel and Larry Taylor of Canned Heat and Jon Mark and John Almond, who went on to form the Mark-Almond Band.

 

[Tony Towner]

John Anderson aged 92
Contenders ready...Gladiators ready

Tbh I thought it was shit, but you can't argue with the cultural impression it made

 

[ROVERT47]

Edna O’Brien 93, broke down a lot of the barriers women in Ireland found themselves up against.

 

[Keef]

Roberto Linguanotto 81, pastry chef, never heard of him?
He invented tiramisu.

 

[nimrod]

Martin Phillipps of NZ band The Chills age 61.

 

[Lupo]

Craig Shakespeare, aged 60

 

[Jinky]

Craig Shakespeare, aged 60

Very sad and no age at all.

 

[Tony Towner]

Oh, that's terrible. He was a friend of a friend

 

[SLA]

Graham Thorpe. 55.

I was at Sixth Form college with him. My mum was very good friends with his mum, who also died not that long ago.

 

[leedswolf]

Graham Thorpe. 55.

I was at Sixth Form college with him. My mum was very good friends with his mum, who also died not that long ago.

Terrible news.

 

[Tony Towner]

I presume he never recovered from the serious illness it was announced he had a couple of years ago. RIP Shagger