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« Reply #1140 on: January 29, 2016, 06:45:55 AM » |
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RIP Baron Von Tollbooth.
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« Reply #1141 on: January 29, 2016, 07:54:27 AM » |
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RIP Baron Von Tollbooth.
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« Reply #1142 on: January 29, 2016, 08:59:43 AM » |
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RIP Baron Von Tollbooth.
Gutted. Not unexpected, but still a shock. So pleased to have caught his last London show. |
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« Reply #1143 on: January 29, 2016, 09:42:09 AM » |
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Sad News indeed but not totally unexpected considering his recent health issues. As a massive Airplane fan this is a blow (against the empire....) I got to meet him at a London gig about 10 years ago & we had quite a chat (largely about his choice of Rickenbacker guitars...) Seems like a generation of greats are dropping like flys..... Slippy  |
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« Reply #1144 on: January 29, 2016, 09:57:20 AM » |
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Paul Kantner's death was the first news I heard this morning, before i even got up. These departures just go on . . . |
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« Reply #1145 on: January 29, 2016, 11:05:55 AM » |
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Very sad news indeed.
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« Reply #1148 on: January 31, 2016, 06:43:57 AM » |
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« Reply #1149 on: January 31, 2016, 09:58:03 AM » |
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Not a musician, but could be influential in his own way. Rest In Peace Sir Terry Wogan. Never an avid listener but his TV shows were an integral part of my youth and he was the person at the heart of children in need. Gave those he championed the opportunity to get to a larger audience, such as Eva Cassidy and probably Kate Rusby who would have lead people to genres they would have otherwise ignored. Cosy chat and cosy music will never be the same.
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« Reply #1150 on: January 31, 2016, 10:58:09 AM » |
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Not a musician, but could be influential in his own way. Rest In Peace Sir Terry Wogan. Never an avid listener but his TV shows were an integral part of my youth and he was the person at the heart of children in need. Gave those he championed the opportunity to get to a larger audience, such as Eva Cassidy and probably Kate Rusby who would have lead people to genres they would have otherwise ignored. Cosy chat and cosy music will never be the same.
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« Reply #1151 on: January 31, 2016, 11:13:42 AM » |
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« Reply #1152 on: January 31, 2016, 11:16:41 AM » |
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Not really, he signed off from the last CiN, didn't he, as he was diagnosed & ill already? If not CiN, Comic Relief....
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« Reply #1153 on: January 31, 2016, 10:13:06 PM » |
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I think he was actually a better singer than he liked to admit. I have seen him sing the Captain Corcoran line in the trio from HMS Pinafore, and he did very well.
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« Reply #1154 on: January 31, 2016, 10:26:48 PM » |
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My mum drove me to school with wogan on the radio. I still smash the bottom out of boiled eggs. He is a national institution, and not old enough to die.
It's a bad time.
Bye, Tel.
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« Reply #1155 on: January 31, 2016, 11:58:02 PM » |
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Not really, he signed off from the last CiN, didn't he, as he was diagnosed & ill already? If not CiN, Comic Relief....
He did his radio programme the Sunday before Children in Need but then dropped out on the day (and sent a recorded message, that was actually his last recording of any type). He didn't say what was wrong but gave the impression it was a short-term thing and just that he was too tired to do the prog ... I have a vague memory of thinking it sounded like a virus or bronchitis. He was a very private man, despite everything and the first we knew he had cancer was in the announcement this morning. |
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« Reply #1156 on: February 01, 2016, 09:39:20 AM » |
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Apparently, according to two papers I've seen since I commented above, he had surgery on his back & this wasn't anything to do with cancer.
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« Reply #1157 on: February 01, 2016, 10:12:15 AM » |
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His family said he died after a short battle with cancer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35453541 |
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« Reply #1158 on: February 01, 2016, 10:21:15 AM » |
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Indeed, no one is saying otherwise.
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« Reply #1159 on: February 01, 2016, 11:30:49 AM » |
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This is a lovely interview on RTE (Irish main channel) from about 5 years ago. It's 25 minutes, but if you've not got time, at 24:45 is Terry's reply to the question "what will you say to the great Director General in the sky when you meet him?" https://vimeo.com/153666229 |
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