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Re: Rest in Peace

#71 Post by hdaniel82 » Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:25 pm

Gerry Rafferty of Baker Street fame has died aged 63 of liver failure. How sad :(
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#72 Post by weirdfilms33 » Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:53 pm

"Babe creator Dick King-Smith dies aged 88"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12121506
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#73 Post by andrews » Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:04 pm

weirdfilms33 wrote:"Babe creator Dick King-Smith dies aged 88"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12121506
Oh no - one of my favourite children's authors - he's left us a legacy of wonderful children's books.
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#74 Post by TheDude » Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:59 am

Nobody's mentioned it on here yet... Captain Beefheart passed away last month!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12024652

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#75 Post by ejwrank » Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:57 am

We are also great Dick King-Smith fans. My daughter loved his series of Sophie books even more than the famous Sheep-Pig, etc ones.
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#76 Post by weirdfilms33 » Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:42 pm

"Bullitt director Peter Yates dies at 81"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12154652

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Re: Rest in Peace

#77 Post by The Sparrow » Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:05 pm

<Big Sigh> This has been a very sad start to the year. We seem to have lost a lot of film (and music) greats.
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#78 Post by weirdfilms33 » Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:51 am

"Maj Richard Winters, whose WWII heroism was captured in the TV mini-series Band of Brothers, has died at the age of 92."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12158637

He was portrayed in the series by Damian Lewis.
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#79 Post by kevinknapman » Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:51 pm

Actress Susannah York dies aged 72, after cancer battle.

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#80 Post by weirdfilms33 » Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:02 am

Bernd Eichinger, producer and writer of Downfall, dies at 61

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12283091

I wonder if he knew about any of those internet spoofs.. poor guy..
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