Celebs who are now dead

[bruhnaldo]

Damn I'm really upset about this.

Prince was truly my favorite artist.

[Magic]

If you've ever had proper flu, you will know how its possible to die from it. I saw my dead grand parents then my curtains tried to eat me. Couldn't even stand up for 5 days. Brutal.

:D

Said the ex-smackhead.

[Lee]

Haven't there been loads of rumours about him having AIDS? Flu would definitely finish him off in that case.

[Pepe]

Good night sweet Prince.

[Shindig]

He's up in heaven know being sexually assaulted by Chyna.

[leedsrevolution]

Fuck sake Pepe.

[Giggles]

Choppers.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-36103383

[Disco]

Ken Dodd's dog better watch out.

[Yevrah]

Jesus, the 80s are dropping like flies.

[Yevrah]

how do you die of flu these days? That seems careless.

aids?

[Magic]

Anyone watched Joanie Laurer's porn? It's quite good.

[Jeet]

I always thought Prince was gay!

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Anyone watched Joanie Laurer's porn? It's quite good.

Which one?

I've seen two or three but I also know that she did a couple Marvel related porns as 'She Hulk'.

[Magic]

Some lesbian stuff too. The one where she fucks 5 wrestlers in the ring is cool.

[Lewis]

I never knew that Prince was so popular (unless people just like mourning).

[Pepe]

I like a few of his songs but I don't give a shit really. Couldn't even name more than five songs at best.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've always heard people talk about him being a genius, but I've never got it at all. Still, diff'rent strokes, for diff'rent folks.

[John]

He had a few good songs but he was no Bowie. He seemed like a huge wanker too.

[Giggles]

I thought he was pretty good and he was a brilliant guitarist but still wouldn't have been near the top for me. Still far over Bowie who I couldn't give a shit about. Some song Nirvana covered and Major Tom, that's about it.

Buy, as Jimmy says, all different.

[Lewis]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-36103383

Now that is a sad one. Rep for the first 'RIP monkey back to the jungle in the sky' Facebook status to get an abusive response.

[John]

According to the BBC Choppers has aged six years since 2014 so no wonder she's pegged it.

[igor_balis]

He had a few good songs but he was no Bowie. He seemed like a huge wanker too.

To some extent I am being pedantic abut semantics, but I always had him down as a mental case rather than a wanker. I'm aware there's some overlap, but he always struck me as someone who behaved as they did because they couldn't help it, rather than as some irritating affection. The David Byrne defence.

[wullie]

Going by the radio tributes so far, Sinead O'Connor is going to make a fair bit of cash this month.

[Baz]

Prince ruined Batman.

[phonics]

Every Prince story is amazing. The dude is the definition of creative eccentricity.

Here's one where ?uestlove tries to impress him by DJing deep album cuts that he thinks Prince will like. Prince sends his assistant over to put Finding Nemo on instead.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfhoI6iX5ng

Here's another ?uestlove story


I got a text from Prince’s assistant. That’s how things go in the Prince universe: You get a pre‑message saying that a phone message is coming later. But this time, the message said something different. It said that there was going to be a roller‑skating party that night, for Valentine’s Day, and that I should bring some cool people.I was puzzled. What did Prince mean by “cool,” exactly? I wasn’t sure if he was trusting me with the word or with the concept. I texted back: “Cool?” It turned out they meant the people who were already with me: Mos, Talib, Jill, Erykah, Common. I started to line people up in my mind and called them to give them the news. I thought they would do backflips: a party with Prince? To my amazement, most of them weren’t up for it. Jill came backstage and told me that she was tired. Talib said that he needed to be in bed before midnight. I ran into Alan Leeds, who led me to Raphael’s dressing room, where Chris Rock and Eddie Murphy were sitting and talking. I went to my same pitch:

“Hey, guys, want to go roller‑skating with Prince?”

“Right,” Alan said. “I’ll be in the grave before I’m in skates.”

“Right,” Chris said. “Like I’m skating with these knees.”

“Right,” Raphael said. “I’m too old for that shit.”

I was confused and a little depressed. How good were these peo*ple’s lives that they could pass on Prince’s roller‑skating party? Only one man was brave enough—visionary enough—to see what lay before us, and that was Eddie Murphy. “This is historical,” he said. “For starters, I need to see if Prince can roller‑skate. I’m a comedian, and honestly, what’s funnier than that?”

Prince’s assistant texted me directions to a rink in Glenside, way out in the middle of nowhere. It was around one in the morning by the time we drove out there, and the place was empty, a bare rink, and I started to worry that I had the wrong place, or that I had been punked. Maybe Alan and Chris were in on the joke. Maybe they were all somewhere laughing. Then I saw DJ Rashida and some of her friends skating. “Hey,” I said.

http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/browbeat/2011/09/29/hugo_chavez_caption_contest/Questlove_Mo_Meta_Blues.jpg.CROP.article250-medium.jpg

“Hey there,” she said. They were so happy to see us that I started to feel bad that I hadn’t brought more people. “No,” she said. “Don’t worry about it. Prince likes to keep things intimate. A dozen people is a big crowd to him.” That may have been true, but it was crazy for her to say, as a DJ, and just as crazy for me, as a DJ, to hear. Do you know how hard it is to entertain a crowd that small?

The rink staff was professional, if a little nonplussed. “He’s pay*ing for us to stay open,” one guy told me. “Let’s make the best of it. What’s your shoe size?”

My girlfriend and I skated for about an hour. No Prince, no noth*ing, and the longer we went, the stranger it seemed. Was he com*ing? Was he up in the rafters, laughing? It was a strange setup, to say the least. Someone was putting down cash to keep the kid behind the snack bar there, watching the pizza bake under the heat lamp. He should have been home studying for his spelling test.

Around two in the morning we were ready to go. Still no Prince, and the anthropological benefit of watching this strange half‑attended all‑skate was wearing off. Suddenly, Eddie came in.

They were clear skates that lit up, and the wheels sent a multicolored spark trail into your path.

“Hey,” he said. “I have an idea. Maybe don’t take those skates off just yet.”

And there he came, Prince, followed by a Princely entourage: his wife, Manuela; Larry Graham; some kids. I didn’t recognize the kids but they were a familiar type—show‑biz small‑fry, like I was all those years ago, when my father took me down to the green room to meet KISS.

Prince was carrying a big briefcase in his hand, and he was acting all mysterious, like it contained the glowing substance from Pulp Fic*tion or something. He made like he was going to open it, then stopped, then started again. Then he walked toward me.

“Where’s your phone?”

“What?” I said.

“Yeah, right, what?” he said. “I know you have it, Ahmir. Where is it?”

I thought maybe he wanted to make a phone call. I admit now that’s not a plausible reading of the situation, but it was all so surreal. “It’s here,” I said.

He took it from me and turned it over in his hand. “Your coat is in coat check?”

“Yeah.”

“Put this with it.”

“Why? You think I’m going to record something?”

“Check the phone.”

“What about him?” I pointed at Eddie. “You’re not going to take his phone? He’ll tell everyone.”

Eddie put up his hands. “Hey, man, I don’t know what you’re talk*ing about. My phone’s in the car.”

I put the phone in coat check. Prince was asking me. I was being asked by Prince. It was Prince who was asking me. And fine, maybe I didn’t understand any part of what was happening, but sometimes you just have to launch yourself out into the river of an evening.

When I got back, Prince had the briefcase out on the floor. He clicked the lock and opened it, and took out the strangest, most singu*lar pair of roller skates I had ever seen. They were clear skates that lit up, and the wheels sent a multicolored spark trail into your path.

He took them out and did a big lap around the rink. Man. He could skate like he could sing. I watched him go, so transfixed that I didn’t even notice Eddie Murphy appearing at my arm. “I’m going to go get your phone for you,” he said.

[Magic]

That is the shittest story I've ever read. :D

[John Arne]

He had a few good songs but he was no Bowie. He seemed like a huge wanker too.

Yeah, I read that the whole stuff about 'don't look directly at Prince' is true, and has been verified on many occasions. He also frequently described his own music as "inspirational and amazing".

Either a wanker, or a massive troll.

[wullie]

But correct all the same.

[Magic]

He was a couple of steps below Jackson I reckon, in terms of insanity. Still, when you've got a back catalogue like that who the fuck cares, I guess.

[wullie]

Both will have played up to the personas quite a lot too, that seemed more the thing in them days. You need to be a little mental though to approach genius, look at Hristo Stoichkov or Justin Lee Collins.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miZxYjqqjZM

[phonics]

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[wullie]

Fucking hell, that was allowed on a cartoon in the US?

[phonics]

I remember watching the episode. Can't say I got the joke.

[John]

The best 'Prince is a headcase' story is Kevin Smith's about being hired to do a documentary on him.

That Animaniacs joke is a cracker, but I think you need to take a few days off Twitter, Phonics.

[phonics]

Nah bro.

From the Reddits

"Weird Al Yankovic had asked permission from Prince to parody his songs on numerous occasions, and has always been refused. When the two were assigned to sit in the same row at an award's show, he got a telegram from Prince's lawyers demanding he not make eye contact (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic#Dr._Demento_and_early_fame )"

[-james-]

I was listening to 6 Music earlier and someone got in contact with a request etc., part of their accompanying tribute was "I'm far sadder about this than Bowie, to be honest".

Who the fuck says that?

[Shindig]

Lance Storm.

[Disco]

I really hope 'Nice eulogy Lance' becomes a thing.

[Lee]

Forsyth must have a little smirk to himself every time a breaking news item comes on these days.

[John]

Speaking of Bruce Forsyth, I saw an old episode of Price is Right the other day and he was skirting very close to the sexual harassment line, far closer than I ever remembered him going.

There was a female contestant in leather trousers, and basically every comment out of his mouth was somehow about how much he liked her arse, including a fucking peach about how good it was she'd just won a treadmill, because she wouldn't want to be out running in her leather trousers when he was about.

The prices were probably still the most lol thing on it though. They had a DVD player for over a grand.

[Shindig]

Keith Harris has fisted his last infant duck.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Browsing an old article?

[Disco]

I was about to post that I thought he was already dead.

[Shindig]

Bollocks. The BBC updated it today for some reason. Probably Yewtree.

[Browning]

Yea I saw that on their "most read" list but it said it was old. Wonder what's caused that.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That always happens on the BBC.

They should just get rid of their most read list.

[wullie]

Tony Hart dies every year on Facebook thanks to that BBC feature.

[John]

You deserve to get caught out if you're not in the habit of glancing at the date on an article as you scroll down.

[Magic]

Bored now, need a huge A lister to die pretty soonish.

[Disco]

Make it happen, realise your dream.

[Kikó]

Tony Hart dead.

[Magic]

Make it happen, realise your dream.

Are you saying I should take my own life? I am a TTH A lister.

[Disco]

That wasn't what I meant but you could go off your new roof, get some use out of it.

[Gray Fox]

Bob Hoskins gone.

[Spikey M]

I think this thread is for recent deaths chap.

If not - Michael Jackson has gone, lads.:worried:

[Magic]

Whoosh.

[leedsrevolution]

I'm confused. Didn't Hoskins die a while back?

[Gray Fox]

Keeping up with BBC most read showing people who died years ago thing.

Surprised to see it's been 2 since Hoskins. Really doesn't feel that long.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://www.itv.com/news/2016-05-01/bob-hoskins-dies-again-in-twitter-mix-up/

Heh.

[Disco]

Whoever wrote that first sentence needs to be shot, although they're already working or ITV so that's probably punishment enough.

[John]

It shows Twitter 'tributes' up for what most of them are though. Lies. If you care about someone enough to be 'deeply saddened' that they've died you should definitely care enough to notice that they've died.

[Trancemeister]

Not confirmed dead but Sinead O'Connor is gone missing since yesterday.

[Magic]

Beat me to it. RIP

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Doesn't she go missing and then post some proper batshit stuff on Facebook every few months?

[Magic]

No, didn't she want to fuck her son or something?

[Giggles]

Doesn't she go missing and then post some proper batshit stuff on Facebook every few months?

She's done it a few times yeah. Stupid fuckwit needs locked up or encouraged to just fucking do it.

[Shindig]

That's not nice. She has four kids. And Arsenio Hall probably did sell those drugs to Prince.

[Boydy]

Weren't her kids taken off her?

[Giggles]

And she's shown up.

Til next time...

[Byron]

Muhammad Ali has died, 74.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16011175

[Jimmy Floyd]

He did pretty well to make it as far as this.

[Kikó]

He deserves his own thread.

[GS]

He does.

I'm gutted.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkFTcP7WEAA3QwI.jpg

[Boydy]

You'd have been well up for the Vietnam war at the time.

[Pepe]

And for slavery.

[Pepe]

Would be Heiling the hell out of Hitler too.

[Magic]

What an ignoramus. They are yellow.

[GS]

You'd have been well up for the Vietnam war at the time.

Perhaps, but not with drafting people to fight it.

[Lewis]

Sitting that war out was the best thing he ever did, since it seems to have stopped people remembering what a gobshite he was.

[Henry]

He was flawed, not a gobshite. Also a legend.

[Lee]

Joe Frazier thought he was a bit of a gobshite.

[Lewis]

The best you could really say is that he was too thick to understand half of what he was spouting about race and religion. Which is sort of ironic really, seeing as he could have been drafted much earlier (and without the fuss) had he not been deemed too dense to serve.

[Shindig]

That's the thing about inspirational speakers. They don't have to believe a word they say. They just have to convince an audience. In other news, just watched the Thrilla in Manilla again. One more round and they both would've died. Brutal and maybe the best boxing contest we'll ever have on record.

[Gray Fox]

Kimbo Slice is dead.

[Magic]

Original worldstar. :(

[Disco]

I remember him from those street fighting videos where he popped some poor buggers eye.

[Kikó]

First Ali then Slice. It's a sad time for world boxing.

[Trancemeister]

NHL legend Gordie Howe has died 88 years old.

[Shindig]

Alf's not coming back in pog form. The midget who played him is now dead. I thought he was a Henson puppet.

[Gray Fox]

Anton Yelchin, from the Star Trek reboot is dead at 27. Ran over by his own car on his driveway.

http://news.sky.com/story/1714356/star-trek-actor-anton-yelchin-dies-aged-27

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What a shitty way to go.

[Magic]

Who?

[John]

Hopefully it ran over his head or something. The idea of being pinned against the wall and slowly suffocating on the fumes is horrid.

[Raoul Duke]

Sounds like he came home shitfaced, fell out the car and it ran him over. That'd be my guess.

[mugbull]

i hope the Albanians know that 1-0 probably won't do it for them. Why they're doing the corner timewasting thing, i don't know.

[Bam]

You what Mok? :|

[Lofty]

Who?

Ensign Chekov in the new Star Trek films, he played it pretty well and had a promising career by all accounts.

[Boydy]

Caroline Aherne. Only 52. Cancer. Grim.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36694598

[Mellberg]

Didn't know she was ill. Tragic.

[Baz]

She was only on about it the other day: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28032961

Scorchio, indeed. And mugs like you still smoke, Boyd.

[Shindig]

Found out today my folk's cat has cancer. Explains a lot. Cancer is shit and we're all getting it.

[Lee]

She was only on about it the other day: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28032961

Scorchio, indeed. And mugs like you still smoke, Boyd.

The other day? That's two years old.

[Lewis]

Found out today my folk's cat has cancer. Explains a lot. Cancer is shit and we're all getting it.

Like Mrs Purr-ton.

No?

[Shindig]

I just would like a pet to die of natural causes for once.

[Lee]

Cancer's pretty natural. Things don't just die of being old; they get something and it does for them.

[Dquincy]

Found out today my folk's cat has cancer. Explains a lot. Cancer is shit and we're all getting it.
You alright? x

[Shindig]

Yeah, it's just two cats running that have hit old age and their weight has just shrank. There is nothing good about picking up a previously awesome cat for a huge to get hug full of bones.

[Dquincy]

True. My family cat had to be put down due to old age and some medical thing. Was a bag of bones at the end. Think he lasted till 19 years old tho.

How old is your mog?

[Shindig]

We think it's 14-ish. We picked it up as a stray (or rather some neighbour sent it our way as 'the people who have a cat') so that's just a rough guess. The most muscular cat we ever had. Now it's all gone a bit Lex Luger.

[Baz]

The other day? That's two years old.Oh yeah. :lol:

[Disco]

Mitch Fenner, who's name you probably won't recognise but who's voice you probably will (perverts).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gymnastics/36704311

[SvN]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36922414

Mrs Mangel from Neighbours.

[Spammer]

Showing your age there. I watched neighbours but she left the year after I was born.

[SvN]

I can't believe she was only in it for 2 years. From my perspective she's one of the most memorable characters from the show.

[Giggles]

I can't believe she was only in it for 2 years. From my perspective she's one of the most memorable characters from the show.

2 years? Fuck, I'd have said 10 at least.

[SvN]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgTpdIhM1sA

I'm not going to lie, I teared up a bit

[Disco]

Mrs Mangel and Postman Pat, rough week.

[Shindig]

Nothing ever happens in Australian soaps, does it?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's more lolling at Toadie for doing something foolish.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Kenny Baker :(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37072736

'Long illness' strikes.

[Kikó]

To a galaxy far far away.

[Giggles]

For a moment I thought it was that arsehole Danny.

[Shindig]

You're not the only one.

[Kikó]

Dalian Atkinson is apparently dead after being tasered by the police. @Mellin

http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/emergency-services/2016/08/15/man-dies-after-being-tasered-by-police-in-telford/

http://metro.co.uk/2016/08/15/former-aston-villa-footballer-dalian-atkinson-dies-after-being-hit-with-police-taser-6068402/

[Mellberg]

:(

Scored the first goal I witnessed at Villa Park in 1994. Brilliant player (on his day) in a great side. RIP big man.

[Baz]

As if he scored anything other than this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E9FDiUTp30

:rolleyes:

[Lewis]

Proper live-wire, wasn't he? Just as capable as having a shocker as making the most of his electric pace.

[Trancemeister]

Atkinson was one of the first players I recognized growing up watching Premier League football.

[Yevrah]

I don't know why our police carry tasers. What's wrong with a quick twat to the arm or leg with a truncheon/baton?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Human rights people get very upset.

[Lewis]

I thought it was because coppers don't fancy it anymore.

[GS]

You couldn't do it over here, you'd have people marching with placards saying "PSNI = RUC". As if the IRA didn't deserve to be shot before they killed people.

[Spikey M]

Last time the British Police killed a black person we had riots. Fuck all this time. #BlackLivesMatter is slacking. They'll probably lay a few people in front of the entrance to the 24 hour Tesco or something.

[Mellberg]

Proper live-wire, wasn't he? Just as capable as having a shocker as making the most of his electric pace.

He was up and down, struggled to make an impact sometimes in the less important games. More likely to batter United than, say, QPR.

I hope this doesn't turn into a media shit storm tomorrow. It has the ingredients for it.

[SvN]

That's such a lovely post from Mellin.

[five time]

Quite a good whooshing there.

[Mellberg]

And I don't remember him scoring tap ins. I'm sure he did, but he has a serious back catalogue of brilliant goals. This (his second) is a class one I remember, although funnily enough he's outdone by both Ferdinand and Staunton. Game of absolute belters.

[Mellberg]

I've had a mare there.

[Kikó]

A complete shocker.

[Shindig]

I don't know why our police carry tasers. What's wrong with a quick twat to the arm or leg with a truncheon/baton?

The first eyewitness reckons they kicked his kidneys in.

[Spikey M]

Rong fred

[Giggles]

Gene Wilder.

[Magic]

Omg. :(

[Jimmy Floyd]

For some reason I thought he'd been dead for 30+ years. Had he not done anything since then?

[Giggles]

The biggest surprise from it for me is that the Mrs thought I said Gene Hackman, and after initially saying "he's hardly 83" I looked it up and seen he's 86 :|

[Magic]

Yeah he looked well for his age. Genes are awesome LOLpun.

[John]

The biggest surprise from it for me is that the Mrs thought I said Gene Hackman, and after initially saying "he's hardly 83" I looked it up and seen he's 86 :|

What made you you think Gene Hackman was considerably younger? The French Connection was forty five years ago and he was heavily balding at that point, and he hasn't been in anything for about twenty years.

[Giggles]

What made you you think Gene Hackman was considerably younger? The French Connection was forty five years ago and he was heavily balding at that point, and he hasn't been in anything for about twenty years.

Time flying, not following his career very closely, etc.

Never heard of the French Connection but I didn't think he was tipping 70 in Enemy of the State.

[Shindig]

For some reason I thought he'd been dead for 30+ years. Had he not done anything since then?

Alzheimers.

[John Arne]

Anthony Foley, Munster head coach, only 42.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/oct/16/anthony-foley-munster-ireland-rugby-union

[niko_cee]

Tyson Gay's 15 year old daughter has been shot dead in 'murica.

[John]

Kentucky, so odds on her surname had something to do with it.

[Shindig]

Please don't let it be a white cop.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37755445

You spin me right round in a grave (Christ that's shit).

[Kikó]

Are we sure if he's dead or alive?

[leedsrevolution]

Like anyone really cares if he's dead.

[Magic]

Bet he could prolapse on demand.

[John]

Politician George Galloway, who was on Celebrity Big Brother with Burns, tweeted: "Sad to hear of the demise of Pete Burns. He was a cross between Oscar Wilde and Dorothy Parker. You don't get more brilliant than that. RIP".

Fuck off, George.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Maybe he means physically.

[Max Power]

Carlos Alberto. World Cup winning captain and scorer of maybe the greatest goal ever.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5HbmeNKino

[Magic]

:(

[Shindig]

Somehow, we still have Pele and Maradona.

[Mellberg]

They'll both be gone soon soon. Pele to go from a viagra overdose and Maradona to mirror Tony Montana.

[Spoonsky]

Brazil had some proper legends back in the day. Socrates, what a man he was. Now there's Neymar and David Luiz, the complete antithesis (though David Luiz is a legend in his own way).

[Jimmy Floyd]

That goal is so fucking good. Nobody's thought about any of the passes or movements, they've just done them, head down, like it's instinct. Pele's touch is my favourite because at no stage does he look around for an option, he just knows where it's coming, and how to feed it.

[Lewis]

Remember when some silly idiots thought that Spain were the greatest national team because Barca Mate?

[Jimmy Floyd]

France 98-00 would have shat on that Spain, let alone Brazil 70 or the mid 70s Germans.

[Lewis]

Well, direct comparisons are pointless; but the point is that Brazil molested that World Cup without breaking sweat (except for that game where West Ham kept them quiet), which nobody else has done. Kind of like how Diego Maradona gets to be up there for bumming 1986 on his own.

[Spoonsky]

Leonard Cohen.

For fuck's sake...

[-james-]

I listened to his latest album the other day and I had a feeling this was coming.

One of the greats.

Fuck.

[-james-]

Can't fault the bloke. 10/10 existence.

[elth]

Damn. First one this year I actually will miss.

[Raoul Duke]

Very sad, if not totally unexpected. This year is just utter bollocks :moop:

[Giggles]

I was trying to think if I knew one song of his until someone in work said he did that Hallelujah one.

[Alex]

That's a loss. I saw him live three or four years ago and I remember being a bit worried at the time that he might not translate too well in an arena environment, but he absolutely bossed it and was clearly having the time of his life. Remarkably sprightly for an older guy as well.

I guess age catches up with us all eventually though, and 82 isn't a bad run at all. He was very productive in his last years too. I've had the new album sitting on the side since it came out, I just haven't got around to listening to it. I think it will probably just make me sad now though. :(

[John]

Daniel Prodan has died of a heart attack, apparently. Forty four years old.

[Max Power]

Fidel Castro. They finally got him.

[Henry]

Well, there goes the last giant of 20th century history. Is there anyone if similar stature around today? A complex figure who deserves serious analysis. There was much to detest but he was neither Stalin or Mao.

[Shindig]

Trump on TV in five to say what a great, best day this is.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Well, there goes the last giant of 20th century history. Is there anyone if similar stature around today? A complex figure who deserves serious analysis. There was much to detest but he was neither Stalin or Mao.

Such 'giants' are made via mass killings of one sort or another, so let's hope not.

[Henry]

No they aren't. You'd have to put Churchill, Roosevelt and various others, probably even Thatcher in the same bracket. It's a measure of their effect on history, not a judgement for good or ill.

[Jimmy Floyd]

They all became titanic figures because of their association with extreme hardship or violence, whether they were the perpetrators or a central figure in repelling said. Mandela is another one.

Not sure Thatcher is as big as the others.

[Spikey M]

The people of Cuba genuinely seemed to love him when I was there. Of course, he controlled the education system so that is to be expected. Still, I tend to come down on Henrys side on this one. He was a bit of a cunt, but less of a cunt than others whilst achieving a hell of a lot.

[Shindig]

Installed some quality healthcare and education there, although a lot of bodies fell in his wake. He's transformed Cuba and generations have and will continue to feel it.

[Lewis]

Well, there goes the last giant of 20th century history. Is there anyone if similar stature around today? A complex figure who deserves serious analysis. There was much to detest but he was neither Stalin or Mao.

Mikhail Gorbachev is still going, and I think George H. W. Bush is bigger than people probably realise. Henry Kissinger too, if only thanks to his massively over-inflated reputation.

[Lewis]

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True, mate. Very true.

[Magic]

:cool:

Such a troll.

[Yevrah]

I wonder if he'll still be tweeting when he's actually in the Whitehouse.

[Disco]

Half of Miami must be pissed out of their minds by now.

[Lewis]

Twitter is showing itself right up over it. You've got right-wingers saying nothing excuses his dictatoring, and pinkos excusing it because healthcare mate. Right. Where do you stand on the British Empire?

[phonics]

The difference in the obits between Castro and Pinochet are really quite odd.

P.S. This got a little lol

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[GS]

Castro was a bastard and should be remembered as such.

Here's Jezza excusing his "excesses" because, you know, healthcare mate:

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[ItalAussie]

Ron Glass :(

http://capnaux.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/151929.jpg

[Magic]

The Shepherd. :(

[Giggles]

A Brazilian soccer team.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/29/plane-carrying-brazilian-footballers-team-chapecoense-crashes-en-route-to-medellin

[Magic]

You blind cunt.

[Giggles]

You blind cunt.

My post was for people that don't want a live feed or photos of their dismembered bodies.

Or at near enough the same time as yours. Pick whichever you like you mannerless ape.

[Shindig]

No deaths confirmed, either. Presumptuous.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38162497/inventor-of-the-big-mac-dies-aged-98

The legend that created the Big Mac :(

A true world hero.

[Adamski]

How is "I'm a great big fat greedy bastard so let's double everything" a formula?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

And yet it works almost every time.

[Magic]

Taken out of context, and in today's world, he's a fucking joker. But back in the 50's? Absolute pioneer.

[Lewis]

I don't think I've ever had a Big Mac. McNuggets 4 life.

[Magic]

A b double c is where it's at.

[Adamski]

McDonald's is utter horseshit barring nuggets and mcmuffins.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

I've actually always enjoyed a McDonald's, could usually do with 2 burgers though. Milkshakes are excellent too.

[Boydy]

McDonald's is utter horseshit barring nuggets and mcmuffins.

At first I thought, 'oh, he's just being a bit snobby about food, fair enough' but then you said 'barring nuggets'. What the fuck? Nuggets are shite.

Adults eating chicken nuggets are up there with adults who still love Disney. They need to go and have a long hard look at themselves.

[Dark Soldier]

McDonald's is utter horseshit barring nuggets and mcmuffins.

Large Chicken Selects are sound too, basically chicken strips. Those, large fries, coke. Burgers are fucking Rustler level.

[Giggles]

Selects are the best thing they do. BBQ dip alongside of course.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I love a McDonald's, although Burger King shits on them.

Oh and you're a shambles, Boydy. Prick.

[Dark Soldier]

Yup, BBQ is the daddy.

[Boydy]

Yeah, I bet you love Disney and all. You were the fucking archetype for that person the last time I mentioned it on here.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yeah, I bet you love Disney and all. You were the fucking archetype for that person the last time I mentioned it on here.

Disney films are fucking brilliant you joyless cunt.

[Kikó]

McDonald's is really shit. Ive had it sober a couple of times recently and it's not worth the calories.

It was brilliant smashed though.

[Boydy]

Disney films are fucking brilliant you joyless cunt.

I have plenty of joy. You just need to grow up.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I have plenty of joy. You just need to grow up.

What was the last Disney film that you watched? When did you do so? Did you like it?

You'd fucking love Inside Out, Up or Wall-E.

[leedsrevolution]

Inside out. Fucking class film don't care who you are.

[Pepe]

+1 on Disney films being shit (unless you're under 12.)

+1 on McDonalds being shit, including nuggets, vile stuff.

And before they're mentioned, the 'gourmet' fast food alternatives like Five Guys and ermm Carls Jr or something are also shit.

[John]

McDonald's is turd, but there's one open until midnight literally two minutes from my house so I have one about once a fortnight. Their limited edition things can occasionally be quite good, but the standard selection is only to be eaten drunk.

Boydy's gone off well into the long grass here. Disney films can still be shit hot and there's nothing wrong with chicken nuggets. You're right about Mahow though, the note of genuine disappointment in his posts when it looked like Anna Kendrick had been doing gear during that 'Fappening' business was quite tragic.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I had erased that from my memory :\

Also you're right about the special edition stuff.

They've done a few burgers in the past with a smoky pepper mayo or something which was fucking stunning.

[Adamski]

At first I thought, 'oh, he's just being a bit snobby about food, fair enough' but then you said 'barring nuggets'. What the fuck? Nuggets are shite.

Adults eating chicken nuggets are up there with adults who still love Disney. They need to go and have a long hard look at themselves.

Haha. I wouldn't actively go and get nuggets from McDonald's but if I was ever there, I quite like them. I find the burgers terrible though, piss thin grey meat, soggy bread, vinegary mustard and ketchup that tastes like it's had a one night stand with a tomato. Brutal. Same with BK really, much prefer proper burgers from restaurants.

[Spikey M]

At first I thought, 'oh, he's just being a bit snobby about food, fair enough' but then you said 'barring nuggets'. What the fuck? Nuggets are shite.

Adults eating chicken nuggets are up there with adults who still love Disney. They need to go and have a long hard look at themselves.

I used to work with a woman (mid twenties) who wore Disney clothes every day. She had a Disney bedroom in her flat (where she lives with her definitely gay husband), had a Disney wedding and went to Florida on Honeymoon for obvious reasons (they go every year). Everything she has, does and is revolves around Disney. Hated the cunt.

She is just under Bruhnaldo on the Worlds Worst People list.

[Browning]

Andrew Sachs. :(

[SvN]

Ah that's crap

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Brand and Ross will be pitching up to his grave in a week or two.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6EaoPMANQM

He was so fucking good in the role.

[SvN]

Fawlty Towers really is timeless. The Office was great, but I reckon it's already starting to show its age.

[7om]

Yeah, just saw this and it's gutting. Prunella Scales can't be far off either. Hasn't she been living with dementia for years?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yeah, just saw this and it's gutting. Prunella Scales can't be far off either. Hasn't she been living with dementia for years?

Yep.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3209629/Prunella-Scales-s-dementia-bad-forgot-d-just-seen.html

Sounds fucking horrible.

The thought of getting dementia later in life is fucking terrifying.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38225796

Maester Aemon :(

[Giggles]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38225796

Maester Aemon :(

Aemon my hole. Grout.

[Shindig]

John Glenn, a man who has been to space and Greg Lake, a man who took enough drugs to think he was in space.

[phonics]

Bloody hell, AA Gill has popped it. I don't think I've ever read a thing he's written but The Sunday Times being a fixture in the house since time immemorial means that ones hit me quite hard.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I knew he had cancer, didn't know it was that far along though.

[Disco]

I only really read this (I'm neither Irish nor involved in organised crime so I don't care about horse racing) to see if the beeb editors would let it through with 'short illness'.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38296397

[niko_cee]

Ian McCaskill has kicked it as well it seems (as the beeb tells me as I read about AA Gill).

[Lewis]

I always thought A. A. Gill was a bit boring, but Journalist Twitter informed me over the weekend that he was the consensus pick for best writer of all time.

[niko_cee]

I have a book of his (A A Gill is away) which I (think I) enjoyed back when I was a (more pretentious) youth.

I think he tipped into over-snarkiness around the time he did that thing about Shakespeare being the greatest Briton. Maybe it was that he seemed more of a prick when he spoke than when he wrote. He appeared to exist in a state of permanent wincing, pained by the gaucheness (terrible word) of it all, as if everything was beneath him.

[Raoul Duke]

2016 is still trying it on:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38423963

Carrie Fisher, heart attack on US -> UK flight

Not dead, but that can't be good if you're stuck on a plane for 8 hours or so.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fucking hell.

[Magic]

She'll have to be carried off the flight.

[Shindig]

As long as they find somewhere to lay her.

[Dquincy]

Twitter is full of nutters getting aggressive against "2016" if it takes Carrie Fisher.

[Dquincy]

A few twitter quotes:

I can say with absolute certainty that, if Carrie Fisher is taken from us, I will honestly be destroyed. She was my entire upbringing...

Hey 2016, don't you dare try & take Carrie Fisher from us!

No 2016, please don't take Carrie Fisher, haven't you done enough already?

CARRIE FISHER CAN NOT DIE !! NO 2016 BACK OFF. MAY THE FORCE BE WITH CARRIE FISHER

Carrie fisher? No 2016 you utter bastard. No.

who the fuck is Carrie Fisher?

[Kikó]

She created fisher price.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

People don't remember how fucking whiny she was, especially in episode 4.

[Shindig]

She's basically Linda Blair, except Star Wars instead of Excorcist.

[Disco]

I guess all that coke she took didn't do her much good.

[Pleb]

Is it too soon for a witty "Star Wars" joke?