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Thread: 2016 Ship of Fools Celebrity Death Pool
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Sipech
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Originally posted by Piglet:
I should imagine that Heaven probably has both cricket and CAKE. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
That gives me an idea. Perhaps heaven, being eternal and all that, is batting forever on the most beautiful wicket that plays true all the time.
If so, then hell would be bowling and fielding in the game without the prospect of ever getting a wicket.
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Sandemaniac
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If heaven does not have cricket and cake, I'm not interested. Though Sipech does have a point...
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Welease Woderwick
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It has got to play spin!
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Sioni Sais
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Maybe a "real" wicket is needed. It would need some pace to encourage bowlers and batsmen and ought to start off favouring fast bowlers, then batsmen, then towards the end favour spinners. That way the advantage of batting first is minimised.
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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Author John Bradshaw has died.
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Hedgehog
Ship's Shortstop
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Mark Lane has died of a heart attack. Or, at least, so "they" claim. There is still an open question how many people were involved in this so-called "heart attack."
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Pigwidgeon
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The stop watch has stopped ticking for Morley Safer.
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The Rogue
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Possible points for Cod and An die Freude. I'm not certain of his date of birth, though, so part of me hopes he is not dead.
[ 22. May 2016, 08:08: Message edited by: The Rogue ]
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If everyone starts thinking outside the box does outside the box come back inside?
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Sioni Sais
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More evidence for the death of Mullah Mansour.
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(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Sipech
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The press association are reporting that Burt Kwouk (The Pink Panther films, Last of the Summer Wine) has died, aged 85.
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Piglet
Islander
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Not now, Kato! ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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lilBuddha
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Alan Young has died. I just hope that he didn't end up in the same place as his most famous costar.
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Sipech
Shipmate
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Biblical scholar, Kenneth Bailey has died. His work, Informal Controlled Oral Tradition and the Synoptic Gospels is possibly one of the most important papers on oral tradition written in the 20th century. His book Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes was superb, eye-opening and helped me read the gospels afresh and with greater insight than I had previously.
He will be missed.
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
Father Daniel Berrigan has died at 94.
Thank you for picking this up - I missed it entirely until this week's The Economist What an inspiration of what Christianity should be. He was certainly a role model for a much younger me and for many.
[ 25. May 2016, 20:38: Message edited by: Uncle Pete ]
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lilBuddha
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Jane Fawcett, Bletchley Park decoder who helped sink the Bismark, passes beyond the need for any language.
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Hallellou, hallellou
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
Jane Fawcett, Bletchley Park decoder who helped sink the Bismark, passes beyond the need for any language.
And I doubt we know how much she did at Bletchley. Everyone who worked there was amazing and fantastic.
I meed to say it - All the Bletchley workers deserve our total respect. For what they did then, and for how they kept it quiet for so long.
They rock like nobody else.
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The Rogue
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Carla Lane, writer of some classics, has died.
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If everyone starts thinking outside the box does outside the box come back inside?
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
# 64
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quote:
Originally posted by The Rogue:
Carla Lane, writer of some classics, has died.
Some superb series. Brilliant writer.
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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The much made-up and hair-sprayed Jan Crouch of Trinity Broadcasting Network has died.
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"...that is generally a matter for Pigwidgeon, several other consenting adults, a bottle of cheap Gin and the odd giraffe."
~Tortuf
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Hedgehog
Ship's Shortstop
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I think it is worth noting the passing of a true architectural historian, John Margolies, who has preserved images of vanishing whimsy.
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lilBuddha
Shipmate
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Originally posted by Hedgehog:
I think it is worth noting the passing of a true architectural historian, John Margolies, who has preserved images of vanishing whimsy.
A German friend was puzzled by the phenomenon of American roadside attractions. I opined they exist because America doesn't have castles.
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St. Gwladys
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Friends of mine saw Dave Swarbrick play - he could smoke and play at the same time. The cigarette went in on the upstroke of the bow and out on the downstroke
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
A German friend was puzzled by the phenomenon of American roadside attractions. I opined they exist because America doesn't have castles.
I thought Australia had the biggest and the best.
![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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[TANGENT]
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
America doesn't have castles.
Well, there's this.
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lilBuddha
Shipmate
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Mohammad Ali now floats lighter than a butterfly and needs no more sting.
ETA: Apologies for no link. Online hasn't caught up yet.
[ 04. June 2016, 04:25: Message edited by: lilBuddha ]
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guinness girl
Ship's Barmaid
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BBC News confirms Muhammed Ali's death ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
# 64
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Sad - he was a great public representative of Islam, without trying.
I know he suffered after his boxing career, and I think this has also helped that sport (which I still thing is legalised brutality).
Sad loss.
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lilBuddha
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Ali was more that just a boxer, even when confining one's view to the boxing world. But he transcended boxing and this is what makes him a legend. He is a civil rights icon who inspires across the globe, one who inspired other civil rights icons. He inspires by his dealing with adversity; political, social and physical. He inspires by sheer force of personality.
I am conflicted regarding fighting sport, but Muhammad Ali was more than a boxer, more than a celebrity. My world has always included The Greatest, and always will.
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Bobby Curtola
Canadians of the 60s and 70s will remember.
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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Peter Shaffer, playwright of “Equus,” “Amadeus,” and other plays, has died at 90.
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"...that is generally a matter for Pigwidgeon, several other consenting adults, a bottle of cheap Gin and the odd giraffe."
~Tortuf
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Gill H
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Memories of studying 'Royal Hunt of the Sun' at school. I did get to see it at the National Theatre years later.
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*sigh* We can’t all be Alan Cresswell.
- Lyda Rose
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Baptist Trainfan
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Never seen "Royal Hunt" but, yes, we did it at school too.
We did however see a terrific performance of "Amadeus" at the Richmond (London) Theatre about 15 years ago, with David Suchet as Salieri (a tour-de-force) and Michael Sheen as Mozart. One of the best theatrical experiences I've ever had.
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Stetson
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Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
Bobby Curtola
Canadians of the 60s and 70s will remember.
And the '80s. I saw him doing some sort of emcee-ing gig at an Edmonton bowling alley around 1980 or so. He also did a few ads for a local grocery chain a few years later.
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Hedgehog
Ship's Shortstop
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Judy Jetson has fallen silent.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Along the same lines-- I know she was probably not on anyone's list, but can we spare a moment for the late great Millie Helper?
A sweet, daffy woman who played second fiddle like a viruoso. They broke the mokd when they made her. ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Mudfrog
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
Never seen "Royal Hunt" but, yes, we did it at school too.
We did however see a terrific performance of "Amadeus" at the Richmond (London) Theatre about 15 years ago, with David Suchet as Salieri (a tour-de-force) and Michael Sheen as Mozart. One of the best theatrical experiences I've ever had.
We actually DID The Royal Hunt of the Sun. I played an Inca
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
# 1984
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Anton Yelchin, he was only 27
[ 19. June 2016, 18:31: Message edited by: Doublethink. ]
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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He was way too young. ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Pierre Lalonde est mort / Peter Martin is dead
For crooning in the 60s-90s Pierre Lalonde is dead.
He was known to the Americans as Peter Martin and had an American show which competed with his Montreal show in Canada in the 60s and 70s
For those of a certain age only.
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
'Future Shock' Author Alvin Toffler dies at 87.
He wrote a prophetic book that proved to be absolutely right. Albeit not in the timeline that he had predicted, but the general direction he got right.
And, of course, nobody listened to him. Not in terms of the warnings, at least.
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Sipech
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Caroline Aherne has left us far too early. A mere 52.
Thank you for making us laugh, smile and treasure our ridiculous families.
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Pomona
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Sad to have predicted this - she's been ill for a long time. 52 is no age at all, and she was so talented.
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Sipech
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# 16870
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Now Elie Wiesel, one of the most important voices from the Holocaust, has died, aged 87.
I regard his Night as one of the most necessary of all books to read to get a grip on the 20th century.
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Schroedinger's cat
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Very sad. So talented. She was younger than me (just).
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lilBuddha
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Michael Cimino, director of The Deer Hunter, passes through heaven's gate.
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Hallellou, hallellou
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