Rip Thread

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by Rushjob, Mar 14, 2012.

  1. RIP and thanks for the memories.
     
  2. R.I.P. June :(
     
  3. had a long career - well thought of too -:(

     
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  4. Great loss real funny guy.
     
  5. Genuinely funny guy. RIP :(
     
  6. A really funny guy, but also one who wasn't afraid to speak out - anyone ever seen him talk on Blair & the Iraq disaster? RIP.
     
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  7. Believe it or not, until I saw people on the news talking about him I had never heard of him, I am a little wiser now.
     
  8. The fine british old school actor has passed away at the age of 82
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  9. Just seen this on the news. I thought he’d be older.

    Very sad :(
     
  10. Very sad, he was great in Saturday night and Sunday morning. Something of a working class northern hero.
     
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  11. Great actor.
    Turned down a knighthood

    "Maybe people in America think being a 'Sir' is a big deal," he said. "But I think we should all be misters together. I think the 'Sir' thing slightly perpetuates one of our diseases in England, which is snobbery. And it also helps keep us 'quaint,' which I'm not a great fan of."
     
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  12. I suppose some younger people would know him more through the bourne movies and Skyfall as Kincade
     
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  13. Shame. Great actor.
     
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  14. RIP, Mr Finney.

    Favourite AF film - Looker.

    Yeah. I said it.
     
  15. Peter Hook dedicated a song to him last night. Which was nice.
     
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  16. Brilliant as Hercule Poirot :) :upyeah:

     
  17. Fancy a picnic with Uncle Silas?

     
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