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Title: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: AndrewT on March 19, 2015, 01:44:33 PM Shaw Taylor died on Monday
(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03236/Shaw1_3236774b.jpg) http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/mar/18/shaw-taylor When I saw the link on the Guardian website I thought it was an old one that had been bumped up, because I was sure he dies ages ago but, not he hadn't. But he has now. In an odd piece of time shenanigans his obituary in the Guardian was written by a guy who died two weeks before he did. Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: George2Loose on March 19, 2015, 03:30:39 PM Ronnie Barker- I still have no idea
Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: EvilPie on March 19, 2015, 04:16:23 PM Richard Pryor?
Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: MANTIS01 on March 19, 2015, 05:40:14 PM I thought Dame Edna Everidge was well dead!! But saw her/him baking cakes on the telly the other day! Looked exact same as when I was 7yrs old.
Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: kinboshi on March 19, 2015, 07:27:36 PM Stirling Moss
(still alive) Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: david3103 on March 19, 2015, 08:28:12 PM The Pub Landlord.
Time he was killed off. Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: redsimon on May 02, 2015, 03:51:57 PM Ruth Rendall
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32564813 Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: celtic on May 02, 2015, 04:03:48 PM I thought David gower was dead.
Turns out he isn't. Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: tikay on May 02, 2015, 04:05:48 PM I thought David gower was dead. Turns out he isn't. Surely you watch every Test match on Sky Sports? Tell me you do. Tell me. Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: celtic on May 02, 2015, 04:16:28 PM I thought David gower was dead. Turns out he isn't. Surely you watch every Test match on Sky Sports? Tell me you do. Tell me. Accidentally clicked on while looking for aerobics oz style. And there he was! Was he ill? I could google but that's cheating. Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: tikay on May 02, 2015, 04:36:16 PM I thought David gower was dead. Turns out he isn't. Surely you watch every Test match on Sky Sports? Tell me you do. Tell me. Accidentally clicked on while looking for aerobics oz style. And there he was! Was he ill? I could google but that's cheating. Fit as a fiddle, and never been ill as far as I am aware. You confusing him with someone from a lesser sport? Football, maybe? Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: celtic on May 02, 2015, 04:58:36 PM I thought David gower was dead. Turns out he isn't. Surely you watch every Test match on Sky Sports? Tell me you do. Tell me. Accidentally clicked on while looking for aerobics oz style. And there he was! Was he ill? I could google but that's cheating. Fit as a fiddle, and never been ill as far as I am aware. You confusing him with someone from a lesser sport? Football, maybe? :) I really have no idea then why I thought that. Glad he's ok. Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: The Camel on May 02, 2015, 11:13:30 PM Denis Healey is still alive.
Thought he'd died 15+ years ago. Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: david3103 on July 02, 2015, 08:04:18 PM Val Doonican.
As a child I knew all the lyrics of Delaney's Donkey and O'Rafferty's Motor Car. Prime time TV star was Mr Doonican (http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/12/19/1387454130833/Val-Doonican-014.jpg) Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: The_nun on July 02, 2015, 08:38:13 PM Always thought he was a dead ringer for our Tikay
Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: Redsgirl on July 03, 2015, 01:07:08 AM Val Doonican. As a child I knew all the lyrics of Delaney's Donkey and O'Rafferty's Motor Car. Prime time TV star was Mr Doonican (http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/12/19/1387454130833/Val-Doonican-014.jpg) 'They pushed it, shoved it, oiled and embrocated it' I think that's how one of those songs go, not sure if it's the car or the donkey though. :-) My granny used to sing them to us when we were little, but I've never realised they were 'real' songs that you could buy until just now. I knew she didn't make them up of course but she had a whole repertoire of funny folk songs and poems that I only ever heard from her. Thanks for the little blast from the past David. Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: MintTrav on July 04, 2015, 02:34:59 PM If I had paid more attention to Val Doonican when I was growing up, I wouldn't have stood there open-mouthed when I entered a quiz in Ireland and was asked "Whose donkey won the half-mile race?"
Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: redsimon on July 10, 2015, 08:15:08 PM (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xVnU2Dsb8YA/Tq2a3Wq06zI/AAAAAAAAWtg/NERs3TDw2m4/s1600/Omar_Sharif_004.jpg)
Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: celtic on July 10, 2015, 08:29:34 PM Just came to look for this thread.
Definitely died a few years ago. Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: The_nun on July 10, 2015, 08:50:58 PM Den Watts.
Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: The Camel on October 09, 2015, 08:12:39 PM Gordon Honeycomb.
Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: AndrewT on October 09, 2015, 08:26:46 PM Denis Healey was another one for me.
Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: The Camel on October 09, 2015, 09:29:23 PM Denis Healey was another one for me. Heard Denis on the radio a couple of months before he died. Was still right on the ball mentally. Nicholas Parsons is going strong on Just A Minute at 91. Pretty remarkable. Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: The Camel on October 10, 2015, 02:14:58 AM Hugh Scully died today.
And he was only 72! I thought he was in his 70s when he presented Antiques Roadshow in the 80s and 90s! Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: kukushkin88 on October 10, 2015, 03:46:50 AM Denis Healey was another one for me. An all time great. Basic fairness was close... but we didn't get there. Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: AndrewT on October 10, 2015, 01:09:41 PM Now Geoffrey Howe has gone at 88 - someone with a long career that will be primarily remembered for his resignation speech.
Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: maccol on March 17, 2016, 06:48:12 PM Cliff Michelmore definitely fits this category. Thought he had shuffled off years ago.
Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: MereNovice on March 17, 2016, 09:17:14 PM Frank Sinatra.
Oh, it's his son apparently. Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: booder on October 17, 2016, 02:18:41 PM .
Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: AndrewT on October 23, 2016, 07:05:01 PM 'Jimmy Perry, creator of one of TV's most popular comedy series, Dad's Army, has died aged 93.
Working with producer David Croft, he was also responsible for It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Hi-de-Hi and You Rang M'Lord?' http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37743674 Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: 4KSuited on December 19, 2016, 12:17:13 AM Zsa Zsa Gabor
She must have had an amazing will to live, finally checking out at 99 years of age. She collected ex-husbands much the same way as rich middle aged men collect fast cars, not putting many miles on the clock. Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: redsimon on December 27, 2016, 10:41:38 AM Liz Smith, always thought they killed "nana" off in Royle Family because she had died?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38440648 Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: doubleup on December 27, 2016, 03:13:29 PM I thought she was a younger person made up to look older, a bit like tikay. Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: Lucky on December 27, 2016, 07:44:53 PM Zsa Zsa Gabor She must have had an amazing will to live, finally checking out at 99 years of age. She collected ex-husbands much the same way as rich middle aged men collect fast cars, not putting many miles on the clock. She called herself a good housekeeper. Every time she divorced, she kept the house. Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: MintTrav on December 27, 2016, 07:49:08 PM Liz Smith, always thought they killed "nana" off in Royle Family because she had died? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38440648 Hell of an acting job she did in that episode for a dead person. Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: redsimon on December 27, 2016, 08:45:32 PM Liz Smith, always thought they killed "nana" off in Royle Family because she had died? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38440648 Hell of an acting job she did in that episode for a dead person. never watched it, presumed she was killed off like Stan Ogden, always "upstairs" until they said they were dead :) Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: redsimon on January 23, 2017, 08:49:00 PM http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38718282
Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: celtic on January 23, 2017, 10:20:54 PM http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38718282 +1 Title: Re: People you thought were dead but were alive but who are now dead Post by: AndrewT on January 13, 2018, 12:13:10 AM Bella Emberg has just gone.
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