RIP Michael Winner

[bobAlike]

It's not a commercial
 RIP

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21123532

[Girgy85]

Calm down dear.

[Tal]

Anyone remember Winner's Dinners?

[The Camel]

Pretty sad reflection on someone's life that the best thing which can be said about them when they've died is

"Once called Richard Littlejohn an arsehole".

Which after looking through a few pages of comments on Twitter was the nicest thing anyone said about Michael Winner.

[iangascoigne]

Don't like to say ill of the deceased or hijack the thread but I met him about 5 years ago at a dinner and thought he was a total nob. However his mother was an incredible degen gambler and lost the family fortune in the Casino's of Cannes and Nice. She was a huge 'whale' in her day and the Casino's used to send a car for her etc. Actually I think they mercilessly exploited her as she got older. A very sad story. Whilst he came over as a pompous nob there is no doubt he had a 'full life'. Anyone who worked closely with Oliver Reed must have had a story or two.

[I KNOW IT]

This was a comment from the BBC news page

"Surely one of his most important achievements was founding the Police Memorial Trust, which created a roll of honour and puts memorials up for every police officer killed in the line of duty"

I was unaware of this and surely it deserves some sort of praise.

Also loved the Death Wish films when I was young  

RIP

[tikay]

This was a comment from the BBC news page

"Surely one of his most important achievements was founding the Police Memorial Trust, which created a roll of honour and puts memorials up for every police officer killed in the line of duty"

I was unaware of this and surely it deserves some sort of praise.

Also loved the Death Wish films when I was young   

RIP

He put a great deal of time & energy into the Police Memorial Trust, in an interview with him on R4 after the two lady PC's were murdered in Manchester, he spoke with great emotion of the situation, & he knew exactly how many of those Memorials there were nationwide, as he was working his way round the UK visiting them all. 

On the day of the two murders he was actually in Manchester visiting some Memorials, & noted with regret that there would now be two more.

Society seems to have forgotten the rule that we should respect the dead, at least until they are buried, so the Twitter comments are no surprise.

RIP

[kukushkin88]

Pretty sad reflection on someone's life that the best thing which can be said about them when they've died is

"Once called Richard Littlejohn an arsehole".

Which after looking through a few pages of comments on Twitter was the nicest thing anyone said about Michael Winner.

Anyone who meets Richard Littlejohn and fails to call him an arsehole is guilty of pretty poor judgement. Having said that it shouldn´t be amongst anyone´s finer achievements.

I loved Winner´s Dinners but knew very little else of the man RIP.

[typhoon13]

He certainly wined and dined some real smart fillies.

Lucky Lad.

[The Camel]

This was a comment from the BBC news page

"Surely one of his most important achievements was founding the Police Memorial Trust, which created a roll of honour and puts memorials up for every police officer killed in the line of duty"

I was unaware of this and surely it deserves some sort of praise.

Also loved the Death Wish films when I was young  

RIP

He put a great deal of time & energy into the Police Memorial Trust, in an interview with him on R4 after the two lady PC's were murdered in Manchester, he spoke with great emotion of the situation, & he knew exactly how many of those Memorials there were nationwide, as he was working his way round the UK visiting them all.  

On the day of the two murders he was actually in Manchester visiting some Memorials, & noted with regret that there would now be two more.

Society seems to have forgotten the rule that we should respect the dead, at least until they are buried, so the Twitter comments are no surprise.

RIP

I find it strange that society dictates we should "respect the dead".

I was watching the West Brom v Villa game at the weekend and they had a minutes applause for one West Brom's former players - who I never heard of - but was apparently one their finest ever players.

Wouldn't it have been nicer for them to have invited him to a game 5 years ago and shown their appreciation for him when he was still alive so he could know how highly he was thought of, rather than wait til he was gone to show their feelings.

More important to respect the living, than to respect the dead imo.

[Woodsey]

He certainly wined and dined some real smart fillies.

Lucky Lad.

That was my first thought about him, just shows what a bit of cash can do to get you some high quality tottee.

[RED-DOG]

This was a comment from the BBC news page

"Surely one of his most important achievements was founding the Police Memorial Trust, which created a roll of honour and puts memorials up for every police officer killed in the line of duty"

I was unaware of this and surely it deserves some sort of praise.

Also loved the Death Wish films when I was young  

RIP

He put a great deal of time & energy into the Police Memorial Trust, in an interview with him on R4 after the two lady PC's were murdered in Manchester, he spoke with great emotion of the situation, & he knew exactly how many of those Memorials there were nationwide, as he was working his way round the UK visiting them all.  

On the day of the two murders he was actually in Manchester visiting some Memorials, & noted with regret that there would now be two more.

Society seems to have forgotten the rule that we should respect the dead, at least until they are buried, so the Twitter comments are no surprise.

RIP

I find it strange that society dictates we should "respect the dead".

I was watching the West Brom v Villa game at the weekend and they had a minutes applause for one West Brom's former players - who I never heard of - but was apparently one their finest ever players.

Wouldn't it have been nicer for them to have invited him to a game 5 years ago and shown their appreciation for him when he was still alive so he could know how highly he was thought of, rather than wait til he was gone to show their feelings.

More important to respect the living, than to respect the dead imo.

Doesn't have to be either or though.

One fosters the other.

[The Camel]

This was a comment from the BBC news page

"Surely one of his most important achievements was founding the Police Memorial Trust, which created a roll of honour and puts memorials up for every police officer killed in the line of duty"

I was unaware of this and surely it deserves some sort of praise.

Also loved the Death Wish films when I was young  

RIP

He put a great deal of time & energy into the Police Memorial Trust, in an interview with him on R4 after the two lady PC's were murdered in Manchester, he spoke with great emotion of the situation, & he knew exactly how many of those Memorials there were nationwide, as he was working his way round the UK visiting them all.  

On the day of the two murders he was actually in Manchester visiting some Memorials, & noted with regret that there would now be two more.

Society seems to have forgotten the rule that we should respect the dead, at least until they are buried, so the Twitter comments are no surprise.

RIP

I find it strange that society dictates we should "respect the dead".

I was watching the West Brom v Villa game at the weekend and they had a minutes applause for one West Brom's former players - who I never heard of - but was apparently one their finest ever players.

Wouldn't it have been nicer for them to have invited him to a game 5 years ago and shown their appreciation for him when he was still alive so he could know how highly he was thought of, rather than wait til he was gone to show their feelings.

More important to respect the living, than to respect the dead imo.

Doesn't have to be either or though.

One fosters the other.

Doesn't have to be, I agree. But in our society it seems to be.

People are slagged off and abused while they are alive but the moment they die, no one says a word against them.

It's like people are ashamed of their behaviour while a person is still alive and try to make up for it when they die.

[AlrightJack]

Except for Jimmy Savile, where the usual situation is reversed.