The RIP thread...

Of all the deaths of famous musicians in recent months, this is the one whom I'll mourn the most.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/18/chuck-berry-rock-n-roll-dies-90

Not unexpected, it had been on the cards for some time, etc.

I love so much of his work.

Far better than a mere 'legend'.

Roll over Beethoven, Chuck Berry's ascending. Macca, Mick n'Keef, Brian Wilson and all the rest owe him bigtime.

A true great. RIP

Roger Pingeon. RIP

Rockefeller.

Bet the probate fee for that estate will pay for the Mexico wall.

Surprised there has been no comment on Martin McGuinness. Surely someone on the forum lives in Northern Ireland?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/mar/21/martin-mcguinness-northern-ireland-former-deputy-first-minister-dies

RIP means rest in peace so perhaps nobody wanted that.
"The world is a cleaner and sweeter place today": Norman Tebbit

I don't think anyone on here does. They'd have mentioned it by now.

Well, his death is obviously going to provoke strong feelings both ways but it has been striking the respect and even affection that many previous enemies and adversaries of his had developed for him. If Ian Paisley could change his mind about someone then...

Colin Dexter RIP

John Thaw as Morse was awesome in the 80s or whenever.

Seriously, can't believe Colin Dexter isn't missed here.

I'd suggest McGuinness was much less of a cunt than Tebbit.

Colin Dexter RIP ffs he was not a cunt at all.

McGuinness did more for peace in NI than almost anyone. He also murdered a bunch of guys before that. Difficult to unring that bell, but RIP for Act II of his life, at least.

Act II of his life

He did become a lot better when he went vegan a little while ago.

But seriously, RIP. It's sort of like the natural conclusion of the peace process.

He did become a lot better when he went vegan a little while ago.

Hilarious yet dangerously partizan

(lol)

Still cant believe Colin Dexter isnt missed here

Did he shake the queen's hand or something?

He was a bang average writer of fairly mundane detective novels. ITV picked it up and improved the character of Morse and turned it all into a version of England loved by Japanese tourists and Daily Telegraph readers. Meh.

Yes, people I knew too. But they would have killed many more if it hadn't been for him. Binary viewpoints on complex situations are among the chief reasons NI is still such an intractably sectarian shitpit.

The gong has been hit for Chuck Barris.

RIP P/C Keith Palmer

RIP Mike Hall... Undoubtedly one of the greatest, most inspiring cyclists ever.
A truly sad loss to our sport, and just the world in general.

BIKE LIKE MIKE!!!

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RIP Mike Hall, Hero

I didn't understand why this made me so sad this morning until I tried to tell my GF what happened.

Me: "There's this race called the TransContinental which starts in Belgium or over here and ends in Turkey..."

GF: "Oh, do you want to do it?"

I've never bivvied. My longest road ride was about 110mi proving a point for a Strava Gran Fondo challenge. My longest offroad ride was last year's Dorset Gravel Dash 100.

The way Mike went about winning these epic challenges turned us all into dot-watchers for the whole field, hungry for the next tantalising Instagram post from any rider or spectator. He and his fellow riders made us dream of adventures, of freedom, of landscapes far away, of that sense of achievement we get from conquering a hill but amplified by that hill being the end of weeks of hills.

We need heroes like Mike. Mike is one of those people we wish we could be.

How terribly terribly sad.

That's awful. RIP Mike.