The RIP thread...

Ag no man, Anthony Sher.

Being gay and Jewish in SA could not have been a barrel of laughs.

Rus in vrede, Meneer.

Eileen Ash, 110. England cricket before and after the war.

A fine innings!

Robbie Shakespeare from Sly and Robbie

Too many classic tunes, the Padlock LP is still played regularly in our house

No way! I missed this. A Dub Experience, what an album

Steve Bronski.

The song boiled the dance floor at the P1 in Munich 1984.

Worldwide FM had a 2 hour show about them at the weekend by coincidence

https://www.mixcloud.com/worldwidefm/soul-revivers-sly-robbie-special-04-12-21/

Indeed , wonder if she was cremated.
Sorry.

Thanks for that. Track list is here, I didn’t realise they played on Revolution

https://worldwidefm.net/episode/soul-revivers-sly-robbie-special

Michael Nesmith. His mother invented Liquid paper. He wrote some good tunes too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XipsuDA89-g

Rip Mike. Producer of Repo Man. And Head is pretty cool.

Thomas Mensforth. Aka Mensi. Angelic Upstarts.

No way. RIP Mensi

Head! Watched it on acid one night. Had to go for a big walk, it was too much.... 'You're either in the box or outside the box' 🤪

Very young me loved those early Angelic Upstarts singles. Rip Mensi. Covid too, for those keeping a list.

Steve Bronski:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/dec/09/steve-bronski-co-founder-of-bronski-beat-has-died

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/dec/13/tributes-left-for-steve-bronski-outside-his-soho-flat

Very sad.

Jethro RIP

Cornish comedian Jethro dies aged 73 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-59666409

Haha yes love it! Just like being back in Westbourne Park in the 80s

Bloody funny. Went to see him in Portsmouth a few years ago. Not very pc but his stories and the punchlines were brilliant. One of my mates does such a brilliant impression of his routines which he knows word for word…

Rest in Power
Bell Hooks

Very sad, lower case tho innit bro.

Another westcountry entertainer...RIP

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/wurzels-drummer-john-morgan-dies-6371328

Richard Rogers, architect: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59715838

Also husband of Ruth, the joint force behind the River Cafe since it opened in 1987.