The RIP thread...

I'd say a lot of the late-90s Chelsea players fall into that bracket IMO. Granted I started following football in the mid-late 90s and supported Chelsea so am heavily biased.

Will always remember when West Ham fired Zola and the reporters were gathered outside his house. So he came out and served them coffee. A class act for sure.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xd9wu3

a different class indeed. Most London born Italians I grew up with were Chelsea fans through and through.. and i suspect that players like Gianluca and Gianfranco felt the love, not just from the Bridge or indeed other London clubs but from the city that was home for them at the time of their playing careers.

We were blessed to have him here

Tom Karen died New Year’s Eve, I only heard about it today

https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/legendary-designer-tom-karen-dies-aged-96-9292137/

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Also came to post this, The guardian are looking for photos of people's Choppers (wink wink, nudge nudge)

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jan/04/share-your-memories-and-pictures-of-the-raleigh-chopper-bike

One of the high points in my life was riding around the centre of Glasgow solo as the sun came up on a borrowed chopper under the strong influence of niche mood enhancers in the early 90s.

Tatjana Patitz - I used to fancy her rotten in the late 80s / 90s . Sigh...😔
https://www.vogue.com/article/obituary-tatjana-patitz/amp

Lol btw! 🤪

No shit! She was always my fave BITD. 56 fuck 😑

Love a niche mood enhancer

One of the high points in my life was riding around the centre of Glasgow solo as the sun came up on a borrowed chopper under the strong influence of niche mood enhancers in the early 90s.

Now I'm wondering if I might have met you.

RIP Jeff Beck. No words

Jeff Beck: British guitar legend dies aged 78 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64228780

TGR beat me to it.
RIP JB

Jeff Beck, premature death even at 78. A sad day for music.

Very saddened by this. Saw him 30th May last year at The Royal Albert Hall. He was of course superb, and we had the added bonus of Johnny joining him for half the gig.

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‘Bonus’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb-bKKRl_hw
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https://youtu.be/kRDuQdKVgOM

Lisa. Marie Presley, only child of The King.

RIP ;-(

Robbie Knievil.

RIP Robbie Bachman, drummer and co-founder of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, 69
It’s starting to look a bit like 2016…

Sadly Lieuwe Westra, former Vaconsoleil and Astana rider has died, aged just 40.

I think it was well documented that he’d been struggling with his mental health in recent years. Thoughts are with his family and friends.

Yukihiro Takahashi

https://youtu.be/ywrUdtk1JY0

Saddened to hear Victoria Lee, an up and coming One series fighter has passed away at just 18 years old.

Watched and enjoyed all three of her fights. My partner started to become a fan of the sport through women like Victoria. RIP.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/ufc/victoria-lee-mma-death-age-cause-b2258840.html

Really sad about this, loved YMO since I was fifteen. RIP.
https://youtu.be/g9Tn-Kb3Wsw