The RIP thread...

basil d'oliveira

^Dolly is dead. How sad.
Great cricketer and man of principles who embarrassed the racists in stitutions by highting the absurdity of judging people by the colour of their skin
RIP

Mark Hall of Cosgrove Hall - made a lot of our childhoods that little bit more joyous. Duckula and Victor and Hugo were my favourites.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/nov/19/mark-hall

Mark Hall of Cosgrove Hall - made a lot of our childhoods that little bit more joyous. Duckula and Victor and Hugo were my favourites.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/nov/19/mark-hall

Their old offices were knocked down last week too.

Shelagh Delaney - writer of a Taste of Honey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH6F7v5hCnc

Andrea Truden/True, porn actress turned pop star. She was 68.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/nov/21/shelagh-delaney

RIP Dane Searls

anne mccaffrey

Margaret Thatcher

Bugger. I thought it was true.

Me too.

Was just about to put into action the party plans.

So near yet so far.

crosses fingers for an early Christmas present

I had a little dance just then. :(

I have a DJ friend who carries this record everywhere with him in case of Thatcher dying:

http://youtu.be/8vXR5gjRMPk

RIP, Ross McManus, jazz singer, musician, father of Elvis Costello, and composer of this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hro4AdTYiTA

RIP Gary Speed, really unexpected.

anne mccaffrey

oh. used to like all that dragon stuff, fond memories.

Gary Speed the Wales manager???

Holy Shit! Confirmed. That's damn young and damn sudden man! RIP.

speedy, speedy, speedy, leeds, leeds, leeds.
RIP!
http://youtu.be/qd2l7UdUc7M

Terrible that there's been something so severe to lead him to do that.

something about solid at the back but a bit stretched up top

Ken Russell - director of a large number of films, nearly all of which are utter shite.