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RIP Dio
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10147436.stm
Ventriloquist Ray Alan dies at 79
Ray Alan performed with Laurel and Hardy early in his career Ventriloquist Ray Alan has died suddenly at the age of 79, his agent has announced.
The showman was known for his upper class puppet Lord Charles, who usually appeared to be drunk.
Alan, from Reigate, Surrey, was a TV regular from the 1950s to the 1980s, appearing on shows including variety serial The Good Old Days.
In later years he was an entertainer on QE2 cruises, taking a break from showbusiness in 2008 due to ill health.
Old age had also made it increasingly difficult for him to control his puppet.
Alan - always accompanied by Lord Charles - was often a guest on TV shows including Celebrity Squares, Give Us A Clue and 3-2-1.
He clocked up the most appearances on The Good Old Days, where he and Lord Charles made their TV debut.
Alan began his career as a teenager, with his ventriloquism act developing from pretending there were voices coming from a box on stage.
Lord Charles' character was based on a man he saw at a cabaret show, with his face modelled on Stan Laurel.Ventriloquist Ray Alan has died at the age of 79.
In 1954 he worked with Laurel and Hardy after fellow ventriloquist Harry Worth was forced to pull out of a show.
His puppet became famous for his catchphrase "you silly arse" and having an eye for glamorous women.
His agent Peter Pritchard, who worked with him for 30 years, said: "Technically he was regarded as Britain's top ventriloquist. You couldn't see his mouth moving.
Ray Alan was a regular on The Good Old Days "He was tremendously well-liked in the business and he had been in the entertainment business all his life," he added.
Speaking to the BBC in 2006, Alan said of his puppet sidekick: "Oh, no, I'm not one of those ventriloquists who thinks he's real.
"When I finish my work I put it back in the tool box and I don't take it out again until the next job." -
Maybe this shouldn't be used for posting something personal, but its has been all over the news.
Daniel Smith was a 22 year old electrician, who was shot and killed days ago in the KFC on Harrow Road, W9. I'd known "Dan" since he was quite little, and he was a good student and a good kid. He was never into gangs or anything like that. His mum was a strict person, and a good hard-working example to all three of her kids. Dan used to come by with his family, and often buzz the intercom to see if I was home. They'd come up and the kids would immerse themselves in the Sega Megadrive, and later, the Sega Saturn....yes, it was that long ago.
No-one knows why he was killed, but a growing theory is that gang members trying to climb the ladder of heirarchy, needed to prove to their gangs how drastic they could be. Dan was no part of that type of culture at all. He and another guy (white) were shot on the same day. The other guy lived. I'm devastated by this, not just because he was a son that anyone would be proud of, but the cruelty of life sometimes.
R.I.P. Daniel. See you again sometime.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8700963.stm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1280461/Daniel-Omari-Smith-20-dies-drive-shooting.html
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Drive-By-Shooting-Outside-Takeaway-Daniel-Omari-Smith-Shot-Dead-Near-Harrow-Road-KFC-In-London/Article/201005415636899?f=rss
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Thats heartbreaking Ashe.
What a wasteR.I.P
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No-one knows why he was killed, but a growing theory is that gang members trying to climb the ladder of heirarchy, needed to prove to their gangs how drastic they could be. Dan was no part of that type of culture at all. He and another guy (white) were shot on the same day. The other guy lived. I'm devasted by this, not just because he was a son that anyone would be proud of, but the cruelty of life sometimes.
R.I.P. Daniel. See you again sometime.
That's just so damn stupid and fucked up. What a goddamn waste.
Any chance the shooter will get caught? (And that's another life down the drain. He will most likely not be a better person after serving his time.)
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^ Fuck off! Keith Harris!
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Rod Hull ya cunt!!
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^ Fail, Emu never actually 'talked'
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That awful to hear GA2G.
Another recent passing is Paul Gray, the bassist from Slipknot. He was found dead in his hotel room yesterday.
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Lived by the putrified crow in a jar, died by the putrified crow in a jar.
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^ Fail, Emu never actually 'talked'
fucking did.. he understood us as a nation of children
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw9oX-kZ_9k
Gary Coleman. 42.
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Liked beating women
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