The RIP thread...

119 fucks in Midnight Run. Know who was originally wanted by the studio for the Charles Grodin role?

Cher.

I want to see that film!

Grodin was excellent though

Muscle Shoals drummer Roger Hawkins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsl4A9hZEto

Such an amazing player, RIP...

Yep, always just a soupçon, nothing more or less.

Robert Marchand, the French cyclist who did an age category hour record for the over 100s, has died, aged 109.

https://www.leparisien.fr/amp/sports/cyclisme/robert-marchand-plus-vieux-sportif-et-cycliste-de-la-planete-est-mort-a-109-ans-22-05-2021-CLMB24CCUNANVPQGQKPQYIGAUU.php?__twitter_impression=true

Wow, what an innings... And he went out on a prime number, winner... 👏

Ron Hill RIP

Just read this, he was a bit of a mascot for the annual l'Ardechois event near me, he last entered it in 2018, aged 107: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZQU7fUpH-U

He only stopped cycling at 108 years old.

Damn. I shall dust off the tracksters and go for a run tonight.

Aye, always slightly too short in the leg, so tucked into football socks for that bastard PE teacher vibe.

football socks

Ha! Will go out tonight with these (forum favourite rugby socks, actually) and LFGSS cap to confuse the locals...

Edit: quick 5k done as above (with cap, just not in shot)

RIP Ron

Notorious (not)Nazi sex orgy participant, Max Mosley

Actually I think you'll find that since his death he has become a privacy campaigner.

Roger Hawkins

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/arts/music/roger-hawkins-dead.html

https://youtu.be/3mz_EXHKGHs

Nice read, that article. That's a long listen sorted too. What a rhythm section! RIP a proper music man.

Eric Carle:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/27/eric-carle-author-and-illustrator-of-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-dies-at-91

John Davis 66 - Coronavirus related
If you remember the 1989 Milli Vanilli Grammy awards scandal you may well have heard of the real talent behind the scandal.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-57265742
Kevin Clark, not sure how many school of rock followers there are here but he was knocked off his bike in Chicago…

Alastair Hanton, longstanding LCC and Living Streets campaigner (among loads of other things he did). I can't seem to find any proper obituaries yet, only short notices on anti-social media, but I'll post something once it gets written up.

Jason Dupasquier, 19.
Moto3 rider had a serious accident on Saturday on the track and has succumbed to his injuries.

Didn’t see the incident thank god but good to see all the teams turning before the start of MotoGP... I’m surprised it doesn’t happen more tbh

Kirkland Laing. ex Hackney boxer.

Here are two obituaries for Alastair Hanton that I've found.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/06/09/alastair-hanton-former-unilever-executive-invented-direct-debit/

https://www.transportxtra.com/publications/local-transport-today/news/69039/obituary-alastair-hanton-1926--2021

Dean Parrish. Legend.

https://youtu.be/qeekAlpdk5I