Celebrity Deaths (merged)

by **merecat** » Sat 06 Aug 2005, 22:06:28

As far as main party politicians went, he was a good egg. It suprises me that a relatively clean living experienced walker like himself would be taken by a hill at the age of 59. Makes you wonder?!

RIP.

by **stu** » Sat 06 Aug 2005, 22:09:12

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Madpaddy', 'S')tu,

What about Dr Kelly, This is scary shit.

by **julianj** » Sun 07 Aug 2005, 08:41:37

Merecat, the Observer said today, and this may be BS, that he had a heart attack but fell and landed badly, breaking his neck.

by **Teclo** » Sun 07 Aug 2005, 09:22:24

A decent politician is harder to find than an honest mechanic. Cook was one you could trust not to be a spin merchant and he was one of those characters. Blair should have had the guts to offer him a job once his Iraq predictions were found to be about right. He will be missed I liked him
A drunk depressive, yeah so was Churchill - and me!

The number of high profile deaths I've noticed for a few years now (at least I think I do) but it sure feels like something is changing or maybe its just me getting older. If I was to be a nut I would say certain people just weren't meant to be around when the oil crisis comes

Teclo

by **actionreplay** » Sun 07 Aug 2005, 10:31:20

I guess the moral of the story is that when hillwalking or mountaineering, even with experience and preparation, accidents happen very quickly and things can go badly wrong...

He will be missed. Maybe, if his ex-wife is to be believed, he was an ass in a personal capacity, but there are plenty of folks out there who are outstanding at their jobs but not someone you'd invite round for your birthday party. Doesn't diminsh his contribution to public life in any way, imho.

by **smiley** » Sun 07 Aug 2005, 12:39:46

My condolences. For me he was one of the last politicians for who the word "integrity" actually meant something. A political dinosaur.

by **linlithgowoil** » Mon 08 Aug 2005, 16:36:49

he was my MP (livingston, scotland) for most of my life, until i moved to linlithgow. didnt know the man, but he seemed to have principles, though he left his wife for another woman which isnt very nice. rip.

by **shakespear1** » Mon 08 Aug 2005, 16:41:54

There are few such politicians who are willing to go against a Storm.

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Wed 05 Apr 2006, 20:45:03

He was a big star in popular music in the early 1960s so most of you never heard of him. Maybe if you ever listened to oldies you've heard one of his songs: A Town Without Pity, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, Only Love Can Break A Heart, etc. A terrific melodramatic style, rather operatic. He remained popular in Europe, the land of Librul Commies as schwein puts it. He died at 65 while on tour over there in his sleep in a hotel. It's interesting how he got his start: he paid $35 to cut a demo right after getting out of high school, and it was so good that his career took off just from shopping it around. I loved his stuff back then when I was a little kid of 6 and 7 years old.

by **MyOtherID** » Wed 05 Apr 2006, 20:57:08

C'mon, at least give a pic!

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Wed 05 Apr 2006, 21:03:28

Yeah, thanks. Did you like his music too?

by **rogerhb** » Wed 05 Apr 2006, 21:20:17

He Welshed on us.

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Wed 05 Apr 2006, 21:37:06

In 1973, I was 19 years old, the whole 60s music trip was over, the Beatles were gone, a lot of the big acts were dead of drug ODs and I had had it with popular music. Gave my records to the Salvation Army and wouldn't listen to anything but European Classical for years. But I heard an oldies station while driving around with my brother (early 60s was oldies by then already) and felt such nostalgia for pre-British-Invasion era music. There was something good happening in 1960-1963. Sort of a Golden Age for Americana.

by **rogerhb** » Wed 05 Apr 2006, 21:41:02

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'I')n 1973....

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Wed 05 Apr 2006, 22:01:26

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'I')n 1973....

by **MyOtherID** » Wed 05 Apr 2006, 22:03:10

Some samples of Pitney:
Only Love Can Break a Heart (Windows Media) (RealPlayer)

by **rogerhb** » Wed 05 Apr 2006, 22:20:27

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'T')he whole Pink Floyd thing was base on insanity; that was their schtick.

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Wed 05 Apr 2006, 22:22:24

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'T')he whole Pink Floyd thing was base on insanity; that was their schtick.

by **sparkylab** » Thu 06 Apr 2006, 00:44:11

I have come to appreciate classic singers like him (I hate the term crooner).

He did a cracking version of "Somethings gotten hold of my heart" as I was growing up. I just read his obit - he wrote a fair few famous songs as well.

65 is too young. Though, to be fair, he did what he loved till the day he died and theres worse ways to go than quietly in your sleep in a penthouse suite in a posh hotel.

by **dutchcyclist** » Tue 01 Aug 2006, 04:30:01

His ideas are very interesting, so use this sad occasion to read some of his work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Bookchin

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Murray Bookchin died july 30

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