Although Patrick Swayze's imminent death was on the cards, Keith Floyd's demise seems to have come out of nowhere.


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Shoot. Well, there go the eighties...

http://www.thisisbrandx.com/2009/08/what-john-hughes-died.html

Good innings, sad loss, fantastic reputation.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-peyronnin/walter-cronkite_b_238711.html

G'night.

There's more insightful commentary, and not a few tasteless jokes, in the 'phone conversations 'tween astartesyriaca and m'self on this subject tonight than you'll find anywhere else online right now*. We covered more than just the basics, because Jackson's impact was phenomenal. Here's the last song of his that struck a personal chord. 'Nuff said.

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So much for hoping that the 1,000th entry here might be a cheery one:


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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2414937.ece

*Sympathy to his family.*

(Thanks to K.)

Obit here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2041260.stm

(Quite fed up with the plebs endlessly citing Empire of the [bloody] Sun and Crash as his most 'notable' works, though. I suppose that's the power of Hollywood. *Yawn.* What are the odds on a TV ( Read more... )

Another one gone.

*Sigh.*

http://www.pjfarmer.com

Interview clip from 1996:

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Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNb71RLWVUo

From Rumpole's Last Case:

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Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhufSDj7FSA

She doesn't have To Be Obeyed any more, old fruit.

Obit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7833156.

Patrick McGoohan dies at 80:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7829267.stm

Rover can't catch him now, and we'll never know why he resigned...