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There is concern for Caroline Aherne, who has cancer, and her voice hasn't been heard Gogglebox for the past two weeks.
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There is concern for Caroline Aherne, who has cancer, and her voice hasn't been heard Gogglebox for the past two weeks.
![]() I adore Caroline. I so hope she is going to be OK. |
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There is concern for Caroline Aherne, who has cancer, and her voice hasn't been heard Gogglebox for the past two weeks.
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I'm starting to click on DS and other news formats with morbid dread, at the moment. I am concerned about another young-ish well known and loved female who's not been in good shape but won't name her as it's tempting fate and very much hope I'm wrong. Seriously
. Like I said, hope to be wrong. Funnily enough, however, she was quoted in the tributes to Victoria Wood.Comedian Caroline Aherne said Wood had a "rare gift of making us laugh at the mundanities of life with a humour that was never cruel and only ever warm. A true comic genius". http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrit...battle-7800868 This from 2014: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...ng-cancer.html Good luck with all this, Caroline. Another comedy great. xx |
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Ken Dodd, Rolf Harris, Bruce Forsyth and Prince Philip. If at least one of them's not snuffed it by year's end, I'll be amazed.
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Celebrities are like you and I. They have two arms, two legs, a head and are succesptible to illness and succumb to death at the end of the day like everyone else. They make a living out of being in the public eye which makes you think that you know them but you don't. It's their job. You give them quite a nice living by buying their CDs, concert tickets, DVDs etc but they will eventually die like the rest of us. So what if a couple of them have died recently, it's just the same as Elsie from the Co-Op and Madge from the hairdressers popping their clogs in a short space of eachother, there's nothing unusual in that. These things are sad, yes, but please get a grip.
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Celebrities are like you and I. They have two arms, two legs, a head and are succesptible to illness and succumb to death at the end of the day like everyone else. They make a living out of being in the public eye which makes you think that you know them but you don't. It's their job. You give them quite a nice living by buying their CDs, concert tickets, DVDs etc but they will eventually die like the rest of us. So what if a couple of them have died recently, it's just the same as Elsie from the Co-Op and Madge from the hairdressers popping their clogs in a short space of eachother, there's nothing unusual in that. These things are sad, yes, but please get a grip.
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Another.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36123214 RIP Papa Wemba ![]() Condolences to all family and friends. |
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Just found out Adrienne Corri has died. I remember her from a number of horror films.
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I remember her from A Clockwork Orange.
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And now Billy Paul .
Me and Mrs Jones are both saddened by the news.
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Celebrities are like you and I. They have two arms, two legs, a head and are succesptible to illness and succumb to death at the end of the day like everyone else. They make a living out of being in the public eye which makes you think that you know them but you don't. It's their job. You give them quite a nice living by buying their CDs, concert tickets, DVDs etc but they will eventually die like the rest of us. So what if a couple of them have died recently, it's just the same as Elsie from the Co-Op and Madge from the hairdressers popping their clogs in a short space of eachother, there's nothing unusual in that. These things are sad, yes, but please get a grip.
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Fair dos. That might be your take on things but why tell others how to think and behave? You were making a reasonable point until you threw in 'so what' and 'get a grip'. Some of these people have been iconic in peoples' lives. For example, I grew up watching Victoria Wood and her humour made me laugh in dark times. Maybe not your cup of tea but there again, I wouldn't tell you how you should react. Personally speaking, I haven't lost my grip. I have far more personal things to get worked up over. However, it is sad to see some of our cultural icons get very sick or die and most people in this thread are simply reflecting that. Hardly mass hysteria. Compassion doesn't necessarily have boundaries. You can care about people who you don't know personally. It doesn't necessarily equate to compassion for those you do but it's real enough.
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Actor David Swift died two weeks ago. If you don't know the name, you'll know the face. A solid British character actor starring in everything from The Avengers to Day of the Triffids.
First time I've heard of it. RIP. ![]() http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/Ac...805-4501-0.jpg http://movie-dude.co.uk/David%20Swif...;%20(1981).jpg |
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Actor David Swift died two weeks ago. If you don't know the name, you'll know the face. A solid British character actor starring in everything from The Avengers to Day of the Triffids.
First time I've heard of it. RIP. ![]() http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/Ac...805-4501-0.jpg http://movie-dude.co.uk/David%20Swif...;%20(1981).jpg |
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If missing the point about the difference between the anonymous 'Elsie and Madge' whose deaths, while sad, impact only the few that know them, and well-known and much-loved public figures who, through their talent and personality, impact hugely on people's lives in so many significant, beautiful and profound ways, were an Olympic sport, you'd win gold.
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Don't know the name or the face.
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Actor David Swift died two weeks ago. If you don't know the name, you'll know the face. A solid British character actor starring in everything from The Avengers to Day of the Triffids.
First time I've heard of it. RIP. ![]() http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/Ac...805-4501-0.jpg http://movie-dude.co.uk/David%20Swif...;%20(1981).jpg He is the brother of Clive Swift, Hyacinth Bucket's husband Richard in Keeping Up Appearances. |
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Actor David Swift died two weeks ago. If you don't know the name, you'll know the face. A solid British character actor starring in everything from The Avengers to Day of the Triffids.
First time I've heard of it. RIP. ![]() http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/Ac...805-4501-0.jpg http://movie-dude.co.uk/David%20Swif...;%20(1981).jpg he was brilliant in Drop the Dead Donkey, RIP Henry"Over the last twenty-five years, I have read the news drunk, concussed, stoned, with a live stoat in my underpants and once on regional television with my trousers round my ankles and a Lithuanian prostitute under the news desk." |
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I'm 23 but don't recognise him.
Or whatever they call it.
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Celebrities are like you and I. They have two arms, two legs, a head and are succesptible to illness and succumb to death at the end of the day like everyone else. They make a living out of being in the public eye which makes you think that you know them but you don't. It's their job. You give them quite a nice living by buying their CDs, concert tickets, DVDs etc but they will eventually die like the rest of us. So what if a couple of them have died recently, it's just the same as Elsie from the Co-Op and Madge from the hairdressers popping their clogs in a short space of eachother, there's nothing unusual in that. These things are sad, yes, but please get a grip.
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I see on my Facebook feed that Terry Nutkins has died. Again.
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I see on my Facebook feed that Terry Nutkins has died. Again.
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So has Frank Sinatra. I actually don't think it's funny.
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