icons of history - who is still alive?

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swingaleg

26-11-2016

Originally Posted by Ovalteenie:
“She's still alive?

I have a sudden urge to sing We'll meet again... ”

I think 'White Cliffs of Dover' is the great song......listening to that is the closest I can get to imagining living through WW2........the despair and the hope

Ovalteenie

26-11-2016

Originally Posted by swingaleg:
“I think 'White Cliffs of Dover' is the great song......listening to that is the closest I can get to imagining living through WW2........the despair and the hope”

I thought you had lived through the war...

swingaleg

26-11-2016

Generally there's one person that you've heard of in any field that you have little interest in

I guess they would be the icons of that field

For us in GB it might be Bobby Charlton in football, Lester Piggott in racing.......

both still going.......Lester is 90, Bobby is 90 next year

swingaleg

26-11-2016

Originally Posted by Ovalteenie:
“I thought you had lived through the war... ”

did you think I was a Fighter pilot ?.......

Ovalteenie

26-11-2016

Originally Posted by swingaleg:
“Generally there's one person that you've heard of in any field that you have little interest in

I guess they would be the icons of that field

For us in GB it might be Bobby Charlton in football, Lester Piggott in racing.......

both still going.......Lester is 90, Bobby is 90 next year”

Forgot about Lester Piggott. It's strange he hasn't been knighted given his achievements especially as the Queen is a horse racing fan. Ok he didn't pay his taxes but neither did the Queen until she was pressured.

Ovalteenie

26-11-2016

Originally Posted by swingaleg:
“did you think I was a Fighter pilot ?.......”

I could see you looping the loop in a Spitfire...

Billy_Value

26-11-2016

Bob carolgees

eggchen

26-11-2016

Sir David Attenborough

farmer bob

26-11-2016

Originally Posted by eggchen:
“Sir David Attenborough”

Agree

Hercule Parrow

26-11-2016

Originally Posted by swingaleg:
“ For us in GB it might be Bobby Charlton in football, Lester Piggott in racing.......

both still going.......Lester is 90, Bobby is 90 next year”

Eh ? Charlton is 79.

jackol

26-11-2016

Originally Posted by Ovalteenie:
“Forgot about Lester Piggott. It's strange he hasn't been knighted given his achievements especially as the Queen is a horse racing fan. Ok he didn't pay his taxes but neither did the Queen until she was pressured.”

He was stripped of his OBE so there is no chance of a knighthood

seventhwave

26-11-2016

David Jason?
Olivia de Havilland

Hercule Parrow

26-11-2016

among the bad guys still with us:
Sirhan Sirhan, killer of Bobby Kennedy,
Charlie Manson, professional crazy person
Ian Brady, child killer

the good guys:
Kirk Douglas
Chuck Berry
Little Richard
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lewis

and:
Henry Kissinger

pork.pie

26-11-2016

Chuck Norris

swingaleg

26-11-2016

Originally Posted by Hercule Parrow:
“Eh ? Charlton is 79.”

oh yeah......so he is

but he looks older.....

scrilla

26-11-2016

Kenneth Kaunda
Robert Mugabe
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
F. W. de Klerk
Imelda Marcos
Richard Baker
Roger Moore
Lord Carrington
Michael Heseltine
Sidney Poitier
Harry Belafonte
Fats Domino
Berry Gordy
Burt Bacharach
Petula Clark
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Richard Baker
Peter Sallis
Alan Greenspan
George H. W. Bush
Noam Chomsky
Ralph Nader

ytsejam

26-11-2016

Originally Posted by Hercule Parrow:
“Eh ? Charlton is 79.”

...and Piggott is 81!! but hey, why let facts get in the way of a stupid post, eh?!!

swingaleg

26-11-2016

Originally Posted by ytsejam:
“...and Piggott is 81!! but hey, why let facts get in the way of a stupid post, eh?!! ”

oh dear........I looked them both up on wiki as well.......

eggchen

26-11-2016

Originally Posted by pork.pie:
“Chuck Norris”

Every icon on Chuck Norris' PC desktop is an image of him.

Arcana

26-11-2016

Clint Eastwood
Johnny Rotten
Bernie Clifton

CBFreak

26-11-2016

Doris Day
Dick Van Dyke
Ursula Andress
Mel Brooks
Roger Moore
Sean Connery
Angela Lansbury
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Honor Blackman
Henry Kissinger

Fairyprincess0

26-11-2016

Leslie Phillips
Barbra Windsor
Tom baker
Brian blessard

BadLadAsh

27-11-2016

Dot Cotton

Orangecrab

27-11-2016

Geoffrey Bayldon (Catweazle actor) age 92
Ringo Starr age 76, 2 years senior to Paul McCartney who some have mentioned.
Kim Novak, actress age 83

Girth

27-11-2016

Originally Posted by Fairyprincess0:
“Leslie Phillips
Barbra Windsor
Tom baker
Brian blessard”

Your boys took a hell of a beating.

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