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Old 01-12-2016, 22:17
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So sad

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...aring-him.html
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:23
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oh how sad........I've been watching Sky News since 10pm and don't think they've mentioned it

RIP Andrew Sachs
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:25
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Sad news Rip Andrew, he was brilliant in Fawlty Towers as Manuel, he was a great actor. I was surprised when i found out when he was German, always assumed he was Spanish due to Manuel when i was younger. RIP.
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:27
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Rip!!
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:29
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:30
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His great moments

https://youtu.be/e7mpClSPyhk
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:33
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I once met him in Sheffield Town Centre many years ago (think he was appearing at the Lyceum or Crucible in some play). He actually approached me to ask for directions, and on immediately recognising him, embarrassingly made some sort of Basil Fawlty impression. I'm sure he was secretly bored with something which I assume he was hearing many times a day just going about his daily business but, gentleman that he apparently was, he laughed politely and thanked me for the directions.

RIP.
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:35
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Why is this not being more widely reported? Nothing on BBC or Sky and a couple of tweets I've seen. Seems odd.

And nothing on DS!
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:38
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Sad news Rip Andrew, he was brilliant in Fawlty Towers as Manuel, he was a great actor. I was surprised when i found out when he was German, always assumed he was Spanish due to Manuel when i was younger. RIP.
Here's a good article about his early life living as a Jew (father was Jewish and his mother was a Catholic) in pre-2nd World War Germany.

http://www.spectator.co.uk/2014/03/i...-sachs-review/
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:38
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Whats even sadder is the Daily Fail using this news to remind people of how they took down the BBC during "Sachsgate". Yes, Ross and Brand were in the wrong but not now, eh?
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:38
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RIP Mr Sachs.
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:41
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We've been re-watching Fawlty Towers recently - my daughter loves it and finds Manuel hilarious!

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Old 01-12-2016, 23:00
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Errr he's NOT dead! This is a hoax! Andrew Sachs is still very much alive!
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Old 01-12-2016, 23:07
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Errr he's NOT dead! This is a hoax! Andrew Sachs is still very much alive!
Think again
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Old 01-12-2016, 23:09
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Errr he's NOT dead! This is a hoax! Andrew Sachs is still very much alive!
Go away troll
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Old 01-12-2016, 23:09
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It's now on DS. I expect it to be on the BBC imminently.
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Old 01-12-2016, 23:21
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I was only going on what I'd read in this posting in the other thread....

But as it's now mentioned on Sky News then it must surely be true that he's dead. And that article about it being a hoax that he died, is in fact a hoax itself.

RIP Andrew.
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Old 01-12-2016, 23:41
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Finally the BBC have confirmed. They're always last because they always make absolutely sure.

RIP Sir.
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Old 01-12-2016, 23:44
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Another class act gone
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Old 01-12-2016, 23:45
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Sky News is saying 'reportedly' but BBC News is stating it as fact.......it's usually the other way around in such situations.
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Old 01-12-2016, 23:51
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Wonder if Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand will have anything to say or if they will keep their gobs shut?
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Old 01-12-2016, 23:58
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Very sad. RIP Andrew.

I wonder did he make up with his granddaughter Georgina Baillie? She did an
interview a few years ago where she said Andrew wouldn't speak to her anymore after she was involved in the Ross /Brand scandal.
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Old 02-12-2016, 00:00
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Wonder if Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand will have anything to say or if they will keep their gobs shut?
'Empty vessels make the most noise' so I'd say it's doubtful.
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Old 02-12-2016, 00:04
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Amazing how a life can be defined by one role.

Sad to hear of this and the fact he'd been suffering with dementia as, equally sadly, is Prunella Scales.

"Eee's a hamster, Mr Fawlty..."
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Old 02-12-2016, 00:04
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Wonder if Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand will have anything to say or if they will keep their gobs shut?
As the poster above said not now eh?
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