Significant people's (not celebrities) deaths

Current Affairs
4557

An icon. RIP

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4558

A genuine club legend

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4559

Billy Bonds dying may have sealed Arne Slot’s fate.

The 'Ammers will surely play out of their skins today.

4560

RIP Billy. Saw him play many times at White Hart Lane in the late 70’s and 80’s.

It will be a very emotional Boleyn Ground later.

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4561

Little know fact about him, he radically rewrote Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade under the pen name Barry Watson, and is credited with adding a clatter of the better parts of it, including the Marcus Brody piece about him being an elite spy, with friends in every town and how he’d blend in anywhere - cut to him, lost and blithering in a Turkish market asking does anyone speak Ancient Greek.

‘She talks in her sleep’ was his too

https://mffilm.wixsite.com/lastcrusade

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4562

His quip about fried chicken wasn’t the worst.

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4563

Sergio Garcia made the same quip sure.

4564

Any time Harrington lifted a trophy, there were remarks about Guinness flowing. How many commentators lost their jobs over them?

Fuzzy got caught in the crossfire of a culture war.
When Tiger hit the big time, the chance to also take out a middle-aged, white hillbilly in the process was too much to resist.

4565

Yeah, its not like the denizens of Augusta National would have any truck with racism.

4566

Hugh Wallace, architect and TV presenter

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4567

Met him a couple of times in a work capacity. Very nice man. RIP.

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4568

Ahh that’s sad. He was very good on the TV shows he contributed to. Didn’t know he was ill.

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4569

Seems like it was sudden. I generally liked him too and enjoyed the shows restorations of the old houses especially.

4570

Ah that’s a shock. RIP. He seemed like an alright sort on the tv anyway.

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4571

Brendan Courtney was covering Oliver Callan’ spot on rte when the news came through. Himself and Hugh were at some awards thing on Friday night together and had a great night. Brendan was understandably quite emotional

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4572

I never knew he was gay.

4573

Brendan seems like a grand sort,

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4574

Patrick (Paddy) Cooney. Minister for Justice in the Liam Cosgrave government of 73-77.

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4575

Raul Malo, frontman of band the Mavericks, dies aged 60 | Music | The Guardian.

4576

Dance the night away is an absolute belter.

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