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- CharlieOneSix
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Sean Connery dies at 90 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13087132
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- Woody
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Re: Departed during 2020
My favourite Sean Connery film, not an easy watch, but excellent performance https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hill_(film)
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- TheGreenGoblin
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"I expect you to die Mr Bond"... and sadly he did in the end.. RIP Mr Connery (surely the best Bond of them all)!
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"To be alive
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Your destination remains
Elusive."
Convinced
"To be alive
You must have somewhere
To go
Your destination remains
Elusive."
- Woody
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Re: Departed during 2020
A Spaniard with a Scottish accent and a Scot with a French accent
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Utterly memorable. Thank you, Sir Sean.
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- TheGreenGoblin
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RIP Robert Fisk
The veteran British foreign correspondent Robert Fisk has died at the age of 74.
The veteran British foreign correspondent Robert Fisk has died at the age of 74.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... es-aged-74The journalist and author was reportedly admitted to St Vincent’s hospital in Dublin after becoming unwell on Friday. A source at the Independent, where Fisk was Middle East correspondent, confirmed the news of his death.
Fisk was admitted to hospital after suffering a suspected stroke, according to a report in the Irish Times.
Described by the New York Times in 2005 as “probably the most famous foreign correspondent in Britain”, Fisk won many prestigious awards over the span of his career for his coverage of the Middle East
Though you remain
Convinced
"To be alive
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To go
Your destination remains
Elusive."
Convinced
"To be alive
You must have somewhere
To go
Your destination remains
Elusive."
- Undried Plum
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Robert Fisk was one of the last proper journalists.
There's damn few left. John Pilger is one; and I'm struggling to think of another. Carrie Gracie, perhaps. Mebbe Matt Taibbi.
There's damn few left. John Pilger is one; and I'm struggling to think of another. Carrie Gracie, perhaps. Mebbe Matt Taibbi.
- CharlieOneSix
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John Sessions dies of a heart attack at 67. His impressions on the original series of Spitting Image were superb.
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- TheGreenGoblin
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+1CharlieOneSix wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 3:07 pmJohn Sessions dies of a heart attack at 67. His impressions on the original series of Spitting Image were superb.
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"To be alive
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Your destination remains
Elusive."
Convinced
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Your destination remains
Elusive."
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- TheGreenGoblin
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Palmer was an all round good egg.
I enjoyed him as the bumbling ex army officer in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.
I enjoyed him as the bumbling ex army officer in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.
Though you remain
Convinced
"To be alive
You must have somewhere
To go
Your destination remains
Elusive."
Convinced
"To be alive
You must have somewhere
To go
Your destination remains
Elusive."
- TheGreenGoblin
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Though you remain
Convinced
"To be alive
You must have somewhere
To go
Your destination remains
Elusive."
Convinced
"To be alive
You must have somewhere
To go
Your destination remains
Elusive."
Re: Departed during 2020
Classic! It shows we all have our demons.
- Undried Plum
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- TheGreenGoblin
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I shall say informal Kaddish for him... RIP
In the meantime...
Though you remain
Convinced
"To be alive
You must have somewhere
To go
Your destination remains
Elusive."
Convinced
"To be alive
You must have somewhere
To go
Your destination remains
Elusive."