…to those that have passed this year. Someone special who has touched you in some way.
Rik Mayall.
A stranger to me but also part of my life. From the Dangerous Brothers, Kevin Turvey, Young Ones, Bstard, Captain Flashman, Richie or the Typically British `Bombardier`.
Still brings a smile to my face with every episode.
56 is far too young for someone with so much talent.
“Treat yer women like you treat yer kite. Get inside her three times a day and take her to heaven and back!”
Farewell Rik.
By: charliehunt - 22nd December 2014 at 19:01
You could say that our paths crossed about 50 years ago….the memories never fade.:)
By: John Green - 22nd December 2014 at 17:27
Charlie,
To use the modern idiom; is there something known only to you that you’d like to share with us ?
By: charliehunt - 22nd December 2014 at 13:55
I can vouch for that!
By: John Green - 22nd December 2014 at 11:52
And in her youth; very attractive. Yes, a fine actress indeed.
By: charliehunt - 22nd December 2014 at 06:32
Very sad to hear of the death of Billie Whitelaw last night. A fine actress with a warm and hugely generous spirit.
By: TonyT - 21st December 2014 at 21:47
Yep, one for my Mum God bless her and also for Poppy, never met her, but heard her on the phone.
By: Lincoln 7 - 21st December 2014 at 21:04
Not human, but a lot better than some know, was my dog Poppy aged 11. Faithful to the end.
R.I.P. Popps.
Jim.
Lincoln .7
By: victor tango - 21st December 2014 at 18:04
Odd isnt it? Just lost my brother in law a month ago, deep shock.
But I still mourn for people Ive never met like Alan Coren and Humphrey Lyttleton because they touch your lives.
By: charliehunt - 21st December 2014 at 16:44
Of those who have died this year Rik certainly enhanced my life as did Philip Seymour Hoffman and Mike Nichols and Lauren Bacall and sevsral others. The loss of two old friends touched me deeply though and I fear for more to come. Merely an inevitable sign of our mutual ageing, but no less sad for it.
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