Reading his Wiki page, it's probably not significant that the BBC interview where he said the disease "had beaten him" and that he was "near the end" came a couple of months after his wife had thrown him out after discovering he'd been having an affair with a model for 8 years - is it?
― Never Turn Your Back On Virginia Woolf (Tom D.), Thursday, 3 January 2019 09:21 (five years ago) link
she must have taken him back in then, that most recent article mentions her taking his temperature
― StanM, Thursday, 3 January 2019 09:30 (five years ago) link
It worked then.
― Never Turn Your Back On Virginia Woolf (Tom D.), Thursday, 3 January 2019 09:46 (five years ago) link
who'd have thought some old twat whose career high was an 80's lol foreigns tv show would still have enough ego + self-regard to consider writing an Epic Poem with himself as the hero š¤¢
― calzino, Thursday, 3 January 2019 09:59 (five years ago) link
When it comes to jawdropping once-seen-never-forgotten quintessentially Australian monuments and landmarks, Clive James's ego dwarfs Syndney Opera House AND Ayers Rock.
― Never Turn Your Back On Virginia Woolf (Tom D.), Thursday, 3 January 2019 10:07 (five years ago) link
I like his LP with Pete Atkin, "Beware The Beautiful Stranger"
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 3 January 2019 10:29 (five years ago) link
He's turned rightwing in his old age though just like his mates Amis, McEwen et al - the last thing I read of his was a review in the TLS where he praised Tony Abbott, Australia's very own Donald Trump
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 3 January 2019 10:37 (five years ago) link
Lionel Blair, 90.
― Never Turn Your Back On Virginia Woolf (Tom D.), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 19:27 (five years ago) link
Gavin MacLeod
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 18:40 (five years ago) link
jonas mekas!
(rip since he actually isn't any more but blimey)
― mark s, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 17:03 (five years ago) link
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RIP
― flappy bird, Friday, 25 January 2019 17:39 (five years ago) link
what? RIP
― macropuente (map), Friday, 25 January 2019 17:57 (five years ago) link
tweeted out by Janus an hour or so ago
― flappy bird, Friday, 25 January 2019 18:37 (five years ago) link
Damn he seemed like a cool guy
― Josefa, Friday, 25 January 2019 18:57 (five years ago) link
I was pretty sure one of Mandy Moore, Winona Ryder, or Mariah Carey was dead. I must be thinking of something else
― Normās Superego (silby), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 07:11 (five years ago) link
Brittany Murphy?
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 09:44 (five years ago) link
Maybe but probably not. Itāll probably remain a mystery
― Normās Superego (silby), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 11:54 (five years ago) link
Eric Carle, author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
― adam the (abanana), Sunday, 3 February 2019 08:36 (five years ago) link
i-is the caterpillar still alive?
― unregistered, Sunday, 3 February 2019 12:26 (five years ago) link
(spoiler) it turned into a butterfly
― adam the (abanana), Sunday, 3 February 2019 16:33 (five years ago) link
Isn't there a larger than life museum dedicated to him in the Berkshires, with a very large Very Hungry Caterpillar?
― Only a Factory URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 February 2019 16:38 (five years ago) link
Pioneer Valley, not Berkshires! On the campus of my alma mater which just this week has decided that due to their weakening fiscal position will not admit a full entering class this year, which has me deeply depressed
― Normās Superego (silby), Sunday, 3 February 2019 17:28 (five years ago) link
Film producer Robert Evans.
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 3 February 2019 22:48 (five years ago) link
Was he young? Not anymore. Was he still active? Not as much as heād like to be. But was he still spending his days on the right side of the dirt, entertaining old pals in his long-time residence, and toying with the notion of making one last hit? You bet your sweet bippy, baby.
― The Very Fugly Caterpillar (sic), Sunday, 3 February 2019 23:11 (five years ago) link
Juliette Greco turns 92 today!
― a large tuna called āJusticeā (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
https://www.itsnicethat.com/system/files/112015/564c648f7fa44c50b20019ec/images_slice_large/Tomi-Ungerer-its-nice-that-rufus.jpg
― mark s, Saturday, 9 February 2019 16:21 (five years ago) link
Anna Karina
― flappy bird, Saturday, 9 February 2019 20:31 (five years ago) link
ken bruce
― seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 15 February 2019 21:32 (five years ago) link
I could've swore Chuck Yeager had died.ā pplains, Friday, January 29, 2016 2:09 PM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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Me too. He celebrated his 96th birthday on Wednesday.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 15 February 2019 21:36 (five years ago) link
Jasper Johns
― Dan I., Tuesday, 19 February 2019 15:26 (five years ago) link
Mac Davis
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 20 February 2019 13:04 (five years ago) link
Lyndon LaRouche, retroactively
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Wednesday, 20 February 2019 23:42 (five years ago) link
Isabel PerĆ³n
Stanley Donen
― ( Ķ”ā ĶŹ Ķ”ā) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 22 February 2019 17:24 (five years ago) link
Saw on a tabloid recently that Robert Conrad is dying and fell out of a wheelchair.
― a large tuna called āJusticeā (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 22 February 2019 17:35 (five years ago) link
Len Deighton, just turned 90.
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 28 February 2019 22:33 (five years ago) link
Andre Previn, retroactively.
― a large tuna called āJusticeā (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 28 February 2019 22:34 (five years ago) link
(xp) Oh, good one.
Lee Grant.
― The Vangelis of Dating (Tom D.), Thursday, 28 February 2019 22:38 (five years ago) link
Vince McMahon's mom
― charlie brown from outta town (GM), Friday, 1 March 2019 06:46 (five years ago) link
Jimmy Cobb
― Number None, Sunday, 3 March 2019 22:34 (five years ago) link
Was worried this was the other thread *phew*
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 March 2019 23:13 (five years ago) link
roger whittaker.
he's not incredibly old - 82 - but nevertheless.
― ( Ķ”ā ĶŹ Ķ”ā) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 14 March 2019 16:37 (five years ago) link
Birch Bayh (until today)
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Thursday, 14 March 2019 16:43 (five years ago) link
Sam Donaldson
― by the light of the burning CitroĆ«n, Thursday, 14 March 2019 16:44 (five years ago) link
Mary Quant.
― Swing Band the Sailor (Tom D.), Thursday, 14 March 2019 18:00 (five years ago) link
Not a person, but who knew that "Last Call with Carson Daly" was still on?
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 15 March 2019 12:28 (five years ago) link
It is?
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 15 March 2019 12:34 (five years ago) link
Sophia Loren
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 15 March 2019 12:39 (five years ago) link
It is?ā Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs)
ā Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs)
Yes, because they just announced who is replacing him--Lilly Singh, "Canadian YouTuber, comedian, television host, and actress widely known as ||Superwoman||" who I am too old to have heard of.
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 16 March 2019 04:21 (five years ago) link
Would prefer Death Rattles With Sophia Loren tbh
― Simon H., Saturday, 16 March 2019 04:33 (five years ago) link
axl rose
― seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 16 March 2019 07:42 (five years ago) link