The RIP Famous Person Thread

[Mr Lick]

''You're a pink toothbrush, i'm a blue tootbrush'' ''Tulips from Amsterdam''





Great innings Max, remember you as one of the best variety stars in my youth.

R.I.P. Sir

[Mr Lick]

Songwriter Hal David dies at 91




US songwriter Hal David, who wrote dozens of hits with collaborator Burt Bacharach, has died at the age of 91.

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers said he had died in Los Angeles from complications from a stroke.

He had a lengthy career writing lyrics to go along with Bacharach's tunes.

The pair wrote a string of hits for Dionne Warwick, including Walk On By, and co-wrote songs for films including Alfie and Casino Royale.

His wife, Eunice David, told the Associated Press news agency that he had suffered a major stroke in March and was stricken again on Tuesday.

"Even at the end, Hal always had a song in his head," she said.
Hits of David and Bacharach

• Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head, BJ Thomas
• Close To You - The Carpenters
• Alfie - Cilla Black
• What's New Pussycat? - Tom Jones
• Walk On By, I Say a Little Prayer, Do You Know The Way To San Jose - Dionne Warwick
• Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa, Gene Pitney
• (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me, Sandie Shaw
• Magic Moments - Perry Como

"He was always writing notes, or asking me to take a note down, so he wouldn't forget a lyric."

David won two Oscars for his work on the soundtrack for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - one for best music, and the other for the song Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head.

Both awards were shared with Bacharach.

The pair were nominated for three other Oscars and won many other awards for their soundtracks.

David's work was performed by a huge array of artists over the decades, including Perry Como, Louis Armstrong, the Carpenters and Sandie Shaw.

In 2011, he and Burt Bacharach were awarded the Gershwin Prize for popular song by the US Library of Congress, the first time a songwriting team has been given the honour.

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[Daft Old Cat]

[Norton]

Maybe you could start a thread on politicians of high principals.

3 posts. Not worth the effort.

[Mr Lick]

Trijntje Oosterhuis Best Of Burt Bacharach Live Full Concert - YouTube

[Humbert]

A great classic from Bacharach and David

[Mr Lick]

So many more by the great man







Dionne Warwick - Walk On By (Stereo) - YouTube







Herb Alpert "This Guy's in Love with You" Video 1971 - YouTube



Dionne Warwick Anyone Who Had A Heart 1964 Original Top 10 Hit - YouTube

[Mr Lick]

'Moonies' founder Sun Myung Moon dies at 92



Self-styled messiah Sun Myung Moon, whose Unification Church became famous for marrying thousands of people in a single ceremony, has died, aged 92.

Moon set up the Church, whose members are often called Moonies, in the 1950s in the South Korean capital, Seoul.

He claimed to have millions of members, many in the US, but was accused of brainwashing and profiteering.

Moon built up a global business empire, setting up newspapers, arms factories, universities and food distributors.

He was a fervent anti-Communist and was closely associated with US President Richard Nixon's administration in the early 1970s.

Church officials told the Associated Press news agency that Moon died on Monday at a hospital near his home in Gapyeong, north-east of Seoul.

He had been admitted to the hospital, which is owned by the Church, two weeks ago suffering from pneumonia.

The Church became notorious in the 1960s and 70s, often being accused of brainwashing members, breaking up families and lining Moon's pockets.

He denied the allegations, but had to spend 11 months in jail after being convicted of tax evasion in 1982.

He owned large and lavish properties in the US, founded the Washington Times newspaper and ran numerous businesses across the world in South Korea.

But he was dogged by controversy for his whole career.

In 2003 he provoked outrage when he used a sermon to condone the Holocaust, claiming that it was the Jews' payment for killing Jesus.

Moon was born in Pyongan province in what is now North Korea.

He claimed that, while he was praying at the age of 15, Jesus appeared to him and asked him to set up God's kingdom on Earth.

Moon said he refused twice, but accepted on the third request.

He was later thrown out of the Presbyterian Church and also jailed and tortured by the Communists before he fled to the South.

[barbaro]

^ A moment of silence.

No posting for 5 minutes at 12:00 Noon, today, Thai time.

[Humbert]

What an iconic song from Bacharach and David...

[Mr Lick]

Green Mile star Michael Clarke Duncan dies at 54



Actor Michael Clarke Duncan, who rose to prominence playing a death row inmate in the acclaimed film The Green Mile, has died at the age of 54.

Duncan suffered a heart attack in July and died at a hospital in Los Angeles after failing to recover.

A former bodyguard, the 6ft 4in (1.93m) Duncan was an imposing figure who played a wide variety of screen roles.

He was nominated for an Oscar in 1999 for The Green Mile, but also played action roles and voiced animated parts.

His versatility saw him team up with Bruce Willis to save the Earth in Armageddon, play it for laughs in the Will Ferrell racing car comedy Talladega Nights, and take a succession of roles in TV sitcoms, including Two and a Half Men.

He will be remembered primarily for his role alongside Tom Hanks in the adaptation of Stephen King's novel The Green Mile.

Duncan played convicted murderer John Coffey, a man possessed of a gentle demeanour and extraordinary healing powers.

His unexpected performance won him a nomination as best supporting actor and kick-started an acting career that only began once he gave up bodyguard work in his 30s.

[Davis Knowlton]

The only movie I ever saw him in was "The Green Mile", but he gave a terrific performance in that role. RIP. Way too young.

[nedwalk]

seen him in a few movies..agreed , way way to young

[Mr Lick]

Former jockey and BBC broadcaster Lord Oaksey dies




Former jockey, journalist and founder of the Injured Jockeys Fund Lord John Oaksey has died, aged 83.

Oaksey passed away on Wednesday at his family home in Wiltshire following a lengthy period of ill health.

During his riding career, he won the 1958 Hennessy Gold Cup at Cheltenham aboard Taxidermist and came second in the 1963 Grand National on Carrickbeg.

His media work saw him write for the Daily Telegraph and appear on ITV, BBC Radio and Channel 4 Racing.

He retired from broadcasting in 1999.

Following the career-ending falls of Tim Brookshaw and Paddy Farrell in the Grand National in 1964, Oaksey was a key mover in establishing the Brookshaw-Farrell fund to help the injured riders.

That fund eventually became the IJF and the charity has helped over 1,000 riders since those early days.

Lisa Hancock, chief executive of the IJF said: "It is a sad day for us all here. He was very proud of his involvement.

"He was a fantastic man and we all feel very proud to be part of what he started and to be continuing his work in the future."

BBC Sport racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght said: "John Oaksey was quite possibly the outstanding racing figure of modern times, touching so many via his compelling writing, broadcasting, race-riding and tireless fund-raising.

"Regularly appearing on TV in the silks and breeches of his next or previous race, or effortlessly filing golden prose on races in which he'd just competed, he packed so much into one life.

"And he was genuinely a good man, treating everyone with the same kindness, from the in-awe junior that I was on our first meeting to any senior beneficiary of 'his' Injured Jockeys' Fund.

"Oaksey founded the IJF in 1964 having seen close up the problems faced by regularly-hurt riders, and, to this day, it's still doing good works as perhaps his greatest legacy of all."

[Cujo]

^ Not famous.

[Daft Old Cat]

^ Is Famous.

[Cujo]

^ not.

[BaitongBoy]

^&^^

Cats and Dawgs...

[Daft Old Cat]

^^ Is too

[Cujo]

^Is not.

[Dillinger]

He is famous on the uk racing circuit

[Mr Lick]

He's so famous i had difficulty in believing that he retired from broadcasting way back in 1999.

I was never much of a horse racing fan but he was always a pleasure to listen to, an admirable man who gave much back to the sport he was involved in and especially those who suffered long term injuries.

When the bass guitarist of Polka Dot Custard passes away i may not have heard of him but maybe he deserves a mention from those that have.

[david44]

He's so famous i had difficulty in believing that he retired from broadcasting way back in 1999.

I was never much of a horse racing fan but he was always a pleasure to listen to, an admirable man who gave much back to the sport he was involved in and especially those who suffered long term injuries.

When the bass guitarist of Polka Dot Custard passes away i may not have heard of him but maybe he deserves a mention from those that have.

A slipped disc jockey

[Mr Lick]

Terry Nutkins, TV wildlife presenter, dies aged 66



TV presenter Terry Nutkins, famous for appearances on BBC nature programmes like Animal Magic and The Really Wild Show, has died at the age of 66.

Born in London in 1946, Nutkins helped out at London Zoo as a child and later helped author Gavin Maxwell care for otters on the west coast of Scotland.

The wildlife expert spent seven years on Animal Magic and was later seen on Growing Up Wild and Pets Win Prizes.

The father of eight was being treated for leukaemia when he died on Thursday.
Nutkins' love of animals was undimmed by an incident when, aged 15, he had the top joints of two of his fingers bitten off by a wild otter named Edal.

Renowned for his natural ebullience and unruly hair style, he played a major role in the restoration of the historic Fort Augustus Abbey on the shores of Loch Ness.

In his childhood, Maxwell, the author of Ring of Bright Water, became Nutkins' legal guardian so that he could remain in Scotland to assist him.

Naturalist and broadcaster Johnny Morris, the main presenter of Animal Magic, also regarded Nutkins as his protege and left his house to him when he died in 1999.

In recent years he made guest appearances on Ready Steady Cook, Celebrity Ghost Stories and a tribute documentary to Australian "crocodile hunter" Steve Irwin.

TV presenter Philip Schofield was among the first to pay tribute to the broadcaster, remembering him as "a delightful man and passionate naturalist".

"So sad to hear of the death of Terry Nutkins," he wrote on Twitter. "I worked with him often in my 'broom cupboard' days."

Wildlife presenter Ben Fogle described Nutkins as one of his "childhood inspirations", while comedian Ricky Gervais said he was a "thoroughly nice chap".

John Miles, Nutkins' agent, said he had died at his home in Scotland after a "brave" nine-month battle with acute leukaemia.