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    "tkk tkk"
    What's that, Skippy ? EggSandwich has fallen down the old mineshaft at 5 mile creek ?
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    Compound fracture of the left femur, eh Skip ?
    "tkk tkk"
    Just leave him there to die and end his misery, eh Skip ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by can123 View Post
    He wasn't famous because I had never heard of him. Just because he was regarded as being clever in America does not mean that he would be regarded as clever in the UK. Clever by American standards, I daresay he was.

    I'm sorry he is dead.
    His nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the battle that ensued to defeat his becoming a justice therein, forever changed the manner in which the nominations are conducted. It was in 1987 and clearly more significant to me than others here (I was attending law school at the time). I just remember him as being unbeatable when it came to debating any issue. I admired him, but, I agree, on the world stage, he was not well known. Then again, there was a British astronomer and broadcaster mentioned in this thread of whom I had never heard.
    I'm certain he was clever - at least by Brit standards. Pity.
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    Sir Lawie Barrett the bloke who made houses affordable to the masses in the UK has died. 85 I think.

    Became a bit of a joke when we were buying properties years gone by...

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    Mike Scaccia, Ministry guitarist, dies at 47

    Scaccia (left) came to attention with his first band Rigor Mortis in the 1980s

    Mike Scaccia, guitarist with heavy metal bands Ministry and Rigor Mortis, has died at the age of 47.

    Rolling Stone magazine reported that he was playing at a birthday celebration for Rigor Mortis singer Bruce Corbitt when he collapsed on stage in Texas.

    He was rushed to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

    Al Jourgensen, Ministry's lead singer, confirmed his death on the band's website, telling fans: "I just lost my lil' brother and my best friend."

    He continued: "Mikey was not only the best guitar player in the history of music, but he was a close, close, close part of our family - and I just lost a huge chunk of my heart today.

    "Our lives are forever changed. Life without Mikey is like orange juice without pulp - kind of bland."

    Scaccia was born in Babylon, New York in 1965 and formed group Rigor Mortis in 1983.

    Jourgensen invited Scaccia to join Ministry in 1989, and he played on the band's most commercially-successful album, Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs, in 1992.

    He also contributed to spin-off projects by bands such as Lard and Buck Satan and the 666 Shooters, and was part of a well-received Rigor Mortis reunion in 2003.

    According to the Fort Worth medical examiner, the guitarist died of a sudden heart attack brought on by a heart disease.

    Rigor Mortis vocalist Corbitt paid tribute to his friend on Facebook, calling him "the greatest guitar player I ever knew".

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    Never heard of either of thosed bands.
    Famous? In their local pub circuit?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Koojo
    Famous?
    Ministry are pretty famous. Not as much as Kylie, but in the circles of proper music, they were fairly well known.

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    US Odd Couple actor Jack Klugman dies at 90

    Jack Klugman was also a stage actor

    US actor Jack Klugman, who starred in hit TV series in the 1970s and 80s, has died at the age of 90.

    He passed away in Los Angeles on Monday afternoon, his son Adam said, without giving further details.

    Klugman played a no-nonsense medical investigator in Quincy M.E. and a sloppy sports writer in The Odd Couple.

    The actor lost his voice to throat cancer in the 1980s but later trained himself to speak again. He returned to acting in the 1990s.

    "He had a great life and he enjoyed every moment of it and he would encourage others to do the same," son Adam Klugman was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency.

    His brother David added: "His sons loved him very much. We'll carry on in his spirit."

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    Actor Charles Durning Dead at 89
    BY ANNEMARIE FRASER ON DECEMBER 25, 2012

    More sad news! We heard Jack Klugman passed away on Christmas Eve and now new actor Charles Durning also passed away on Christmas Eve, at his home in New York City, at 89 years old. Charles’ agent and friend Judith Moss told The Associated Press that he died Monday of natural causes in his home in Manhattan.
    Charles was well known as a character actor and some of Charles most memorable roles were police officers in the Oscar-winning The Sting (1973) and crime drama Dog Day Afternoon (1975), along with the comedies Tootsie, To Be Or Not To Be and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. He earned Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and To be Or Not To Be. He won a Tony award for his portrayal of Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1990.
    Charles was once asked about acting and he said, “what is acting?” “acting is listening. And if you ain’t listening, nobody’s listening.”
    Charles was married twice and is survived by his children, Michele, Douglas and Jeannine. The family planned to have a private family service and burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
    RIP Charles 1923-2012!
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    Thunderbirds' creator Gerry Anderson dies.
    Gerry Anderson, creator of the Thunderbirds and Joe 90 marionette puppet superhero series, has died at the age of 83, his son has announced.

    Anderson had been suffering from Alzheimer's Disease since early 2010, and his condition had worsened in the past six months, Jamie Anderson said.

    Gerry Anderson also created Stingray and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.

    Thunderbirds was filmed on Slough Trading Estate in Berkshire and was first broadcast in 1965.


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    Not forgetting my initial trade-training:

    Fireball XL 5 - XFI EQ Proj 5 Mix - YouTube


    before moving on to better things:

    Stingray TV intro (1964) - YouTube


    Can't imagine a childhood without him.........

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    Fontella Bass, US soul singer of Rescue Me, dies at 72

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    The American soul singer, Fontella Bass, best remembered for the hit single Rescue Me, has died of complications following a heart attack. She was 72.

    She had been in poor health for much of the past seven years.

    Rescue Me reached the top of the US R&B chart in 1965 and is one of the best known soul songs. It has been covered by many artists.

    Fontella Bass had a powerful voice and a background steeped in music.

    Her mother was gospel singer Martha Bass, one of the Clara Ward Singers and Fontella Bass began performing at a young age, singing in her church's choir at the age of six.

    Like many of her generation, she graduated to soul and R&B in the 60s, signing to Chess Records.

    She first found success in a duet with Bobby McClure on Don't Mess Up a Good Thing and You'll Miss Me (When I'm Gone).

    She co-wrote Rescue Me, a song her daughter Neuka Mitchell said "held a special place in her heart".

    But it took years of legal battles for her to receive full royalty rights to the song. A final settlement was reached more than 20 years after the song was first released.

    Ms Mitchell said her mother was an outgoing person. "She had a very big personality. Any room she entered, she just lit the room up, whether she was on stage or just going out to eat."

    Fontella Bass was married to the great jazz trumpeter, Lester Bowie, who was her musical director.

    She died in the city where she was born, St Louis, Missouri.

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    "Stormin' Norman" Schwarzkopf commanded the U.S.-led international coalition in Desert Storm. He was 78.
    WASHINGTON — Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who topped an illustrious military career by commanding the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991 but kept a low public profile in controversies over the second Gulf War against Iraq, died Thursday. He was 78.
    Schwarzkopf died in Tampa, Florida, where he had lived in retirement, according to a U.S. official, who was not authorized to release the information publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
    A much-decorated combat soldier in Vietnam, Schwarzkopf was known popularly as "Stormin' Norman" for a notoriously explosive temper.
    He served in his last military assignment in Tampa as commander-in-chief of U.S. Central Command, the headquarters responsible for U.S. military and security concerns in nearly 20 countries from the eastern Mediterranean and Africa to Pakistan.
    Schwarzkopf became "CINC-Centcom" in 1988 and when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait three years later to punish it for allegedly stealing Iraqi oil reserves, he commanded Operation Desert Storm, the coalition of some 30 countries organized by then-President George H.W. Bush that succeeded in driving the Iraqis out.
    At the peak of his postwar national celebrity, Schwarzkopf — a self-proclaimed political independent — rejected suggestions that he run for office, and remained far more private than other generals, although he did serve briefly as a military commentator for NBC.
    While focused primarily in his later years on charitable enterprises, he campaigned for President George W. Bush in 2000 but was ambivalent about the 2003 invasion of Iraq, saying he doubted victory would be as easy as the White House and Pentagon predicted. In early 2003 he told the Washington Post the outcome was an unknown:
    "What is postwar Iraq going to look like, with the Kurds and the Sunnis and the Shiites? That's a huge question, to my mind. It really should be part of the overall campaign plan," he said.
    Initially Schwarzkopf had endorsed the invasion, saying he was convinced that former Secretary of State Colin Powell had given the United Nations powerful evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. After that proved false, he said decisions to go to war should depend on what U.N. weapons inspectors found.
    He seldom spoke up during the conflict, but in late 2004, he sharply criticized then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the Pentagon for mistakes that included inadequate training for Army reservists sent to Iraq and for erroneous judgments about Iraq.
    "In the final analysis I think we are behind schedule. ... I don't think we counted on it turning into jihad (holy war)," he said in an NBC interview.
    Schwarzkopf was born Aug. 24, 1934, in Trenton, New Jersey, where his father, Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., founder and commander of the New Jersey State Police, was then leading the investigation of the Lindbergh kidnap case, which ended with the arrest and 1936 execution of German-born carpenter Richard Hauptmann for stealing and murdering the famed aviator's infant son.
    The elder Schwarzkopf was named Herbert, but when the son was asked what his "H'' stood for, he would reply, "H." Although reputed to be short-tempered with aides and subordinates, he was a friendly, talkative and even jovial figure who didn't like "Stormin' Norman" and preferred to be known as "the Bear," a sobriquet given him by troops.
    He also was outspoken at times, including when he described Gen. William Westmoreland, the U.S. commander in Vietnam, as "a horse's ass" in an Associated Press interview.
    As a teenager Norman accompanied his father to Iran, where the elder Schwarzkopf trained the country's national police force and was an adviser to Reza Pahlavi, the young Shah of Iran.
    Young Norman studied there and in Switzerland, Germany and Italy, then followed in his father's footsteps to West Point, graduating in 1956 with an engineering degree. After stints in the U.S. and abroad, he earned a master's degree in engineering at the University of Southern California and later taught missile engineering at West Point.
    In 1966 he volunteered for Vietnam and served two tours, first as a U.S. adviser to South Vietnamese paratroops and later as a battalion commander in the U.S. Army's Americal Division. He earned three Silver Stars for valor — including one for saving troops from a minefield — plus a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart and three Distinguished Service Medals.
    While many career officers left military service embittered by Vietnam, Schwarzkopf was among those who opted to stay and help rebuild the tattered Army into a potent, modernized all-volunteer force.
    After Saddam invaded Kuwait in August 1990, Schwarzkopf played a key diplomatic role by helping to persuade Saudi Arabia's King Fahd to allow U.S. and other foreign troops to deploy on Saudi territory as a staging area for the war to come.
    On Jan. 17, 1991, a five-month buildup called Desert Shield became Operation Desert Storm as allied aircraft attacked Iraqi bases and Baghdad government facilities. The six-week aerial campaign climaxed with a massive ground offensive on Feb. 24-28, routing the Iraqis from Kuwait in 100 hours before U.S. officials called a halt.
    Schwarzkopf said afterward he agreed with Bush's decision to stop the war rather than drive to Baghdad to capture Saddam, as his mission had been only to oust the Iraqis from Kuwait.
    But in a desert tent meeting with vanquished Iraqi generals, he allowed a key concession on Iraq's use of helicopters, which later backfired by enabling Saddam to crack down more easily on rebellious Shiites and Kurds.
    While he later avoided the public second-guessing by academics and think tank experts over the ambiguous outcome of Gulf War I and its impact on Gulf War II, he told the Washington Post in 2003, "You can't help but... with 20/20 hindsight, go back and say, 'Look, had we done something different, we probably wouldn't be facing what we are facing today.'"
    After retiring from the Army in 1992, Schwarzkopf wrote a best-selling autobiography, "It Doesn't Take A Hero." Of his Gulf war role, he said, "I like to say I'm not a hero. I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war." He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and honored with decorations from France, Britain, Belgium, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain.
    Schwarzkopf was a national spokesman for prostate cancer awareness and for Recovery of the Grizzly Bear, served on the Nature Conservancy board of governors and was active in various charities for chronically ill children.
    "I may have made my reputation as a general in the Army and I'm very proud of that," he once told the AP. "But I've always felt that I was more than one-dimensional. I'd like to think I'm a caring human being. ... It's nice to feel that you have a purpose."
    Schwarzkopf and his wife, Brenda, had three children: Cynthia, Jessica and Christian.
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    Ex-England cricketer Tony Greig dies

    Greig was reportedly diagnosed with lung cancer just two months ago

    Former England cricket captain and TV commentator Tony Greig has died in Sydney, aged 66, according to Australian broadcaster Nine Network.

    South Africa-born Greig had been diagnosed with lung cancer two months ago, it was reported.

    The all-rounder played 58 Tests for England from 1972-1977 and is described by ESPNcricinfo website as the most "complete cricketer" of that time.

    He later became a popular commentator and had worked for Nine Network.

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    only 66, I thought he'd be 166 by now..

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    Quote Originally Posted by TizMe View Post
    only 66, I thought he'd be 166 by now..
    66 and out.

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    Christopher Martin-Jenkins, TMS commentator, dies aged 67



    Test Match Special commentator Christopher Martin-Jenkins has died of cancer at the age of 67.

    Martin-Jenkins joined the BBC in 1970 and commentated on his first match, a one-day international, in 1972.

    “It is doubtful that anyone has contributed more in a lifetime to the overall coverage of cricket than Christopher Martin-Jenkins” - Jonathan Agnew BBC cricket correspondent

    In 1973 he succeeded Brian Johnston as the BBC's cricket correspondent, a post he held until 1991, with a break between 1981 and 1984.

    He was cricket correspondent of the Daily Telegraph from 1991 to 1999 and of The Times from 1999 to 2008.

    He was diagnosed with cancer in January 2012, shortly after returning from commentating duties in the United Arab Emirates.

    Martin-Jenkins' Test Match Special colleague and friend, current BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew, was among those who paid tribute to the journalist.

    "CMJ, as he was widely known, was one of cricket's most respected writers and broadcasters," said Agnew.

    "With modern media now preferring the views and experiences of former Test match cricketers, Christopher's authority and respect was not gained from a high-profile playing career, but a deep-rooted love of the game linked to a strong protective instinct which helped him earn the most coveted position of president of the MCC [Marylebone Cricket Club].

    "Listeners to Test Match Special were all too familiar with CMJ's eccentricities - like going to the wrong ground for the start of a Test match. His legendary, chaotic time-keeping was very much part of his charm.

    "Considering the years he worked as editor of The Cricketer magazine, and as correspondent for the BBC twice, the Daily Telegraph and the Times, and 40 years commentating on Test Match Special and the many books he wrote, it is doubtful that anyone has contributed more in a lifetime to the overall coverage of cricket than Christopher Martin-Jenkins."

    A statement from his family said: "Christopher died peacefully at home this morning after his brave resistance to cancer. The family is extremely proud of all that he did to pass on his love of cricket worldwide with his gift of communicating through the spoken and written word.

    "He was above all a much loved husband, brother, father and grandfather."

    Former England captain Sir Ian Botham tweeted: "Very sad to hear of the death of the 'Major', Christopher Martin-Jenkins. Our thoughts are with the family. A true Gentleman."

    Test Match Special producer Adam Mountford said: "CMJ was one of the voices of the English summer - a true gentleman who embraced the changes in cricket whilst acting as a guardian of its traditions and values.

    "Quite simply he will be remembered as one of the legendary characters of cricket writing and broadcasting. The thoughts of all of us on TMS are with Judy and his family."

    ECB chief executive David Collier added: "Christopher was quite simply a cricketing institution. He will be hugely missed by all cricket fans as well as his many friends and colleagues within the game."
    “CMJ was one of the voices of the English summer” - Adam Mountford Test Match Special producer


    ECB chairman Giles Clarke said: "It was always a privilege and a pleasure to be in his company and share discussions with him about our great game. He was man of great personal integrity, a true gentleman and our thoughts today are with his family and his close friends."

    Mike Griffith, current president of the MCC, said: "CMJ will be sorely missed. I was fortunate to know him from his schooldays at Marlborough College and we became good friends.

    "As a commentator and journalist he was passionate about upholding the values of the game and always expressed his views with clarity and humour.

    "Everyone at MCC shares the sadness now being felt by the cricketing world that his live commentaries will never be heard again."

    Wisden editor Lawrence Booth also paid tribute: "RIP CMJ - a warm voice from childhood and beyond."

    Martin-Jenkins was a useful schoolboy cricketer for Marlborough and also played for Surrey's second XI.

    His journalistic talents were encouraged by the legendary EW Swanton and he joined the Cricketer magazine as his assistant editor.

    Martin-Jenkins was given an MBE in 2009 and served as the MCC's president in 2010 and 2011.

    His son Robin played county cricket for Sussex before retiring in 2010.




    Epic contribution to the game Chris. Deserved a century. Very sad news that the man is no longer with us. R.I.P. sir

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    Patti Page, singer of Tennessee Waltz, dies aged 85

    Patti Page described herself as 'a kid from Oklahoma'

    American singer Patti Page, one of the most popular artists of the 1950s, has died at the age of 85.

    She recorded four US number-one hits, including Tennessee Waltz and the novelty record (How Much Is That) Doggie In The Window.

    She was to have been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award at next month's Grammy ceremony.

    Born Clara Ann Fowler into a poor family in 1928, she was discovered singing on local radio.

    "I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing," she said in a 1999 interview. "And things snowballed."

    She signed to Mercury Records, where she became their star female vocalist, selling more than 100 million records.

    Tennessee Waltz, her biggest hit, topped the charts in 1950-1951 and was the last song to sell a million copies of sheet music.

    Page became a fixture on US television. The Patti Page Show ran on TV for a year and its star was nominated for an Emmy award in 1959.

    She also acted in films, including Elmer Gantry alongside Burt Lancaster.

    But her popularity dipped in the 1960s as her style became dated by the arrival of rock'n'roll.

    She recorded as a more overtly country singer in subsequent decades and continued to tour extensively.

    Patti Page won a Grammy in 1998 for Live At Carnegie Hall.



    Gutted! I never did find out the price of that doggie in the window. RIP Patty

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    Dr Tom Parry Jones: Breathalyser inventor dies, aged 77

    Dr Tom Parry Jones was a 1958 chemistry graduate of Bangor University

    The inventor of the electronic breathalyser which has been used to catch drink-drivers around the world has died, aged 77.

    Bangor University said Dr Tom Parry Jones, of Menai Bridge, Anglesey, had a worldwide reputation.

    He set up Dr Tom Parry Jones Fund to encourage young people into careers in science and technology, and it is used to stage the Bangor Science Festival.

    It was set up by former students of the university and the inventor.

    The festival promotes science and promote entrepreneurship in young people.

    Dr Parry Jones also established Lion Laboratories to manufacture and market the breathalyser worldwide, and was awarded an OBE for his work.
    Tom was always keen to inspire new generations of students to get involved in science and technology” - Bangor University

    Speaking to the BBC in 2003 Dr Jones said: "I found inventing the device the easy part but producing it, developing it, and selling it was the challenge".

    A Bangor University spokesperson said: "Bangor University has lost one of its most distinguished and cherished alumni."

    "Tom was always keen to inspire new generations of students to get involved in science and technology."

    He made the donation to established the Dr Tom Parry Jones Endowment Fund ten years ago with the aim of promoting science and engineering entrepreneurship in young people.

    "This fund has supported a range of activities benefitting school pupils from across north Wales, ranging from the Dr Tom parry Jones Entrepreneurship Day to the annual Bangor Science Festival, which will be held for the third time this March."

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    Diff'rent Stroke actor Conrad Bain dies aged 89

    Bain became a father-figure to the younger stars of the show

    Actor Conrad Bain, best known for playing a white millionaire who adopts two young black boys in 80s sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, has died aged 89.

    Bain, who starred opposite a young Gary Coleman in the show, died in California of natural causes, his daughter said.

    The comedy, which played on the contrasting lifestyles of rich white and poor black communities in the US, was seen as groundbreaking in the 70s.

    It ran for eight seasons, over six years, coming to an end in 1986.

    Its success was largely attributed to the play-off between the mischievous young Arnold (played by Coleman) and Bain's character, Phillip Drummond, a rich, widowed industrialist who takes in the two young sons of his housekeeper after she dies.

    Coleman's oft-repeated line to his brother, "What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?" became a catchphrase of the era.

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    Ned Kelly is getting his funeral today, 130 years after he was executed. RIP Ned.

    Ned's last wish: Bushranger to be buried with family



    Ned Kelly.

    Ned Kelly will be buried with his mother in a small cemetery near where he reached infamy as a bushranger.

    Fairfax Media can confirm Kelly will be buried at Greta, near Glenrowan in north-east Victoria, where his mother Ellen lies in an unmarked grave.

    A memorial service will be held on Friday, with the burial on Sunday.

    A statement from the Kelly family says they want the burial to be in keeping with the bushranger's last wish before his execution in 1880.

    "The descendants of the Kelly family wish to give effect to Ned Kelly's last wish and that he now be buried in consecrated ground with only his family in attendance in order to ensure a private, respectful and dignified funeral," the statement reads.

    "The family wish for their privacy to be respected so that they may farewell a very much loved member of their family."

    Kelly's remains were identified in 2011. His family had to wait until August last year before being granted an exhumation license by the state government which gave them control over the remains.

    Fairfax reported in October that the family was considering a private burial or a public memorial.

    Paul Griffiths, the great nephew of Ned Kelly, said the burial would respect "one of their own".

    "Our aim is to give Ned a dignified funeral, like any family would want to," he said.

    In their statement, the family detail Kelly's third letter to the Governor, written the day before his execution, pleading for the release of his mother from prison.

    It also tells of Kelly's last meeting with his mother before his execution.

    "Mind you die like a Kelly, Ned," she told her first-born son.

    The location of Kelly's skull is still shrouded in mystery.

    Last March, a witch in New Zealand claimed to have the skull, which was given to her by a Melbourne security guard while she was on holiday in the 1980s. In 2009, West Australian farmer Tom Baxter claimed to have kept Kelly's skull in a tree stump for 30 years before handing it in, but DNA tests concluded the skull actually belonged to another prisoner.

    The skull was stolen from an Old Melbourne Gaol display case in 1978.

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    Pauline Phillips, best know as Abigail Van Buren or "Dear Abby has passed away at 94.

    Her advice column first started running in 1954 and has millions of fans.


    A few of her witty replies to questions mailed in to her:


    DEAR ABBY: Our son was married in January. Five months later his wife had a ten-pound baby girl. They said the baby was premature. Tell me, can a baby this big be that early? — Wondering

    DEAR Wondering: The baby was on time, the wedding was late.


    DEAR ABBY: Is it possible for a man to be in love with two women at the same time? — Jake

    DEAR Jake: Yes, and also hazardous


    DEAR ABBY: I know boys will be boys, but my ‘boy’ is seventy-three and he’s still chasing women. Any suggestions? — Annie

    DEAR Annie: Don’t worry. My dog has been chasing cars for years, but if he ever caught one, he wouldn’t know what to do with it.

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    Robert F. Chew, who played "Proposition Joe" on the American TV series "The Wire", died today in his home town of Baltimore (where the series is set) at age 52 of a heart attack. Guess all of that extra weight finally did him in - he must have been 50 kg overweight, at least. I post this, even though he is American and not extremely well known, as I know there are a number of posters who were fans of The Wire. (And in retribution for having to read about numerous obscure British soccer, cricket, etc guys who died). RIP Prop Joe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton
    (And in retribution for having to read about numerous obscure British soccer, cricket, etc guys who died)
    Gotta love it...

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    Alabama civil rights pioneer James Hood dies at 70

    James Hood and Vivian Malone were confronted by the governor of Alabama when they tried to register for the state's all-white university in 1963

    A US civil rights pioneer who confronted racial segregation in Alabama in the 1960s has died aged 70.

    James Hood died in his hometown of Gadsden in Alabama, a local funeral home said in an obituary notice.

    Mr Hood was one of two black students to enter the all-white University of Alabama in June 1963.

    Their path was blocked by then Alabama Governor George Wallace and his state troopers until President John F Kennedy intervened.

    President Kennedy ordered the Alabama National Guard to escort Mr Hood and Vivian Malone into the building so that they could register for classes and pay their fees.

    Mr Hood attended the university for a few months but then moved to Michigan to complete his education in order to, as he once put it, "avoid a complete mental and physical breakdown".

    He returned to the university in the mid-1990s to complete a doctorate in education.

    On becoming governor of Alabama in January 1963, George Wallace had promised "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever".

    In later years he underwent a complete political transformation and apologised to James Hood and Vivian Malone for his actions that day, saying he had made a mistake.

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    Andree Putman, famed French designer, dead at 87.

    Andree Putman,

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