The "which famous person died today" thread

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Henry Kelly

TV presenter and journalist Henry Kelly dies

He presented shows including Game For A Laugh and Going For Gold, and fronted several radio programmes.

www.bbc.co.uk

Absolute banger, written by Hans Zimmer.

 

[DiscoSteve]

bet he's no longer game for a laugh...

 

[dickie davies]

Henry Kelly

TV presenter and journalist Henry Kelly dies

He presented shows including Game For A Laugh and Going For Gold, and fronted several radio programmes.

www.bbc.co.uk

He had a show on classic FM and every day gave a horse racing tip, this bit of the show was called Henry's Horse
He'd phone my wife's boss up for the tip

 

[andthesunshineband]

I've just posted in the Northern Soul thread that Chris Jasper of the Isley Brothers has passed away aged 73.
He was an important song writer for the group in the 70s and 80s , and one of the songs he wrote was Caravan Of Love , which The Housemartins later did as an acappello version in 1986.
RIP Chris Jasper.

I always preferred the Isley Jasper Isley version tbh. It's been a rough week or so in soul circles? RIP sir.

 

[andthesunshineband]

bet he's no longer game for a laugh...

Won't be " playing catch up" either. RIP sir.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Michelle Trachtenberg: Buffy and Gossip Girl actress dies aged 39

Trachtenberg, 39, found fame in television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and later Gossip Girl.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[N1985]

Sad news about Henry Kelly. Great up watching Going for Gold. Still watch it on YouTube.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Henry Kelly

TV presenter and journalist Henry Kelly dies

He presented shows including Game For A Laugh and Going For Gold, and fronted several radio programmes.

www.bbc.co.uk

Going for gold was essential viewing while wagging off school in the 80s.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog all found dead at home. Bizarre one, that.

 

[Kinkybyname]

great actor

 

[pride in battle]

Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog all found dead at home. Bizarre one, that.

Suicide ?

 

[threespires]

great actor

Hugely watchable with a gnarled charisma all of his own.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Suicide ?

I hope not, because if so he’s clocked out as a dog killer, and that will destroy his legacy.

 

[pride in battle]

I hope not, because if so he’s clocked out as a dog killer, and that will destroy his legacy.

Wife was only 63, so that or carbon monoxide ?

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Very Sad news one of the greats R.I.P Gene

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Wife was only 63, so that or carbon monoxide ?

I’m going to go on Twitter to get a definitive answer.

 

[smevchenko]

Sad news, some of my first memories of movies were watching the Superman films, Gene playing a great villain in Lex Luthor.

 

[dronefromsector7G]

Wife was only 63, so that or carbon monoxide ?

No foul play suspected, so could be the latter.

 

[its a Barm]

how very sad, the french conection was his best work.

 

[moggymoz]

Was absolutely fantastic in the Clint Eastwood Movie
'Unforgiven'