The "which famous person died today" thread

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

R.I.P Papa elf

 

[roman totale]

Aww. RIP Bob. The first comedian I ever remember hearing as a little kid in the early 70s, as my dad used to roar laughing at the telephone conversation lp we had.
He was brilliant in everything he did. We only recently finished binge-watching Newhart.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Remember Newhart having occasional 'spots' within Stannage's shows when I was a kid.

RIP

 

[bumbleblue]

RIP snooker Legend Ray Reardon passed aged 91

 

[flook]

RIP snooker Legend Ray Reardon passed aged 91

the only Vampyre to ever play snooker, RIP Ray Reardon

 

[normskih]

RIP snooker Legend Ray Reardon passed aged 91

Such a lovely man. Always played snooker with a smile, I remember watching him on the programme Pot Black when we had a b&w telly.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

the only Vampyre to ever play snooker, RIP Ray Reardon

I was listening to Talk Sport yesterday and they had some.young lad on who is a snooker player and I cast my mind back to watching Pot Black in the 70's with the likes of Ray Reardon, Eddie Charlton, Terry Griffiths etc and they all looked ancient then (as did the darts players) there certainly wasn't lads in their 20's. I guess Steven Hendrie was the first genuine new kid on the table. Steve Davies was certainly young when he came on the scene but he had an old outlook.
RIP Ray Reardon. I've never watched snooker on TV other than pot black as a kid and he was certainly one of the golden players of that era.

 

[PPT]

Ray was my snooker hero when I was a kid and I played a lot. Watched him live more than a few times a snooker genius and genuinely nice man. Saw him and John Spencer in an exhibition match around ‘71. They just knocked in century after century and everyone had a good laugh while they did it. RIP Ray.

 

[Victorinodennistua]

the only Vampyre to ever play snooker, RIP Ray Reardon

Don’t worry he’ll come back again at night.RIP for now fella.

 

[KS55]

RIP RAY.
The 6 times world champion had a ready wit and was always smiling. Pot Black was a game changer bringing snooker to tv.
“And for those of you watching in black and white, the yellow is behind the green.”