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2018 Deathlist

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Izzy

Izzy

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3 hours ago, boots60 said:

Kevin Beattie

Ex Ipswich & England legend died today aged 64

R. I.P

 

3 hours ago, RODNEY FERNIO said:

R.I.P Kevin …. one hell of a player

From the BBC:

His career was dogged by injury and all but ended at the age of 28, when he left Ipswich.He had spells at Middlesbrough and Colchester, but returned to the town and lived in a council-owned bungalow, where he cared for his wife who has multiple sclerosis. A pundit on BBC Radio Suffolk, he remained in the role following his conviction in 2012 for not declaring the job while on benefits.

 

Amazing really how some great players from back then are now completely skint...

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Jattdogg

Jattdogg

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41 minutes ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

 

From the BBC:

His career was dogged by injury and all but ended at the age of 28, when he left Ipswich.He had spells at Middlesbrough and Colchester, but returned to the town and lived in a council-owned bungalow, where he cared for his wife who has multiple sclerosis. A pundit on BBC Radio Suffolk, he remained in the role following his conviction in 2012 for not declaring the job while on benefits.

 

Amazing really how some great players from back then are now completely skint...

The money then isnt the same today. Plus i think a lot of players in many sports arent prepared for the fame and handling money.

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RODNEY FERNIO

RODNEY FERNIO

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A friend of mine used to prepare the tax returns for a lot of the City players back in the Seventies.

Every year they'd ask the players their savings passbooks (no internet then ) so they could calculate

the interest they'd earnt to enter on their returns . 

Every year Frankie Wortho used to say he did not have any savings accounts … literally spent every penny he earned.

Difficult to do that now with the wages being paid.

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The Bear

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Love Chas & Dave so this is a real shitter.

 

Chas actually played guitar in bands over in America before coming back to the UK and concentrating on Piano. He then toured with his hero Jerry Lee Lewis when he came over here.

 

I think Dave had a run in with cancer a few years back and retired from playing too.

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davieG

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Ray Galton: Steptoe and Son writer dies aged 88

 

In their 1950s-70s heyday he and co-writer Alan Simpson created classics such as Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son.

 

 

 

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Alf Bentley

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1 hour ago, davieG said:

Ray Galton: Steptoe and Son writer dies aged 88

 

In their 1950s-70s heyday he and co-writer Alan Simpson created classics such as Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son.

 

 

 

 

 

One day you're writing humorous stories about a rag-and-bone yard, the next day you're rags and bones in a boneyard. :(

 

A classic comedy series, though a lot of the credit must go to Wilfrid Brambell & Harry H. Corbett, the main actors. To what extent was the writing exceptional and to what extent did the actors make it so?

Only seen Hancock a few times so cannot judge that, though Hancock himself was a big figure again.... 

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