The Dead Thread

[Rich1878]

Sad that, far too young RIP

Jet wad my favourite Gladiator

 

[summerisle]

 

[gonetomorrow]

Ken Buchanan, lightweight world champion boxer from 1970s. Aged 77. Statue to him in Leith.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Ken Buchanan, lightweight world champion boxer from 1970s. Aged 77. Statue to him in Leith.

One of not many Brits to fight Roberto Duran.

 

[Alan Whittle]

RIP Ken Buchanan.One of my all time boyhood hero’s. Superb Boxer. Giant of a man.
Gutted, terrible news.

 

[coollino]

Ah man, what a catalogue of music he has

 

[gonetomorrow]

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One of not many Brits to fight Roberto Duran.

Famous low blow from Duran in that one, which he got away with.
No VAR in those days.

 

[GoldenToffee]

Gladiators star Falcon dies aged 59: Tributes paid to 'most lovely' ballerina-turned-bodybuilder

Bernadette Hunt, better known as Gladiator Falcon, initially trained as a ballerina, before discovering bodybuilding. She said she had later turned down the chance to appear in an ITV reboot, preferring to keep "a low profile".

news.sky.com

Absolutely gutted by this, she was immense on Hang Tough and The Wall. Brilliant athlete and proper gorgeous too. RIP lovely Falcon, I will miss you.

 

[summerisle]

So many bands and singers, hell of a career.

Seymour Stein, Legendary Music Exec Who Signed Madonna and Talking Heads, Dies at 80

Seymour Stein, whose Sire Records launched Madonna’s career and signed such early punk rock and new wave icons as the Ramones and Talking Heads, died Sunday morning in Los Angeles after a long batt…

variety.com

 

[Rita_Poon]

Got rid of another of thatchers cabal today. We are all richer for having lost him. lawson just so you know. 91 years of very borrowed time. 5 days short of her decade gone.
Someone putting up the bunting and slicing some cake on Saturday?

 

[summerisle]

Got rid of another of thatchers cabal today. We are all richer for having lost him. lawson just so you know. 91 years of very borrowed time. 5 days short of her decade gone.
Someone putting up the bunting and slicing some cake on Saturday?

Climate change denier to boot.

 

[4737carlin]

I seen them a couple of times, like Sound City down the docks, but they seemed to disappear not long after signing the contract

 

[Walken]

Nigel lawson was a far right climate change denying PoS.

Hope he gets composted to at last serve some kind of useful purpose

 

[Kurt.]

Nigel lawson was a far right climate change denying PoS.

Hope he gets composted to at last serve some kind of useful purpose

Might head around to comfort Nigella I think

 

[Blue 1]

RIP Butch. These guys used to well.
make me laugh when I was a kid.

Their pre-WWF alter-ego, The Sheepherders, were actually frightening though.