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OneBardGooner wrote:Lest We Never Forget.

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitut ... -holocaust
They were interviewing Auschwitz survivors on Radio 5 this morning. Their quiet dignity, humanity, and spirit is an example the world should heed. :barscarf:

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Bob Symes
Aged 90.

Sailor, Inventor, Ecologist, TV Presenter

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... tuary.html

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Vic Groves - former Gunner and uncle to Perry Groves

R.I.P

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archiv ... vic-groves

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Sir Martin Gilbert
Historian
Churchill's Biographer
Aged 78


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31129677

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arseofacrow wrote:
StuartL wrote:
arseofacrow wrote:
StuartL wrote:
officepest wrote:Abdullah Suad has just popped his clogs.

King of a Country in which women cannot drive and which also gave us Osama Bin Laden and oil.

I never knew he was King of England :shock:
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Very naughty, Stuart.

Are you going to Brighton? :wink:
Are you offering me a piggyback ride ? :shock: :shock:

Mods - who do I report grooming to ?
Who's the equivalent of Leon Brittain amongst the mods?

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Aaaahhhh.............aaaahhhh.....he fades to grey.

RIP Steve Strange, 54.

Bit of a legend in the early 80s club kid/new romantic scene; also scored a number one hit with Visage.

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officepest wrote:Aaaahhhh.............aaaahhhh.....he fades to grey.

RIP Steve Strange, 54.

Bit of a legend in the early 80s club kid/new romantic scene; also scored a number one hit with Visage.
Too much cocaine is bad for the heart. Drink red wine! :twisted:

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Chippy wrote:
officepest wrote:Aaaahhhh.............aaaahhhh.....he fades to grey.

RIP Steve Strange, 54.

Bit of a legend in the early 80s club kid/new romantic scene; also scored a number one hit with Visage.
Too much cocaine is bad for the heart. Drink red wine! :twisted:
He was barely able to string a sentence together over the last decade or so, and I think he had his share of mental health issues too. I imagine his legendary extra-curricular activities didn't help.

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officepest wrote:
Chippy wrote:
officepest wrote:Aaaahhhh.............aaaahhhh.....he fades to grey.

RIP Steve Strange, 54.

Bit of a legend in the early 80s club kid/new romantic scene; also scored a number one hit with Visage.
Too much cocaine is bad for the heart. Drink red wine! :twisted:
He was barely able to string a sentence together over the last decade or so, and I think he had his share of mental health issues too. I imagine his legendary extra-curricular activities didn't help.
And for those who have no idea who we're talking about..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQyAx14uRQI

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Chippy wrote:
officepest wrote:Aaaahhhh.............aaaahhhh.....he fades to grey.

RIP Steve Strange, 54.

Bit of a legend in the early 80s club kid/new romantic scene; also scored a number one hit with Visage.
Too much cocaine is bad for the heart. Drink red wine! :twisted:
Before or after? :? :?

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arseofacrow wrote:
Chippy wrote:
officepest wrote:Aaaahhhh.............aaaahhhh.....he fades to grey.

RIP Steve Strange, 54.

Bit of a legend in the early 80s club kid/new romantic scene; also scored a number one hit with Visage.
Too much cocaine is bad for the heart. Drink red wine! :twisted:
Before or after? :? :?
With. 8)

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Leonard Nimoy dies aged 83.

Famous, of course, for playing Mr Spock in Star Trek.

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Spurs legend Dave Mackey double winner and manager of Derby when they won the title in 1975. RIP


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donaldo71 wrote:Spurs legend Dave Mackey double winner and manager of Derby when they won the title in 1975. RIP


http://youtu.be/xk9M3uMtpnE


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Also ran a tie shop at the end of the seven sisters road after his playing career ended.

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