One-Eyed Richmond Forum
General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Moi on September 16, 2005, 05:33:48 PM
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Was reported on PRE today that Bomberjohn passed away in a car accident 7 weeks ago.
Not sure if many here would remember him - maybe Julz and MT - but most of us adopted him as a fellow feral.
Thought it might have been a cruel joke, but found some newspaper clips which confirmed - won't post here.
Will never forget you mate :'(
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Sad to hear Moi. A unique bomber supporter and muso who spent as much if not more time on the old tigerfury site in 2001 with us tiger ferals and his Tiger supporting buddy nitro as he did on bomberblitz, then just disappeared when the rival sites were closed down.
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Yes I remember him and Nitro - ahh those were the days.
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I remember him too, back in my Dickie Clay days. Very sad to hear.
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Never knew anyone who was more my soulmate.
He may not have been perfect, but he was pretty special to me
RIP BJ, i luv you to death :-*
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Very sad to hear that Rove McManus' wife, actress Belinda Emmett lost her battle with cancer earlier today. She was only 32.
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She was such a great girl.
rip Belinda.
Shocking news but expected.
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Very Sad news, life seems so cruel sometimes.
Rove has been a great support through the whole battle.
Only the good die young.
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RIP Belinda.
Always smiling through unimaginable pain.
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Very sad news :'(. Belinda was so brave as jake said.
Deepest sympathies to Rove and the Emmett and McManus families.
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Charming, courageous and full of class.
A lovely person
RIP Belinda
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Shocking news... :'(
She was so young. Sympathies to Rove and both familys
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Kim "foot in mouth" Beazley has done it again confusing Rove's name with a US political advisor while offering his condolences.
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Sad to hear that Billy Thorpe died early this morning from a massive heart attack. He was a great icon for Australian music.
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A sad loss of the man who sang my theme song....Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy
RIP Billy Thorpe
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RIP Billy
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RIP Billy
I've just realised what I can do with all my old vinyls - wait till they die and put them on Ebay
Bloke on tellie just said an album was worth about $100 ::)
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Just goes to show how the music business has changed. You've got pop stars today with more money than they can blow on 100 trips to rehab while Billy allegedly had hardly any in his old(ish) age for a heart operation :(.
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I found out today that Jim, from Nth Carlton Newsagency on Lygon St, just near Pigdon St, passed away last Tuesday in Queensland. I am not sure of his age, but would've been in his 60's.
Jim loved the Tigers since he was a kid and counted himself as one of our staunchest fans. Royce Hart was his all time favorite player, but he would secretly admit to Matty Knights being his favorite at times. Knights provided Jim (and many of us) with his favorite football memory as he dazzled his opponents with 3 goals in that famous 2nd Semi against the Bombers, even though Jim was at the 1980 GF, but he really thought we were finally back as a force that year until of course we met Geelong in the Prelim!
Jim hated all the crap that has been introduced into football such as the national competition, video reports and so on. He loved the VFL and lamented the loss of suburban grounds, he just loved his old fashioned footy. In his final months he greatly enjoyed a book called 'All the Tiger Year- A Richmond Fanatic's 2003 season' by John Green. He loved the suburban and family type references made in the book.
He has complete faith with the youngsters coming through at Richmond, in his later years I know he took to observing the young talent coming through and I know that this lot excited him tremendously, he liked Wallace too, he died knowing the team was heading in the right direction, and thought they were in good hands. We have lost a great Tiger fan in Jim.
RIP Jim
DC
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Condolences DC and to Jim's family. It's passion from Tiger supporters like that from Jim that kept our club going even through the down years.
RIP
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Great tribute there DC.
Never knew Jim, but he sounded like a fantastic Richmond supporter.
RIP Jim
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Thanks guys.
Jim would've loved to see the Tiges get up on the weekend too.
Correction: He ran the 'Princes Hill' newsagency.
:thumbsup
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To a wonderful and inspiring person, RIP Jane McGrath.
Was a beautiful lady inside and out.
If anyone has ever seen her interviews, you just can't help but love her.
RIP wonderful lady :'(
Condolences to Glenn and her children!
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Sorry One Eyed, I put in the wrong section.
Can you move?
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Just heard it on the radio..
very sad indeed. Apparently it was a bit sudden.
had a turn for their worse recently and couldn't fight it no longer.
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that sucks.
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Some video from Enough Rope
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/video/default.htm?program=enoughrope&pres=20080421&story=1
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That's terrible , cancer horid disease
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A brave lady who fought a brave fight
RIP Jane
Deepest sympathy to the MaGrath family
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Yep she was a fantastic person from what we seen of her.
Very genuine and such a loving person.
RIP Jane.
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Saw the Enough Rope interview - she came across such a fantastic, inspirational person. Extremely sad to hear of her passing :'(
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Very sad
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Very sad. Left behind two young kids too I think :(.
Sympathies and Condolences to the whole McGrath family.
RIP
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Very tragic indeed. My heartfelt sympathies go out to Glenn and the rest of the McGrath family.
My Mum in law is currently facing a tough battle with cancer for a second time. She is currently on a heavy chemo cycle which has knocked the stuffing out of her!
She's a tough cookie but fighting cancer is the toughest battle of all. I was so hoping that Jane would have pulled through. She seemed like such a lovely person. :'(
RIP Jane
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Hard to comprehend how these things happen to good people.
My fiancee's aunt who is 45 with 3 young kids is facing the same battle, however it has now spread to 3 different sections of her body.
Chemo has not worked and the doctors refuse to operate, citing its too dangerous so she is about to begin
radiotherapy.
Very sad indeed..
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Not mant if any that are not touched or affected by this montrous disease.
Saw my Nan die from it, not nice - she had a good innings tho.
Then a couple of years after I left and old job found out my boss there had died from it.
Non smoker non drinker ran every day, was apparently diagnosed 6 months later dead.
Or one of mums friends' daughter 18 ready to start life diagnosed, 3 months later dead.
Worse thing about this one is 2 young kids now have no mother. Horrible ...
faith pffft
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well l can truely speak as a person who has been treated for bowel cancer that Australia has lost a great Ambassador in Jane McGrath who knew her destination, but had the will & courage to fight & put on a brave face for those around her, that it may help many other people fight a terrible disease that has many forms & strikes at any time
Her making people aware of cancer & that it can be treated has helped save many lifes
please give comfort to the Glen McGrath, thier children & all thier extended families at such this sad time
if you suspect something is not right with your body like l did, no matter how embarrassing it may be, please go talk to your doctor because if you dont it will not just effect you, but it will also effect the ones that love you even more, cause this is truely a disease that people need to take serious. l cant think of many things worse than watching a loved one die slowly from this terrible disease, & l know most of us would have seen it before in our lives
Do it for Jane just like she did it for all of us :'(
RIP beautiful woman :pray
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Very True TM.
as i said in a earlier post my fiancee's aunt first had signs in October 2006 but never got tested till March 2007, 6 months after.
By that stage it had spread, and it has since got worse.
It is a very sad time for the family, especially knowing it may have been prevented.
She begins radio this week, Fingers crossed!!
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I remember watching her on Denton (they replayed it only a few months ago) and thought what a great lady.
What a fighter...
RIP Jane
As for this sinsiter disease.... my thoughts and best wishes go to anyone who is battling it and those around them that have to deal with it and also live with it. It's a monster and effing bastard of a thing
We've all been touched by it that I have no doubt (have 2 friends fighting the fight as we speak).
But Jane McGrath was absolutely spot on it certainly makes you apprecaite how precious life really is and understand what's important
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Only man I would have gladly aged 20 years for :'(
Sexiest man ever!
RIP Cool Hand Paul
:'(
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I was always impressed by how down to earth and charitable he was.
A real person and a real man.
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What a great philosophy on life he had - "those of us who have been lucky in life should give to those who have been unlucky in life" or words to that affect. Backed it up with his actions too.
RIP
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DIMINUTIVE former child actor Gary Coleman, known to millions as the star of hit sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, has died after suffering a brain haemorrhage. He was aged just 42.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/diffrent-strokes-star-dies/story-e6frf7jo-1225872803348
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Didn't have much going for him - life must have sucked a bit for him
RIP
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That show was cursed.
All three child actors had short stuffed up lives afterwoods
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Actually, I think I may be wrong. The actor who played the older brother is still alive(?) but did have trouble with drugs and the law
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Actually, I think I may be wrong. The actor who played the older brother is still alive(?) but did have trouble with drugs and the law
Yep Todd Bridges is still alive but you're right all 3 young lives were messed up. Dana Plato died of an overdose at 34.
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From what I have seen of late about him.
He actually came over as a very angry little man.
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Was a millionaire at two stages of his life and both times he ended up virtually bankrupt.
It's a shame regardless of what person he was. It is just an unfortunante thing that ultimately transpires with
many child stars and that is a young untimely death.
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RIP
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Adriana Xenides, once the glamorous hostess of television game show Wheel of Fortune, has died in a Sydney hospital.
Xenides, 54, passed away in Liverpool Hospital this afternoon, media reports said, with the Seven Network saying she suffered a ruptured intestine.
She had been admitted with a stomach complaint a few days earlier.
The former model and television celebrity first appeared on Wheel of Fortune at age 22.
She also appeared as a panelist on panel talk show Beauty and the Beast, and the Australian version of Celebrity Big Brother in 2002.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/tv/wheel-of-fortune-star-adriana-xenides-reported-dead/story-e6frf9ho-1225876610027
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wow - sometimes life is so short, take it easy and enjoy while you have it.
Not to bad for a boiler ;D
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Apparently she was in consonant pain, but couldn't buy a bowel.
:help
Sorry. :whistle
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Apparently she was in consonant pain, but couldn't buy a bowel.
:help
Sorry. :whistle
Not very nice
Wish I'd thought of it though hehehe!
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bit of a barbie doll, probably crushed her insides getting into the gear
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Some may know him, but he was a legendary Davis Cup trainer/masseuse
Just annouced he passed away on the tennis.
I was a friend of him and his lovely wife Lyn, and I remember him telling me he worked on Royce in that final where he injured and came back and blitzed Collingwood I think.
Fantastic hands - fixed my crook old neck once lol
Remember Chris Evert flying to see him on one of her injuries.
Sad day for me and my family
RIP Stan
:'(
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Sad to hear. I didn't know he helped Royce get on the park after half-time in that 1973 PF.
Condolences to his family and to you FNM.
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Another one gone by own hand. Sad!
JAMES FREUD, bass player and singer with the successful 1980s band Models, died at the age of 51 at his home in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn yesterday.
The singer and songwriter, whose songs Barbados and Out of Mind, Out of Sight were the band's biggest hits, took his own life, according to a statement issued on behalf of the family and friends.
Only a week before, the Models had been inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame, with Freud absent from the ceremony. The explanation was that he "had another bicycle accident", which some took to be a reference to Freud returning to drinking after a well-publicised dry spell. The statement from his family said that "James's battle with alcoholism has been well-chronicled. His two books on his recovery and five years' sobriety were bestsellers and gave a lot of people who were suffering the same affliction comfort and hope.
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James Freud of the Models. Photo: Cathryn Tremain
"Unfortunately, James has succumbed to his disease and taken his own life this morning."
Freud, whose real name was Colin McGlinchey, began his musical career as a 17-year-old in the Teenage Radio Stars and had his first hit in 1980 with Modern Girl. Two years later he joined his old friend Sean Kelly in his band, Models, and was a significant contributor to their 1983 breakthrough album The Pleasure of Your Company. Last month it was named at No. 46 in the new book The 100 Best Australian Albums.
John O'Donnell, former record company executive and co-author of the book, said to him that album "was James Freud at his best. He went on to write and sing some of the band's biggest hits, and he is largely remembered for his pop-star good looks and Models' pop songs, but he was much more interesting and talented than that might have suggested him to be."
The Models with Freud (below centre)
Before and after Barbados, in which Freud described his alcoholism, he had always been frank about his experiences with drugs and alcohol.
In the first of his two books about his addictions and recovery, I Am the Voice Left From Drinking, he describes a scene from well before his fame with the Models: ''We were all going nowhere, man. Lots of rubbish, drugs, music … After a couple of months of abundance there was a heroin drought, so we started shooting up speed again … We weren't sleeping at all.''
According to Stuart Coupe, a veteran music journalist who wrote the foreword to I Am the Voice Left From Drinking, that kind of honesty was typical.
"He was without doubt one of the good guys and very, very amusing and fun to be around, not to mention being extremely talented and a great and gifted live performer."
He also pointed out Freud, whose wife, Sally, wrote a book about the Sydney Swans, "gave us [the song] One Tony Lockett".
Last week Freud's former bandmate Kelly told the music industry newsletter Music Network that "we actually don't spend much time together any more but because we were so close and almost like brothers … it keeps us friends".
James Freud is survived by Sally and sons Harrison and Jackson
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/industry-in-shock-after-death-of-model-james-freud-20101104-17fux.html?autostart=1
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Very, very sad news. The Models were my favourite Oz band of the '80's (with Hunters and Collecters a close second.) I used to go around the clubs and watch them all the time.
Admittedly I wasn't as fond of the commercial direction James took the band in with the "Out of Mind Out of Sight" album, even though both that single and "Barbados" were very good songs. I preferred the more skewed electronic brand of pop that the band played around '80/'81. But James' input on the 1983 album "The Pleasure Of Your Company" was great.
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Geez, I can't believe you lot! Not a single post about the loss of James Freud.
If it had been that tone-deaf, screeching no-talent Jimmy Barnes that'd topped himself, you'd all be on here saying how sad it is.
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Jimmy Barnes doesnt sing, he yells
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Geez, I can't believe you lot! Not a single post about the loss of James Freud.
If it had been that tone-deaf, screeching no-talent Jimmy Barnes that'd topped himself, you'd all be on here saying how sad it is.
Err no I wouldn't
Wasn't a James Fraud or Models fan
Very sad for those left behind
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I must have been on another planet as i hadnt heard.
RIP James :'(
One of the best songs he has ever done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMtVWnUGGyc
Im with RR i liked him better before the commercial Models era.
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Geez, I can't believe you lot! Not a single post about the loss of James Freud.
If it had been that tone-deaf, screeching no-talent Jimmy Barnes that'd topped himself, you'd all be on here saying how sad it is.
I wasn't a fan either, but sad to see someone waste themselves to death
I did like this song though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7dnvxvcGRc&feature=related
Re Barnesy, I have a love/hate relationship with him
Hate the screeching but he has his moments when he gets it right
Nice fella I hear too
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Check out the series of clips on you tube titled my first gig where barnsey does duets with a raft of artists. He's surprisingly versatile and as you say FNM, when he gets it right he he's quite good.
As for Freud, yes it is a shame to see another life wasted in such a way, but to me as he was not producing music and I have no emotional ties, his passing has no real effect on me, unlike his family and friends who would be devastated.
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I wasn't a real Models fan either although I did like "I hear motion" growing up. I missed a lot of their earlier stuff as I was under 10. Like everyone else sad to see someone die in such circumstances. He looked and sounded pretty sad when he did the GF footy show a few years back. I flicked on the tv this morning and Rage had a Freud tribute but most of songs came from the Out of Sight Out of Mind album.
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A sad 48 hours for Australian music.
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/australian-music-industry-in-mourning-over-chisel-sherbet-deaths-20110117-19t4h.html?from=smh_sb
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Speaking of Aussie boxing champions, Lionel Rose has passed away aged 62.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/08/3210868.htm?site=sport§ion=more
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Silicon Valley pioneer and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has died after a seven-year battle with pancreatic cancer.
The 56-year-old was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour in his pancreas in 2004 and has been on medical leave for an undisclosed condition since January 17.
"Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being," a statement on Apple's website reads.
"Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-06/hold-hold-steve-jobs-dead/3317496
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MOTOGP rider Marco Simoncelli has died after a crash two laps into the Malaysian MotoGP.
The Malaysian MotoGP was cancelled four minutes after the race began when the Honda rider fell and was hit by Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi.
Simoncelli, 24, had his helmet knocked off in the accident, which occurred when the Italian lowsided from his bike at turn 11.
His bike veered across the track and straight into the path of Edwards and Rossi. The race was immediately red-flagged.
Simoncelli was motionless on the track after the impact.
Edwards also fell but escaped serious injury, while Rossi, on a Ducati, was able to return to the pits.
Simoncelli's condition was not immediately known.
Newly-crowned champion Casey Stoner admitted watching the accident made him worried for Simoncelli.
"As soon as I saw the footage it just makes you sick inside," the Australian told BBC2.
''Whenever the helmet comes off that's not a good sign."
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/motor-racing/malaysian-motogp-cancelled-after-marco-simoncelli-injured-in-crash/story-e6frfgb6-1226174489854
Just a week after the Indy Drive passed away in a horrific crash another one has happened in motor GP.
As regular viewers of motor GP it's truly sad for the motor racing community.
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MOTOGP rider Marco Simoncelli has died after a crash two laps into the Malaysian MotoGP.
The Malaysian MotoGP was cancelled four minutes after the race began when the Honda rider fell and was hit by Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi.
Simoncelli, 24, had his helmet knocked off in the accident, which occurred when the Italian lowsided from his bike at turn 11.
His bike veered across the track and straight into the path of Edwards and Rossi. The race was immediately red-flagged.
Simoncelli was motionless on the track after the impact.
Edwards also fell but escaped serious injury, while Rossi, on a Ducati, was able to return to the pits.
Simoncelli's condition was not immediately known.
Newly-crowned champion Casey Stoner admitted watching the accident made him worried for Simoncelli.
"As soon as I saw the footage it just makes you sick inside," the Australian told BBC2.
''Whenever the helmet comes off that's not a good sign."
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/motor-racing/malaysian-motogp-cancelled-after-marco-simoncelli-injured-in-crash/story-e6frfgb6-1226174489854
Just a week after the Indy Drive passed away in a horrific crash another one has happened in motor GP.
As regular viewers of motor GP it's truly sad for the motor racing community.
Thats just crap isnt it.
Just watching him on the podium last week at the island and now his gone
Its a cruel world sometimes.
Rossi must be devastated especially how his bike was involved. At those speeds its russian roulette really
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Thats just crap isnt it.
Just watching him on the podium last week at the island and now his gone
Its a cruel world sometimes.
Rossi must be devastated especially how his bike was involved. At those speeds its russian roulette really
Thoughts are with Marco's family and friends.
Also with Rossi and Edwards who knows what would be going through there minds know even though there was nothing they could do to prevent it.
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Dreadful news, really nice guy, we sat next to Marco at dinner in Phillip Island a few years ago and my wife was speaking to him in Italian, he then let us all have photos with him and we all shook hands as he left.
Great big personality....fantastic man.
Massive loss..RIP Marco!!
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Sympathies to his family and loved ones. His poor girlfriend was watching it live at the track :(.
This week just shows how dangerous motorsport is.
RIP.
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Entertainer Ian "Turps'' Turpie, best known for his role on The Price is Right, has died following a battle with cancer. He was 68.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/tv-game-show-host-ian-turpie-has-died/story-fn7x8me2-1226296251334
RIP
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Channel 9 @Channel9 twitter
"Australian rock legend Chrissy Amphlett has died after a 2yr battle with cancer. We take a look back at her life in #9Newsat6"
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RIP Legend...
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Best thing I ever saw Chrissie Amphlett do was play Judy Garland in the stage show "The Boy from OZ". She stole the show, she was brilliant
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Saw her in concert at Rooty Hill RSL at the top of her game. Mesmerising performance and being the same age it wasn't hard to fall in love!! ;D
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Saw her in concert at Rooty Hill RSL at the top of her game. Mesmerising performance and being the same age it wasn't hard to fall in love!! ;D
why doesnt it surprise me that u fell in love with Chrissy at Rooty Hill? ;D
RIP - Chrissy was a great singer
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Great voice sadly missed.
What is it with that awful disease and Aussie Rock legends recently. :'(
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Another great musician has passed away
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gave us so much, La Bamba was my favourite
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:lol
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No surprises, this is mine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrIDWnLQyYQ
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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/australian-athletics-legend-ron-clarke-dies-aged-78/story-fni2u98u-1227401673683
R.I.P.
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Nice respect shown by the bum sniffer brigade last night....
http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/state-of-origin/state-of-origin-disrespectful-fans-mar-touching-tribute-to-ron-clarke-during-moment-of-silence-20150618-ghqop9.html
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you'll often hear a "go pies" or two during the minutes silence at anzac games
similar level in the food chain i suppose.......
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Nice respect shown by the bum sniffer brigade last night....
http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/state-of-origin/state-of-origin-disrespectful-fans-mar-touching-tribute-to-ron-clarke-during-moment-of-silence-20150618-ghqop9.html
Nice generalisation there
I was at the SOO game last and the majority did the right thing. I was disgusted with what took place.
The morons in the media who are suggesting it was the interstaters who did it and not melbourne folks are just plain ignorant.
But please don't tarnish everyone there with the one brush
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Yes must've been locals and Australian Rules fans yelling out "Queenslander!" and "Gallen's a wanker!".....
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Yes must've been locals and Australian Rules fans yelling out "Queenslander!" and "Gallen's a wanker!".....
Again very poor generalisation, actually extremely foolsih.
There were 91+ k people there
25k people came in from interstate
To suggest that the only people yelling out came from the 25k interstaters is ridiculous.
It doesn't matter who did it, it should not have happened. It was disgraceful behaviour
But I suppose it's easier to blame one group than to whack our own even if they deserve it.
From where I was sitting, it wasn't just the interstaters who were moronic bogans
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Yes must've been locals and Australian Rules fans yelling out "Queenslander!" and "Gallen's a wanker!".....
Again very poor generalisation, actually extremely foolsih.
There were 91+ k people there
25k people came in from interstate
To suggest that the only people yelling out came from the 25k interstaters is ridiculous.
It doesn't matter who did it, it should not have happened. It was disgraceful behaviour
But I suppose it's easier to blame one group than to whack our own even if they deserve it.
From where I was sitting, it wasn't just the interstaters who were moronic bogans
WP were you born in/are you originally from a different state by any chance?
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Yes must've been locals and Australian Rules fans yelling out "Queenslander!" and "Gallen's a wanker!".....
Again very poor generalisation, actually extremely foolsih.
There were 91+ k people there
25k people came in from interstate
To suggest that the only people yelling out came from the 25k interstaters is ridiculous.
It doesn't matter who did it, it should not have happened. It was disgraceful behaviour
But I suppose it's easier to blame one group than to whack our own even if they deserve it.
From where I was sitting, it wasn't just the interstaters who were moronic bogans
WP were you born in/are you originally from a different state by any chance?
Nope Dooks a very proud Australian born & raised in Victoria. Outside of 12 months when my family lived in Nthn Vic I've always lived in Melbourne
Not that I see the relevance TBH, bad behaviour is bad behaviour, and what happened was bad behaviour. The people who did it should be ashamed. It should only about WHO did it, WHO sunk so low
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Yes must've been locals and Australian Rules fans yelling out "Queenslander!" and "Gallen's a wanker!".....
Again very poor generalisation, actually extremely foolsih.
There were 91+ k people there
25k people came in from interstate
To suggest that the only people yelling out came from the 25k interstaters is ridiculous.
It doesn't matter who did it, it should not have happened. It was disgraceful behaviour
But I suppose it's easier to blame one group than to whack our own even if they deserve it.
From where I was sitting, it wasn't just the interstaters who were moronic bogans
WP were you born in/are you originally from a different state by any chance?
Nope Dooks a very proud Australian born & raised in Victoria. Outside of 12 months when my family lived in Nthn Vic I've always lived in Melbourne
Not that I see the relevance TBH, bad behaviour is bad behaviour, and what happened was bad behaviour. The people who did it should be ashamed. It should only about WHO did it, WHO sunk so low
Fair enough WP and that gives more credence to your point.
I think where the assumption that it was comes from interstate is based on that sort of behaviour being foreign to afl and cricket tributes (in fact most sport in this city) at major events in Melbourne.
Maybe it's more of a Rugby League culture thing. Or maybe there were just a lot of people on the turps.
Thoughts?
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Yes must've been locals and Australian Rules fans yelling out "Queenslander!" and "Gallen's a wanker!".....
Again very poor generalisation, actually extremely foolsih.
There were 91+ k people there
25k people came in from interstate
To suggest that the only people yelling out came from the 25k interstaters is ridiculous.
It doesn't matter who did it, it should not have happened. It was disgraceful behaviour
But I suppose it's easier to blame one group than to whack our own even if they deserve it.
From where I was sitting, it wasn't just the interstaters who were moronic bogans
I go to a lot/most of the big events in Melbourne and from experience I havent heard a pin drop for years now.
I blame the interstaters for sure.
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What I learned in 20 years of living in Queensland is "queeeeenslaanduuuhhh!" is about the only thing they know how to say, aye.
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Not saying we dont have bogans, there is plenty of those
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Fair enough WP and that gives more credence to your point.
I think where the assumption that it was comes from interstate is based on that sort of behaviour being foreign to afl and cricket tributes (in fact most sport in this city) at major events in Melbourne.
Maybe it's more of a Rugby League culture thing. Or maybe there were just a lot of people on the turps.
Thoughts?
There were alot of people on the turps but that's nothing new, that happens all the time as well. Only thing that appeared to be over different was the queues to buy the turps. Heard some people say they had queued for over 20 minutes to buy some beers
Interesting point you make the behavoiur being foreign to sporting events here. One of my biggest "bug bears" is people who talk through or refuse to stand for the national anthem, to me that is incredbily disrespectful but it happens all the time and no one ever talks about that.
I remember at the MCG last year at the Hafey Tribute game where I was sitting I heard people talking, heard one person yell out "go tigers". That was disrespectful and downright disgusting but no one talked about it? Don't think the person was an interstater
Couple of years back I went to the Melb Storm ANZAC day game against the Warriors, someone yelled out during the ceremony (during the break in the last post IIRC) "Go Storm". How disgusting is that? Did we hear one word about it no.
I've been in Perth at Subi during an ANZAC round and people yelled out there...
My personal view was that the one of the problems is something the organisers created and that was by having the tribute after the national anthem. We all now at AFL games that as soon as the anthem is over people start yelling out for their teams, that's a cultural thing as it happens all the time. It was a stupid decision. Again doesn't make what happened right but it did IMHO impact on it
Last year at the SOO in Brisbane they had a tribute for the late Arthur Beetson, the crowd though predomiantly from QLD had folks from NSW who travelled, during that tribute you would noat have heard a pin drop
So my point remains the same to suggest that this boorish behaviour was solely the result of interstaters or that is a cultural thing of NRL is not realistic and ridiculous.
I go to a lot/most of the big events in Melbourne and from experience I havent heard a pin drop for years now.
I blame the interstaters for sure.
Sorry cub but IMV that's a cop out because it's the easy way out. I too have been to many big sporting events in Melb plus interstate and I've witnessed bogan behaviour at our events. Certainly not to the extent to what happened on Wed night but it does happen and to sugesst otherwise is wrong
just seems easier to blame the outsiders than blame our own
Will keep saying it this should be about the WHO did and not where they came from
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No where near to that extend - agree to disagree on this one
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Random Vics & AFL followers yelling out Queenslander and Gallen's a wanker...yeah righteo WP.....
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Random Vics & AFL followers yelling out Queenslander and Gallen's a wanker...yeah righteo WP.....
So the people a few rows behind me who were talking about the AFL game they went to the previous weekend during the anthem and where one was wearing an AFL club hoody who yelled out "Gallen you Dog" weren't actually AFL people at the SOO but interstates in disguise? righteo then.
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Yes I believe you WP.....was all Victorians & AFL people yelling out just to make Northerners & NRL people look bad...
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Yes I believe you WP.....was all Victorians & AFL people yelling out just to make Northerners & NRL people look bad...
Nice twist of things to suit you purpose
I am not disputing for one moment that there were interstates that yelled out.
But what I am disputing/saying and will continue to do is this farcical argument that the only people yelling out and being disrespectful were the interstaters.
This is simply not true and to suggest otherwise is simply ridiculous. But hey no doubt it is a helluva lot easier to point fingers in that direction
I will repeat for the last time it is not about where the morons came from it is about who did it. They are gutless, disrespecting bogans and I don't give a crap where they live it is not relevant to the behaviour they dished up. They were a disgrace end of story
But if making this a state based issue to try hide the abhorrent behaviour of all the people who stooped to this pitiful level works for some people then that's there choice
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This is simply not true and to suggest otherwise is simply ridiculous. But hey no doubt it is a helluva lot easier to point gingers in that direction
What do redheads have to do with it?
:lol
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Obviously a Freudian slip from WP there, ginger = maroon/Paul Vauntin...subconcious admission he's wrong. :shh :whistle
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i thought he was talking about flashing brown eyes?
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RIP big fella :clapping
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What a bloody shambles....RIP
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Rest in peace
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Was his Last Christmas.....
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Too soon?
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Too soon?
Not soon enough?
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Good news is, club Tropicana drinks are free.
Talented guy.
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I always remembered him as a young lad growing up as one of the journalists on The Age. RIP
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/sports-journalist-trevor-grant-dies-aged-65-20170306-gurtps.html
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Asbestos cancer :(.
Grant about 10 years ago at the Herald-Sun wrote these articles about the Tigers vs Dogs rivalry at the time (when Wallace was coaching us).
http://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum/index.php?topic=4886.msg56726#msg56726
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RIP Betty Cuthbert.
A true Australian champion and also a passionate Richmond supporter
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Indeed :clapping
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Well said Dooks
A true Australian legend
RIP
Vale Betty Cuthbert
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RIP to a true legend
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https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49827436
:yo
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Will have a nip or two and live it up in his honour.... :shh
https://www.theage.com.au/culture/music/mental-as-anything-s-greedy-smith-dies-aged-63-20191203-p53gbn.html
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Loved MAA as a kid in the early 80s as they were a whacky Aussie band.
RIP Greedy.
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No Rock n Roll without this man.... :shh
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/little-richard-dead-48505/
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https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/rocker-eddie-van-halen-dies-son-says-on-twitter-20201007-p562nr.html
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:'(
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https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-deaths/sean-connery-dead-at-90/news-story/8ddb099973597fc72ac12d5cfefbb971
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9029117/Americas-greatest-pilot-Chuck-Yeager-person-break-sound-barrier-dies-aged-97.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_rFAo358bU
Modern flight and even space travel wouldn't exist without him.
97 is a fair innings too.
RIP.
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https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-deaths/christopher-plummer-dead-the-sound-of-music-knives-out-star-dies-at-91/news-story/8401df3c28711ce5931361f4dfd04cb9
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https://wwos.nine.com.au/motorsport/murray-walker-dead-97-f1-iconic-commentator-passes-away/9b1c6826-7dd3-4610-8d5a-84b029dc6bfc
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RIP Murray and Marvelous Marvin Hagler as well
Anyone wanting to see the best opening round in boxing history, YouTube Hagler v Hearns
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https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/australian-musician-doug-parkinson-dies-aged-74-20210315-p57azx.html
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Passed away at age 90. RIP.
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/statements-on-passing-of-michael-collins
His life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Collins_(astronaut)
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https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-deaths/aussie-tv-and-film-icon-john-cornell-has-died-age-80-after-long-battle-with-parkinsons/news-story/960ca15d817ee5208162a7963b89ca8f
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Vale John "Strop" Cornell
Legend :clapping
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Did a lot off camera too. IIRC Cornell played a significant role in helping Kerry Packer get WSC up and running. Add also the 1980s Aussie tourism ads with Hoges.
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https://www.theage.com.au/culture/music/rolling-stones-drummer-charlie-watts-dies-aged-80-20210825-p58lmb.html
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Darts star and all round nice guy dead at 33yo.
RIP legend
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.news.com.au/sport/tributes-flow-for-aussie-trailblazer-after-tragic-death-at-age-33/news-story/08aae373914d05de83ce567e0f1bd584%3famp
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So sad. That's way too young.
This clip shows how good a darts player he was.
https://twitter.com/WeeklyDartscast/status/1430056788104294403
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https://www.theage.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/australian-tv-icon-bert-newton-dies-aged-83-20211030-p594ly.html
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https://wwos.nine.com.au/videos/cricket/alan-davidson-ashley-mallett-deaths-cricket-greats-ian-chappell-mark-taylor-pay-tribute/ckvdhutgq005l0imzuqlybaqt
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A sad day and an end of an era. Bert was the last of the legends from Aussie TVs golden years.
I wasn't born for IMT (although I've seen many highlights since) but I grew up with the Don Lane Show. In a two-man comedy act, Bert could play both roles. He was the 'straight-man' to Kennedy and then switched to playing the clown to Don Lane.
RIP Bert. Condolences to Patti and family.
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A one-man history of Australian entertainment...
We take a look back at the extraordinary life and career of TV and radio icon Bert Newton. #9News
https://twitter.com/9NewsAUS/status/1454410627053666306
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Vale Bert Newton
A true Australian TV legend
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State Funeral for Bert confirmed.
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/victoria/melbourne-was-his-love-patti-speaks-after-berts-death/news-story/b1a21134c2ba1a1a3686ece5b2e6d1a8
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https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/cricket-legend-rod-marsh-dead-at-74/news-story/feedb4d68d3614964643ab32e1887392
:(
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RIP Bacchus
Champion
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Champion keeper and very handy with the bat too.
Growing up it was c. Marsh b. Lillee. Still the record for a keeper and bowler too IIRC.
When Marsh retired along with Lillee and Greg Chappell, Australian cricket took almost a decade to recover.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FM9gPc1acAE89JL?format=png&name=large)
RIP.
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stuffing Hell....
https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/shane-warne-dies-death-age-cause-of-death-australia-legend-passes-away-in-thailand-of-suspected-heart-attack/news-story/2871d970df662a247709703aa287ce84
:'(
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Geez, that's an absolute shock. Two of our greatest cricketers gone within 24-48 hours.
RIP.
Not only a test legend either. Warney was a star in all formats of the game. The standout game for mine was his 4/29 in that 1999 World Cup drawn semi final. We looked gone but he came on and turned the game.
ps. 3 of his best deliveries. How he'll be remembered:
https://twitter.com/mikoh123/status/1499755369689661444
https://twitter.com/LosBlancoEhsan/status/1499758645856202754
https://twitter.com/Keval_Ancient/status/1499753031218253825
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Cannot believe it. Cannot be true.
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This is so stuffed.
Bowled Shane. RIP what a legend
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https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/englands-barmy-army-shane-warne-26391125.amp
There was none other in my view. I had the pleasure of being there for his hat trick and 700th wicket.
This is going to hurt and I hope he gets a state funeral.
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Vale Rod Marsh
True champion
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Vale Warnie
Cricket royalty
Legend
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The Great Southern Stand at the MCG will be renamed the S.K. Warne Stand.
The Victorian government has also offered a state funeral for Warne, with details yet to be confirmed.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/03/05/mcg-stand-to-be-renamed-in-honour-of-warne/
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Tickets on sale today at 3pm for Warnes Memorial for those interested.
Good luck getting tickets.
3pm I’m led to believe
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Tickets on sale today at 3pm for Warnes Memorial for those interested.
Good luck getting tickets.
3pm I’m led to believe
Yes correct
3pm via Ticktek.
Supposedly 50k tickets available
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The Warne memorial tonight was very well done. A great tribute to his life.
The hardest part though was watching his kids give their brave, heartfelt personal speeches about their dad. Heart wrenching :'(.
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Great night well put together. Agree kids were great and very emotional. . Sammya stories were funny, as was all the speakers.
He would have been great to meet in person. I missed him in the Carribean WC of 2007 as he retired. That would have been my only chance as it was easy to mingle with the players on that tour. Anyone on here met him?
He was an absolute champion on the field, and a very humble and fantastic human off it.
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A great lady.
Will be sorely missed.
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RIP Queen Elizabeth II
The thing that stands out the last few years is her sense if humour
The London Olympics Queen & James Bond sky diving into the Stadium
And just this year for her Diamond Jubilee the "skit" with Paddington Bear was just priceless
Wish we had seen more of that
And then the saddest picture of her sitting alone at Prince Phillip's funeral last year. Refusing special treatment because Britain was in lockdown
And then the photos from the other day. Yes she looked frail but seeing her smiling a beautiful photo of her.
And FWIW I'm not a monarchist just always respected her
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And FWIW I'm not a monarchist just always respected her
x 2
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A rare and wonderful lady who will be sorely missed.
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And now her truly inspiring and charismatic son gets to take over
Sigh
RIP Queen Elizabeth
x3 for the not a monarchist
Side note - after hearing she died I instantly thought of Paul Keating putting his arm around her .. the furore back then was amazing. You would have thought he’d gone the grope … could you imagine the reaction in PC correct softie 2022 .. the world would have stopped spinning
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RIP Queen Elizabeth II
The thing that stands out the last few years is her sense if humour
The London Olympics Queen & James Bond sky diving into the Stadium
And just this year for her Diamond Jubilee the "skit" with Paddington Bear was just priceless
Wish we had seen more of that
And then the saddest picture of her sitting alone at Prince Phillip's funeral last year. Refusing special treatment because Britain was in lockdown
And then the photos from the other day. Yes she looked frail but seeing her smiling a beautiful photo of her.
And FWIW I'm not a monarchist just always respected her
Great post WP.
Some of the stories today on 3AW about her were really funny.
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Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie has passed away at age 79
Songwriter, pianist and singer for so long I always believed she was the glue that held that band and its egos together. Why? Because she didn't have an ego.
One of my great musical joys was seeing what I've always said is the true Fleetwood Mac in Melbourne when Christine rejoined the band after a well earned break
Mick, John, Christine, Lindsay and Stevie together playing all their classics. With Christine on grand piano closing the show with Songbird
Memories
Vale Christine McVie
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Songwriter, pianist and singer for so long I always believed she was the glue that held that band and its egos together. Why? Because she didn't have an ego.
As a kid it felt she had a low profile compared to the other band members even though she wrote or co-wrote many of their hit songs. The media would mostly interview Nicks, Fleetwood or Buckingham.
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The legendary and much-loved Australian entertainer Barry Humphries has died aged 89.
Humphries, who was at least as well-known as Dame Edna Everage and the other iconic characters he created as he was as himself, passed away on Saturday.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/barry-humphries-dead-dame-edna-everage-obituary-les-paterson-australian-news/d1595cc6-05b3-47b0-a7a5-1e784df94ca9?ocid=Social-9News
R.I.P.
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Sir Les Patterson was my favourite. I was only watching him a few days ago.
The quickest wit in the business. He was a true genius.
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Tina had a strong connection to Australia as her comeback in the 80s was helped by an Aussie, Roger Davies. She also did the hugely successful "Simply the Best" campaign for Rugby League in the early 90s.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-25/tina-turner-australia-rugby-league-the-best-nutbush-obituary/102387886
RIP.
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the face of the best marketing campaigns for a sporting competition ever
the "simple the best" promo campaign for the NRL was outstanding.
But more than that a great example of courage and survival of domestic abuse
Vale Tina Turner
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RIP to an icon
The NRL have done a couple of great tributes already
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Dusty doing the Nutbush.
https://twitter.com/CalamityJanie/status/1661994858851225600
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wow never seen that clip from the NRL, or i was too young to remember
sensational.
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Former Fitzroy captain and long-time recruiter Matt Rendell, aged 64, has died after suffering a heart attack.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/958088/ex-fitzroy-captain-matt-rendell-dies-aged-64
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Tony Bennett has died. He was 96.
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1682369506100781056
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Sir Michael Parkinson has died at the age of 88.
His TV career spanned seven decades, and he interviewed the world's biggest stars on his long-running chat show.
Former cricket umpire Dickie Bird added: "There will never be a chat show host like Michael Parkinson. He was the best. There will never be anyone better than him in your lifetime, my lifetime or anyone else's lifetime."
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66411604
RIP Parky.
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Sir Michael Parkinson has died at the age of 88.
His TV career spanned seven decades, and he interviewed the world's biggest stars on his long-running chat show.
Former cricket umpire Dickie Bird added: "There will never be a chat show host like Michael Parkinson. He was the best. There will never be anyone better than him in your lifetime, my lifetime or anyone else's lifetime."
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66411604
RIP Parky.
Parkinson took risks allowing the guests to be the show. Especially when Robin Williams and Billy Connolly were on it. Two classic moments from yesteryear below:
https://twitter.com/jakep792021/status/1692111265739501822
https://twitter.com/grantphilpott/status/1692123431976702264
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Franco Cozzo, affectionately known as the 'king of furniture', has died aged 87-years-old.
He was known for selling baroque style furniture in his Footscray and Brunswick stores since 1956 and his energetic television commercials that made him a Melbourne icon.
https://twitter.com/9NewsMelb/status/1737361696870768803
Megalo, megalo, megalo!
Growing up around Foot-a-scray, he was an icon.
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Bit late with this one
But RIP Andre Braugher
Or Captain Raymond Holt
Loved him in B99, genuinely hilarious
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Hutch finally gave up on us baby...
https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-deaths/starsky-and-hutch-actor-david-soul-dead-at-80/news-story/50f78e784a7c46c02db2350273a381b7
R.I.P
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Passionate Melbourne youth worker Les Twentyman – known for “giving a voice to the voiceless” and dedicating his life to improving the lives of thousands of young Victorians – has died.
https://twitter.com/theheraldsun/status/1773875418225164472
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RIP Les
Really well known at the Willy Football Club
Did such great things for kids throughout the western suburbs
Will be missed