RIP, famous person - Page 59

DanaC · 04-08-2016, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

I'm probably gonna regret this, but:

Whut?

ikr?

glatt · 04-08-2016, 11:39 AM

I think he's referring to the engineer who tried and failed to get the Challenger launch scrubbed and he knew it was going to blow up.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-08-2016, 11:40 AM

I had a whole lot of trouble getting my head around this, till I figured out it wasn't the same night.

DanaC · 04-11-2016, 12:10 PM

Rest in Piece, Mr Nice!

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Howard Marks, who has died aged 70 of cancer, was Britain’s best-known and most charming drugs smuggler, and also a successful author and raconteur. He translated a lifetime of international cannabis dealing and a long stretch in an American jail into a bestselling book, Mr Nice (1996), and a career as a stand-up performer.

Born in Kenfig Hill, a mining village near Bridgend, in south Wales, to Dennis, a merchant sailor, and Edna, a schoolteacher, Howard spoke only Welsh for the first five years of his life. In 1964, he became the first boy from Garw grammar school to win a place at Oxford University and it was while studying physics at Balliol College that he first entered enthusiastically into the world of dope that was to define his life.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/201...marks-obituary

My favourite part of his story is that, having been asked at one point by a friend of his who was in MI6 to help him gain contacts in the underworld, he then, when tried for drugs trafficking, claimed he'd been using that as a cover for spying ... and it worked.

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he played his MI6 card and convinced the jury, through the help of a mysterious Latin American witness, that he was assisting Mexico in anti-terrorism work and the drug smuggling was just a necessary cover.

Amazingly, he was acquitted, not least because of his charm in the witness box; one of the jury members was seen doodling a heart. He pleaded guilty to an earlier charge, was given a three-year sentence and released soon afterwards because of time already served.

DanaC · 04-20-2016, 11:20 AM

Victoria Wood. I'm a bit gutted by this. Damn, she was only 62.

The name probably means little to non-Brits - but she was a bit of a national treasure over here.

Here's the thing that always springs to my mind when I hear the name Victoria Wood: The Ballad of Barry and Freda.

She updated the song a few times, over the years. My favourite was the original from the 80s, but damned if I can find a copy on da toob. Closest to the original I can get is the 90's version, which is pretty close.

monster · 04-20-2016, 03:27 PM

fucking cancer. stupid bloody disease

Beest · 04-21-2016, 12:19 PM

Could be Prince's number is up, somebody died at his estate and he was sick apparently.

infinite monkey · 04-21-2016, 12:19 PM

PRINCE? Nooooooo

Gravdigr · 04-21-2016, 12:26 PM

Female pro wrestler Chyna (aka Joanie Laurer) died yesterday.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chyna

Gravdigr · 04-21-2016, 12:59 PM

And, yes, Prince is dead @ 57.

infinite monkey · 04-21-2016, 01:12 PM

It looked like a question in response to Beest but we posted it at the same time. Actually heard about it on our local non-syndicated radio station and confirmed through ABC news.

glatt · 04-21-2016, 01:24 PM

Shocked, I am, by that one.

Prince?

Damn.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-21-2016, 02:26 PM

The corpse formerly know as Prince.

Gravdigr · 04-21-2016, 04:46 PM

Good one.

Beest · 04-21-2016, 06:57 PM

Google has a purple rain doodle up already, did someone whip that up, or do they have them prepared like obituaries for the queen?

04-08-2016, 11:40 AM	#873
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monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	fucking cancer. stupid bloody disease __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-21-2016, 12:26 PM	#879
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Female pro wrestler Chyna (aka Joanie Laurer) died yesterday. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chyna Attached Images __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

04-21-2016, 12:59 PM	#880
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	And, yes, Prince is dead @ 57. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

04-21-2016, 02:26 PM	#883
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The corpse formerly know as Prince. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-08-2016, 11:39 AM	#872
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I think he's referring to the engineer who tried and failed to get the Challenger launch scrubbed and he knew it was going to blow up.

04-21-2016, 12:19 PM	#877
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 957	Could be Prince's number is up, somebody died at his estate and he was sick apparently.

04-21-2016, 12:19 PM	#878
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	PRINCE? Nooooooo

04-21-2016, 01:12 PM	#881
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	It looked like a question in response to Beest but we posted it at the same time. Actually heard about it on our local non-syndicated radio station and confirmed through ABC news.

04-21-2016, 01:24 PM	#882
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Shocked, I am, by that one. Prince? Damn.

04-21-2016, 04:46 PM	#884
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Good one. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

04-21-2016, 06:57 PM	#885
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 957	Google has a purple rain doodle up already, did someone whip that up, or do they have them prepared like obituaries for the queen?

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