Sir Roger Bannister, first athlete to run a mile in under four minutes, dies aged 88
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...s-dies-aged-88
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...s-dies-aged-88
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Not really a celebrity but touching tribute wording - you were the best expression of an ancient, surpassed world, in which values such as altruism, elegance, education and respect for others, were the masters.______________________
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Trevor Baylis: Wind-up radio inventor dies aged 80 - BBC News
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
I remember when he beat HMRC's prosecution, during which it was alleged that he kept large quantities of cash concealed in all kinds of odd places around the house, he returned to performing with a live TV show from some London theatre. He walked on stage, waited for the audience to stop applauding, and swiftly dismissed the elephant in the room with the one liner "My accountant told me to put my money into land, so I buried it in the back garden."
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Having married his partner on Friday one imagines they're going to have to wait a while longer yet to get their hands on his loot.
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