Dead Celebrities Thread

[Old Greg]

you've been told already.
which part of piss off are you finding hard to understand?
i'm happy to rephrase it for you.

See what I mean? Such uncouth behaviour.

[Mordac]

It was quite a big deal at the time. I remember that. Snooty holiday homers complaining get short shrift in France.

And if they're British, the guillotine gets wheeled out...

[Mordac]

RIP Maurice

Maurice the noisy French cockerel dies aged six - BBC News

He made a lovely coq au vin though...

[Old Greg]

He made a lovely coq au vin though...

Was he run over by a van?

[ladymuck]

Don't pick on BR14. He's only just got unbanned.

What? LM was taking the Mick out of me? Eejit

[Old Greg]

What? LM was taking the Mick out of me? Eejit

Never mind.

[WTFH]

He may not be a "celebrity", but I suspect a few people on here knew of him or his software:
https://blogs.oracle.com/jd_edwards/...edward-mcvaney

[ladymuck]

Ian Holm, star of Lord of the Rings, Alien and Chariots of Fire, dies aged 88 | Film | The Guardian

[Old Greg]

Ian Holm, star of Lord of the Rings, Alien and Chariots of Fire, dies aged 88 | Film | The Guardian

Oh. And he was in the audio adaptation of LotR as well.

[ladymuck]

Ian Holm, star of Lord of the Rings, Alien and Chariots of Fire, dies aged 88 | Film | The Guardian

What struck me funny in that article is there's a picture of him, Sigourney Weaver and Yaphet Kotto on the set of Alien and the grauniad's caption says "Holm, right..." as if you'd not be sure if he was black male, white female, or white male