RIP Henry Cooper

[Old Greg]

Less well known was his long-standing opposition to British fascist parties.

[BA to the Stars]

RIP 'Enry - true British boxing legend and a gentlemen.

Let us also remember the Brut adverts with Kevin Keegan

[Doggy Styles]

RIP 'Enry - true British boxing legend and a gentlemen.

Let us also remember the Brut adverts with Kevin Keegan

Brut was horrible. But Our 'Enery done a good advert.

PS I remember an April Fools Day BBC broadcast 25 years ago about the new over-50s heavyweight boxing division. Henry was in on it, along with Muhummad Ali and a few others. Then a few years later along came the likes of Foreman and Holyfield and it almost became fact.

[ChrisPackit]

Remember the classic Brut ads at Christmas... "Brut 66, on the 25th"

and didn't he do the Daddies sauce ads too?

I was always in the "Hai Karate" camp though...

[SimonMac]

With 'Enry's death it only leaves Thatcher alive from the "Your boys took a hell of a beating" rant from Bjørge Lillelien.

RIP

[Doggy Styles]

Bit of a coincidence that Our 'Enery died on the same day as Osama Bin Laden.

Come to think of it, has anyone ever seen them at the same time?

[russell]

Was he world champion?

[thunderlizard]

I hope you realise that a spirit is not allowed to rest in peace until it's read all the individual "Rest In Peace" tributes to it on the internet. New heaven rules.

[SimonMac]

Was he world champion?

No, UK, Commonwealth and European Champion, but I assume you already know this as this is supposed to be a dig at mourning "a failure"

[russell]

No, UK, Commonwealth and European Champion, but I assume you already know this as this is supposed to be a dig at mourning "a failure"

No I never knew any of that, was just wondering why he was so famous. I suppose for knocking down Ali.