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Old 26 June 2005, 09:51 PM
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Old 26 June 2005, 09:53 PM
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Hello

That's shocking. Only 61 and died during a heart operation.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050626/140/fm1p6.html

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Old 26 June 2005, 09:56 PM
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is the countdown episodes i have been casually watching on 4 all been repeats?
Old 26 June 2005, 09:56 PM
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poor bugger.
Old 26 June 2005, 09:59 PM
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I liked him. He was one of the more entertaining people on telly
Old 26 June 2005, 10:01 PM
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Jeez, i thought he was on the mend...

naff taste in ties, but was a jolly fellow.

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Old 26 June 2005, 10:09 PM
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was it the twice-nightly....

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Old 26 June 2005, 10:11 PM
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Real shame.....what a character.... RIP
Old 26 June 2005, 10:16 PM
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Sad Sad News Thoughts go out to his nearest and dearest.
Old 26 June 2005, 10:18 PM
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top man. gutted
Old 26 June 2005, 10:21 PM
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There aren't many people you could actually call a "character" these days, but he was certainly one of them. Gutted.
Old 26 June 2005, 10:24 PM
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Very Sad news, he was like a friendly Uncle. The guy you grew up wiv on the Telly. You didn't pay much attention to him but the programme was always on in the afternoons when u got in from college and he was always there.

I can't see the programme being the same without him.

RIP
Old 26 June 2005, 10:30 PM
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Biddip, Biddip, Biddip, Bip Bong....

Real shame that, seemed like a really nice bloke.
Old 26 June 2005, 10:34 PM
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I thought he was the smarmiest, most inept presenter ever to have reached my living room. He was in my top ten "faces one would like to punch"

However, it's sad when a well-known figure dies like that.
Old 26 June 2005, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by J4CKO
Biddip, Biddip, Biddip, Bip Bong....

Real shame that, seemed like a really nice bloke.
you missed a Biddip

he was OK as presenters go, its just a shame that it wasn't Terry Wogan instead.
Old 26 June 2005, 10:47 PM
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Im not taking the p*ss with this pic, Its just the sort of stupid thing he would do which made him so entertaining.
I shall miss him on the TV.
RIP

Misplaced tie pin !
Old 26 June 2005, 10:52 PM
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my wife is a secretary and had to deal with him once.

she was shocked at what an obnoxious tosser he was.

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Old 26 June 2005, 10:52 PM
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What a shame i liked him.

Some of his jokes where sh*t and somtimes i would really cringe for the bloke but he was still entertaining to watch

R.I.P
Old 26 June 2005, 11:08 PM
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Didn't like the man, but am shocked by this thread as I read only today that he was making a good recovery from his op. Feel for his nearest and dearest.
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Old 26 June 2005, 11:10 PM
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Sticky Micky : I believe they had recorded about 5 weeks worth of progs up front before he was taken ill. They'd only just got in alternative presenters.
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Old 26 June 2005, 11:16 PM
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Very sad news. He seemed to be a nice bloke.
Old 26 June 2005, 11:19 PM
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Vorderman is still around, out of a job perhaps but the grabbing cow still always has Purple loans to keep her going.
Old 26 June 2005, 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by jjones
my wife is a secretary and had to deal him once.

she was shocked at what an obnoxious tosser he was.
CAnt see why an obnoxious tosser would offend your wife, she has to live with you for gods sake
Old 26 June 2005, 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by leonpoole
Some of his jokes where sh*t
Some? They were all sh*t. Sad about his death though.
Old 27 June 2005, 12:03 AM
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Well i cant knock him he was a very very intelligent man!
Old 27 June 2005, 12:08 AM
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Very sad
Wasn't he the 1st person to appear on Channel 4 when it started ?
Old 27 June 2005, 12:28 AM
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I had no idea, **** the BBC, just go to Scoobynet...

Obnoxious man, but he made a living out of it.

In fact he made a caricature of himself.

Was it Whitby he was from?

RIP.

BTW : Where's Bob Holness these days?

"I'll take a P, please Bob."

K.
Old 27 June 2005, 12:38 AM
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thought he was a great tv host and funny guy occasionally a real loss to television, what a shame.
Old 27 June 2005, 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted by SCD Simon
Very sad
Wasn't he the 1st person to appear on Channel 4 when it started ?
Yep!


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