The Celebrity Death Thread - Minor, Major, Famous, Infamous

[Loik V credern]

Ah shit. I saw a clip of him on some political twitter, didn't realise this was why. No real age. A lot of tv personalities/comedians seem to go early, or around 50s/60s. 

[superfunk]

I saw Lily Savage loads in pubs and clubs as a young man in the 80s and 90s. It was great to see O’Grady “graduate” to the mainstream. He really deserved his success and his work with Battersea Dog’s home was heartwarming. He really did seem like a top bloke. 

[Simmy]

That is a shame, he seemed really nice but always found it odd that he could be best mates with Cilla who it seems was demonic.

[JamesC]

In the early days of reality TV Paul O'Grady as Lily Savage presented a BBC2 show called 'Life Swaps' which was absolutely incredible and should be repeated.

RIP.

 

 

[superfunk]

I thought that this morning when his friendship with Cilla Black was mentioned. 
 

My younger brother had major spinal surgery when he was about 10 years old and Surprise Surprise did a visit to the children’s hospital. 
 

I remember asking my brother what it was like meeting Cilla and his face turned to thunder as he replied “She wasn’t very nice AT ALL!” 

Apparently, as soon as the cameras were off, she disappeared. Christopher Biggins spent ages afterwards chatting to all the kids. My brother’s 10-year-old indignation still makes me chuckle to this day.   

[Hanzo the Razor]

I remember the first time I saw him as Lily Savage was on Eurotrash in the early 90's. After that he/she seemed to be everywhere. I liked his tea time show on ITV around 2005/2006 or so. He was very warm and funny and had a great rapport with his guests.

[Hanzo the Razor]

7 minutes ago, superfunk said:

Christopher Biggins spent ages afterwards chatting to all the kids. My brother’s 10 year old indignance still makes me chuckle to this day.   

 

I never liked Cilla. She always seemed false. Krusty incarnate. The Biggins is a legend though.

[SuperFamiTom]

It's rare I give much of a thought when I hear a celebrity has passed, but hearing that Paul O'Grady has died has really touched me this morning. 

 

I can't honestly remember much of his earlier career, but man that guy loved dogs. And that in my opinion is a real indicator that he was one of the good guys. 

[JohnC]

I didn’t watch his dog show, but my mum did so I’ve seen some bits. He seemed incredible in that. 

[wavey]

I remember him going off-script during a live broadcast, to berate the Tories for cutting welfare - there's some genuine fury under there:

 

 

[jonamok]

A lovely, talented man. RIP.

[Mr Majestyk]

Loved his dog show and the radio 2 sunday evening show. RIP

[superfunk]

They’re repeating one of his Love of Dogs specials on TV right now and the combo of the dogs plus seeing him doing his thing knowing he has died is a bit much. 😭

[Plissken]

Fuck me, some of this is glorious.

 

 

[Festoon]

His afternoon chat show was hilarious. Just the wittiest person.

[JohnC]

I’d read that he gave up the chat show stuff because he ultimately found celebrities to be largely dull. 

[Hanzo the Razor]

I used to love his tea time show. His little asides to the camera man (Was it Malcolm?) were brilliant. And when he would randomly go off on one and start singing show tunes and stuff. Clearly absolutely bonkers but a natural entertainer who gave no fucks.

[JohnC]

Falcon from Gladiators died from cancer. 59.

 

https://news.sky.com/story/gladiators-star-falcon-dies-aged-59-tributes-paid-to-most-lovely-ballerina-turned-bodybuilder-12846364

[Hanzo the Razor]

On 31/03/2023 at 15:06, JohnC said:

Falcon from Gladiators died from cancer. 59.

 

https://news.sky.com/story/gladiators-star-falcon-dies-aged-59-tributes-paid-to-most-lovely-ballerina-turned-bodybuilder-12846364

 

Her brother in law only met her "A few times" but he's the one announcing her death? Seems a bit suss.

[teddymeow]

Just seen on NHK that composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has died, aged 71.

 

 

[Cheyenne]

Leaves behind an outstanding body of work. I'll be rewatching one of my favourites, Tony Takitani, this week.

 

Highly recommend this lockdown concert he released in 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6td9KUZMfw&ab_channel=RyuichiSakamoto

[Quest]

I am, to put it mildly, a bit upset. First Yukihiro Takahashi and now Sakamoto in the same year.

 

I could probably post a thousand videos but I'll just recommend this French documentary. It's an hour of wonderful sounds and footage of Tokyo in 1984. 

 

 

 

[Professor Rob]

3 hours ago, teddymeow said:

Just seen on NHK that composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has died, aged 71.

 

 

 

This has saddened me quite a bit. An outstanding talent, both as a composer and a musician. 

 

 

[Wiper]

Fuck. One of the all-time greats.

[Skull Commander]

This is perhaps old news to some, but I just found out today that Ryuichi Sakamoto composed the Sega Dreamcast start up jingle. Mind well and truly blown!

[SeanR]

Nigel Lawson!

[ucci]

On 03/04/2023 at 08:29, Skull Commander said:

This is perhaps old news to some, but I just found out today that Ryuichi Sakamoto composed the Sega Dreamcast start up jingle. Mind well and truly blown!

Yep he always had an affinity with gaming, he has an album called Neo Geo too. 

 

https://www.allmusic.com/album/neo-geo-mw0000198754

 

 

 

 

[Nick R]

Art director and production designer Norman Reynolds:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-65200513

 

 

 

[JohnC]

They've disclosed Reddick's cause of death as Ischemic Heart Disease and Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease. Or basically hardening and narrowing of the arteries from plaque build up.

[JohnC]

11 hours ago, JohnC said:

They've disclosed Reddick's cause of death as Ischemic Heart Disease and Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease. Or basically hardening and narrowing of the arteries from plaque build up.

And now the family are disputing this. They say it wasn't determined by autopsy and is inconsistent with his lifestyle, which I did wonder about. He did put effort into staying fit and healthy.