RIP thread

[Devius]

Film critic Barry Norman has died aged 83, his family says.

The journalist and former BBC presenter died in his sleep on Friday night.

A statement from his daughters, Samantha and Emma, called him "remarkable", adding: "He had a great life, a wonderful marriage and an enviable career."

Norman hosted BBC One's "Film…" show between 1972 and 1998 - its longest running host - as well as writing for the Daily Mail and the Guardian.

His literary agent, Curtis Brown, described him as "the defining voice of film criticism and insightful interviewing of screen legends from both sides of the camera."

Details:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40468411

RIP

[K_D]

Originally Posted by diamelsx

Former Oiler Semenko passes at 59
Two-time Stanley Cup champion Dave Semenko passed away on Thursday at the age of 59 after a battle with cancer.

Wayne Gretzky's On Ice "Body Guard".

If you fucked with Gretzky, you then had to deal with Mr. Semenko.

[dlnhank]

Swedish actor Michael Nyquist has passed away, age 56.
He did many movies in Sweden, but also some Hollywood movies lately such as Mission Impossible: Ghost protocol and John Wick.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0638824/

Cause was lung cancer.

He will be missed.

[gedly]

As a tribute to the late, great Barry Norman I just had to post this...

[mungy]

Originally Posted by gedly

As a tribute to the late, great Barry Norman I just had to post this...

He was 83 years old Time passes very quickly.

RIP Barry.

[Greenman]

Another icon of British television has passed on to that great screen in the sky, Barry Norman, whose father Leslie Norman was a respected film director and later tv director. Barry will always be remembered for his late night show Film...(whatever year it was) back when films were worth looking at for its content and not special effects laden(well some of them anyway)

He had a rye view of films and spoke his mind several times but also got to interview some really big Hollywood names, although he found Robert De Niro a real pain on several occasions at one point walking out of an interview. He was mimicked by many including Eric Idle and Rory Bremner who came up with a catchphrase "and why not!" and also had the accolade of being a Spitting Image puppet with that catchphrase. He did regular reviews for the Radio Times but mostly worked on Sky television(after defecting there in the 90's) He also has the distinction of working in the late 70's with Morecambe & Wise, being part of the 'troupe' singing and dancing(and tumbling) to 'There is Nothing Like a Dame" (it also featured Eddie Waring, Michael Aspel, Richard Baker, Peter Woods, Phillip Jenkinson(the former Film presenter) and others). That routine in the show became a massive ratings hit for M&W and still talked about 40 years on, but we all knew it wasn't them doing the acrobatics.
RIP Barry "And why not!"

[vzok]

Barry Norman's autobiography "And Why Not" is a great read.

[johnbear]

Called by his peers the "dean" of modern tennis photography. In a Boston Globe profile (July 12, 2007) of Russ Adams regarding his July 2007 induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport Rhode Island Billie Jean King stated "Russ is a national treasure." "He's our dean our guru our guardian. "Believe me the players look for him and love him " King added.
He has covered the sport for 50 years and created associated tennis photography rules. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island in July 2007 along with players Pete Sampras Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Sven Davidson.
Adams has spent the last 50 years visually documenting the history of tennis at over 400 events. He is the face behind the camera and his work has illuminated the greatest moments and stories in the sport he died age 86.
http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2017/...s-at-86/67263/

[johnbear]

Was an American-Canadian professional wrestler and a member of the Hart wrestling family. His parents were Stu and Helen Hart he was the first of their twelve children being one of their eight sons Bruce, Keith, Wayne, Dean, Bret, Ross and Owen followed him. He wrestled for the majority of his career in Canada but also worked shortly in other countries and is best known for his time in Stampede Wrestling and for his appearances for WWE he died age 68 of prostate cancer.
http://www.tmz.com/2017/07/02/bret-h...rt-dead-at-68/

[ManofKent]

Originally Posted by Devius

Film critic Barry Norman has died aged 83, his family says.

The journalist and former BBC presenter died in his sleep on Friday night.

A statement from his daughters, Samantha and Emma, called him "remarkable", adding: "He had a great life, a wonderful marriage and an enviable career."

Norman hosted BBC One's "Film…" show between 1972 and 1998 - its longest running host - as well as writing for the Daily Mail and the Guardian.

His literary agent, Curtis Brown, described him as "the defining voice of film criticism and insightful interviewing of screen legends from both sides of the camera."

Details:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40468411

RIP

I can actually remember when he did Film 88 and Film 89 late at night. I can remember they had Who framed Roger Rabbit and Ghostbusters 2.