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**cicciobuki** · September 4th, 2018, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by otokonomidori

Wasn't any social media when Diana got rubbed out in Paris! Yet there was mass hysteria in the UK !

"Queen of fucking Hearts" my arse!

I suppose she was that famous, like it or not (and my guess in your case would be 'not'

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**bloke57** · September 4th, 2018, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by otokonomidori

Wasn't any social media when Diana got rubbed out in Paris! Yet there was mass hysteria in the UK !

"Queen of fucking Hearts" my arse!

Yes, I found that whole episode really irksome and it was the day I realised the world had gone mad.

It's not that it wasn't sad and a shock - but people grieved like they knew her personally. They wept, wailed and became openly hysterical on the street!

I mean, for your own mum, dad, wife or child okay. But someone so far removed from you? What was the psyche there?

**risen** · September 4th, 2018, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by bloke57

celebrated actor Laurence Olivier. Loads about that old ham - but hardly a mention of Bugs, Daffy and a host of others all effectively dying on the same day.

I think it was John Gielgud who got the buckle of his Mackintosh belt caught in the grab handle on the platform of a London bus in Berkeley Square. As the bus towed the hapless old ham past Jack Barclays he is reputed to have cried out “Stop, stop, you are killing a genius”. Sadly the precious old stager survived for many more years.

I’m with Chris too.

**chris chunt** · September 5th, 2018, 04:50 AM

The media seem to go from one extreme to another .
Wall to wall coverage of Aretha Franklin but no mention at all of H from steps who has seemingly sadly passed away just recently .

You can imagine my shock on stumbling across this while out walking .

**Staffsyeoman** · September 5th, 2018, 10:44 AM

Thanks Chris; have always felt this. I'm no Republican (after all, I have a piece of paper from Her Maj expressing "especial faith and confidence" in me... sorry about that, ma'am..) but Diana was a two-watt lightbulb who forgot the rules of the game. Oh she could talk to people, yes... but "one of us"? She was the daughter of an Earl who barely saw the real world and looked good in a dress. Ah well, she produced the heir and a spare... The nation lost its marbles in 1997 and has never got them fully back. Mind you, Blair should carry his share of the blame for fanning the flames of the cult. Princess of hearts? Don't remember that one in the pack....

"Recreational mourning" absolutely love that phrase. Write to Susie Dent, get it in the dictionary!

**cginok** · September 5th, 2018, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Staffsyeoman

Thanks Chris; have always felt this. I'm no Republican (after all, I have a piece of paper from Her Maj expressing "especial faith and confidence" in me... sorry about that, ma'am..) but Diana was a two-watt lightbulb who forgot the rules of the game. Oh she could talk to people, yes... but "one of us"? She was the daughter of an Earl who barely saw the real world and looked good in a dress. Ah well, she produced the heir and a spare... The nation lost its marbles in 1997 and has never got them fully back. Mind you, Blair should carry his share of the blame for fanning the flames of the cult. Princess of hearts? Don't remember that one in the pack....

"Recreational mourning" absolutely love that phrase. Write to Susie Dent, get it in the dictionary!

I've always thought one of the biggest lies every hoisted upon us...at least they did in the US...was the labeling of her as a commoner, or as "The People's Princess." Her family has a net worth of somewhere in the $600 million range. How many "commoners" have a net worth north of half a billion? However, I don't blame her for that. It was the media that labeled her as such because it was good for ratings/circulation.

**risen** · September 5th, 2018, 08:38 PM

I didn’t find out about the death of Alex Harvey until months later such was the dearth of music news in the mainstream media.

https://youtu.be/svSV_G65CF4

**chris chunt** · September 11th, 2018, 12:31 AM

Keith Moons death 40 years ago on sep 7th got quite a mention in the daily mails website and on George Galloway's radio show on talk radio .
There's two polar opposites .
But I like them both !

Anyway a bit of recreational grieving came your way at last Keith !

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**vo1v0d** · September 12th, 2018, 10:31 AM

As a contrary bastard I feel obliged to diagree with everybody on everything, but..... In the year before she died I had attended five funerals so I remember what was par for expressions of grief. I went to a funeral the day after she died and I have never seen so many men in tears and I would vouch it was not just for the poor bastard in the box.

**chris chunt** · September 22nd, 2018, 01:08 PM

I'm off to the snooker hall to go " snooker loopy nuts are we !" myself

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September 5th, 2018, 04:50 AM	#14
chris chunt Vintage Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,805 Thanks: 7,946 Thanked 36,406 Times in 2,765 Posts	The media seem to go from one extreme to another . Wall to wall coverage of Aretha Franklin but no mention at all of H from steps who has seemingly sadly passed away just recently . You can imagine my shock on stumbling across this while out walking .

September 5th, 2018, 10:44 AM	#15
Staffsyeoman Vintage Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,268 Thanks: 34,177 Thanked 26,750 Times in 2,159 Posts	Thanks Chris; have always felt this. I'm no Republican (after all, I have a piece of paper from Her Maj expressing "especial faith and confidence" in me... sorry about that, ma'am..) but Diana was a two-watt lightbulb who forgot the rules of the game. Oh she could talk to people, yes... but "one of us"? She was the daughter of an Earl who barely saw the real world and looked good in a dress. Ah well, she produced the heir and a spare... The nation lost its marbles in 1997 and has never got them fully back. Mind you, Blair should carry his share of the blame for fanning the flames of the cult. Princess of hearts? Don't remember that one in the pack.... "Recreational mourning" absolutely love that phrase. Write to Susie Dent, get it in the dictionary!

September 5th, 2018, 08:38 PM	#17
risen Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Stuck in the middle Posts: 1,100 Thanks: 68,798 Thanked 15,539 Times in 1,092 Posts	I didn’t find out about the death of Alex Harvey until months later such was the dearth of music news in the mainstream media. https://youtu.be/svSV_G65CF4

September 11th, 2018, 12:31 AM	#18
chris chunt Vintage Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,805 Thanks: 7,946 Thanked 36,406 Times in 2,765 Posts	Keith Moons death 40 years ago on sep 7th got quite a mention in the daily mails website and on George Galloway's radio show on talk radio . There's two polar opposites . But I like them both ! Anyway a bit of recreational grieving came your way at last Keith ! [IMG]//ist5-1.filesor.com/pimpandhost.com/1/_/_/_/1/6/w/P/A/6wPAL/Screenshot_20180911-012433_0.jpg[/IMG]

September 22nd, 2018, 01:08 PM	#20
chris chunt Vintage Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,805 Thanks: 7,946 Thanked 36,406 Times in 2,765 Posts	I'm off to the snooker hall to go " snooker loopy nuts are we !" myself