The DA Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Stephen Moore - Marvin the Paranoid Android, Adrian Mole's dad, Jack in The Rock Follies. Can't find an obituary for him but it looks like it was last Friday and wiki's been updated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Stephen Moore - Marvin the Paranoid Android, Adrian Mole's dad, Jack in The Rock Follies. Can't find an obituary for him but it looks like it was last Friday and wiki's been updated.Stephen No Moore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 https://www.nme.com/news/tv/stephen-moore-the-actor-whose-voice-inspired-radioheads-paranoid-android-has-died-2556546 Life, don't talk to him about life... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Reg Watson leaves Ramsay Street at 93. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-13/neighbours-creator-reg-watson-dies/11597576 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 (edited) Week 41 update Nobody scores any points this week, so let's have a look at one random death through the week. This is a picture of the first man to be outside in space. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/oct/11/alexei-leonov-space-walk-human-death-cosmonaut-russia This happened 54 years ago. When you consider how dangerous this still is today, the amount of resources and precautions necessary, the technology available for it, I think it's remarkable that any kind of space exploration could have happened so long ago. I'm not going to pretend to know anything about the equipment involved, but there are a few posters participating in the Dead Pool this year who would have been around in the 60s. Would you have gone into space with the technology available at the time? Would you have trusted whatever you were wearing to keep you alive in an airless environment, knowing if anything goes wrong there would be no-one who really knew what to do? Also, could you have done this if you lived in a country with the social inequality and deprivation of the Soviet Union? According to Wikipedia: Quote Leonov was born in Listvyanka, West Siberian Krai, Russian SFSR. In 1936, his father Arkhip was arrested and declared an "enemy of the people". Leonov wrote in his autobiography: "He was not alone: many were being arrested. It was part of a conscientious drive by the authorities to eradicate anyone who showed too much independence or strength of character. These were the years of Stalin's purges. Many disappeared into remote gulags and were never seen again." I suppose the question here is, if that had happened to your family, would you still want to pursue something which was ostensibly used as a political tool by the state which destroyed your family? I somehow doubt Leonov was the only person to experience this sort of internal conflict. Nobody would have been able to do anything about it at the time though. So, no scores this week, but time (hopefully) for some reflection on the possibility of human achievement. Here are some pictures too: https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2015/may/09/first-space-walk-alexei-leonov-in-pictures Edited October 13, 2019 by Miguel Sanchez 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 (edited) 19 hours ago, The DA said: Stephen Moore - Marvin the Paranoid Android, Adrian Mole's dad, Jack in The Rock Follies. Can't find an obituary for him but it looks like it was last Friday and wiki's been updated. Never knew he was Mark Moore from S'Expresses' brother. Something that has blown my mind even more than where to put the apostrophe in "S'Expresses'" Edited October 13, 2019 by Cardinal Richelieu 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 On 12/10/2019 at 12:28, The DA said: Stephen Moore - Marvin the Paranoid Android, Adrian Mole's dad, Jack in The Rock Follies. Can't find an obituary for him but it looks like it was last Friday and wiki's been updated. He was great in that role 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 21 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Week 41 update Nobody scores any points this week, so let's have a look at one random death through the week. This is a picture of the first man to be outside in space. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/oct/11/alexei-leonov-space-walk-human-death-cosmonaut-russia This happened 54 years ago. When you consider how dangerous this still is today, the amount of resources and precautions necessary, the technology available for it, I think it's remarkable that any kind of space exploration could have happened so long ago. I'm not going to pretend to know anything about the equipment involved, but there are a few posters participating in the Dead Pool this year who would have been around in the 60s. Would you have gone into space with the technology available at the time? Would you have trusted whatever you were wearing to keep you alive in an airless environment, knowing if anything goes wrong there would be no-one who really knew what to do? Also, could you have done this if you lived in a country with the social inequality and deprivation of the Soviet Union? According to Wikipedia: I suppose the question here is, if that had happened to your family, would you still want to pursue something which was ostensibly used as a political tool by the state which destroyed your family? I somehow doubt Leonov was the only person to experience this sort of internal conflict. Nobody would have been able to do anything about it at the time though. So, no scores this week, but time (hopefully) for some reflection on the possibility of human achievement. Here are some pictures too: https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2015/may/09/first-space-walk-alexei-leonov-in-pictures Enough of the philosophical pish, this is the deadpool, we want puns! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atfccfc Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 On 10/10/2019 at 18:42, sureiknow said: Juilette Kaplan. Actress from The Last of The Summer Wine dead. Just looked up who she played in Last of the summer wine, and at least Howard will be relieved as Marina and him don't have to sneak about anymore. Robert Fyfe (94) and Jean Fergusson (74) are still going strong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.V.T. Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 He was great in that roleAlso, Kevin’s dad in Harry Enfield, and the dad in the Queen’s Nose - still the best CBBC show ever made. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisal Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Charles Jencks husband of Maggie and Architect behind Maggie Centres. Reading his obituary has steered me away from the usual bad pun and hilarity that death usually brings to this thread. Charles Jencks BBC So wake up Maggie I think I've got something to say to you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Leah Bracknell dead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Leah Bracknell dead.Shame. Condolences blah blah.And points. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Oh dear. Points please? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 19 minutes ago, The Master said: Leah Bracknell dead. She bought the farm. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indale Winton Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 https://news.sky.com/story/former-emmerdale-actress-leah-bracknell-dies-11837149 Official. 55 she was...and my captain. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Finally. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 There's my Sunday sorted. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 58 minutes ago, The Master said: Leah Bracknell dead. What a sad, sad day for fans of Emmerdale everywhere.... thoughts.... condolences.... blah blah blah etc..... Points please for my El Capitano. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdhafc1874 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Well she wasn't my captain or my VC - as they have both already snuffed it this year.However she is on my team so points please. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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