Miguel Sanchez Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 Week 20 update Two deaths this week. Up first, Super Gran Gudrun Ure: Gudrun Ure obituary | Children's TV | The Guardian Quote Gudrun Ure, who has died aged 98, was 59 – and playing older than her years – when she landed the television role that finally made her famous after 40 years as an actor. She starred in the 1980s ITV children’s series Super Gran, as the happy, gentle elderly woman who finds, after a magic-ray machine is fired at her during a stroll in the park, that she has new special powers to help her defend residents of the fictional town of Chiselton from villains. The daughter of Allan Ure, a draughtsman who owned an iron foundry, and his wife, Lily, Gudrun was born in Milton of Campsie, Stirlingshire (now East Dunbartonshire), and brought up in the Hyndland district of Glasgow, where she attended Laurel Bank school for girls. In her teens, she performed in Children’s Hour BBC radio productions from Scotland. “I was so small I used to have to stand on a dumpy – what used to be called a pouffe – to reach the microphone,” she recalled. On leaving school, she worked as a teacher and toured with Bertha Waddell’s children’s theatre. Turning professional, she acted with repertory companies at the Citizens theatre, Glasgow, and Perth theatre. When the Glasgow company performed at the Gateway, Edinburgh, one critic declared of her performance in the title role of Lady Precious Stream that she “gave to her part the delicacy and charm which kept the play flowing smoothly”. Indeed, “charming” was a description often attributed to her on stage. I think it's probably fair to say that for many posters, a part of their childhood has gone this week. What I can mainly say here is that she's the only person named Gudrun I've ever heard of. Ure died at 98 so she's worth 27 Base Points for @badgerthewitness (we are checking), @tamthebam and @The Naitch. ================== Second death this week is the writer Alice Munro: Alice Munro, Nobel winner and titan of the short story, dies aged 92 | Alice Munro | The Guardian Quote The Canadian short-story writer and Nobel prize winner Alice Munro, who examined everyday life through the lens of short fiction for more than 60 years, has died aged 92 at her care home in Ontario. She had suffered from dementia for more than a decade. Once called “the Canadian Chekhov” by Cynthia Ozick, Munro’s body of work was founded on forms and subjects traditionally disregarded by the literary mainstream. It was only later in life that Munro’s reputation began to rise, her understated stories of apparently plain folks in undramatic, small-town Canada amassing a raft of international awards that included the 2013 Nobel prize in literature. Margaret Atwood once called her “among the major writers of English fiction of our time.” Salman Rushdie praised her as “a master of the form” while Jonathan Franzen once wrote: “[Munro] is one of the handful of writers, some living, most dead, whom I have in mind when I say that fiction is my religion.” Here's a funny picture from her Wikipedia page: Somewhat similarly to Paul Auster the other week, I can say I've read one of her works and enjoyed it. The View From Castle Rock is a collection of short stories which effectively all go together to tell the story of her family's emigration from Fife to Canada in the 1800s. The title story is available online here: “The View from Castle Rock,” by Alice Munro | The New Yorker Munro died at 92 so she's worth 33 Base Points for @ThomCat and, er, me. We get a Deadly Duo bonus for a total of 58 points. After these, the standings look like this: 1. mozam76 402 2. Billy Jean King 380 3. Moomintroll 346 4. psv_killie 335 5. Indale Winton, The DA 328 7. lolls 316 8. Forest_Fifer 297 9. sparky88 291 10. Ned Nederlander 282 11. lichtgilphead 279 12. The_Craig 254 13. choirbairn, The Naitch 240 15. pub car king 238 16. JustOneCornetto 225 17. blackislekillie 216 18. Arch Stanton 207 19. parxyz 206 20. cdhafc1874 204 21. Oystercatcher 198 22. Bully Wee Villa 194 23. weirdcal 191 24. Melanius Mullarkant 176 25. tamthebam 171 26. amnarab 169 27. El Guapo, mathematics 164 29. Salvo Montalbano 163 30. TxRover 157 31. alta-pete, Miguel Sanchez 156 33. ThomCat 152 34. Desp, peasy23 150 36. Raidernation 137 37. Savage Henry 134 38. Arbroathlegend36-0 126 39. Lofarl, qos_75 119 41. Arabdownunder 117 42. buddiepaul, chomp my root, scottsdad, Trogdor 113 46. sleazy, Sweaty Morph 100 48. Craig fae the Vale 95 49. pawpar 90 50. invergowrie arab, Karpaty Lviv, Ray Patterson 78 53. DG.Roma, Mark Connolly, sensorsoupe, Sergeant Wilson, Shotgun 75 58. ICTChris 74 59. D Angelo Barksdale 71 60. Florentine_Pogen 58 61. Aim Here, Darren 51 63. BillyAnchor, doulikefish 49 65. Enigma, LoonsYouthTeam 44 67. badgerthewitness 27 68. stanton 25 69. Everyone else 0 The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CsroU6IlQNJOesOqCc5gsI7SCw8ywBS-PUzQwLTJe4g/edit?usp=sharing 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-69035051 Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi confirmed dead in helicopter crash. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.V.T. Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 I doubt he’ll be RAISIng from the dead any time soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 I dropped him from my team this year favouring the older Iranian statesman who didn't bother getting on the flight 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustOneCornetto Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 (edited) Frank Ifield the Australian pop singer who had 4 UK No. 1 hits in the sixties has died aged 86 https://www.smh.com.au/national/australian-music-icon-frank-ifield-dies-aged-86-20240520-p5jf1d.html A solo shot for @pawpar Edited May 20 by JustOneCornetto 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 1 minute ago, JustOneCornetto said: Frank Ifield the Australian pop singer who had 4 UK No. 1 hits in the sixties has died aged 86 https://www.smh.com.au/national/australian-music-icon-frank-ifield-dies-aged-86-20240520-p5jf1d.html I Remember Him. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerthewitness Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 4 hours ago, Richey Edwards said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-69035051 Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi confirmed dead in helicopter crash. A cloud appeared above his head, a beam of light came shining down on him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkerbelle Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 1 hour ago, JustOneCornetto said: Frank Ifield the Australian pop singer who had 4 UK No. 1 hits in the sixties has died aged 86 https://www.smh.com.au/national/australian-music-icon-frank-ifield-dies-aged-86-20240520-p5jf1d.html A solo shot for @pawpar Famous for his Scottish version of his song. I’ll remember you, ya b*****d. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 1 hour ago, JustOneCornetto said: Frank Ifield the Australian pop singer who had 4 UK No. 1 hits in the sixties has died aged 86 https://www.smh.com.au/national/australian-music-icon-frank-ifield-dies-aged-86-20240520-p5jf1d.html A solo shot for @pawpar Say It Isn't So. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawpar Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 (edited) 3 hours ago, JustOneCornetto said: Frank Ifield the Australian pop singer who had 4 UK No. 1 hits in the sixties has died aged 86 https://www.smh.com.au/national/australian-music-icon-frank-ifield-dies-aged-86-20240520-p5jf1d.html A solo shot for @pawpar I dismember you (as the mortician might say.) Frank yodels off. Points please. Yodelehoo. UK obituary link - Frank Ifield: 1960s chart phenomenon dies aged 86 - BBC News Edited May 20 by pawpar obit link 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistledo Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Bit of a sad one personally. Many great memories of him and Lambie at the helm, decent bit about him here. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/gerry-collins/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 30 minutes ago, thistledo said: Bit of a sad one personally. Many great memories of him and Lambie at the helm, decent bit about him here. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/gerry-collins/ A real character. That time he tried to disguise himself as a workie to get around a touchline ban always sticks in the memory. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistledo Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 1 hour ago, Rugster said: A real character. That time he tried to disguise himself as a workie to get around a touchline ban always sticks in the memory. Haha that was a belter, I think someone posted that on the thistle thread actually, had forgotten all about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 6 hours ago, thistledo said: Bit of a sad one personally. Many great memories of him and Lambie at the helm, decent bit about him here. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/gerry-collins/ Aye, I met Gerry a couple of times. He was terrifying at first, but a good big guy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 When people I actually saw play are popping off I feel a bit old. And just months after Adrian Sprott too. I remember having lots of Panini sticker doubles of him too. Here he is celebrating some obscure Scottish Cup win against a defunct team 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustOneCornetto Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger the great West German left back who played in 4 World Cups in '58, '62, '66 and '70 has died aged 85 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 1 hour ago, JustOneCornetto said: Karl-Heinz Schnellinger the great West German left back who played in 4 World Cups in '58, '62, '66 and '70 has died aged 85 Time has ketchup on him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 3 hours ago, JustOneCornetto said: Karl-Heinz Schnellinger the great West German left back who played in 4 World Cups in '58, '62, '66 and '70 has died aged 85 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 4 hours ago, JustOneCornetto said: Karl-Heinz Schnellinger the great West German left back who played in 4 World Cups in '58, '62, '66 and '70 has died aged 85 Beans is toast. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 18 hours ago, Venti said: Beans is toast. Broon Breed toast. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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