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[Give it to Jabo]

Footballers tend not to make old bones. Why is that?

[Dunners]

David Irving, historian, has died aged 85.

[The Mindsweep]

David Irving, historian, has died aged 85.

Surely that should read "historian"

[Rich Tea Wellin]

David Irving, historian, has died aged 85.

Where’s that news from? Can’t see any mention

[Dunners]

David Irving, historian, has died aged 85.

Where’s that news from? Can’t see any mention

Just read comments being posted by a variety of people on Twitter/X. I've not seen anything in the "reputable" news yet, and one or two commentators are suggesting that he''s not dead yet but just too unwell to respond. Still, that wasn't going to stop me.

[Currywurst and Chips]

You follow people close to Irving who would be able to report this?

[Dunners]

Damn. Busted.

[Dunners]

Okay, this one is definitely legit.

Ewen MacIntosh, best known for playing Keith in The Office, has died at the age of 50.

[faldO]

That's sad news about Ewen/Keith, how to be very funny whilst being completely deadpan.

One of my favourite scenes from The Office:

[Rich Tea Wellin]

Sad news. His timing in that show was immaculate

[Long slender neck]

Now I'm going to be watching Office clips all day, cheers Big Keith.

[Hoover Attack]

Damn. Busted.

What, all of them? No way.

[Rich Tea Wellin]

[EliotNes]

I've just noticed this - Mike Proctor, cricketer, 77 - Gloucestershire and South African test cricketer, the latter before they were banned because of the apartheid regime. I saw him once against Essex at Chelmsford, boy could he bowl fast and he bowled his fellow South African, Ken McEwan, middle stump uprooted, much to the annoyance of the Essex faithful.

[Hoover Attack]

So, so funny.

[Rich Tea Wellin]

Just realised that if he was 50 he was 27/28 in the first series of the Office

[CEB]

I really like the US Office, but nothing illustrates the difference in humour between the US and U.K. like comparing Keith with his US counterpart - Keith is played totally straight, utterly believable and the genius is in the tiniest detail, while in the US the character is pretty much a cartoon idiot

[Hoover Attack]

But we had Gareth as the cartoon idiot.

[CEB]

He had a bit of depth to him though

[Dunners]

Gareth was much more than a cartoon idiot. He had his own distinct character arc.

[Give it to Jabo]

Ewan - absolute master of deadpan comedy. Priceless.

[Yanzi Gravy]

He was a good player. Convincing, unique and one could relate to a person in a working environment. I worked with a man who was very much like him in the office.

[Hoover Attack]

John Savident dead aged 86.

I say, John Savident dead aged 86.

[Dunners]

Pamela Salem, who played Miss Moneypenny in Never Say Never Again, has died at the age of 80.

[Dunners]

And Stuart Organ, who played PE teacher Peter Robson in Grange Hill, has also died. He was only 72.