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

David Irving, historian, has died aged 85.

Dunners wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:05 am David Irving, historian, has died aged 85.

Surely that should read "historian"

Dunners wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:05 am David Irving, historian, has died aged 85.

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

Rich Tea Wellin wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:45 am

Dunners wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:05 am 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.

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

Damn. Busted.

Okay, this one is definitely legit.

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

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

One of my favourite scenes from The Office:

Sad news. His timing in that show was immaculate

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

Dunners wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:05 amDamn. Busted.

What, all of them? No way.

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.

Rich Tea Wellin wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:51 am

So, so funny.

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

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

But we had Gareth as the cartoon idiot.

He had a bit of depth to him though

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

Ewan - absolute master of deadpan comedy. Priceless.

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.

John Savident dead aged 86.

I say, John Savident dead aged 86.

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

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