Death Notices

[Shamrock Shore]

Richard Briers

The Good Life
Roobarb and Custard
Monarch of the Glen
Mr. Bean

etc

[Denn Forever]

Aww.

The Good Life is a great memory from the 70s.

And Felecity Kendall was always good to lust after.

[BennyCake]

Richard Briers

The Good Life
Roobarb and Custard
Monarch of the Glen
Mr. Bean

etc

Richard Briers was in Mr Bean?

[Captain Obvious]

Richard Briers

The Good Life
Roobarb and Custard
Monarch of the Glen
Mr. Bean

etc

Richard Briers was in Mr Bean?

Yes the mass scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh__g-ZZ6WA

[Hoof Hearted]

Aww.

The Good Life is a great memory from the 70s.

And Felecity Kendall was always good to lust after.

still present tense if your honest

[heganboy]

Bob Godfrey- creator of roobarb and custard passed away less than a week after the narrator  Richard Briers. He was also responsible for Henry's cat

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2013/feb/22/bob-godfrey-roobarb-dies

Richard Briers

The Good Life
Roobarb and Custard
Monarch of the Glen
Mr. Bean

etc

[Declan]

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/irish-football-mourning-death-of-con-martin-29091732.html

A great man - Con Martin

[Declan]

Stéphane Hessel, 'Combatant for Justice and Freedom' and Inspiration for Indignados, Dead at 95

"To you who will create the twenty-first century, we say, from the bottom of our hearts, to create is to resist. To resist is to create." — Stéphane Hessel, Indignez-Vous! (Time for Outrage)

Hessel, occupied many positions in his life: immigrant, French Resistance fighter, concentration camp survivor, diplomat, advocate and author. He joined the French Resistance during World War II, was caught by the Gestapo and sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp. He escaped during transfer to Bergen-Belsen and later helped draft the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, then became an honorary "Ambassador of France," appointed to special government missions. He has since been a fierce advocate of the Palestinians.
But Hessel, achieved his worldwide celebrity at the age of 93, when a political pamphlet he wrote became a bestselling publishing sensation and inspired global protest and the Occupy Wall Street movement. Millions of copies of his pamphlet Time for Outrage have been sold worldwide.

In a 2011 interview Hessel was asked about his inspiration for Time for Outrage, and he responded:

When I first asked an editor, Indigène Editions of Montpellier, to publish a little pamphlet, a little appeal, I thought it would hark back to the French Resistance, and that the movement of the French Resistance brought up some basic values, which they considered fundamental and they wanted General de Gaulle to apply when the war would be over. These values are still eminently the basic values. I found them carried forward by an American president for whom I have the greatest admiration and respect, Franklin Roosevelt. He was the one who allowed the Charter of the United Nations to come up. And I'm still working, 66 years later, to try to make those values felt by the younger generation. That is why in this small book—not very expensive, easily distributed all around—we try to say, these are the values on which, if they are violated, you must protest. You must find the time for outrage when these values are not respected.

Lauding the efforts of Occupy Wall Street, Hessel later added:

I think we have had the possibility of living in democracies. What does it mean? It means places where the privileged are not the one to make the decisions, but that the underprivileged are going to rise to a status where they are normal human beings and human citizens with their freedoms and their rights. When that is no longer the case, whatever the circumstance—in France, with President Sarkozy, definitely; in Spain, perhaps, after many attempts—then it is proper for the young generation to listen to the very old ones who tell them, "We have been resisters at a time where there was fascism or Stalinism. You must find the things that you will not accept, that will outrage you. And these things, you must be able to fight against nonviolently, peacefully, but determinedly." That is why I am so happy about what happens these days in Wall Street, because they're indeed very peaceful. They are not throwing any bombs or any stones, but they're there determined to see that their values are to be respected.

[Declan]

Former GAA correspondent Paddy Downey dies

Born in 1929 in Goleen in west Cork, Downey moved to Dublin in the 1950s and was editor of the Gaelic Echo magazine before joining The Irish Times as the deputy sports editor of the Sunday Review newspaper when it launched in November 1957.

He took over as Gaelic games correspondent at the start of 1962 from Paddy Mehigan, who wrote under the pen name of 'Pat O', and continued in the position until his retirement in 1994, when Seán Moran took up the post.

He was one of the founding members of the All Stars in 1971 and also contributed a radio review to the newspaper in the 1970s.

GAA president Liam Ó Néill extended his sympathies and those of the Association to Paddy Downey's family.

He said: "Paddy Downey was a legendary figure in the coverage of Gaelic games, replacing as he did Paddy Mehigan and covering the activities of the Association for more than three decades.

"His wit, eye for detail and clarity of prose regularly brought game incidents to life in print for those who had not witnessed them and his passion for football and hurling was evident to anyone who picked up his reports.

"Paddy was also instrumental in the establishment of the All Stars scheme in 1971 and was a regular attendee at our All-Ireland finals.

"He will be sorely missed and I extend my condolences to his wife Cathríona and family and Paddy's wide circle of friends and admirers."

"Solas na bhFlaitheas ar a anam uasal."

[T Fearon]

Seemed to have lost a lot of GAA writers in recent months.

[The Boy Wonder]

Sean Diffley, columnist for Irish Independent (formerly rugby corresponent) has passed away.
He had celebrated his 85th birthday last Friday and had been contributing columns to Indo up to very recently.
His columns spanned rugby, athletics, GAA and more and made very enjoyable reading.
Rest in Peace.

[Harold Disgracey]

Hugo Chavez.

[theticklemister]

Hugo Chavez.

that just break?

[ziggysego]

Hugo Chavez.

that just break?

Yes.

[give her dixie]

Tragic news. Hugo Chavez you were one of a kind . Rest in peace