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  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 4,140MI6 Agent
    Denny O'Neill, collaborating with artist Neal Adams, made Batman a darker more realistic comic in the early 1970s. Getting rid of all the silly stuff associated with the teevee show, and paving the way for Frank Miller's more disturbing interpretation in the 1980s.
    Batman is now DC's most popular character by far, and it is their "Dark Knight Detective" version that we know today.

    O'Neill and Adams also created the famous Green Lantern/Green Arrow "relevant" series, one of DC's most important runs.

    wikipedia tells me it was also O'Neill who wrote the stories where Wonder Woman briefly lost her powers and superhero costume and became an Emma Peel type character. Didn't realise that.
  • The Red KindThe Red Kind EnglandPosts: 3,338MI6 Agent
    RIP Dame Vera Lynn. A beautiful woman that gave hope to so many. After such a great innings she will be sorely missed.
    "Any of the opposition around..?"
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,427MI6 Agent
    It's incredible that one of the most famous voices of WWII has been with us until today. "We'll meet again"
  • Smithers500Smithers500 Spectre IslandPosts: 1,347MI6 Agent
    Sir Ian Holm has passed aged 88 RIP
    Japanese proverb say, "Bird never make nest in bare tree".
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,484MI6 Agent
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    Amazing to think that when this lady was born, World War I was raging - 1917.
    Bit of a choker hearing this news yesterday morning.
    V glad she made it to 103 - and for the VE anniversary this year.
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • Sir Hillary BraySir Hillary Bray College of ArmsPosts: 2,174MI6 Agent
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    Amazing to think that when this lady was born, World War I was raging - 1917.
    Bit of a choker hearing this news yesterday morning.
    V glad she made it to 103 - and for the VE anniversary this year.
    I read her obit in today's New York Times, and I confess to having never heard of her. That is, until I learned that her "We'll Meet Again" plays over nuclear destruction at the end of Dr. Strangelove. Of course I've heard of her! She was obviously much more important than that, though. RIP. {[]
    Hilly...you old devil!
  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,912Chief of Staff
    I read her obit in today's New York Times, and I confess to having never heard of her. That is, until I learned that her "We'll Meet Again" plays over nuclear destruction at the end of Dr. Strangelove. Of course I've heard of her! She was obviously much more important than that, though. RIP.

    Do you know the Pink Floyd album The Wall? The song "Vera" is about her.

    And sad to hear about Ian Holm--a great actor, no matter the material!
    Vox clamantis in deserto
  • Smithers500Smithers500 Spectre IslandPosts: 1,347MI6 Agent
    I just read that Joel Schumacher has died aged 80. Director of the Lost Boys, Falling Down, Batman Forever and of course Batman and Robin, RIP.
    Japanese proverb say, "Bird never make nest in bare tree".
  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
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    9 years today. R.I.P Peter Falk.
    Have you ever heard of the Emancipation Proclamation?"

    " I don't listen to hip hop!"
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,924Chief of Staff
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    At long last :D
    YNWA 97
  • GrindelwaldGrindelwald Posts: 1,342MI6 Agent
    Mandel (MASH theme) :(
  • Westward_DriftWestward_Drift Posts: 3,113MI6 Agent
    RIP Carl Reiner.
  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 4,140MI6 Agent
    Carl Reiner!
    responsible for some of the funniest projects ever...
    Dick van Dyke Show, 2000 Year Old Man with Mel Brooks, many Carol Burnett appearances, the first several Steve Martin movies (the good ones) ...

    look for his episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, its essential
  • Smithers500Smithers500 Spectre IslandPosts: 1,347MI6 Agent
    Earl Cameron has passed aged 102, RIP
    Japanese proverb say, "Bird never make nest in bare tree".
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,372MI6 Agent
    Ennio Morricone RIP a legendary composer of countless scores.
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,427MI6 Agent
    The score of "Once upon a time in the West" is one of my favourites. Ennio Morricone was one of the truly great film composers.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,427MI6 Agent
    Morricone kept composing till the end. The last movie he composed for isn't even released yet.
  • The Red KindThe Red Kind EnglandPosts: 3,338MI6 Agent
    RIP one of the truly great composers of our time. The Ecstasy of Gold and Chi Mai are amongst my favourite pieces of music. He will be sorely missed.
    "Any of the opposition around..?"
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters
    There are many classics in Morricone's body of work. It's the spaghetti western scores that I'll remember best though.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,372MI6 Agent
    The Ecstasy of Gold.

    This, plus Run Man Run from The Big Gundown are my favourites, but virtually his whole list of compositions are top notch.
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Smithers500Smithers500 Spectre IslandPosts: 1,347MI6 Agent
    RIP Ennio Morricone
    Japanese proverb say, "Bird never make nest in bare tree".
  • The Red KindThe Red Kind EnglandPosts: 3,338MI6 Agent
    RIP Jack Charlton. True footballing legend. I wasn't around in 1966 but will always remember his exploits with Ireland in 1990 and 1994 World Cups.
    "Any of the opposition around..?"
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,924Chief of Staff
    Jack Charlton...a really great centre half...he kept a ‘little black book’ in which he had all the names of footballers that had fouled him on the pitch, so he could get retribution in the future :))

    RIP Big Jack -{
    YNWA 97
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,372MI6 Agent
    Linda Cristal passed away on 27th June aged 89. She played Victoria in The High Chapparal and starred in John Wayne’s The Alamo and with Charles Bronson in Mr Majestyk.
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,427MI6 Agent
    Today it's nine years ago to the day 77 people were murdered in Oslo and Utøya: they were vicitimes of extremism.

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  • FrigilianaFrigiliana Posts: 165MI6 Agent
    R.I.P Peter Green sad loss to Music .
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,372MI6 Agent
    John Saxon who starred in Enter The Dragon and scores of other cult movies has passed away aged 83, RIP.
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Smithers500Smithers500 Spectre IslandPosts: 1,347MI6 Agent
    Sad to hear about John Saxon, Enter The Dragon aside I remember him in a wackier Starsky and Hutch episode playing a vampire, RIP.
    Japanese proverb say, "Bird never make nest in bare tree".
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,427MI6 Agent
    Perhaps the last remaining star from Hollywood's golden age has left us, Oliva de Haviland died today at 104. Rest in peace.
  • The Red KindThe Red Kind EnglandPosts: 3,338MI6 Agent
    Was very sad to hear of the passing of Ben Cross. Wonderful actor and gentleman. Always feel he could have been a good fit somewhere in the Bond Universe.
    "Any of the opposition around..?"
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