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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    RIP Dave Prowse at 85. Best known for playing Darth Vader, of course, and for those of us at the right age the Green Cross Man. Played the Frankenstein Monster a few times, once in the 1967 "Casino Royale" (Bond asks him for directions) which I think was his screen debut.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    RIP Dave Prowse at 85. Best known for playing Darth Vader, of course, and for those of us at the right age the Green Cross Man.

    A man who at once helped ensure my road safety and embodied one of the great iconic villains of my childhood. RIP.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    RIP Dave Prowse, just recently watched him in " The Tomorrow people " on Britbox.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Smithers500Smithers500 Spectre IslandPosts: 1,341MI6 Agent
    RIP Dave Prowse.
    Japanese proverb say, "Bird never make nest in bare tree".
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,239MI6 Agent
    It's been reported on Yahoo News that Carry On stalwart and EastEnders legend Barbara Windsor has died.

    https://uk.yahoo.com/news/eastenders-carry-actress-dame-barbara-000300012.html
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • Smithers500Smithers500 Spectre IslandPosts: 1,341MI6 Agent
    Really sad news about Barbara Windsor, RIP.
    Japanese proverb say, "Bird never make nest in bare tree".
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    RIP Barbara Windsor. Such a talented lady.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • The Red KindThe Red Kind EnglandPosts: 3,119MI6 Agent
    RIP Dame Barbara. Beautiful lady inside and out.
    "Any of the opposition around..?"
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,239MI6 Agent
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    Of course, Barbara Windsor appeared in one of the first Bond spoofs. Surprised to learn there are two male co-stars still alive from that one, Bernard Cribbins and Jim Dale, hope I haven't jinxed them.

    Must say, I would have been surprised to learn that Dame Barbara Windsor's passing would get more press than that of Sir Sean Connery. (Dementia played its part in both deaths, of course.)

    But a lot is down to how contemporary you are and Connery retired back in the early 2000s when Windsor's career was going strong, she even had a small but key role in the bio of her life, re-shown on BBC1 this evening.
    Connery was a bit like actor Gene Hackman in that respect, who has also been retired for years and nobody sees any pics of him, lending him a posthumous air.
    And regrettably, like Sir Roger Moore, I think Connery's death was overshadowed by other more pressing news on the day.
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    Sad to hear of the death of Dame Barbara Windsor. She was certainly a national treasure. -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,239MI6 Agent
    Will just take this opportunity to point out that re dementia or Parkinson's (not quite the same, my late mother had it) is that it's vitally important they grant you Lasting Power of Attorney in Health and Welfare; and Finance, while they still can.

    If they don't do that, then crucially you are not the decision maker for their care as and when they are deemed to have 'lost mental capacity' and that is a highly nebulous area. They don't have to be completely ga-ga and not being able to recognise you to be defined as not having 'mental capacity'. Instead, various characters will be the decision maker - corrupt social workers, arrogant hospital consultants etc - and it will never be you. Legally you have to be consulted and that law is easily ignored by those who frankly profit from the death of your relative.

    It doesn't matter if you have a bit of dosh in your family, quite the reverse in some respects. The care home - and the local Council - want your money! They won't allow your relative back to the family home because of that. I don't have time to go into the tricks that social workers play - the adult social care industry is manifestly corrupt.
    So the care home could have an outbreak of Covid, and the Council and care home will join forces to stop your parent leaving.

    On a 'lighter' note, today's Observer has a pull-out devoted to those who've passed away this year - okay, that's not much lighter is it - but there's a tribute from racing driver legend Jackie Stewart to Sean Connery. Also Mark Gatiss on Dame Diana Rigg.
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    John le Carre has died, 89 years old. He was not only one of the great spy genere authors, he was a great authors. RIP.
  • chrisno1chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,177MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    John le Carre has died, 89 years old. He was not only one of the great spy genere authors, he was a great authors. RIP.

    I saw this just before I turned in. Le Carre was never my favourite thriller writer. I found his stories quite ponderous and involved much more with personal psychologists than rigorous action. That said The Spy Who Came in From the Cold and The Constant Gardner were reads I enjoyed. Obituaries will probably focus on his Smiley books, but Le Carre was much more than that. He made the espionage thriller a literary genre as well as a pulp one and met with considerable success in doing so. His work was informed and informative. Some of his novels, as we know, were turned into great films & TV series. A sad loss, but a writer who led a full and long life.

    RIP.
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    Sad to hear of the death of spy author and former intelligence officer John Le Carre (David Cornwell) at the age of 89 from pneumonia:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-55297558
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • 00730073 COPPosts: 977MI6 Agent
    RIP David John Moore Cornwell 19 October 1931 – 12 December 2020
    "I mean, she almost kills bond...with her ass."
    -Mr Arlington Beech
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,239MI6 Agent
    "It's the most lethal time, of the year!" as Andy Williams might have sung.

    Former Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier dies

    Each Christmas there's a newspaper roundup of the year's deaths that turns out to be sadly premature.
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • The Domino EffectThe Domino Effect Posts: 3,631MI6 Agent
    The worst thing about losing a favourite writer is the knowledge that the pen is down forever and there will be no more works from them (barring perhaps one or two completed but as yet unpublished work). Although I haven't been a huge fan of le Carre's most recent works and found them soap-boxy and a bit predictable, it's very sad to think that there will be no more from him. His writing was peerless and had the literary snobs not painted him into the corner of 'spy novelist', I suspect he would have won every literary prize going. For me, his greatest work was "A Perfect Spy." I'm very sad to know he's gone.
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,417Chief of Staff
    RIP Gerard Houllier, he started off as a French teacher in Liverpool before switching to football...he started management in the 5th tier of French football before moving on to Lens,PSG, then technical director of French football (and was instrumental in them winning the World Cup), Liverpool, Lyon & Aston Villa…he was plagued with ill health for many years but he remained a true gentleman to the last.
    Thank you, Gerard -{
    YNWA 97
  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 3,907MI6 Agent
    Sad to hear about le Carre.
    I've been really enjoying working my way through his books over the last year or two.
    Just made it to A Perfect Spy, which is a fictionalised memoir disguised as a spy thriller. So I still got a few more to look forwards to.
    Everybody should read the Spy Who Came in from the Cold
  • 00730073 COPPosts: 977MI6 Agent
    Sad to hear about le Carre.
    I've been really enjoying working my way through his books over the last year or two.
    Just made it to A Perfect Spy, which is a fictionalised memoir disguised as a spy thriller. So I still got a few more to look forwards to.
    Everybody should read the Spy Who Came in from the Cold

    The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is one of my all time favourites. Hearing the sad news, I just started to re-read The Pigeon Tunnel. It is something of a departure from le Carrés usual style.
    "I mean, she almost kills bond...with her ass."
    -Mr Arlington Beech
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    Sad to hear of the death of the one and only Smithers: Jeremy Bulloch. I always enjoyed his little appearances in FYEO and OP. He was in TSWLM too as another character.
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Smithers500Smithers500 Spectre IslandPosts: 1,341MI6 Agent
    Really sad news about my namesake, RIP Jeremy Bulloch, the one and only Boba Fett, RIP.
    Japanese proverb say, "Bird never make nest in bare tree".
  • PPK 7.65mmPPK 7.65mm Saratoga Springs NY USAPosts: 1,227MI6 Agent
    Very sad to hear, I have enjoyed a lot of his work from James Bond, to The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi to many British television programs that guest starred in. RIP, to Jeremy Bulloch.
  • The Red KindThe Red Kind EnglandPosts: 3,119MI6 Agent
    RIP Jeremy Bulloch. Boba Fett was beyond cool. I'll also always remember him fondly as Edward of Wickham in Robin of Sherwood.
    "Any of the opposition around..?"
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    Sad to hear that Bond production designer Peter Lamont has died.
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    RIP Peter Lamont
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    One of the true veterans of the James Bond family has left us for the perfectly designed location in the sky. :007)
    RIP
  • The Red KindThe Red Kind EnglandPosts: 3,119MI6 Agent
    A huge piece of the Alumni. Brought so much. Thank you and RIP Peter Lamont.
    "Any of the opposition around..?"
  • Sir Hillary BraySir Hillary Bray College of ArmsPosts: 2,174MI6 Agent
    COULD 2020 POSSIBLY SUCK ANY MORE?

    Sean Connery, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Michael Lonsdale, Margaret Nolan, Earl Cameron, Geoffrey Palmer, Jeremy Bulloch, Peter Lamont, Arthur Wooster, Barbara Jefford.

    And that's just the "Bond-iverse". I know, they all lived long lives, but still... :(
    Hilly...you old devil!
  • PPK 7.65mmPPK 7.65mm Saratoga Springs NY USAPosts: 1,227MI6 Agent
    @Sir Hillary Bray: I agree 2020 is really turning out to be a crummy year for people in the showbusiness world. I hope that 2021 starts off a little bit gentler than the way 2020 is currently.
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