The Generic RIP thread

[robertff]

Condolences Minnie, a sad time for you and your family.


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[Charlie O.]

That was a beautiful post, Anna.

You were very kind to me when my mom died, and I'd like to return the favor, but I can't think of anything to say that you don't already know!

I'll make sure to have a KitKat in your dad's honor. He sounds like someone I'd've enjoyed knowing.


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[Mike Boom]

Sorry to hear this Minnie , sounds like your Dad was a great guy, all the best to you and your family.

[ChrisB]

Heartfelt condolences to you and your family. God Bless

[Belle Lettre]

So sorry for your loss, it has been a long road for you all.
I hope it will be all right if I put sugar on the cornflakes x

[souphound]

Sorry to hear this very sad news. A kit Kat has been dealt with due honor. Best wishes to you and your family. It's never easy. Stay strong.

[Samoan]

A beautiful eulogy, Minnie.

My sincere condolences to you and to all your family .

[Minnie the Minx]

Thank you everybody. Very sweet words.
Carol - the more sugar the better!
‘BUT NOT THAT BROWN SHIT’

[GoogaMooga]

Sincere condolences, Minnie. You were lucky to have him as your father.

[ChrisB]

Hairy Biker Dave Myers. Was watching the bikers just last night

[Santa C]

Television personality George Gilbey has died after suffering a fall while at work.

Essex Police said it was called to a road in Shoebury, near Southend-on-Sea, after a report that a man working at height had fallen.
The 40-year-old died at the scene.

Gilbey starred in eight series of Channel 4's Gogglebox and also Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 5






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[copehead]

Television personality George Gilbey has died after suffering a fall while at work.

Essex Police said it was called to a road in Shoebury, near Southend-on-Sea, after a report that a man working at height had fallen.
The 40-year-old died at the scene.

Gilbey starred in eight series of Channel 4's Gogglebox and also Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 5

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Someone's been arrested for causing death by criminal negligence now, so it is going to be a sad tale of unsafe working practices in the building trade I guess

[copehead]

Hairy Biker Dave Myers. Was watching the bikers just last night

Turns out he is one of those people who no one has a bad word for, which is how he always seemed, but nice to have it confirmed that he was a sweetie.

Used to love him and Si pottering around on their bikes eating food, what a job.

[Six String]

My Dad died yesterday morning. We had been looking after him at home, for months, and his wish was to die at home surrounded by family and his death couldn't have been more perfect in that regard. It was peaceful, pain free and he was surrounded by love.
I'm going to be in the UK for a couple more weeks for the funeral and Baron will be heading over soon. I've spent a lot of time away from him in the past few months and I can't wait for him to be back with our family.

I have been bowled over by the superb care and attention that Dad and our family received over the course of his illness, especially in the last few weeks. The palliative care nurses, district nurses, carers, GPs. People who came out in the early hours for frantic phone calls, and sat in the kitchen with the family when times got tough and listened to a family crying. Dad had opted for no treatment and though that meant he wasn't spending his last months going to and fro radiology departments, it did mean that his dignity slipped away in a manner that was dreadful to watch and of course, for him to experience. He had virtually no pain throughout the whole process, but confided to me that he would have traded the debility and lack of dignity for pain on occasion.

Dad was an an avid reader, thinker, antique collector, birdwatcher, walker, lover of mountains, hills and trains. Sarcastic, funny, deadpan. Lover of Volvos, Salvage Hunt's biggest fan, ex-shop steward, spliff enthusiast, crossword completer, cynic. Creator of extraordinary gardens and interiors, his auction picture finds graced the walls of all our houses, making internal landscapes that made sitting in the house a constant pleasure. Hard to think that the frail man that I sat reading to was the same one that carried me on his shoulders on various anti racist marches of the late 1970s, teaching me to shout "FUCK THE NATIONAL FRONT!"

If you have a mind to, next time you eat a Kitkat, a bowl of cornflakes (with full fat milk naturally), chance upon a corn bunting, eagle or curlew, or go up a mountain, have a quick nod to my Dad, who was a personality so huge it's as if Mount Fuji has just been erased. I can't imagine my life's landscape without him, but I am glad he is now at peace.

I’m sorry for your loss Anna. You spoke of your Dad a lot here so I feel like I knew a little about him already. Your post here was truly beautiful. Take care of yourself and your family. I’ve been missing your posts here but knew you were busy. Peace and much love.

[Santa C]

Former Wimbledon and Newcastle United manager Joe Kinnear has died at the age of 77




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[Santa C]

OJ Simpson, the former American footballer who was controversially cleared of double murder, has died aged 76, his family says

Orenthal James Simpson rose to fame as a college footballer before playing in the NFL.

In 2008, he was sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment on charges of armed robbery. He was released in 2017.



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[cheifwhat]

Used to work with him for a very short while at Woolwich Library.


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Are you originally from the Greenwich area then Rob?

Mrs C is a head of a primary school in Plumstead


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No, Beckenham, although I was living in Blackheath at the time, sharing a house with a friend -first time living away from home, whist taking a year out before going to college. Worked at Woolwich Library for six months.

Del and his friend Brian, a very good guitarist, joined the library a short while just before I was finishing there. They were very friendly with the girl I was house sharing with, (who also worked at the library), and would come round and play records. One of them scratched my original copy of Led Zep III.


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Do I know you? I grew up in Beckenham, more the Penge side though (love Maple Road)

[sloopjohnc]

I'm sorry to hear about your dad, Anna. I know how much you loved him. I remember driving up to the Golden Gate Bridge on your first visit and you telling me your dad had always wanted to see it in person and you were going to get to walk over it. Made me tear up, at the time, and appreciate what I had in my backyard.

More and more people in my life are dying. I'm 62, going to be 63 in June, I get it. Two close friends I've know since I was nine have died in the last six months, and of course, my ex, who I still talk to and ask for advice.

I'm just posting, not about me, but to recognize how important other people are in others' lives and I know your dad was important to you and helped shape who you are.

[kath]

sorry i'm so late seeing this, minnie. you've written wonderful words. i send all my love, condolences and understanding on the passing of yer dad.

so much to be said for peace, a life full of love and kitkats.

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[mudshark]

It's bit fairly quiet on the RIP front recently.
Am I jinxing it now?