Ingram85 Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 What a word removed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 I think the fact he went white haired very early - seeing as he was all white 20 years ago when I watched Jim'll Fix it and all those cigars probably didn't lend him an air of youth! A sad loss. Used to love the show. And he ran over 200 marathons - not bad at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloman Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 There a far too many people,in my opinion, given the sobriquet "legend", "national treasure" etc but to any (older) pop music fan Jimmy Savile really was. The BBC website reports that he started his career as a Radio 1 DJ; this is tripe; he was a DJ on Radio Luxembourg before Radio 1 was dreamt of. His programme "Teen and Twenty Disc Club" was essential listening for the youth of the 60's (me !) He was also a keen cycling fan and I met him at a fund raising dinner in Bradford. Although a tad on the eccentric side he was a really down-to-earth geezer and chatted to all the blokes there. Ran marathons, as Rodders said, for Stoke Mandeville; top bloke. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 29, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted October 29, 2011 He beat me in the 1982 London Marathon, the bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 He beat me in the 1982 London Marathon, the legendary cigar wielding bastard. There you go, fixed it for youuuuuu! Dat da daaaaaaaaa..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted October 29, 2011 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2011 TBH I always thought there was something very dodgy about Saville. He was a notorious lecher, and I'm surprised he never turned up in a Gary Glitter type scandal. 1 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privateer Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 TBH I always thought there was something very dodgy about Saville. He was a notorious lecher, and I'm surprised he never turned up in a Gary Glitter type scandal. He was unquestionably dodgy, IMO. There could be some very interesting stuff come out now he's dead. Just by chance a couple of months ago I found myself looking at some of the allegations against him. One trail led to another and the is some seriously nasty stuff doing the rounds about him. If only a fraction of it is true then he was an absolute scumbag, whatever charity stuff he did. The word seems to be that the press have a lot of dirt on him that they wouldn't/couldn't use. It may be that now there is no longer a threat of legal action we will get to find out if what many people suspected or alleged about him was actually true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morkery Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 I beat him in the 1982 London Marathon, the legendary cigar wielding bastard. There you go, fixed it for youuuuuu! Dat da daaaaaaaaa.....Now then, now then There you go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted October 29, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted October 29, 2011 I beat him in the 1982 London Marathon, the legendary cigar wielding bastard. There you go, fixed it for youuuuuu! Dat da daaaaaaaaa.....Now then, now then *jingly jangly* There you go You missed something. Wonder if they will show again the "When Louis met..." episode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted October 29, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted October 29, 2011 TBH I always thought there was something very dodgy about Saville. He was a notorious lecher, and I'm surprised he never turned up in a Gary Glitter type scandal. He was unquestionably dodgy, IMO. There could be some very interesting stuff come out now he's dead. Just by chance a couple of months ago I found myself looking at some of the allegations against him. One trail led to another and the is some seriously nasty stuff doing the rounds about him. If only a fraction of it is true then he was an absolute scumbag, whatever charity stuff he did. The word seems to be that the press have a lot of dirt on him that they wouldn't/couldn't use. It may be that now there is no longer a threat of legal action we will get to find out if what many people suspected or alleged about him was actually true. He had apparently a long-standing injunction. You are right that there is some unquestionably sordid things being said about him (given the rumours, stories, pictures, etc) but I don't think that this is the thread for it. Only if there is proper evidence and when the X person repeated what Y person repeated what Z person said etc is removed then we can really pass judgement. That said, I have been at some of the things (having a quick search on the net) also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 I agree with Mike. There was something very sinister about that guy . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted October 29, 2011 Visiting Supporter Share Posted October 29, 2011 Best thing to come out of Leeds ever 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolteEndRob Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 First ever dj in the uk to use 2 turntables at the same time. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloBarnesi Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Unusual, strange, bizarre. Dodgy? I wouldn’t know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazdavies79 Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 He became an increasingly lonely attention seeking fantasist. He made crap TV in the 80's, I'm too young to remember his pre-80's career. Did a bit for charity, RIP Jimmy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 He was apparently a regular visitor to that Jersey home which was the subject of news attention regarding all the child abuse that went on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted October 30, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted October 30, 2011 I wish people would stop making horrible jokes about his death... and that means you, and you, and you and you and bababaaaaaaaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Best thing to come out of Leeds ever Nah, the M621 is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 It's Jimmy Savile anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevMur Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Louis Theroux's encounter with him is well worth a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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