El Zen Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Abe certainly wasn’t my cup of tea politically, but the news of his assassination certainly shocked me. He’s been almost ever-present as a world leader for my my entire politically aware life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 8, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 8, 2022 50 minutes ago, El Zen said: Abe certainly wasn’t my cup of tea politically, but the news of his assassination certainly shocked me. He’s been almost ever-present as a world leader for my my entire politically aware life. Shamefaced confession time: I've never heard of him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: Shamefaced confession time: I've never heard of him. I was aware via the business show early morning on BBC1, Abenomics mainly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 8, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Seat68 said: I was aware via the business show early morning on BBC1, Abenomics mainly. Ah. I've never watched a 'business' program in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post useless Posted July 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 8, 2022 Tony Sirico who played Paulie in The Sopranos has passed away. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Lenny Von Dohlen who played Harold in the first two seasons of Twin Peaks and Fire Walk With Me also passed away, was also in an epside of Red Dwarf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 16 minutes ago, useless said: Tony Sirico who played Paulie in The Sopranos has passed away. Gutted. Oh! A right kick in the gabagools 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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theunderstudy Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Tony Sirico too? Damn. One of my favourites in the Sopranos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 15 hours ago, mjmooney said: Shamefaced confession time: I've never heard of him. The longest-serving Prime Minister of the third largest world economy. Probably its single most consequential figure in recent times as well. (and a bit of a right-wing nutjob, but that's not unusual for Japanese leaders) Like Zen I'm quite shocked myself, this is JFK-esque for me although the impact is slightly lessened by the fact that he is not the sitting PM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted July 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 9, 2022 13 hours ago, useless said: Lenny Von Dohlen who played Harold in the first two seasons of Twin Peaks and Fire Walk With Me also passed away, was also in an epside of Red Dwarf. Kneel, Voter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Monty Norman, 94. Composer of the 'James Bond Theme'. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stewiek2 Posted July 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) The biggest superstar I've ever had the honour and privilege to have known, my dad. Died this morning suddenly Edited July 13, 2022 by stewiek2 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted July 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 13, 2022 6 minutes ago, stewiek2 said: The biggest superstar I've ever had the honour and privilege to have known, my dad. Died this morning suddenly That's awful mate - sorry to hear that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 11 minutes ago, stewiek2 said: The biggest superstar I've ever had the honour and privilege to have known, my dad. Died this morning suddenly Oh no Sorry to hear that mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted July 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) 13 minutes ago, stewiek2 said: The biggest superstar I've ever had the honour and privilege to have known, my dad. Died this morning suddenly So sorry to hear that. May your Dad rest in peace. Your VT friends are thinking about you and your family during this difficult time. We're here if you need anything. Edited July 13, 2022 by trekka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted July 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 13, 2022 13 minutes ago, stewiek2 said: The biggest superstar I've ever had the honour and privilege to have known, my dad. Died this morning suddenly Really sorry to hear that Stew. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 47 minutes ago, stewiek2 said: The biggest superstar I've ever had the honour and privilege to have known, my dad. Died this morning suddenly So sorry to hear that mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stewiek2 Posted July 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) Thanks everyone. He had a shower when he got up this morning, came downstairs, had a few swigs of his tea and couldn't breath. My brother is the first aid officer at his work and got dad on the floor giving him CPR. I'll be honest, he was practically gone then. The ambulance got a faint pulse but with three lots of adrenalin to get his heart going it was done. It all feels so surreal. I don't feel anything at the moment. Just concentrating on looking after mum. They were childhood sweethearts. Together since they were 15 and he was 75 when he was taken. It's just so unreal. Edited July 13, 2022 by stewiek2 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted July 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 hour ago, stewiek2 said: The biggest superstar I've ever had the honour and privilege to have known, my dad. Died this morning suddenly Awful So sorry for your loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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