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buttheyneverblindme8
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Diane Keaton has died, age 79.
Lovely
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He wasn't a brilliant debater in the slightest. He was a poorly educated, college drop-out polemicist who argued with high school and university students (and always selected angry activist types that he could easily rile up so it looked like he 'won'). Just watch his performance when he was up against Oxford students who actually knew how to debate – mediocre at best.RIP Charlie Kirk. Not a celebrity. He was a political activist. I didn’t agree with things he said but he was a brilliant debater. He was 31 and leaves behind his wife and two young children aged 1 and 3.
Just because you don’t agree with his opinions doesn’t give anyone the right to assassinate.
This has really touched home with me. This man argued for freedom of speech
Also, he was only in favour of free speech for people like him. In his ideal world, he thought women shouldn't even have the vote because their husbands should vote on behalf of the family. His general views on women, gay people, people of colour, etc. make The Handmaid's Tale look liberal. Of course he shouldn't have been murdered, but let's not act like he was one of the good guys.
Cupid_Stunt
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Patricia Routledge has died aged 96
What a legend she was
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What a legend she was
Keeping Up Appearances star Dame Patricia Routledge has died
Though best known for playing the notoriously snobbish Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, the actress received her damehood for services to the theatre and charity.
StephenTJackson
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Aah, Vicar! I hope you're ready to conduct the Royal state funeral for Hyacinth Bucket. Nobody as important as Hyacinth Bucket and more deserving of a state funeral.
RIP Patricia Rutledge. A legendary actress, nobody else could've made Hyacinth the character she was. Her physical comedy in the show, facial expressions and such were amazing.
I think Candlelight Suppers shall be held up and down the country this evening in her honour.
RIP Patricia Rutledge. A legendary actress, nobody else could've made Hyacinth the character she was. Her physical comedy in the show, facial expressions and such were amazing.
I think Candlelight Suppers shall be held up and down the country this evening in her honour.
Hannahebee
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Catherine O'Hara who played Kate McCallister in Home Alone has died at the age of 71.
Cupid_Stunt
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Ozzy Osbourne has died aged 76
So glad he got to do that farewell concert in Birmingham a few weeks ago
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So glad he got to do that farewell concert in Birmingham a few weeks ago
Ozzy Osbourne dies just weeks after farewell show
The heavy metal star reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates on stage at Villa Park earlier in July.
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LaBlonde
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found it
"I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude.
My life didn’t quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily — on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions — but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn’t quite found.
At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with — Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people’s living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks. It healed something in me.
At 60, I began learning Italian — not for work, but so I could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul.
At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage — something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being.
At 80, I took up watercolour painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible.
Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter — though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever.
I’m writing this to tell you something simple: Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again. Let these years ahead be your TREASURE YEARS. You don’t need to be famous. You don’t need to be flawless. You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours.
With love and gentleness,
Patricia Routledge”
LaBlonde
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not to mention that one of his most “famous” debate moments was saying, with his whole chest, that he would make his daughter carry and deliver her rapist’s baby if she was assaulted at 10 years old.
he cared so little for the victims of gun violence in the us that i find it bizarre that, now he is one of those victims himself, he is receiving the very tributes he never offered to anyone else.
LaBlonde
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this sums up my feelings tbh:
a sad loss for his family, wife, children, friends i’m sure. but i’m not going to pretend that he was some sort of freedom of speech advocate when he only did that on his terms and when it correlated with his own awful views. he was literally shot in the middle of talking down america’s gun violence, which he always treated a mild annoyance, so (as said above) i guess he did die for what he believed in.
a sad loss for his family, wife, children, friends i’m sure. but i’m not going to pretend that he was some sort of freedom of speech advocate when he only did that on his terms and when it correlated with his own awful views. he was literally shot in the middle of talking down america’s gun violence, which he always treated a mild annoyance, so (as said above) i guess he did die for what he believed in.
StephenTJackson
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May Kim be at peace, and not surrounded by adulterers, chicken livered shits and gang-handed bullies.
GalaxyGirl70
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I was just reading on the DM about Chris Rea, it's really remarkable for someone to survive pancreatic cancer in their 30s. He had his pancreas removed, making him a type 1 diabetic. Living to 74 is pretty remarkable considering all that. But that's so sad for his family, losing him this close to Christmas and hearing his song on the radio repeatedly.
Moe
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RIP Charlie Kirk. Not a celebrity. He was a political activist. I didn’t agree with things he said but he was a brilliant debater. He was 31 and leaves behind his wife and two young children aged 1 and 3.
Just because you don’t agree with his opinions doesn’t give anyone the right to assassinate.
This has really touched home with me. This man argued for freedom of speech
Just because you don’t agree with his opinions doesn’t give anyone the right to assassinate.
This has really touched home with me. This man argued for freedom of speech
dorydaryl
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Prunella Scales has died.
Aw, sad about this. I was so sad when Tim West died. He seemed to care for her so well. 93 is a good age but dementia is a bastard.
Aw, sad about this. I was so sad when Tim West died. He seemed to care for her so well. 93 is a good age but dementia is a bastard.
Rockin' Robin
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Ray Brooks actor and the voice of Mr Benn has died aged 86. He also appeared in the groundbreaking 1960's drama Cathy come home, amongst many other things.
I once emailed him to reminisce about his long and interesting career, he sent me a lovely email in response. He was a delightful and very talented man. RIP Ray, and thanks for the entertainment.
I once emailed him to reminisce about his long and interesting career, he sent me a lovely email in response. He was a delightful and very talented man. RIP Ray, and thanks for the entertainment.
Tatooine_legend1
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Almost like that last performance was a funeral while he was alive. He probably knew he didn't have long left, yet gave one last go for the fans back home in Birmingham.