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Rudy Ray Moore, RIP / 22.10.08

Isaac Hayes and Rudy Ray Moore? This is a sad year for blaxploitation.

Geoffrey Perkins RIP / 29.08.08

An amazing producer with an incredible track record, but a wonderful writer and performer as well - his performances in Radio Active and KYTV pretty much sum up what comedy IS to me.

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Isaac Hayes, dead at 65 / 10.08.08

Found dead at his home today.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080810/ap_en_mu/obit_…

Details are sparse at this point, and Hayes is one of those rare figures it’s almost unnecessary to eulogize. Suffice it to say he was an enormous force in popular music and a surprisingly gifted comic actor as well. Goodnight, sweet prince.

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Shit piss fuck cunt cocksucker motherfucker tits fart turd and twat / 23.06.08

So long, George. You were one of the good guys.

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Humphrey Lyttelton RIP / 26.04.08

"...and so, as the moose of time is blasted by the marksman of eternity, and the manager of the dairy department goes to get a mop, it's time to say goodbye..."

Razor-sharp. Brilliant. Irreplaceable.

Thank you for everything, Humph. The world is a much poorer place without you.

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Verity Lambert / 23.11.07

On this of all dates, it's being reported by Outpost Gallifrey that legendary BBC producer Verity Lambert has died. BBC have yet to report/confirm the story.

No Gerald, the phrasing on the boop-boop is quite wrong / 03.10.07

Oh, fuck.

Probably time to bring this out, then...

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RIP Jack Williamson / 12.11.06

Wow. Okay, folks, this is it...a day I honestly never thought would come. Jack Williamson, aka "The Dean of Science Fiction" passed away on Friday, Nov 10th, at the age of 98. The man published his first story - "The Metal Man" - in Amazing Stories in 1928. When his family moved to New Mexico in 1915, they did so by covered wagon. This is a giant of the SF field. He wrote over fifty novels, the most recent of which was published in 2005.

Nigel Kneale dies / 01.11.06

The word "pioneering" doesn't even cover it, really.

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Peter Cadbury (1918 - 2006) / 21.04.06

Peter Cadbury, founder of Westward, died on April 17th. There's an article here, along with his obituary.

Linda Smith / 01.03.06

For those who are fans of all that's good about Radio 4 comedy, but haven't caught the news yet, this is very sad.

Goodnight / 04.10.05

A genuine wit, there. And they come along all-too rarely. The "four candles" sketch is overplayed, but he really was a master of linguistic play and trickery. And I'm a sucker for that.

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