pilowsky Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilowsky Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 Pope Emeritus Benedict Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovera Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 Pope Emeritus Benedict https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2022-12/pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi-official-biography.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 The link mentions she got started in the early fifties when half the country still did not yet have a tv set. I started high school in the fall of 1952 so I somewhat recall how the world was then. She (probably in the late fifties) did an extensive interview with a Playboy bunny! Later she interviewed Fidel Castro, Richard Nixon, and many others. I have not made it through all 90 minutes of the clip you posted but I will. It's fascinating. The world has changed. That's a cliche. What to make of it all? That's a good question. But not for the RIP thread. I will be recommending this site to my 30-year-old granddaughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted January 4, 2023 Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 I was born in the early 60's, so Barbara Walters has been a fixture on TV news for most of my adult life. I do remember the hooplah when she became the first female co-anchor of a network news program, but it's still hard to imagine all the glass ceilings she had to shatter during her career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilowsky Posted January 12, 2023 Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilowsky Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 David Crosby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted February 27, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 Betty Boothroyd, a politician with an unusual background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Boothroyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilowsky Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilowsky Posted April 22, 2023 Report Share Posted April 22, 2023 Barry Humphries, and his friends Sir Les, Dame Edna, Sandy Stone and many others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepossum Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 Barry Humphries, and his friends Sir Les, Dame Edna, Sandy Stone and many others. Sir Les still needs a content warning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilowsky Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 Sir Les still needs a content warning Seeing him live was a pretty risky proposition too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepossum Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 Seeing him live was a pretty risky proposition too. Indeed Those were the days. Assuming the guy in the front seat with his head in his hands worked for the BBC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 Harry Belafonte. I didn't realize he was still with us. Day-O! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted May 21, 2023 Report Share Posted May 21, 2023 The 137 Bridge Players listed in the ACBL May Bulletin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted May 21, 2023 Report Share Posted May 21, 2023 The 137 Bridge Players listed in the ACBL May Bulletin. Was shocked to see UK bridge player Richard Bowdery had died, a really nice guy and the same age as me (58). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted May 21, 2023 Report Share Posted May 21, 2023 Was shocked to see UK bridge player Richard Bowdery had died, a really nice guy and the same age as me (58).It was very sad news but reported more on Facebook than these forums or BridgeWinners. Simon Cope wrote a fitting tribute on https://www.bridgewebs.com/bbcba/. As I said on Facebook, I only knew Richard through bridge but we played a lot in the English Premier League. We were always opponents, since our respective teammates did not want to be at the same time as any of us, but we liked the arrangement and always had a great time. Richard would greet me as a long-lost friend, despite not really knowing me, although we'd been on the same circuit for a considerable time. It is still very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted May 21, 2023 Report Share Posted May 21, 2023 It was very sad news but reported more on Facebook than these forums or BridgeWinners. Simon Cope wrote a fitting tribute on https://www.bridgewebs.com/bbcba/. As I said on Facebook, I only knew Richard through bridge but we played a lot in the English Premier League. We were always opponents, since our respective teammates did not want to be at the same time as any of us, but we liked the arrangement and always had a great time. Richard would greet me as a long-lost friend, despite not really knowing me, although we'd been on the same circuit for a considerable time. It is still very sad. I met Richard when he played with Steve Root in the newcomers, we were winning one of the other lower categories in the ranked masters IIRC and we chatted a bit. I played with him once or twice when I had a job down in Uxbridge in the mid to late 90s, and he gave me the occasional lift to tournaments. We met occasionally pre pandemic at things like the national pairs regional finals and chatted. Just a shock to see the news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted May 24, 2023 Report Share Posted May 24, 2023 Tina Turner Simply The Best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilowsky Posted June 6, 2023 Report Share Posted June 6, 2023 Cynthia Weil - June 1 2023. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 Pat Robertson1 down, 699 to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted June 10, 2023 Report Share Posted June 10, 2023 Eric Kokish, legendary coach and one of the best players produced in Canada. I didn't know him but we had a few chats at the Nationals over the years, as you do at these affairs. Many tributes to him on BridgeWinners, including https://bridgewinners.com/article/view/the-late-eric-kokish/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilowsky Posted June 12, 2023 Report Share Posted June 12, 2023 Silvio Berlusconi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepossum Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 Cormac McCarthy “Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.” - it can be hard though - also embarrassing to possibly misquote people but I didn't attribute that to anyone - why do people spread misquotes - I will go and check the book - and it feels disrespectful because I trusted someone. ChatGPT says that is the quote so I apologise for spreading misinformation either way and disrespecting Mr McCarthy. I can't find my copy of the book at the moment. As I said these days whatever the true quote the sentiment is hard these days is it not. Bard gives me ""Fire. Keep a fire burning. Never let it go out." and "The fire is what keeps us going. It's the one thing that reminds us that we're not alone." Bard says Mr McCarthy never made that other quote - it is from Coleridge. Apologies for any disrespect caused by me trusting someone. I feel sadly we are along way down Mr McCarthy's road. I have checked back with ChatGPT and it has apologised for misquoting. It is being so widely quoted I am now on a determined hunt for my or another copy of Mr McCarthy's book -assuming I can find one that has not been modified. I hate to keep labouring a point and editing. But on further investigation with Bard's help it appears to be from a poem called Fire Worship by Longfellow. The investigation continues. How far down the Road are we now. Anyone have a copy of The Road handy and can confirm if Mr McCarthy quoted it at the start of his book I didn't want to be so self-indulgent as to even comment but the writer of quite a few of my favorite books of all time deserves something special (even from little me) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterAlan Posted June 15, 2023 Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 Glenda Jackson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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