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RIP David Vine

Addick Addict
Addick Addict Posts: 39,792
edited January 2009 in Not Sports Related
One of THE faces to front sport in the 70's and 80's.

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  • Stone
    Stone Posts: 3,026
    Bloody hell, where did that come from? This bloke commented on dozens of different sports and had (to have) a good knowledge of them all.

    Gawd rest him.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,792
    [cite]Posted By: Stone[/cite]Bloody hell, where did that come from? This bloke commented on dozens of different sports and had (to have) a good knowledge of them all.

    Gawd rest him.

    Heart attack aged 73.
  • StanmoreAddick
    StanmoreAddick Posts: 4,150
    Died of a heart attack according to Sky News

    Grew up watching him on pretty well anything to do with sport...

    RIP
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,231
    RIP. Part of my growing up was watching David Vine on Superstars and Ski Sunday
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,792
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/875961.stm

    Good article for those interested.
  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    Getting a bit worrying is this: people you grew up with falling of the perch quite regularly. David Vine always came across as cool and calm and very knowledgeable whatever sport he was commentating on. RIP.
  • Spankie
    Spankie Posts: 1,537
    RIP
  • tommo
    tommo Posts: 1,045
    Puts it all into perspective.

    RIP.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,856
    Am humming the ski sunday theme tune in his honour. RIP.
  • pilchard
    pilchard Posts: 3,763
    edited January 2009
    loved him on the snooker when I was growing up, top man, RIP.
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  • ChicagoAddick
    ChicagoAddick Posts: 4,393
    [cite]Posted By: shirty5[/cite]RIP. Part of my growing up was watching David Vine on Superstars and Ski Sunday

    Ditto, very sad indeed.
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    Original presenter of QofS. I wonder what he made of the awful show it is now?

    The BBC had him and the likes of Coleman and Carpenter. True pros. What do we have now Adrian Chiles and host of ex-sportsman who are either wooden or just in it to fuel their inflated egos.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    Who remembers Quiz ball ? He hosted that as well I believe.
  • PeteF
    PeteF Posts: 1,698
    [quote][cite]Posted By: Covered End[/cite]Who remembers Quiz ball ? He hosted that as well I believe.[/quote]
    I remember Quiz Ball, a great game someone should bring it back! David Vine was brilliant, I always envied him buggering off to the snow for Ski Sunday, what a job!
    The claibre of commentators/reporters has dropped, a shame.
  • JohnnyH2
    JohnnyH2 Posts: 5,342
    Really great on Ski Sunday, always getting too excited when any Brit got near to finishing the course.

    RIP

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