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Which famous person are you most glad to have met before they died?

lordromford
lordromford Posts: 7,812
edited April 2012 in Not Sports Related
Reading the Bert Weedon thread made me a little sad as I met him when working at Pontin's in the early nineties. Lovely bloke.

Made me think of famous people I've met who have since died - and the one I'm most glad to have met is:

Joseph Heller (Author of Catch 22) - one of the nicest, most humble and friendly people you'd ever like to meet.

Any more?
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  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,166
    Bert Johnson.
  • johnny73
    johnny73 Posts: 4,567
    Apart from Ted Heath not many of the ones I've met are dead yet. So of all the famous people I've met (including the ones still alive) I'd have to say Tony Benn.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,614
    John Entwistle and Steve Marriot.
  • pilchard
    pilchard Posts: 3,763
    edited April 2012
    Hugh Lloyd great comedy actor appearing in many Hancock's Half Hours
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,373
    Jimi Hendrix
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,930
    Sailor Brown
  • charlton villager
    charlton villager Posts: 286
    Sailor Brown
    My uncle's best friend and a perfect gentlemen
  • EastLondonAddick
    EastLondonAddick Posts: 84
    Richard Whitely.
  • WasCharleyOne
    WasCharleyOne Posts: 517
    John Entwistle and Steve Marriot.
    Good call. Non music choice would be Richard Burton
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,373
    oh .. and Tommy Cooper .. jest like that !!

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  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,033
    edited April 2012
    Sam Bartram ,I got his autograph when we played the Gills in 80/81 in the last game after our promotion .He died three months later.
  • Kiely#1
    Kiely#1 Posts: 258
    Still around but Albert Finney, drinks in my work local from time to time and lives round the corner. Unbelievably friendly and willing to talk and show interest. Old school.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,373
    Still around but Albert Finney, drinks in my work local from time to time and lives round the corner. Unbelievably friendly and willing to talk and show interest. Old school.
    great actor .. they don't make em .. etc etc
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,113
    edited April 2012
    Max Wall...He used to be a regular in the 3 Tuns, Blackheath (before it became O'Neills) and I used to work behind the bar
  • fadgadget
    fadgadget Posts: 1,392
    Max Wall...He used to be a regular in the 3 Tuns, Blackheath (before it became O'Neills) and I used to work behind the bar
    I remember him shopping in sainsburys in lee green when i worked there , didnt he have a twin brother ?

  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,373
    Max Wall...He used to be a regular in the 3 Tuns, Blackheath (before it became O'Neills) and I used to work behind the bar
    the Three Tuns (and the Crown) was my local back in the 70s .. did you work there when Spanish Gerry was the guvnor, before the dreadful 'refurbishment' ?
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,113
    Max Wall...He used to be a regular in the 3 Tuns, Blackheath (before it became O'Neills) and I used to work behind the bar
    the Three Tuns (and the Crown) was my local back in the 70s .. did you work there when Spanish Gerry was the guvnor, before the dreadful 'refurbishment' ?
    No, But I was an under-age drinker at the time he was there. Some very colourful characters during that time and I still see some of the football team from that time. I started working there in 1980 post refurbishment

  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,373
    Max Wall...He used to be a regular in the 3 Tuns, Blackheath (before it became O'Neills) and I used to work behind the bar
    the Three Tuns (and the Crown) was my local back in the 70s .. did you work there when Spanish Gerry was the guvnor, before the dreadful 'refurbishment' ?
    No, But I was an under-age drinker at the time he was there. Some very colourful characters during that time and I still see some of the football team from that time. I started working there in 1980 post refurbishment

    colourful is an understatement !!! .. them was the days when Blackheath was a real village
  • Thunders Addick
    Thunders Addick Posts: 69
    Dee Dee Ramone - A Real Rock Star !
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,661
    Conrad Hunte, West Indies opening batsman and all round gentleman.

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  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,201
    I met Morrissey in a record shop when he was recording his second solo album and chatted for quite a while. He was my absolute hero at the time.
    Unfortunately he has turned into a bit of a knob since then, not that I blame myself for that.
  • falconwood_1
    falconwood_1 Posts: 7,368
    I've also met Morrissey but didn't realise he was dead?

  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    I've also met Morrissey but didn't realise he was dead?

    Don't think he is but his girlfriends in a coma.......
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,026
    I've also met Morrissey but didn't realise he was dead?

    Don't think he is but his girlfriends in a coma.......
    Aaaaarghhhh!
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,618
    Marvin Gaye
  • StubleyAddick
    StubleyAddick Posts: 2,552
    Elizabeth Sladen
  • Michaelmon
    Michaelmon Posts: 271
    Ade Edmondson shortly before he was punched to death. I think I have the newspaper cutting somewhere
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,201
    I've also met Morrissey but didn't realise he was dead?

    He's dead to me now.
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,333
    Bill Shankley - such a down to earth man.
  • JimMac
    JimMac Posts: 17
    Alex Higgins

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