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

lordromfordlordromford
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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  • AlgarveaddickAlgarveaddick
    Bert Johnson.
  • johnny73johnny73
    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.
  • DaveMehmetDaveMehmet
    John Entwistle and Steve Marriot.
  • pilchardpilchard
    edited April 2012
    Hugh Lloyd great comedy actor appearing in many Hancock's Half Hours
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    Jimi Hendrix
  • shine166shine166
    Sailor Brown
  • charlton villagercharlton villager
    Sailor Brown
    My uncle's best friend and a perfect gentlemen
  • EastLondonAddickEastLondonAddick
    Richard Whitely.
  • WasCharleyOneWasCharleyOne
    John Entwistle and Steve Marriot.
    Good call. Non music choice would be Richard Burton
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    oh .. and Tommy Cooper .. jest like that !!
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  • Richard JRichard J
    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#1Kiely#1
    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.
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    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
    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
  • fadgadgetfadgadget
    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 ?

  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    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
    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

  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    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 AddickThunders Addick
    Dee Dee Ramone - A Real Rock Star !
  • LenGloverLenGlover
    Conrad Hunte, West Indies opening batsman and all round gentleman.
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  • UboatUboat
    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_1falconwood_1
    I've also met Morrissey but didn't realise he was dead?

  • Chirpy RedChirpy Red
    I've also met Morrissey but didn't realise he was dead?

    Don't think he is but his girlfriends in a coma.......
  • stonemusestonemuse
    I've also met Morrissey but didn't realise he was dead?

    Don't think he is but his girlfriends in a coma.......
    Aaaaarghhhh!
  • LargeAddickLargeAddick
    Marvin Gaye
  • StubleyAddickStubleyAddick
    Elizabeth Sladen
  • MichaelmonMichaelmon
    Ade Edmondson shortly before he was punched to death. I think I have the newspaper cutting somewhere
  • UboatUboat
    I've also met Morrissey but didn't realise he was dead?

    He's dead to me now.
  • RedroboRedrobo
    Bill Shankley - such a down to earth man.
  • JimMacJimMac
    Alex Higgins
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