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David Bellamy RIP

Chizz
Chizz Posts: 28,335
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  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,740
    RIP
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    RIP
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    RIP
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,601
    RIP, used to love his programmes when I was a kid.

    Met him very briefly once in the early 90’s. Oxleas woods were under threat (can’t remember the details) and a concert had been arranged to help highlight the issues. We went to see a local band called Natural Life who were playing there and DB was walking around chatting to the crowd.
  • Phil
    Phil Posts: 612
    A real character from back in the day and one who like Magnus Pyke got you interested in their field of expertise. RIP.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,628
    Bloody hell.....they're all going at the moment.

    RIP.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    One of my heroes as a kid.

    RIP
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    What a shame but hwad a gwood innwings...

    Another childhood hero gone.

    RIP
  • N01R4M
    N01R4M Posts: 2,577
    edited December 2019
    Oh, that is a shock - he was my college tutor at Durham in the early 1970s, and helped me through a difficult time there.

    A lovely man; he told us students that as a youngster, an early ambition had been to be a ballet dancer (!).
    When he turned to studying biology, he decided to study plants rather than animals "because they stay still - you don't have to chase after them".

    RIP, David
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,193
    Sad to hear, he never did get the comeback he craved. Read an interview where he bemoaned the BBC dropping him, I think it was cos he denied the climate crisis was real. Which, for a guy who used to get close up to the kinds of bugs that are now disappearing, was pretty crazy. I wonder if he changed his mind before the end. 
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  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,004
    RIP
  • Glovepup
    Glovepup Posts: 1,743
    Loved his stuff as a kid, RIP.
  • E_cafc
    E_cafc Posts: 2,617
    Ohhh bloody hell..... Another one gone.... RIP David Bellamy...you are now down in "The undergwothe" 
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,436
    Met him twice - once as a kid when he came to my school, and then again when I was working at the British Library - he remembered the school! Lovely, lovely man. 
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,955
    Always came across with warmth and a twinkle in his eye.

    Decent artist too.

  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    RIP
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,275
    A childhood favourite. RIP David
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    good ol boy .. R I P
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    DaveMehmet said:
    RIP, used to love his programmes when I was a kid.

    Met him very briefly once in the early 90’s. Oxleas woods were under threat (can’t remember the details) and a concert had been arranged to help highlight the issues. We went to see a local band called Natural Life who were playing there and DB was walking around chatting to the crowd.
    The planned East London River crossing (across the Thames between Beckton and Plumstead) was originally meant to continue through the Oxleas Woods through to the A2 at Falconwood. There were a lot of protests about this and it was dropped
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,063
    Used to love watching his shows as a kid. A bit like Terry Nutkins he made learning about nature enjoyable. RIP David
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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    RIP, loved watching programmes like Botanic Man
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,789
    RIP
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,601
    killerandflash said:
    DaveMehmet said:
    RIP, used to love his programmes when I was a kid.

    Met him very briefly once in the early 90’s. Oxleas woods were under threat (can’t remember the details) and a concert had been arranged to help highlight the issues. We went to see a local band called Natural Life who were playing there and DB was walking around chatting to the crowd.
    The planned East London River crossing (across the Thames between Beckton and Plumstead) was originally meant to continue through the Oxleas Woods through to the A2 at Falconwood. There were a lot of protests about this and it was dropped
    That’s it, cheers.
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,783
    Loved his work.  :)  RIP
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,063
    lordromford said:
    Loved his work.  :)  RIP
    This would probably be classed as racist nowadays!
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    Loved his tv work as a kid.
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,839
    N01R4M said:8
    Oh, that is a shock - he was my college tutor at Durham in the early 1970s, and helped me through a difficult time there.

    A lovely man; he told us students that as a youngster, an early ambition had been to be a ballet dancer (!).
    When he turned to studying biology, he decided to study plants rather than animals "because they stay still - you don't have to chase after them".

    RIP, David
    My old boss went to Durham, he did chemistry rather than biology, but played many games of five a side football against DB. He said he did that with the same enthusiasm he did everything else, a top bloke.

    Sad to see him go, but a good innings.

    RIP
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,652
    He brightened up my childhood. RIP.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Loved David Bellamy, part of the reason I got into science and nature
  • N01R4M
    N01R4M Posts: 2,577
    I was studying physics. 

    David was a so-called "moral tutor" at St. Aidans, then a single sex female college.  He was allocated a group of students who were studying maths or science, and was someone we could turn to (in addition to our departmental academic tutors) if we had difficulties.  He and his wife also organised occasional social gatherings in their home, to which we were invited.

    As you have heard, @Big William, he threw himself into everything he did with great gusto, and was not afraid to express views which were controversial.  But I must admit the mental image I have of him in tights and ballet shoes - and of course his trademark beard - is one that will stay with me for ever!!

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