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Goodbye Goodbye RIP Gorden Kaye

Fumbluff
Fumbluff Posts: 10,209
edited January 2017 in General Charlton
Allo Allo, an 80's classic?
He also survived a car accident 3-years after the 1987 Hurricane that I remember being newsworthy at the time, bless him and his flashing knobs and knakwursts....

Edit: Corrected as per @Chizz below
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  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    RIP Gordon
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,742
    I honestly thought he was already dead. RIP.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,491
    R I P
  • Bigbadbozman
    Bigbadbozman Posts: 1,775
    RIP
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,451
    RIP
  • uie2
    uie2 Posts: 4,596
    This is a shock! Loved Allo'Allo "you stupid woman" great line delivered brilliantly! Sad news! RIP Gordon, comedy legend
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,449
    RIP Rene
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,965
    I thought he was dead too. RIP
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,459
    DaveMehmet said:

    I honestly thought he was already dead. RIP.

    He very nearly was dead, following the accident that @Fumbluff mentioned (although it was in 1990, not the great storm of 87). He suffered a near fatal brain injury which required emergency surgery.

    And this won't be the only place on the internet where his name is spelled wrong. (For example, The Independent has currently got it wrong and the Express often has in the past). It's actually Gorden.

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  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    DaveMehmet said:

    I honestly thought he was already dead. RIP.

    I think he was nearly killed by a branch falling into his motor, leaving him with that Mars bar on his head.

    RIP
  • HantsAddick
    HantsAddick Posts: 2,423
    Sad news. Though as he so almost died in 1990, guess he at least got another 26 years. R.I.P. Gorden.
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,657
    RIP Gorden, a very funny man.

    Ironically I watched a program yesterday which included Arthur Bostrom, the French Policeman in the series.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,676
    Never got into Allo Allo first time around. Watched it all more recently and it's a real hoot. Cheesy, cliched, stereotyped and actually very grown up.

    Gordon Kaye was brilliant in it. RIP Rene.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,742
    man_at_milletts said:

    RIP Gorden, a very funny man.

    Ironically I watched a program yesterday which included Arsene Venger, the French Policeman in the series.

  • dogpat65
    dogpat65 Posts: 149
    Met him at a comedy night in Belfast in 85. A real gentleman.
  • HantsAddick
    HantsAddick Posts: 2,423
    I was in Blackpool the day he made his return to the stage, in a version of the show, and the flowers outside the theatre to welcome him back were beautiful and there were so many bouquets, it looked like a florists. He was much loved.
  • mistrollingin
    mistrollingin Posts: 3,868
    HantsAddick said:

    I was in Blackpool the day he made his return to the stage, in a version of the show, and the flowers outside the theatre to welcome him back were beautiful and there were so many bouquets, it looked like a florists. He was much loved.

    Nice story Hants.

    I loved Allo Allo, for about 2 years, during the late 1980's, my eldest son Ben used to mimic the French Policeman all the time.
  • RaplhMilne
    RaplhMilne Posts: 4,636
    Listen carefully I will say this only once ! Played the role of Renee in a way no one else could. RIP
  • EastTerrace
    EastTerrace Posts: 3,969
    Leads me back to when Eltham Station was being built in 85, with 'Good Moaning Karen Bysouth' written on some black wood fence.

    Even though it wasn't him, it was an amusing show and GK was very good in it.

    RIP Rrrrrreeeennneeee


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  • AddickFC81
    AddickFC81 Posts: 4,053
    I'd love how in Allo Allo he was in the arms of a woman about 30 years younger than his wife (because he and his wife haven't had any sex in that time) and then his wife comes in shouting his name and he goes "You stupid woman!" because he is annoyed she has caught him and think it's wrong she should catch him.
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,301
    Sad news - a comedy I remember well in my youth. RIP
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 6,055
    Sad news indeed. RIP Gorden - thank you for making me laugh so much x
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,292
    Well I'm glad he got more time than I thought he'd got. RIP.
  • E_cafc
    E_cafc Posts: 2,617
    RIP Gordon Kaye. As others have mentioned he was very nearly killed by a tree or branch falling on his car. Always love Allo Allo. When television was at it's non pc best!
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,143
    I knew about the accident but I still thought he had died a couple of years ago. Walk indoors and the wife said she thought he'd died a couple of years ago.

    Great character actor, RIP
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    AFKABartram said:

    I knew about the accident but I still thought he had died a couple of years ago. Walk indoors and the wife said she thought he'd died a couple of years ago.

    This is what is known as the Mandela Effect.

    Have a look on YouTube about it, it's very interesting.
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    Quite liked allo allo RIP Gordon.
  • Horsfield9
    Horsfield9 Posts: 3,090
    RIP
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,346
    RIP

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