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Esther Rantzen RIP

golfaddick
golfaddick Posts: 36,889
in Not Sports Related

Just seen this on the news.

Thats Life was THE programme to watch on a Sunday evening.

RIP

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  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,877
    Saturday night TV legend.

    RIP
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 7,641
    Literally, that’s life.

    Famous for Sunday night TV, but should perhaps be remembered more for her founding work with childline (0800 11 11), and more recently for her advocacy of assisted dying. 

    RIP
  • EugenesAxe
    EugenesAxe Posts: 5,558
    RIP, my daughter now 16 even knows about childline, thats how important and inspirational Esther was.

    Iconic.
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 2,825
    RIP Dame Esther.
    Essential viewing on Sunday evening's as a kid.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 8,178
    Aaaaaand Finally…..

    RIP
  • EugenesAxe
    EugenesAxe Posts: 5,558
    sausages
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 53,397
    RIP to a great lady. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 43,793
    RIP
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 25,910
    RIP . Used to really enjoy That’s Life as a nipper. 
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 19,596
    Sleep tight, lovely lady.

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  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,552
    Yep, Thats Life was always on our TV on a Sunday night when I was a kid.  TV Royalty.

    RIP.
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 10,307
    Sad news  I hope she didn't suffer too much at the end, she fought bravely for people in her situation.

    As well as Childline, she also set up Silverline for lonely older people. A champion of consumer rights too. A very brave lady, who will be missed. 
  • charlton4ever
    charlton4ever Posts: 1,979
    RIP  - lovely lady and I never missed That's Life.
  • FremlinsFellow
    FremlinsFellow Posts: 129
    RIP - through Childline and the Silverline she made lives better for so many. 
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 34,651
    That’s very sad news, RIP Esther. Used to love That’s Life growing up. 
  • HastingsRed
    HastingsRed Posts: 1,875
    Done a lot of good in her life RIP.
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 23,305
    A life well lived. RIP
  • jose
    jose Posts: 1,989
    RIP to a great lady who certainly put in more than she took out.
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 4,232
    RIP
  • cazo
    cazo Posts: 1,545
    What a lady RIP my love🙏🙏

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  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,900
    Helped an awful lot of people. RIP Dame Esther. 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,947
    R I P
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 15,288
    I was reading on social media last night and it seems everyone that met her said the exact opposite to this thread and she was hugely unpopular and not at all a nice person.

    Personally I have no opinion only that "I'll call Childline" was a common joke in the household when we were younger whenever our parents pissed us off so, in a perverse way, it was clearly a big deal and she was an integral part of it.

    RIP
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 33,431
    RIP
  • Afternoon Delight
    Afternoon Delight Posts: 1,132
    Very influential woman, who did a lot of good.

    RIP
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,748
    Fantastic campaigner for both senior citizens, children and those that had been done wrong. Never heard a bad word said about her. Fantastic women. 

    Some great moments on that's life like lirpa loof and the dog that said sausages. 

    RIP great lady. 
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 9,372
    She was a huge part of our childhood and I doubt kids today would understand how influential she was.
    I can’t look at a dog with an underbite without screaming ‘sausages’!!
    She was a trailblazer for women imho.
    Best friends with Michael Grade who tried to convince her to take over his job when he left.
    She even wrote for Miriam Margoles back in the day.
    For all the good she did, we couldn’t help her with her final request and that’s a huge regret for me.

    Rest in eternal peace Esther and thank you ❤️
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 11,804
    I spent a summer working in a hotel in Romsey, just outside Southampton, in probably 1984. Esther and her husband Desmond Wilcox would quite often come in for Sunday lunch with their brood of kids. I forget how many, perhaps three, but they were quite a lively bunch. Esther and Desmond were always cheerful and very courteous, a pleasure to have in the place, and herded their offspring effectively.
    This was a bit before she set up Childline, so i only really knew of her through That's Life then. Very nice woman who really made a difference.
    RIP

  • valleynick66
    valleynick66 Posts: 5,758
    Our MPs and Lords should reflect on their inability to pass the assisted dying legislation. 

    Such a shame she didn’t see this enacted. 

    The Nicholas Winton moment is (was) a tremendous TV event.  
  • Killarahales
    Killarahales Posts: 1,205
    I just watched the Nicholas Winton clip again and it never fails to move me; well done Esther for that alone. That’s Life was a great show back in the day.

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