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Post by burger1 » Sun, 18. Jun 17, 05:28

Stephen Furst died. Another Babylon 5 person.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/s ... 81-1014483
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Post by pjknibbs » Sun, 18. Jun 17, 07:54

burger1 wrote:Stephen Furst died. Another Babylon 5 person.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/s ... 81-1014483
Dammit, what is it with B5 actors dying relatively young? 63 is no age at all. :evil:
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Post by Golden_Gonads » Sun, 18. Jun 17, 15:35

Bah All I can say is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47DfQcHMYLY#t

I was never hugely into Babylon 5, but the two moments referenced in that clip have always stuck with me.
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Post by mrbadger » Sun, 18. Jun 17, 17:07

Three of my absolute favorite moments in television Science Fiction involved Stephen Furst as Vir Coto.

A sad moment indeed, I'm sure he could have excelled in another role yet. If he was that ill it may explain why he wasn't appearing in anything major, or nothing I saw. He certainly wasn't lacking in talent.
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Post by matthewfarmery » Sun, 18. Jun 17, 18:24

Took me a while to recognize the name, but he was a good actor, and played the role of Vir very well

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Post by Morkonan » Sun, 18. Jun 17, 19:46

Furst was awesome. He played one of my favorite characters in Bab 5 and he did it wonderfully. Even better, his character matured and broke from the mold of a "fat yet benevolent fool" into one that was strong and principled. A sort of moral conscience for Londo and a perfect role for such a talented actor.

RIP Stephen Furst and thanks for the memories. Godspeed.
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Post by Redvers Ganderpoke » Tue, 20. Jun 17, 07:52

Brian Cant 83, anyone in the UK of a certain age will know him for Play School, Play Away , Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley.
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Post by Alee Enn » Tue, 20. Jun 17, 08:25

Today I am looking through the sad window.
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Post by Terre » Tue, 20. Jun 17, 08:55

Redvers Ganderpoke wrote:Brian Cant 83, anyone in the UK of a certain age will know him for Play School, Play Away , Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley.
I hope the toys, Big Ted, Little Ted, Jemima, Humpty and Poppy, will be in attendance at the memorial service.
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Post by pjknibbs » Tue, 20. Jun 17, 09:18

Redvers Ganderpoke wrote:Brian Cant 83, anyone in the UK of a certain age will know him for Play School, Play Away , Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley.
Wow. I know we often say how a death is part of our childhood gone, but that one is most of it. Darned shame.
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Post by CBJ » Tue, 20. Jun 17, 10:26

Terre wrote:I hope the toys, Big Ted,...
Hah, right.
Terre wrote:...Little Ted,...
Yep.
Terre wrote:...Jemima,...
Yeah.
Terre wrote:...Humpty....
Mhm.
Terre wrote:...and Poppy,...
Wait, what? Who the heck is Poppy? I mean, I never liked Hamble much but just pretending she never existed is harsh.
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Post by pjknibbs » Tue, 20. Jun 17, 11:20

CBJ wrote: Wait, what? Who the heck is Poppy? I mean, I never liked Hamble much but just pretending she never existed is harsh.
Apparently Poppy replaced Hamble in 1986 to make the doll line-up more diverse, and because the Hamble doll was beginning to fall apart. Although I think that happened after Brian Cant left...
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Post by Redvers Ganderpoke » Tue, 20. Jun 17, 11:52

CBJ wrote: I never liked Hamble.
She was scary - almost as bad a Looby Lou.
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Post by Usenko » Tue, 20. Jun 17, 17:11

Interesting how the toys all have the same name as their Australian equivalents!

(Hamble apparently fell apart during the 1980s, and Big Ted and Humpty were both replaced by commercially-available replicas! :) ).
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Post by CBJ » Tue, 20. Jun 17, 17:19

According to Wikipedia, the UK and Australian versions even had a presenter in common. And I'm not surprised Hamble fell apart after the knitting needle incident.
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Post by Terre » Tue, 20. Jun 17, 19:37

CBJ wrote:
Terre wrote:...and Poppy,...
Wait, what? Who the heck is Poppy?
She arrived many years after I stopped watching, but they are the ones at the "National Science and Media Museum".
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Post by Praefectus classis » Wed, 28. Jun 17, 14:10

Michael Bond, the creator of Paddington Bear has died aged 91 after a short illness. My wife is very fond of Paddington Bear.

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Post by pjknibbs » Wed, 28. Jun 17, 14:36

I just logged in to report that...sad news. I grew up with the Paddington Bear cartoons on the tellybox. :(
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Post by felter » Sat, 1. Jul 17, 13:27

Barry Norman has died aged 83

I used to watch him when I was younger, then he moved over to sky, never heard much about him after that.

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Post by pjknibbs » Thu, 6. Jul 17, 09:41

People of a certain age will remember Grotbags the Witch from Rod Hull's programmes in the 70s and 80s--the actress who played her, Carol Lee Scott, has died:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40516754
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