Obituary Thread

[Alistair20000]

Peter Oosterhuis ex Ryder Cup golfer and golf commentator one day short of his 76th birthday

RIP

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Bernard Hill, who played Yosser Hughes in Boys From The Blackstuff amongst many other roles dies aged 79. RIP

The character Yosser Hughes.. A man driven to violence, insanity & low self worth in a bleak early 1980s northern landscape.

 

[Grecian2K]

Was also King Theoden in LOTR and Captain Smith in Titanic. Both of them "heroic deaths" too.
Great actor.

 

[Banksy]

Bernard Hill, who played Yosser Hughes in Boys From The Blackstuff amongst many other roles dies aged 79. RIP

I can do that give us a job….

 

[denzel]

Bernard Hill, who played Yosser Hughes in Boys From The Blackstuff amongst many other roles dies aged 79. RIP

Bizarre, as I only heard mention of him today as he is in the next series of The Responder, which starts tonight at 9pm

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

César Menotti(85) Football Coach

Lead Argentina to the 1978 World Cup victory in his home country. He also took Argentina to Spain ‘82.
Usually seen chain smoking in the dugout during the World Cup campaigns. Understandable given the pressure he was under to deliver for the Junta in 1978

 

[Tim Long]

The character Yosser Hughes.. A man driven to violence, insanity & low self worth in a bleak early 1980s northern landscape.

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[Mr Jinx]

Lead Argentina to the 1978 World Cup victory in his home country. He also took Argentina to Spain ‘82.

Led the biggest cheating initiative ever seen in world football. If you thought Qatar was bad...

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Led the biggest cheating initiative ever seen in world football. If you thought Qatar was bad...

Aye...I don’t believe Menotti was behind the shenanigans though.

The best one was one of the Argentine players was dope tested after a game. He was pregnant apparently
FIFA did not want to upset the Generals too much ! They may have joined ‘The disappeared’

 

[Red The Paper (2)]

César Menotti(85) Football Coach

Lead Argentina to the 1978 World Cup victory in his home country. He also took Argentina to Spain ‘82.
Usually seen chain smoking in the dugout during the World Cup campaigns. Understandable given the pressure he was under to deliver for the Junta in 1978

Imagine had he not smoked...he could have lived to a ripe old age!!