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Jim Lovell, commander of the ill fated Apollo 13 mission, dies at age 97.
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Franklan wrote: Fri Aug 08, 2025 9:19 pm Jim Lovell, commander of the ill fated Apollo 13 mission, dies at age 97.
Also crew member of Apollo 8.
I well remember the TV broadcasts over Christmas 1968. We did not own a TV at that time but back then grandmother & 2 aunts used to come on Christmas Eve to stay in our house for a few days & they would bring their (monochrome) TV with them.
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British professional boxer Ricky "Hitman" Hatton, aged 46.

Word on the street is that he hanged himself. :(
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I saw many movies like Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, The Sting, A Bridge Too Far, All the Presidents’ Men, Out of Africa, etc.

Great actor.
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Sonny Curtis, Member of Buddy Holly's Crickets and 'I Fought the Law' Writer, dies at 88.
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Claudia Cardinale (87) passed away. She appeared in Once Upon A Time in the West, which is one of the biggest western movies of all time. She also played in The Pink Panther and The Leopard.
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German television will probably air that movie this week to honour her. Also, great music from Ennio Morricone. Recently, they showed plenty of Robert Redford movies.
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Jane Goodall dies at 91. RIP.

She was certainly All Good.
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John Lodge (Bass guitarist of The Moody Blues), aged 82. Was happily married 57 years which is good going in that environment.

The first 2 albums I ever bought were On the Threshold of a Dream & To Our Children's Children's Children (the mad music teacher at senior school kept playing these).
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I am 6 or 7 years behind you in age I believe, and bought those albums across the pond 4 or 5 years after you. I was hooked on the MB. Incredibly beautiful music that somehow gave me hope I was gonna make it through those awkward teenage years.
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I once saw them live in Hamburg & was dreadfully dissapointed - far too loud & sound quality poor.

IMHO - this is one of their best songs.

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Diane Keaton has passed at 79. One of my favorites. RIP
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