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HEM wrote: ↑Sat Jul 20, 2024 9:03 pm Ray Reardon (British snooker player)

AKA "Dracula"

A lovely bloke!

Former German TV actor Horst Lettenmayer whose eyes and legs are shown in the trailer of each Tatort since more than 50 years.

Re: Richard Simmons

He's still sweatin' to the oldies in You Tube and that still makes me smile.

Hello cybil!

cybil wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2024 5:54 pm Re: Richard Simmons

He's still sweatin' to the oldies in You Tube and that still makes me smile.

The name "cybil" somehow rings a bell, feel free to write something in the Member Introduction section of this forum.

There was an American with that name who worked at Burger King or Mickey D‘s or …. She had very interesting posts about her work and becoming a permanent resident, or citizen, as I recall. I think she lives up North somewhere.

BBC Last Word, Matthew Bannister on a private secretary, pathologist, a businessman and a musician.

Lord Fellowes, Professor Helen Whitwell, David Power, Irène Schweizer.

BBC Last Word, Kirsty Lang on an internet pioneer, a dentist, an entrepreneur and a musician.

Susan Wojcicki, Lord Colwyn, Sir Ernest Hall, Mísia

Actor Alain Delon.

BBC Last Word, Matthew Bannister on a TV presenter, a designer, a botanist and a musician.

Phil Donahue, Countess Diana Phipps Sternberg, Mary Gibby, Toumani Diabaté

Christoph Daum, German football coach.

Sven-Göran Ericksson.
A successful soccer coach , both in England and Germany. And eslewhere.
But for me the most impressive thing is the way he met his death. A few months ago , he announced he had terminal cancer and he said it was OK. He was calm and dignified about his approaching death.
I only hope when my time comes, I can be as calm and dignified as he was.

BBC Last Word, Matthew Bannister on an entrepreneur, journalist, literacy campaigner and football manager.

Mike Lynch, Nell McCafferty, Ruth Colvin, Sven-Göran Eriksson

BBC Last Word, Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a producer, a countess and a brewer.

Claire Lomas, Phil Swern, Countess of Airlie, Geoff Mumford

The "voice" has been silenced. RIP Mr Jones.

BTW, the 1977 film was the only one I attended or cared to. I'm also no a Star Wars fan. Always found James Earl a massive presence on screen.

Singer Caterina Valente.

Herbie Flowers - bass musician: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Flowers

I saw him twice many years ago with the instrumental group SKY.

BBC Last Word, Matthew Bannister on an actor, an anthropologist, a musician and an organiser.

James Earl Jones, Dr Helen Fisher, Sergio Mendes, Maureen Nicol