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Haydn Gwynne 66 cancer

I first saw her alongside warren clarke years and years ago. Can’t remember the name of the series

Drop the dead donkey, of course

Nice work 1982

Won awards

England legend Bobby Charlton, aged 86.

RIP Sir Bobby

One of the greats. Right up there

RIP Sir Bobby. Legend of the game - one of the first names on the England all-time team sheet without a doubt.

My all time favourite England footballer. A great player and a gentleman ...RIP Sir Bobby .

Always felt if S&G were British, instead of Joe DiMaggio in Mrs. Robinson, they would have used Bobby Charlton to represent a vague sense of lost national well being.

I only caught the end of his career, so he felt like an old man improbably still playing sport. I knew him best from reruns of the triumph of '66 and and the tragedy of '70. And he seemed ahead of his time, mainly because of how mobile he was. And having the anticipation find the right spaces. Though players were not closed down that quickly back then.

He's called an attacking midfielder, but that doesn't really capture his lungbusting fitness and willingness to pick up the ball from anywhere, on either wing. The player that most reminded me of him was David Platt, though the comparison also serves to demonstrate how good Charlton was.

And of course, he had his a special weapon, his long range shooting. And I'm sure the ball was heavier back then...

He was always unfailingly polite and seemed unaware of his greatness. A dignified spokesman for the Busby Babes. His modesty and humility may be among his most significant achievements. Even though this was a player who did that most sacred thing in the consciousness of popular English patriotism- he won a World Cup medal.

But the best player to represent England was Brian Robson.

Bishan Bedi dies.... 77

Bill kenwright passed away yesterday at the age of 78

I read a few posts about Matthew Perry on the Guardian earlier. I never saw Friends even once, but just wondered what the vibe was. Someone commented that Gen Z 'feel unsafe' watching the programme, because of its lack of diversity...

Maybe if they grew up watching Carry-on films, they'd know what fear really is.

By the way, if you don't know what Gen you are, you're a baby boomer.

RIP.

I assume that my daughter, who turns 20 next week, is a Gen Zedder?

She absolutely loves Friends. Has probably seen them all, multiple times. I think it would be the same with her circle of school friends. I had the idea that the show got a sudden rebirth in popularity around 10 years ago - from Gen Z - I have seen a range of merch around that I am guessing was not a thing when the show was being produced.

I let friends pass, because it was middle of the road non-offensive comedy of its time. Faulting it is pointless. Obviously I've seen it recently, and me and my wife commented how you could never make a series like it again now.

But who cares. It wasn't malicious....

I guess this is one of, if not, the biggest cultural touchstone of my youth. I didnt mind it, in fact at points you'd have to concentrate on hating it not to see its charm.

RIP Matt Perry...

Seems I'm genx which cheered me up as I assumed I was a boomer. I felt 20 years younger. Edited from wiki.

The Lost Generation is defined as the cohort born from 1883 to 1900 who came of age during World War and the Roaring Twenties.

The Greatest Generation includes the veterans who fought in World War II. They were born from 1901 to 1927.

The Silent Generation is the cohort who came of age in the post–World War II era. They were born from 1928 to 1945.

Baby boomers are the people born following World War II from 1946 to 1964.

Generation X is generally defined as people born between 1965 and 1980.

Millennials, also known as Generation Y is typically defined as those born from 1981 to 1996.

Generation Z (colloquially "Zoomers"), span from 1997 to 2012.

Generation Alpha is the first to be born entirely in the 21st century.

Didn't realise Millennials are the same as GenY. Never heard of GenA.

Pretty sure all this was formalised after the boring Douglas Copeland novel, Generation X, was published. Though whoever did it used already existing labels.