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I saw this news. They're starting to leave us.... number 5

very sad

RIP

Aren't they all dead now from the '66 WC winning team?

Oh, Bobby Charlton is still going I think.

Seems Roger Hunt is still alive. I thought he was one of the first to go.

And George Cohen.

And Jack Charlton. I felt sure he died.

And Nobby Stiles.

He joins Bobby Moore, Gordon Banks, Alan Ball and Ray Wilson

Hurst alive?

I saw him on the telly just the other day. I forget why....... something footbally... SPOTY maybe?

RIP Martin Peters ...indeed they are leaving us ( 5 of the 11 now) and thereby reminding us how long ago it was . Still remember the thrill of listening to his goal (was following on the wireless).
December seems to be bringing a lot of sporting deaths.

While I am in the memorial mode a shout out for the passing yesterday of a great Victorian politician ( and for once great doesn't seem inappropriate ) in the person of John Cain. Yuppie and Garlic will doubtless remember his achievements in winning government for Labor after 27 years in opposition after his father lost office in the 1955 ALP split.
Not strictly a sporting chap : but he built the Tennis Centre that now hosts the Australian Open ; kept the AFL final from moving to the now defunct Waverley white elephant , and kept those wretched poker machines out of the state for a few years ...
He did a good deal to modernize Melbourne and notably reformed health and safety rules . And was astonishingly honorourable for a politician : as a colleague remarked the other day he even bought his own postage stamps ! A true gentleman by all accounts.

Good call Alfie.

A real man of honour. He really saw his job as a servant of Victorian people.

He was premier for a fair portion of the 8 years I spent in Melbourne. I had respect for him during his time in office, but even more in the decades afterwards.

They don't make politicians like John Cain anymore.

His impact on Victoria was mostly positive.

My friends father was a very prominent person in the Cain-Kirner governments which made for the odd interesting dinner when I was around at their place.

Neil Innes 75

Bonzo dog was before my time, but I know him from his associations with Monty Python... some of the films and the tours

"I have to push the pram.... alot"

RIP

Mainly know him for The Rutles. And for him being paid by Oasis for ripping off one of his songs that was pastiching The Beatles in that film.

Mr Derek, 82, pneumonia

surprising how often it's pneumonia that finally carries people off

Terry Jones 77

just been announced.

the second Python..... RIP

Larks vomit? It doesn't say anything here about larks vomit

yes it does... on the bottom of the box after 'monosodium glutamate

The name on the director's chair of Life of Brian, one of UK's greatest comedy films.