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> R.i.p, Pete Postlethwaite
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post Jan 3 2011, 06:54 PM
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I'm lying here on my sickbed listening to the news, and have just heard of the loss of this great actor.

Will remember him in Brassed Off and The Usual Suspects in particular.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/fi...es-aged-64.html
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post Jan 3 2011, 07:05 PM
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Pardon my ignorance, but I've never heard of him. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)
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post Jan 3 2011, 07:06 PM
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QUOTE(DaisyChain @ Jan 3 2011, 12:54 PM) *

I'm lying here on my sickbed listening to the news, and have just heard of the loss of this great actor.

Will remember him in Brassed Off and The Usual Suspects in particular.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/fi...es-aged-64.html

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Too young to have left us!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Jan 3 2011, 07:09 PM
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Pardon my ignorance, but I've never heard of him. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)


English actor, probably most famous for the two films DC mentioned, and for In the Name of the Father, for which he was Oscar nominated.

Only 64. Far too young. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Jan 3 2011, 07:13 PM
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Oh, no! He was brilliant in "Brassed Off". This is a film I love, and return to again and again and again..
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post Jan 3 2011, 10:54 PM
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Real nice guy - met him last year at a Grimethorpe Colliery Band concert where he came on as "guest conductor" for the William Tell overture.

He was only 10 years older than me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Jan 4 2011, 12:30 PM
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Terrific actor and, apparently, really nice man too, considering he had face that often seemed right for villains (brilliant Hakeswill in Sharpe). I bought In the Name of the Father just before Christmas, but haven't watched it yet and it's a long time since I saw it in the cinema. Perhaps tonight, with a glass of wine. Cheers. RIP
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post Jan 4 2011, 01:02 PM
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Very sad news. I loved "Brassed Off" in particular and have always had a weak spot for anything to do with prehistoric monsters. of the Jurassic Park kind. I didn't know much about him but he seems to have been a nice person.
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post Jan 4 2011, 11:28 PM
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I went to see King Lear at the Everyman theatre in 2008 which was Liverpools capital of culture year, Pete Postlethwaite made a return to the Everyman where his career started and was a very fine actor

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post Jan 5 2011, 12:04 AM
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Oh dear...so soon after Pete, we hear of Gerry Rafferty. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-12115604

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkS169P_Eeo
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post Jan 5 2011, 01:29 AM
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PP's cousin teaches my kids. We had heard about his cousin the actor but didn't put 2 and 2 together until now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Jan 5 2011, 08:59 AM
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QUOTE(DaisyChain @ Jan 5 2011, 12:04 AM) *

Oh dear...so soon after Pete, we hear of Gerry Rafferty. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-12115604

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkS169P_Eeo


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Baker Street has a legendary sax solo : so many of my adult pupils have been inspired by that...
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post Jan 5 2011, 12:49 PM
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QUOTE(barry-clari @ Jan 5 2011, 08:59 AM) *

QUOTE(DaisyChain @ Jan 5 2011, 12:04 AM) *

Oh dear...so soon after Pete, we hear of Gerry Rafferty. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-12115604

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkS169P_Eeo


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Baker Street has a legendary sax solo : so many of my adult pupils have been inspired by that...


I'm not surprised. I think it's one of the few pop intros where people fall silent to listen to it. (Not sure it counts as 'pop' but can't think into which catergory it falls.)

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