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famous people who aren't dead or known to be seriously ill but who you just don't see a lot of nowadays...

forzaborza [Edit] [Delete] 156 replies 15:30, 8 February '12

- Sidney Poitier

- Dido

- former FA Chief Executive Graham Kelly

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  • sharp_yet_blunt

    yousername | 8 Feb '12, 15:31 | X
    lordscopie, subbero, cat_race, andyvine, paidinfull, thewarn, film_maker, OvertakenByTractors, Christophales, p_a_u_l, TheoGB, Icarus-Smicarus, PenguinPants, and FiledUnderPeopleWho this'd this
  • oof

    this didn't get the praise it deserves.

    we_blew_it @james_ | 8 Feb '12, 15:46 | X
    • Dido just had a kid, didn't she?

      hip_young_gunslinger | 8 Feb '12, 15:31 | X
    • david Bellamey

      Tom O'Connor (Denise Lewis's father in law)
      Rustie Lee

      lordscopie | 8 Feb '12, 15:32 | X
      • I did a book signing with Rustie Lee when I worked for Borders. Fantastic person.

        johnwiddop @lordscopie | 8 Feb '12, 15:34 | X
      • Rustie Lee is on This Morning every now and then.

        rhodria @lordscopie | 8 Feb '12, 15:36 | X
      • Rustie Lee!

        + Leicester City fan

        - UKIP election candidate

        TheWza @lordscopie | 8 Feb '12, 15:37 | X
        • Jimmy Tarbuck

          TheWza | 8 Feb '12, 15:32 | X
          • He rang my office a bit ago trying to score freebies.

            Seemed nice. Sorry, I'll stop namedropping now.

            Randy_Orton @TheWza | 10 Feb '12, 15:19 | X
          • I know a guy who plays in his backing band on the cruise ship circuit

            Still going strong...

            the_ravens @TheWza | 11 Feb '12, 17:46 | X
        • Howard Kendall

          eltham | 8 Feb '12, 15:34 | X
        • Dennis Norden

          SenorDingDong | 8 Feb '12, 15:34 | X
          • Umm...

            eltham @SenorDingDong | 8 Feb '12, 15:37 | X
            • Don't tell me Norden's unwell!

              SenorDingDong @eltham | 8 Feb '12, 16:15 | X
        • Toby Anstis

          eltham | 8 Feb '12, 15:37 | X
          • you can hear him on heart fm.

            hooray!

            thewarn @eltham | 8 Feb '12, 15:39 | X
        • Bob Carolgees

          couldbebrianmay | 8 Feb '12, 15:37 | X
          • He runs a candle shop now

            http://www.carolgeescandles.com/

            rikx @couldbebrianmay | 8 Feb '12, 15:55 | X
            TomNick this'd this
            • That's 5 minutes from my house

              He's a nice guy and he sure knows his candles

              TomNick @rikx | 10 Feb '12, 01:39 | X
        • Lowri Turner

          Anthea Turner

          hal_krishna | 8 Feb '12, 15:37 | X
          • Antheavis doing a CDWM style US programme I saw when I was off ill

            They have external judges and she does decor and atmosphere. It's incredibly poignant.

            Balonz @hal_krishna | 8 Feb '12, 15:40 | X
            • I might have to see this.

              I guiltily really enjoyed Perfect Housewife.

              hal_krishna @Balonz | 8 Feb '12, 15:41 | X
            • Is Antheavis a celebrity couple?

              Anthea Turner and .... err... .Michael Eavis?

              thewarn @Balonz | 8 Feb '12, 15:44 | X
              • Yes, he slipped a Cadbury's Dream up her kipper and they've been together ever since.

                Balonz @thewarn | 8 Feb '12, 15:47 | X
        • everyone from the 80s/early 90s

          hale and pace
          eddie large
          andy crane

          that's all of them I think?

          thewarn | 8 Feb '12, 15:41 | X
          • eddie large does those skits on Soccer AM

            Smyth2 @thewarn | 8 Feb '12, 15:46 | X
          • andy crane is on BBC Manchester radio

            <3

            Scout @thewarn | 11 Feb '12, 19:35 | X
        • Tony Slattery

          Royter-Hatfood | 8 Feb '12, 15:47 | X
          • Yes.

            TheWza @Royter-Hatfood | 8 Feb '12, 15:54 | X
            • Don't think anyone saw much of him fof awhile...

              ...remember reading that while suffering from depression he didn't leave his flat for six months.

              pentargo @TheWza | 8 Feb '12, 16:02 | X
          • I'm quite glad of his disappearance from entertainment land.

            It was always a toss up between him and john sessions as to who was the most smugly lovie man on WLIIA.

            Sessions usually won, but slattery was by far the more irritating.

            xheathenx @Royter-Hatfood | 8 Feb '12, 16:07 | X
        • Mr Motivator.

          rhodria | 8 Feb '12, 15:39 | X
          • Saw Mr Motivator at Bestival last year

            hasn't changed a bit.

            lordscopie @rhodria | 8 Feb '12, 15:42 | X
            pentargo this'd this
          • He was in a short film I saw at a film festival in Stckport last year.

            He was fucking mindblowing.

            andyvine @rhodria | 8 Feb '12, 15:52 | X
            • STKPRT

              andyvine @andyvine | 8 Feb '12, 15:54 | X
            • film festival in Stockport?

              chinny reckon!

              incandenza_ @andyvine | 8 Feb '12, 17:50 | X
        • Barry Gibb

          dan_thw | 8 Feb '12, 15:39 | X
        • Andi Peters.

          The Chuckle Brothers.
          Bodger of Bodger & Badger.

          hip_young_gunslinger | 8 Feb '12, 15:39 | X
          • Dave Benson Philips

            Smyth2 @hip_young_gunslinger | 8 Feb '12, 15:40 | X
            • He does private Get Your Own Back parties these days.

              rhodria @Smyth2 | 8 Feb '12, 15:41 | X
            • Nah he's dead.

              Was in a car crash a couple of years ago. RIP DBP

              eltham @Smyth2 | 8 Feb '12, 15:42 | X
              • Lies

                dan_thw @eltham | 8 Feb '12, 15:43 | X
              • according to his Wiki page that was an elaborate (and weirdly successful) hoax

                Smyth2 @eltham | 8 Feb '12, 15:44 | X
                • Hold on

                  According to that, loads of his projects got cancelled in the aftermath. So, what, they saw the rumours and didn't think to ring him up and check? They just went "He's dead, better cancel all his shit"?

                  rhodria @Smyth2 | 8 Feb '12, 15:55 | X
            • saw him

              at bangface weekender a few years ago

              Matt_was_taken @Smyth2 | 8 Feb '12, 15:50 | X
        • Matt Cardle

          hal_krishna | 8 Feb '12, 15:41 | X
        • Gordon the Gopher

          Edd The Duck
          Simon Parkin

          marckee | 8 Feb '12, 15:42 | X
          • Simon Parkin...Weather Presenter

            http://www.itv.com/meridian-west/meettheteam/

            Pale-eyedBadger @marckee | 11 Feb '12, 17:57 | X
        • Katie Puckrick

          Dani Behr

          thewarn | 8 Feb '12, 15:43 | X
          • katie puckrick

            does online reviews of perfumes (?) and is on us telly sometimes apparently.

            xheathenx @thewarn | 8 Feb '12, 15:47 | X
            • sweet!

              thewarn @xheathenx | 8 Feb '12, 15:57 | X
              • She's still an very attrative lady.

                She has aged well.

                xheathenx @thewarn | 8 Feb '12, 16:08 | X
                marckee and TheWza this'd this
                • ::whistful sigh::

                  TheWza @xheathenx | 8 Feb '12, 16:57 | X
        • Rosemary Ford

          theguywithnousername | 8 Feb '12, 15:44 | X
        • rebuild

          hal_krishna | 8 Feb '12, 15:44 | X
        • Simon Parkin

          Bill Giles
          Wincey Willis
          Debbie Thrower
          Bernard Davey

          Just grabbed a load from the lyrics to 'John Kettley is a weatherman'

          lordscopie | 8 Feb '12, 15:44 | X
        • Clive Anderson

          theguywithnousername | 8 Feb '12, 15:44 | X
          • he's still on the radio loads , + QI etc

            thewarn @theguywithnousername | 8 Feb '12, 15:45 | X
            • Do I mean Clive James?

              I forget which disappeared. Or did neither? Could never tell the two apart...

              theguywithnousername @thewarn | 8 Feb '12, 15:46 | X
              • Think he's got Leukemia

                lordscopie @theguywithnousername | 8 Feb '12, 15:49 | X
                • Margarita Prakitan on the otherhand is alive and well

                  singing badly

                  lordscopie @lordscopie | 8 Feb '12, 15:50 | X
                • Oh.

                  I'm sorry to hear that. I think I recall quite liking him when I was younger.

                  theguywithnousername @lordscopie | 8 Feb '12, 15:52 | X
                  • He's bearing up well, though

                    He's gone back to TV reviews in the Telegraph, having pretty much invented the concept in the mid-70s.

                    simon_t @theguywithnousername | 8 Feb '12, 16:54 | X
        • Mark Lamarr

          Nick Hancock
          Gordon Burns
          Michael Strachan
          Nigel Jemson

          theguywithnousername | 8 Feb '12, 15:45 | X
          • Michael Strachan

            I always wondered...

            dan_thw @theguywithnousername | 8 Feb '12, 15:46 | X
            • :D

              theguywithnousername @dan_thw | 8 Feb '12, 15:49 | X
          • Mark Lamarr

            was apparently doing onboard radio for BA. He's alienated himself from the BBC which is a shame.

            OvertakenByTractors @theguywithnousername | 8 Feb '12, 15:50 | X
            • He's much missed from late night radio.

              Used to love God's jukebox on the few occasions I caught it. One of the last great radio shows.

              thewarn @OvertakenByTractors | 8 Feb '12, 15:59 | X
        • Joe Glenton

          hal_krishna | 8 Feb '12, 15:45 | X
        • Oh, and that guy who was in the Thin Blue Line and that other sitcom that wasn't funny.

          Might be called James something.

          theguywithnousername | 8 Feb '12, 15:46 | X
          • James Dreyfuss

            charliepanayi @theguywithnousername | 8 Feb '12, 15:47 | X
            • Yep - that'll do.

              theguywithnousername @charliepanayi | 8 Feb '12, 15:48 | X
          • Dreyfus

            Jimmy Nail

            hal_krishna @theguywithnousername | 8 Feb '12, 15:47 | X
        • david baddiel

          harru | 8 Feb '12, 15:46 | X
          • ^^^ Not this. He just directed 'The Infidel''

            TheDailyBumbler @harru | 10 Feb '12, 20:59 | X
        • Steve Bookdebandsstein

          Balonz | 8 Feb '12, 15:48 | X
        • James Earl Jones

          genuinely couldn't remember if he was dead or alive when I thought about him the other day.

          monpot | 8 Feb '12, 15:48 | X
          • he's doing Driving Miss Daisy in the West End

            Smyth2 @monpot | 8 Feb '12, 15:52 | X
        • that guy that played Rimmer

          in Red Dwarf, and had that programme about the leisure centre. Him.

          we_blew_it | 8 Feb '12, 15:49 | X
          • he does voice overs

            on how stuffs made and ware programs on yesterday

            Matt_was_taken @we_blew_it | 8 Feb '12, 15:52 | X
            • Chris Barrie

              Does loads of voiceover work, and is appearing in the next no-doubt dire Red Dwarf iteration

              chris_81 @Matt_was_taken | 8 Feb '12, 15:58 | X
              • didn't that latest dire iteration of red dwarf not have filming done recently?

                xheathenx @chris_81 | 8 Feb '12, 16:09 | X
        • Michael Fassbender

          eltham | 8 Feb '12, 15:49 | X
          • good shout

            him, Ryan Gosling and Jessica Chastain just seem to have vanished

            Smyth2 @eltham | 8 Feb '12, 15:53 | X
            eltham this'd this
          • He was in Shame recently.

            in_limbo @eltham | 13 Feb '12, 04:10 | X
            • ^ Best user name for this thread

              CharlieMortdecai @in_limbo | 13 Feb '12, 04:22 | X
        • That guy who used to front every single programme about disability.

          An actor who was a thalidomide baby and had very short arms as a result.

          He later appeared in a BBC2 drama that was billed as the first ever drama about disability to feature two disabled leads. He was pretty decent but the woman in the leading role really, really, realy couldn't act.

          Anyway, forget his name but haven't seen him for a while.

          theguywithnousername | 8 Feb '12, 15:51 | X
          • Mat Fraser?

            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat_Fraser

            rikx @theguywithnousername | 8 Feb '12, 15:58 | X
            • Yep, Mat Fraser.

              theguywithnousername @rikx | 8 Feb '12, 16:02 | X
          • Matt Fraser?

            Stared in the greatest film unknown to man:

            http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289414/

            Phil9064 @theguywithnousername | 8 Feb '12, 16:00 | X
          • Matt Fraser?

            http://www.lloydstsb.com/ways_to_bank_with_us/post_office_banking.asp

            eltham @theguywithnousername | 8 Feb '12, 16:17 | X
          • Met him 2 years ago...

            ...outside Le Poisson Rouge in NYC. Lovely bloke but not a rap fan (he left said venue due to them playing "some hip hop shit" and gave us a ticket in). Pretty sure he mainly lives out there now, which is why you don't see him much - his missus is a local and he was doing some burlesque show residency thing in Coney Island, which incidentally is one of the biggest shitholes I've ever been to, like Blaenau Ffestiniog with a beach.

            Randy_Orton @theguywithnousername | 10 Feb '12, 15:17 | X
        • The definitive answer:

          Danny Devito

          untrue | 8 Feb '12, 16:02 | X
          • -

            When he isn't tweeting photos of his 'trollfoot', he appears in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

            KayB @untrue | 8 Feb '12, 20:30 | X
            harman_kardon and tulcan this'd this
            • Oops

              untrue @KayB | 10 Feb '12, 03:23 | X
        • ...The Invisible Man

          hal_krishna | 8 Feb '12, 15:52 | X
        • Eddie the eagle

          Eric the eel
          Fat Barbadian cricketer (or some WI island)
          Derek Redmond
          Derek Redmond's dad

          Balonz | 8 Feb '12, 15:53 | X
          • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlQk1y00fvc

            dan_thw @Balonz | 8 Feb '12, 15:57 | X
        • Greg Proops

          TheWza | 8 Feb '12, 15:55 | X
        • Ronnie Irani

          hal_krishna | 8 Feb '12, 15:55 | X
        • George W Bush, Jr

          Violet Berlin
          Prince Edward
          Charlie Dimmock
          Antoine de Caunes

          chris_81 | 8 Feb '12, 15:57 | X
        • Michael Jackson

          TheoGB | 8 Feb '12, 16:16 | X
          • eeeeeeeeeeeer

            what's up doc?

            ClaudeGreengrass @TheoGB | 8 Feb '12, 19:28 | X
        • Andy Crane

          chadders | 8 Feb '12, 16:22 | X
        • marcofella

          brightonb
          Mr_JD_Traynor

          The latter may well be dead though.

          dan_thw | 8 Feb '12, 16:22 | X
        • Stealthy

          Amnuck

          eltham | 8 Feb '12, 16:23 | X
        • Craig Meehan

          Nicholas Lyndhurst

          ehwhat | 8 Feb '12, 16:31 | X
        • Roy Walker

          Full on thought he was dead until he popped up in that Churchill ad

          LordLuciusBanter | 8 Feb '12, 16:33 | X
        • The entire Bedingfield family

          Zapsta | 8 Feb '12, 16:39 | X
          • Natasha's quite a big name in America

            simon_t @Zapsta | 8 Feb '12, 16:56 | X
            • Yeah makes a change from all the Janes and Bobs.

              eltham @simon_t | 8 Feb '12, 17:00 | X
        • Bowie

          moousee | 8 Feb '12, 16:54 | X
          • donna air

            TheKennedyCurse | 8 Feb '12, 17:18 | X
          • Giles Brandreth

            possibly lost in the claustrophobic knit of an excessively wooly sweater...

            incandenza_ | 8 Feb '12, 17:58 | X
            • Isn't he on The One Show like every day?

              yousername @incandenza_ | 8 Feb '12, 18:13 | X
              • Carol Smilie

                Verbal | 8 Feb '12, 17:58 | X
                • what's Handy Andy doing these days?

                  hal_krishna @Verbal | 8 Feb '12, 18:33 | X
                  revgreen this'd this
                  • I see him all the time by Victoria Park in the summer when I'm playing cricket

                    Walking his dog

                    LordLuciusBanter @hal_krishna | 10 Feb '12, 10:44 | X
                  • crack

                    BlckGngElmnt @hal_krishna | 11 Feb '12, 13:13 | X
                  • Crypto-smashist art

                    TomNick @hal_krishna | 11 Feb '12, 17:16 | X
              • Gianfranco Zola

                politelydeclined | 8 Feb '12, 18:32 | X
              • Timmy Mallett

                ClaudeGreengrass | 8 Feb '12, 19:30 | X
                • A memorable moment occurred when Mallett met the then-Prime Minister in 1990, Margaret Thatcher - and bashed her with the mallet

                  ClaudeGreengrass @ClaudeGreengrass | 8 Feb '12, 19:31 | X
              • havent seen Lizo off Newsround for a while.

                prof-kitsch | 9 Feb '12, 19:19 | X
                • He does all the live entertainment reports for the actual BBC adult news

                  dan_thw @prof-kitsch | 9 Feb '12, 19:27 | X
                • I was once thrown out of Crazy Larry's in Chelsea

                  for harassing Lizo off newsround about Harry Potter

                  LordLuciusBanter @prof-kitsch | 10 Feb '12, 10:40 | X
                  • ARDCORE

                    hal_krishna @LordLuciusBanter | 10 Feb '12, 10:40 | X
                • he's being attacked by students these days

                  fuck_this_band @prof-kitsch | 13 Feb '12, 04:54 | X
              • Little Boots

                ^ good one

                Zapsta | 9 Feb '12, 23:46 | X
                untrue this'd this
              • Mystic meg

                mr blobby
                cilla black
                zoe ball
                zig and zag

                revgreen | 10 Feb '12, 03:19 | X
                • Zoe Ball the Radio 2 regular?

                  simon_t @revgreen | 10 Feb '12, 16:31 | X
                  • ah dont listen to radio 2

                    revgreen @simon_t | 10 Feb '12, 20:19 | X
                    • and as a result of her being on tv you dont see a lot of her

                      revgreen @revgreen | 10 Feb '12, 20:20 | X
                      • and by tv i mean radio

                        revgreen @revgreen | 10 Feb '12, 20:20 | X
              • Maybe thery do heaps of stuff that we don't see beyond the UK

                But haven't seen much of the Young Ones lately. I think I might have seen Adrian Edmonson in something or other, but Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer and, um, the other guy - haven't seen them for years.

                Ben Elton thankfully had a show that bombed in Australia, after being plugged the shit out of throughout the cricket, and was pulled from the air after one episode. Not even given a late night slot, and he hasn't inflicted himself upon us since. Used to be here every bloody summer, stinking the place up.

                CharlieMortdecai | 10 Feb '12, 03:43 | X
                • Ade Edmondson has a band called The Bad Shepherds

                  They do folk covers of punk classics:
                  www.thebadshepherds.com/index.php
                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKWNitW01x0

                  lordscopie @CharlieMortdecai | 10 Feb '12, 10:04 | X
                  • He also has a TV show where he drives round Britain cooking food in a caravan

                    Well weird

                    LordLuciusBanter @lordscopie | 10 Feb '12, 10:42 | X
                • Rik Mayall's on an advert

                  simon_t @CharlieMortdecai | 10 Feb '12, 16:30 | X
                  • Bombardier!

                    Pretty sure I saw Edmondson on some shitty Nick Knowles consumer watchdog style show recently.

                    Tim Vincent
                    Jamie Theakston (more than like dis for a London based radio station?)

                    sister-ray @simon_t | 11 Feb '12, 19:07 | X
                    • Isn't Tim Vincent

                      on that shitty Payday UK ad? Keep calm and log on?

                      rikx @sister-ray | 13 Feb '12, 09:05 | X
              • Lee Hurst

                jimouthargyle | 10 Feb '12, 09:55 | X
                sister-ray this'd this
              • Macy Gray

                JGJug | 10 Feb '12, 15:30 | X
              • Henry Kelly (Going for Gold)

                SarcasticFringehead | 10 Feb '12, 15:31 | X
              • Helen Hunt

                Smyth2 | 10 Feb '12, 21:03 | X
              • Steve Backley

                hal_krishna | 10 Feb '12, 21:04 | X
              • J.R. Hartley

                Verbal | 10 Feb '12, 21:06 | X
              • Val Doonican

                As in "Where the fuck is Val Doonican these days?"

                I can't be arsed to Wiki him but I'm sure he hasnt "passed on"

                (RIP if he has)

                Wooly31 | 10 Feb '12, 22:37 | X
              • Ken Dodd

                Seal

                Steved | 11 Feb '12, 12:17 | X
                • Nah, still see Ken Dodd a bit.

                  He was on a BBC4 documentary about trams a couple of months ago.

                  blimeycharlie @Steved | 11 Feb '12, 17:32 | X
                • Dodd's too busy touring

                  http://www.kendoddshows.com/

                  And each and every one of those shows will be about five hours long.

                  simon_t @Steved | 11 Feb '12, 17:44 | X
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