[Lion in Winter]

Originally Posted by gruffbrown He didn't die twice, Mike beat me to it.

He sa 'hullo clouds, hullo sky" and skip like a gurl.

[Uncle Ebenezer]

Originally Posted by Lion in Winter He sa 'hullo clouds, hullo sky" and skip like a gurl.

"Hello Fotherington-Thomas."

[Lion in Winter]

Originally Posted by Uncle Ebenezer "Hello Fotherington-Thomas."

I would pay good money to see Gruff skip like a gurl.

Anyway, currently on top of a cliff in a gale in Cornwall. Inside a hotel of course, with some nice wine. That's the way to do the new year.

[cresta57]

Indian test cricket died this afternoon at 3.18pm

[Manc]

Can I have an RIP please Bob?

[mikelincs]

Originally Posted by Manc Can I have an RIP please Bob?

Bob Holness dies..

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/blockbuster...133704445.html

[Uncle Ebenezer]

Originally Posted by mikelincs Bob Holness dies.. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/blockbuster...133704445.html

I thought he'd shuffled off this mortal coil years ago.

[Trixie_b]

Originally Posted by mikelincs Bob Holness dies.. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/blockbuster...133704445.html

Smug students asking

"Can I have a P please Bob"

&

"Can i have an E please Bob"

[Ray]

LEBANON, Tenn. — The founder of the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store chain, Dan Evins, has died at 76.

The company said Monday that Evins — known as Danny — died Saturday in Lebanon, Tenn. No cause of death was given.

Evins opened his first restaurant in Lebanon, Tenn., in 1969. The restaurant catered to highway travelers and focused on offering Southern hospitality, country-style cooking and an associated gift shop that came to define the chain.

He fashioned the restaurant after the country stores of his youth in rural Tennessee and used a number of family recipes. The restaurant was named after the practice of customers gathering at country stores to share news and play checkers on top of an empty barrel that had been used to deliver crackers to the store.

[Ray]

Arfa Karim Randhawa, the computer programming prodigy who became the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional at 9 years old, has passed away at the age of 16, according to reports out of her native Pakistan this weekend.

She had been in the hospital for nearly a month after reportedly suffering an epileptic seizure and cardiac arrest. Two weeks ago her outlook appeared to improve. In recent weeks, Microsoft had stepped in to help provide expert medical care.

[gruffbrown]

Originally Posted by Ray LEBANON, Tenn. — The founder of the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store chain, Dan Evins, has died at 76. The company said Monday that Evins — known as Danny — died Saturday in Lebanon, Tenn. No cause of death was given. Evins opened his first restaurant in Lebanon, Tenn., in 1969. The restaurant catered to highway travelers and focused on offering Southern hospitality, country-style cooking and an associated gift shop that came to define the chain. He fashioned the restaurant after the country stores of his youth in rural Tennessee and used a number of family recipes. The restaurant was named after the practice of customers gathering at country stores to share news and play checkers on top of an empty barrel that had been used to deliver crackers to the store.

Eating too many crackers would be my guess.

[Sally Redux]

Originally Posted by Trixie_b Smug students asking "Can I have a P please Bob" & "Can i have an E please Bob"

Oh God this passed me by. Good old Bob.

[dollface]

Sarah Burke - Canadian Freestyle Skier - only 29


http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olymp...ath/52680120/1

[Ray]

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Johnny Otis, the "godfather of rhythm and blues" who wrote and recorded the R&B classic "Willie and the Hand Jive," and for decades evangelized black music to white audiences as a bandleader and radio host, has died. He was 90.

Otis, who had been in poor health for several years, died at his home in the Los Angeles foothill suburb of Altadena on Tuesday, said his manager, Terry Gould.

Otis, who was white, was born John Veliotes to Greek immigrants, and grew up in a black section of Berkeley, where he said he identified far more with black culture than his own. As a teenager, he changed his name because he thought Johnny Otis sounded more black.

[Lion in Winter]

Etta James.