RIP Jimmy Saville
 

A legend!

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I remember him coming to our Saturday night "hop" way back in *Patsy coughs*.......1968
He did the very 1st "Top of the Pops" in 1964.. I remember watching it :D
R.I.P Jimmy

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Helluva good guy, a real unsung gem of a bloke who did a lot for others without the lime light. Sadly missed

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RIP.

I remember when he did the British Rail adverts back in the 80's.

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Top bloke.....Now then, now then

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Requiescat in pace

The first Mr Bling !

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Clunk-clip
Every trip!

I dare say there a quite a few on here who can remember Sir Jim's charity fund raising for Stoke-Mandeville spine hospital?
I guess there are quite a few guys and galls (*sorry*...) in green in Iraq and Afgahnistan who are grateful to his charitable efforts.

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Sorry to hear Jimmy Saville has gone, he was a tireless charity worker, and brought happiness to many.

Mad as a box of frogs though, and some questions about his lifestyle that were never fully explained. I read a comment from his next door neighbour that was very odd:

"He kept his dead mothers clothes in the wardrobe, one of his many quirks. Another one would be telling my mum that he'd enjoyed her performance in a porn movie. I hope to god he was either joking or mistaken"

He also said:

"I've been Jimmys next door neighbour for the past few years.. Regardless of what might be said about him, he was a really charming and interesting guy who had time for everyone. RIP Jimmy!"

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You sound a bit like the gutter snipe press who comment regularly( every 15 mins on Sky News) along the lines :

'He never said a bad word about anyone..'
'We can't find anything negative in life or about his personality.'
'He never married'
His mother was the most important person in his life'
'He was platinum blonde'

Oooh but I bet they tried, I bet they looked for the flaw to sell some copy.
A.holes.


Anyone bothered to cover
(1)
Exactly how much he earned for Stoke Mandeville
or
(2)That he may have been albino...

Is that too much like real life?
I do agree with you on one point.. RIP Jimmy.
I'll attempt to chug my way thru' a Partagas with my espresso after dinner tonite in your memory.Sleep well.

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It seems Jim raised somewhere between £35 million and £40 million.

If you do that , you're allowed a few quirks in the machine....

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If he worked selflessly for other people and raised that sort of cash,it should be mentioned somewhere in the red tops or tabloids' testimonials to his life.
That doesn't sell so much though does it?

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The Red top's doing something honourable?
HHHHAAAAhHHHahhhh!
Dream on Pilgrim, they only like the sinners, not the saints.....

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At the risk of sounding like Weaselcentral's tit grabbing grandpa,
I 'd just like to say- there was a time when they used to...they were called Iskra then.

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"When Louis Theroux met Jimmy Saville" was thoroughly depressing and left me with the impression that he was creepy. It seems if someone does great charity work, you are not allowed to feel anything but respect...

Theroux has written, with obvious affection, about Jimmy on his blog. http://louistheroux.com/blog/?p=63

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Leave poor Jimmy alone. That means you, and you and you and you.

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I saw the quotes of £40m quid for charity. Can't really say much bad about someone who achieves that, so fair play to him.

I'll always remember him because thanks to Jim'll Fix It I know how they get boats in bottles.

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:D

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"From a spark, a fire will flare up..."

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I remember him well. RIP Jimmy.:(

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You have a wealth of experience Patsy- and I can't believe you share it with some of the bird brains here. You know, punks like Scamp and Bahtaboy.......they are clearly beneath you and have little or nothing interesting to say.

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How can that be? I've never heard of him..

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Thats enough right there for me to think that something was not quite right with him.

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Of course you haven't heard of him- you're American. Jimmy was one of Englands quirky and fabulous eccentrics who I am sure most Brits have a soft spot for as more or less everyone has grown up with him. My childhood was spent watching him on Saturday nights and I may have also written to him to see if he could 'Fix it for me" (his tv show). A true national treasure. :thumbsup: Show respect where respect is due my friend :D

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He's like your Bozo the Clown then...

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:frown:

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Not all of us have a soft spot for him. Credit for raising a lot of money for charity, but there are plenty of skeletons in his closet, sadly.

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Always had that impression but didn't know if it was just rumour?

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Had several run ins with the Old Bill when he worked as a bouncer. One of his favourite tricks was too tie miscreants up and beat the crap out of them.

Perhaps his charity work was atonement for past deeds.

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There was a scurrilous transcript of out-takes from a Have I Got News For You episode that was doing the rounds a few years ago, which has since been discredited as fake by the cast and production team, and endless speculative nudge-nudge pieces by the gutter press. Nothing concrete though.

Why are so many Yorkshireman eccentric?

Geoff Boycott
Jeremy Clarkson
Dickie Bird
Alan Bennet
Jimmy Saville
William Hague
Percy Shaw

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There were some very strange rumours doing the rounds at the BBC a few years ago about him.

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Totally true. Made a show on Sir Jimmy Jangle back in 1995. He is very, deeply, strange and we had things on tape which were unbroadcastable and really seriously disturbing.

Bit of a kleptomaniac too. The least of his problems, really. He raised an astonishing amount for charity but he was very screwed up.

I wonder if the red tops will give it a few weeks then go for it. I'm amazed he managed to keep his nose clean for so long. We were repeatedly reminded that he had very powerful friends and several people we spoke to mentioned death threats. The channel 4 lawyers were especially eager not to upset him.

And he was super, super smart. Sharp, shrewd, quite calculating. Not a lot of people knew that and treated him like an affable stupid eccentric.

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I'm keeping my rose tinted glasses firmly on.

There is a reason I would never even consider going into the public eye even though we all know I would make a fabulous queen of the world- far too much stuff on me to paint me in a far than pleasant manner- and I am lovely really- we all do regretable stuff, not saying whatever he has done is right (as I'm not sure what meow is refering to) but we all have skeletons.

I still think he was fab :thumbsup:

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It's interesting isn't it? Because there appears to be a darker side to him, now he's dead, it will probably float to the surface...

Who on here though, doesn't have something they would rather keep quiet?

I'm certain that when Ian Botham karks it, all the bottom feeders' will say that he was a shit, and ignore what he has done with his Hannibal walks for charity.

Isn't a maaarvelous world when we have to wait for someone to die before we give them a swift kicking?

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He knew Michael Caine?

I take it you're talking about Haut de la Garenne and his touching up of a 14 year old child (Coleen Nolan) on Top Of The Pops...

Paedo, end of, typical behaviour, devious, cunning, very bright...

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Just a Nonce ....

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Not that incident, but there are masses of stories floating around about him and have been for years. I also know witnesses to various incidents.

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I am sure we all have, but not of that nature. Not something that could get a long prison sentance accompanied by regular beatings from other prisoners...

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What's 6 inches long and won't get sucked tonight?

Jimmy Saville's cigar.

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Actually, from what I've heard, his penchants were slightly more unusual...

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Anyway, gonna leave this thread now, before I get sued by the estate of the late, great Sir Jimmy Saville :D