The Dead Thread

[Groucho]

Phil Jagielka's brother has died.

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[dublinbluenose]

Jesus thats awful young

 

[Kurt.]

Phil Jagielka's brother has died.

How fast was he around the Nurburgring ?

 

[Lord Buckethead]

Prince Phillip is all ready for another year, you rotters.

 

[The binman chronicles]

Prince Phillip is all ready for another year, you rotters.

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Looking good. Swanky man about town.

 

[PaddyJames]

Prince Phillip is all ready for another year, you rotters.

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Would.

 

[KaiserEFC]

Mad that she drove round the unbelievably dangerous Nurburgring 20,000 times but it was cancer that killed her. Clearly an exceptionally talented driver

 

[TangerineToffee]

You cannot kill the undead

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The Duke goes into extra time. Has plans to carry out more attempted murders by Range Rover

 

[Seathestars]

Prince Phillip is all ready for another year, you rotters.

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Smash or pass

 

[tsubaki]

Saw this obituary in the Guardian for Peter Dunn, and couldn't help but think it sums up the modern celebrity society. I'd never heard of him, and I doubt (at least based on Wikipedia) that many other people in the UK have either, and yet he might well have done more good for more of us on this island than anyone else.

Peter coined the term perinatal medicine (in 1957) and pioneered the development of the specialty in the UK and internationally, through his organisational, clinical and research abilities and drive. The perinatal mortality rate – stillbirths and live-born infants dying in the first week – has fallen in England from 30 out of 1,000 births in 1965 to 6 in 1,000 in 2019.

He introduced neonatal intensive care in Bristol from 1968, when he was appointed senior lecturer in perinatal medicine and child health (the first such post in the world). Within three years neonatal mortality fell by 74%. In 1971, Bristol was the first unit in the UK to use continuous positive airway pressure to treat respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) of the newborn, a treatment subsequently extended into other specialties, including treatment for Covid-19.

I worked with Peter in Bristol for three years from 1981. We became good friends. He was a tall man, sometimes appearing formidable, but he was generous, witty and considerate. He helped prepare guidelines on many ethical aspects of human reproduction and women’s health. He also acted to preserve the right of parents and doctors to make compassionate decisions regarding the withholding of medical care, and supported colleagues subjected to professional medical injustice.

What a bloke. RIP.

 

[summerisle]

I will post this only once :

 

[Lord Buckethead]

I will post this only once :

Plop!

 

[McBain]

Yaphet Kotto RIP. Great actor.

 

[Eggs]

....sad to hear Chester Barnes has died, aged 74. Former no1 table tennis player, he spent many years as Assistant to brilliant racehorse trainer, Martin Pipe. Chester Barnes was a real character.

 

[bullybeef]

....sad to hear Chester Barnes has died, aged 74. Former no1 table tennis player, he spent many years as Assistant to brilliant racehorse trainer, Martin Pipe. Chester Barnes was a real character.

Chester who?