R.I.P. Thread

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

The media are all calling Ozzy, "The Prince of Darkness".
However, we all know that, that epitaph belongs to Joseph Lucas.

Don’t forget Joseph Swan…

 

[Al ears]

Who?

 

[Al ears]

There's me thinking it was Alistair Crowley....
To me Ozzy was just a gentleman vocalist in a heavy metal band.

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

There's me thinking it was Alistair Crowley....

Had to look him up. I should think being an occultist nicknamed "The Wickedest Man In the World," makes him a good candidate for Prince of Darkness. The demon Crowley, in Pratchett and Gaiman's Good Omens, is named after him.

 

[Gray]

Don’t forget Joseph Swan…

A fear of darkness led him to invent the lightbulb.....possibly.

 

[Al ears]

A fear of darkness led him to invent the lightbulb.....possibly.

Pretty sure we had candles back then

 

[Gray]

Pretty sure we had candles back then

I'll take your word for that grandad 👍

 

[JDl]

Had to look him up. I should think being an occultist nicknamed "The Wickedest Man In the World," makes him a good candidate for Prince of Darkness. The demon Crowley, in Pratchett and Gaiman's Good Omens, is named after him.

In that sense, you're right. Crowley was a twisted f*ck.
Many say he was THE prophet of modern times.
I profoundly disagree.
The Joseph Lucas statement was a joke. All British motorcycles had Lucas electrics. Switches, headlights etc.
Back in the day, many of us at the Prince of Orange, in Chelmsford would come out of there half drunk, (bad I know, but that's how it was in those days), be racing to the next pub or home. I on my Triumph 650 and others experienced the same on their British bikes) would suddenly find myself find plunged into darkness, because of the unreliability of Lucas electrics, hence the joke.

 

[Jasonovich]

There's only one Ossie, RIP.

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[R2D2]

RIP Hulk Hogan

 

[Jasonovich]

Ossie is among friends RIP

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[Jasonovich]

They did miss out John Lennon...Heaven is not short on Musical Legends.

 

[Al ears]

RIP Terence Stamp, an actor of some distinction.

 

[R2D2]

RIP Ricky Hatton. Very sad news, the people’s champion.

 

[jjbomber]

RIP Ricky Hatton. Very sad news, the people’s champion.

Indeed. remember 2007 when 30,000 Hatton fans went to Las Vegas to watch him against Mayweather. Not many boxers can sell 30,000 tickets at home, never mind half way around the World. Ricky Hatton RIP.

 

[R2D2]

Indeed. remember 2007 when 30,000 Hatton fans went to Las Vegas to watch him against Mayweather. Not many boxers can sell 30,000 tickets at home, never mind half way around the World. Ricky Hatton RIP.

I have his autobiography and I am not really into boxing.

 

[DCarmi]

Robert Redford. Always a very watchable actor and a promoter of independent film.

 

[Jasonovich]

Not realised he was 89
Sting, Butch Cassidy, Walk in the Park....so many great movies. He's in heaven with his mate Paul. RIP