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Clive James

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KittyfriskKittyfrisk Frets: 18783
edited November 2019 in Tributes
Very sad news that the great Clive James, writer, critic,wit, poet & really lovely bloke has died.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50578512

He once described the romantic novelist Barbara Cartland :  "Twin miracles of mascara, her eyes looked like the corpses of two small crows that had crashed into the white cliffs of Dover."  RIP 
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  • merlinmerlin Frets: 6685
    edited November 2019
    I remember his interviewing Meatloaf and asking what his kids called him...

    "What do your kids call you? Do they call you "Meat"?
    "No Clive, they call me Dad". 

    Sorry, edit. That was Clive Anderson. 
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  • DrCorneliusDrCornelius Frets: 7176
    Loved his show as a younger bloke - obviously a very intelligent , well read guy who made the subject matter accessible enough for numptys like me.
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  • richardhomerrichardhomer Frets: 24807
    edited November 2019
    Ah, he was a funny, intelligent man - a staple of Sunday night telly for much of my life. RIP.
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  • ESBlondeESBlonde Frets: 3590
    Not unexpected, he'd been very ill for many years. Still sad though.

    A real entertainer that educated you along the way.

    RIP Clive
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  • JalapenoJalapeno Frets: 6391
    Yep, been ill for a long time.  RIP Clive !

    Imagine something sharp and witty here ......

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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 16295
    Yes, seen him occasionally on the TV in recent years and he looked very ill. Witty, clever man. RIP. 
    Tipton is a small fishing village in the borough of Sandwell. 
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  • boogiemanboogieman Frets: 12375
    If anyone hasn’t read Unreliable Memoirs you really should, it’s a great read. 

    RIP. 
    My trading feedback  http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57616/
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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 22900
    My friend Spencer and I have a theory that famous people always die in threes....  Today we heard about Gary Rhodes, Jonathan Miller and then Clive James.

    Sad news, I've never read any of his books (I probably should), but I loved his TV programmes in the 1980s.  I don't think there's really anyone equivalent to him nowadays.

    He'd been very ill for a long time but 80's not a bad age.  I hope his quality of life wasn't too poor in recent years.
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72378
    A very bright and funny man with the driest of wit... a lot of it self-directed in the last few years when he was ill.

    RIP

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein

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  • ZoolooterZoolooter Frets: 887
    Really loved the guy. One of the most charming, wise and funny gents that has ever been on TV.
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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 11304
    His description of Schwarzenegger - a brown condom full of walnuts - ranks as a high point in English literature.
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 14440
    His last interview is published in the Grauniad e-newspaper dated Sunday 1st December.
    You say, atom bomb. I say, tin of corned beef.
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