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General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on November 04, 2021, 09:28:13 PM

Title: Lionel Blair dead
Post by: Nearly Sane on November 04, 2021, 09:28:13 PM: Surprisingly sad

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48513358
Title: Re: Lionel Blair dead
Post by: SusanDoris on November 05, 2021, 07:15:34 AM: Quote from: Nearly Sane on November 04, 2021, 09:28:13 PM
Surprisingly sad

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48513358
Thank you for posting that link. I have listened all the way through. Such a wonderful entertainer and evidently such a very lovely person too.
Title: Re: Lionel Blair dead
Post by: Steve H on November 05, 2021, 10:14:33 AM: Who that saw it can ever forget him on 'Give Us A Clue' pulling off 'Twelve Angry Men'?
Title: Re: Lionel Blair dead
Post by: Aruntraveller on November 05, 2021, 10:15:53 AM: For those that can stand the sad nostalgia here are some photos of Lionel Blair throughout his career (with many other departed, much missed stars):

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/gallery/2021/nov/04/lionel-blair-a-life-in-pictures
Title: Re: Lionel Blair dead
Post by: The Accountant, OBE, KC on November 05, 2021, 10:20:10 AM: I used to really enjoy watching him in Give Us a Clue on TV in the 80s.
Title: Re: Lionel Blair dead
Post by: jeremyp on November 06, 2021, 11:26:21 AM: Quote from: Steve H on November 05, 2021, 10:14:33 AM
Who that saw it can ever forget him on 'Give Us A Clue' pulling off 'Twelve Angry Men'?

Not as good as the special Whitehouse edition when Una Stubbs (RIP) pulled off All the President's Men in ninety seconds.
Title: Re: Lionel Blair dead
Post by: Steve H on November 08, 2021, 09:21:16 AM: Quote from: jeremyp on November 06, 2021, 11:26:21 AM
Not as good as the special Whitehouse edition when Una Stubbs (RIP) pulled off All the President's Men in ninety seconds.
;D