Death List 2026

doggybag

Sam Neill was an truly gifted actor and much undervalued. I've been a fan of the man since Reilly, Ace of Spies in which he performed with a simply stunning presence using his eyes to communicate every emotion: the best being intense menace. It comes for us all but he'll be missed.

CBIT

doggybag First thing i thought of when i heard he'd gone was Reilly

Anchor

Everyone should watch The Hunt for the Wilderpeople in his honour. Great actor.

Bod

Anchor yeah he was good in that

oneallanclarke

CBIT Same

Under-the-ground

Seconded. Great body of work. RIP

MolOverBeethoven

Brenda Fricker.

Loose_Lips

MolOverBeethoven Brenda Fricker.

She had a really, really tough life but sounded ace.

She said that her loves included her pet dogs, drinking Guinness, reading poetry, and playing snooker – she once remarked that she had taken on the entire crew of My Left Foot: "I played pool against 17 of them, and beat them all".

Jon

Loose_Lips You’d expect her to beat Daniel Day Lewis. No way he'd break character for a game of pool.

Odd_Job

Gary Sobers

Djpekingman

Odd_Job One of the very very greats of the batting and twatting game. RIP Gaz.

Kevin_Stapleton

365 not out and Malcolm Nash.

A quality act. RIP.

CharlieG

Sir Garfield. RIP, mon.

CBIT

Kevin_Stapleton How do i still know Nash is the 6 6s

Kevin_Stapleton

CBIT Exactly. I was just repeating the stuff I still knew from when i was a kid. Fuck knows what happened last week but Sobers = 365* + 6x6.

In these days of WMD bats and T20 twatting, six sixes in an over is still a rarity. Doing it with the bats - and mindset - they had then is remarkable.

Kevin_Stapleton

Len Hutton 364, Halifax Mohammed 499.

CBIT

Kevin_Stapleton

Kevin_Stapleton Halifax Mohammed 499.

Fucking autocorrect 😆

HANIF, you AI meff.

zico

Odd_Job
I heard a really nice story on the radio about him once. A former nurse working in A&E said that when Sobers was playing local cricket, I think it was in Lancashire, a cricketer came in dressed with all the whites on and he had hurt his hand, playing cricket. Whilst treating him, she asked him if he was actually any good and he replied, "Yes, not bad".
Only later did she find out it was Garry Sobers.
RIP.

oneallanclarke

When I was a young kid it was Pele, Muhammed Ali and Gary Sobers who were the three undisputed greats of sport.Pele and Sobers had retired from their international teams but still the kings of their sports .

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