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Fred Finisterre  
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 More options 29 Aug, 19:57
Newsgroups: uk.media.tv.misc
From: "Fred Finisterre" <finiste...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:57:16 +0100
Local: Fri 29 Aug 2008 19:57
Subject: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
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aquachimp  
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 More options 29 Aug, 20:01
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From: aquachimp <aquach...@aquachimp.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:01:15 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Fri 29 Aug 2008 20:01
Subject: Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
On Aug 29, 8:57 pm, "Fred Finisterre" <finiste...@gmail.com> wrote:

I heard a snippet of this in this evening BBC news. He was trying to
catch a taxi or something?
Maybe I got it wrong.

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NSEW  
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 More options 29 Aug, 20:24
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From: "NSEW" <nos...@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:24:44 +0100
Local: Fri 29 Aug 2008 20:24
Subject: Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP

"aquachimp" <aquach...@aquachimp.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message

news:59c939e0-eb04-40be-893d-f8851419dab6@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
On Aug 29, 8:57 pm, "Fred Finisterre" <finiste...@gmail.com> wrote:

I heard a snippet of this in this evening BBC news. He was trying to
catch a taxi or something?
Maybe I got it wrong.

From what onlookers have said he seemed to have some kind of dizzy spell,
staggered somewhat, and fell into the road in front of a van.


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Ed  
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 More options 29 Aug, 20:27
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From: Ed <Edward.A.Bow...@googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:27:21 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Fri 29 Aug 2008 20:27
Subject: Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
On 29 Aug, 20:24, "NSEW" <nos...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> "aquachimp" <aquach...@aquachimp.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message

> news:59c939e0-eb04-40be-893d-f8851419dab6@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 29, 8:57 pm, "Fred Finisterre" <finiste...@gmail.com> wrote:

> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm

> > Fred.

> I heard a snippet of this in this evening BBC news. He was trying to
> catch a taxi or something?
> Maybe I got it wrong.

> From what onlookers have said he seemed to have some kind of dizzy spell,
> staggered somewhat, and fell into the road in front of a van.

Perhaps someone will dust off some episodes of Chelmsford 123, one of
Hat trick's best ever shows

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GS  
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 More options 29 Aug, 20:43
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From: "GS" <n...@spam.comm>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:43:08 +0100
Local: Fri 29 Aug 2008 20:43
Subject: Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP

"Fred Finisterre" <finiste...@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:S-adncjvjbgX2yXVnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@giganews.com...

:-(

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Ayatollah of rock 'n' roller  
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 More options 29 Aug, 21:05
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From: "Ayatollah of rock 'n' roller" <this...@lse.co.ck>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:05:22 +0100
Local: Fri 29 Aug 2008 21:05
Subject: Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP

"GS" <n...@spam.comm> wrote in message news:g99jg6$sd7$1@aioe.org...

> "Fred Finisterre" <finiste...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:S-adncjvjbgX2yXVnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm

Man it's always the good ones isn't it? Why can't things like this happen to
nasty people like Trevor Phillips or Ken Livingstone?

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Sam Nelson  
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 More options 29 Aug, 21:19
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From: Sam Nelson <s...@ssrl.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:19:45 +0100
Local: Fri 29 Aug 2008 21:19
Subject: Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
In article <S-adncjvjbgX2yXVnZ2dnUVZ8vqdn...@giganews.com>,
finiste...@gmail.com says...

Oh, bugger.
--
SAm.

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Poldie  
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 More options 29 Aug, 21:22
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From: Poldie <_.@._>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:22:53 +0100
Local: Fri 29 Aug 2008 21:22
Subject: Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP

GS wrote:
> "Fred Finisterre" <finiste...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:S-adncjvjbgX2yXVnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm

> :-(

O_o

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Ian F.  
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 More options 29 Aug, 22:04
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From: "Ian F." <wowfabgro...@googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:04:15 +0100
Local: Fri 29 Aug 2008 22:04
Subject: Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP

"Fred Finisterre" <finiste...@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:S-adncjvjbgX2yXVnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@giganews.com...

This is sad, sad news, as others have said before me. This was a wonderfully
talented man. His passing is a huge blow to comedy.

RIP Geoff...:-(

Ian


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Dom Robinson  
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 More options 29 Aug, 22:57
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From: Dom Robinson <useaddres...@sig.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:57:32 +0100
Local: Fri 29 Aug 2008 22:57
Subject: Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
In article <S-adncjvjbgX2yXVnZ2dnUVZ8vqdn...@giganews.com>,
finiste...@gmail.com says...
Whoops, missed the thread. It was (ahem) buried halfway down the page.
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Dom Robinson  
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 More options 29 Aug, 22:58
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From: Dom Robinson <useaddres...@sig.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:58:03 +0100
Local: Fri 29 Aug 2008 22:58
Subject: Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
In article <8EYtk.39971$OR5.38...@newsfe20.ams2>, this...@lse.co.ck says...

> "GS" <n...@spam.comm> wrote in message news:g99jg6$sd7$1@aioe.org...

> > "Fred Finisterre" <finiste...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:S-adncjvjbgX2yXVnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@giganews.com...
> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm

> Man it's always the good ones isn't it? Why can't things like this happen to
> nasty people like Trevor Phillips or Ken Livingstone?

Or Peter Twatchell.
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Calum  
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 More options 29 Aug, 23:12
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From: Calum <com.gm...@scottishwildcat.nospam>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:12:35 +0100
Local: Fri 29 Aug 2008 23:12
Subject: Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP

:(  I still listen to episodes of Radio Active most nights to help me
drift off to sleep... (which isn't a reflection on the quality of the
writing!)

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Dom Robinson  
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 More options 29 Aug, 23:49
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From: Dom Robinson <pickp...@googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:49:07 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Fri 29 Aug 2008 23:49
Subject: Re: Geoffrey Perkins RIP
On 29 Aug, 23:12, Calum <com.gm...@scottishwildcat.nospam> wrote:

> Fred Finisterre wrote:
> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7589102.stm

> :(  I still listen to episodes of Radio Active most nights to help me
> drift off to sleep... (which isn't a reflection on the quality of the
> writing!)

Presumably not with the episode that begins with the end of a previous
announcement,

"...and hold the pillow over the face until dead.... Next on Radio 4,
it's KYTV..."