ChaoticMusings

I watch the classic Corries...the episodes that aired about 20 years ago.

It's sad how many well loved characters from that show are no longer with us.

Jack and Vera, Deirdre and Blanch, fit and well in the classics, now long gone.

Magica wrote:

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I liked him, I say I liked him 😊

Had a good innings at 86 though.

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 Yep, 86 is a good age...he was always overweight too...so all in all, like you say, a good innings.

 

We used to see him around sometimes, he drove a little open top, his mum was in a nursing home not far from here.

Magica wrote:

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Syl wrote:

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Magica wrote:

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I liked him, I say I liked him 😊

Had a good innings at 86 though.

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 Yep, 86 is a good age...he was always overweight too...so all in all, like you say, a good innings.

 

We used to see him around sometimes, he drove a little open top, his mum was in a nursing home not far from here.

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 Aww I bet he was nice in real life, just think he would be.

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 He was stabbed by a young lad he tried to pick up in Canal Street a while back.  Although I believe he was married to a woman.

SF wrote:

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 He was stabbed by a young lad he tried to pick up in Canal Street a while back.  Although I believe he was married to a woman.

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I am guessing people liked the character he played rather than the real life actor himself - in which one generally is clueless about - unless one knows them personally.   

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Magica wrote:

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Syl wrote:

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Magica wrote:

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I liked him, I say I liked him 😊

Had a good innings at 86 though.

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 Yep, 86 is a good age...he was always overweight too...so all in all, like you say, a good innings.

 

We used to see him around sometimes, he drove a little open top, his mum was in a nursing home not far from here.

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 Aww I bet he was nice in real life, just think he would be.

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 He had a nice, kind face.

I have never been a huge fan of Coro, but i did watch it ever so often, so i do remember him.

It's sad, but 86 isn't a bad age, lets hope we all make it that far.

 

Does anyone here watch Emmerdale?

That's my go to soap on occasions

The actor who used to play Zak (Steve Halliwell)  the patriarch of the Dingle family, has also died in December at the age of 77, yet they're keeping him alive atm, by saying he can't attend family functions because he injured his foot.

 

 

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 I don't know the actor, but he also has a nice friendly face.

 

I think, with long-running soaps like Corrie, Emmerdale, Eastenders etc, we get so used to seeing these actors on our TV's, often for decades, it does come as a shock when we suddenly hear they have died.

Their personal lives have little to do with how we see them, they ARE the characters they play, which is why, when so many leave, the majority don't go on to bigger and better things. They have been typecast, and it's a real career killer. 

 

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 He actually was in Corrie too before 1994, according to Wikipedia.

Yes you're right, he does have a kind grandpa face, and he was a good actor.

I also watch Eastenders sometimes, I like watching it while I make dinner

It's sad when characters you watched for years die.

Like Peggy Mitchel ( Barbara Windsor) Dot Cotton (June Brown) Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richards) Frank Butcher (Mike Reid) Dan Watts ( Leslie Grantham) Angie Watts (Anita Dobson) and a few more.

 

 

 

 

Magica wrote:

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Anita Dobson's still very.much alive.

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Indeed she is. Poor Anita will be shocked to learn she's dead!

Magica wrote:

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I liked him, I say I liked him 😊

Had a good innings at 86 though.

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 A good friend of mine had an 'experience' with this guy many years ago.   He was delivering furniture when he was in his teens and 'Fred' opened the door wearing only a dressing gown.  Upstairs he let the dressing gape and exposed himself to my friend.  He said it was  horrible and he was really scared, couldn't wait to get out of the house.  Dirty old pig.

-- Edited by Digger on Sunday 25th of February 2024 02:10:56 PM