Another ‘backroom’ hero whose name was less widely known than his contribution merited.
His innovative research on Pulse Code Modulation supported the development of the computers and mobile phones we use today.
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I just found out Dave Evans died in May. The video is of him on the Old Grey Whistle Test. Magical fretboard and string wrangling.
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Oh no!
Wait, she was 70!
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Regardless, fuck cancer
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I just expected her to be the same age she was in night court, I guess…
But yeah, fuck cancer.
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Whereas I expected her to be seriously old, because she was “middle aged” when I was a kid.
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Me too, but she didn’t seem “middle aged” to me even then…
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Missed this last week:
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Again, not a celebrity and I had never heard of her, but - good grief! - I had no recollection of the specific IOC misogyny she fought being so recent.
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May be less known to USians but was almost a national treasure here.
From ‘Till Death Us Do Part’, through ‘Summer Holiday’, ‘Worzel Gummidge’ and much later ‘Sherlock’ - she was in so many things.
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Oh, she was fantastic in Sherlock.
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This is a year late, but I just learned of her death:
Her lyric in ‘home cookin’ is thought by some to be a bit old-fashioned and sexist, but my opinion is that if Annie Ross is singing it, it can’t be bad.
Here is a spectacular number filmed at the Playboy mansion:
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She also had a slightly bonkers film career.
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Oh no!!! No, no, no… God damn it.
RIP Nanci! 
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