Dead Celebrity (Part 1)

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https://www.npr.org/2018/06/14/619881850/anne-donovan-a-basketball-legend-as-a-player-and-coach-dies-at-56

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Colour me very disappointed for the lack of orbituaries for Rumen Petkov.

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Ah ballsā€¦

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https://www.npr.org/2018/06/21/622160278/koko-the-gorilla-dies-redrew-the-lines-of-animal-human-communication?t=1529582255926&ref=hvper.com&utm_source=hvper.com&utm_medium=website

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oofā€¦

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Obit by Cory, story by Mark.

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I only know Basil Brush, because a clip from that showed up in a Doctor Who dvd!

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I have partied with Emily, sheā€™s lovely. Wasnā€™t at her place though so I have yet to meet Bagpuss and the rest.

There canā€™t be a British person around my age who isnā€™t a fan of at least one of Firminā€™s shows, Bagpuss and The Clangers being my favourites; that man was definitely a positive influence on the world.

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@Mindysan33, @Tamsin_Bailey
Iā€™ve just found the Clangers election special too.

I donā€™t know how accuratly this represents Oliver Postgateā€™s and Peter Firminā€™s political views, but Postgateā€™s grandfather was George Lansbury, leader of the Labour party and his uncle was Edgar Lansbury, who was the Communist Party of Great Britain mayor of Poplar (and father of Angela Lansbury).

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https://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2018/07/08/626906895/remembering-steve-ditko-forget-kirby-dots-lets-talk-ditko-sparkles

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