Rest In Peace, show your respects to those who have passed away.

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• Thunderfinger Das Boot Hill

  January 2015 Posts: 45,489

  Bernard Lee was the best M, period.
• Thunderpussy My Secret Lair

  January 2015 Posts: 13,384

  He could roll his eyes, like no one else. :)
• Thunderfinger Das Boot Hill

  January 2015 Posts: 45,489

  DrGorner wrote: »

  He could roll his eyes, like no one else. :)

  Except the mods here, when reading certain threads. Not this one of course.
  
• Gerard

  January 2015 Posts: 5,833

  Ludovico wrote: »

  Francesco Rosi, who directed the amazing Carmen.
  
  

  
  Also one of the inventors of "Docudramas", with "Il Caso Mattei", "Salvatore Giuliano", "Lucky Luciano". A great director.
  
  The Paris shootings have overshadowed some important french deaths as well. In the last few weeks, we lost :
  
  Journalist and interviewer Jacques Chancel ( fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Chancel ), one of the great ones of french radio and television.
  
  Musician Framboisier, member of Dorothée's backing band "Les Musclés" (and as such, starring in the sitcoms "Salut les Musclés" and "La Croisière Fol'Amour", way back in the 90s) ( fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chamboisier
  
  And one of Jackie Stewart's big rivals in formula one racing in the 70s, Jean-Pierre Beltoise ( fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Beltoise
  
  
• Ludovico

  January 2015 Posts: 14,856

  DrGorner wrote: »

  Also, Today would have been the birthday to the great Bernard Lee.

  
  Do we have a thread about him exclusively?
• Ludovico

  January 2015 Posts: 14,856

  Gerard wrote: »

  Ludovico wrote: »

  Francesco Rosi, who directed the amazing Carmen.
  
  

  
  Also one of the inventors of "Docudramas", with "Il Caso Mattei", "Salvatore Giuliano", "Lucky Luciano". A great director.
  
  The Paris shootings have overshadowed some important french deaths as well. In the last few weeks, we lost :
  
  Journalist and interviewer Jacques Chancel ( fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Chancel ), one of the great ones of french radio and television.
  
  Musician Framboisier, member of Dorothée's backing band "Les Musclés" (and as such, starring in the sitcoms "Salut les Musclés" and "La Croisière Fol'Amour", way back in the 90s) ( fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chamboisier
  
  And one of Jackie Stewart's big rivals in formula one racing in the 70s, Jean-Pierre Beltoise ( fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Beltoise
  

  
  Rosi directed far more films, I want to see his take on crime fiction.
• Gerard

  January 2015 Posts: 5,833

  Just heard of the death of Anita Ekberg. To tell you the truth, I didn't know she was still alive.
  
  jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-331249-l-actrice-italienne-anita-ekberg-heroine-de-la-dolce-vita-est-morte-a-l-age-de-83-ans.html
• Thunderpussy My Secret Lair

  January 2015 Posts: 13,384

  Sad to hear, RIP Anita Ekberg
• Mrcoggins Following in the footsteps of Quentin Quigley.

  January 2015 Posts: 3,144

  RIP Anita she should of kept her mouth shut Ekberg it's a refferance to her poster in FRWL.
• Gerard

  January 2015 Posts: 5,833

  She had quite a few connections with the Bond world, indeed. Including marrying one of the Leiters.
• SaintMark

  January 2015 Posts: 7,653

  
  
  Rest in peace Anita Ekberg
• Dragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com

  January 2015 Posts: 17,852

  Sad to hear of the death of the beautiful Anita Ekberg.
• Mrcoggins Following in the footsteps of Quentin Quigley.

  January 2015 edited January 2015 Posts: 3,144

  RIP Mr Brian Clemens. OBE. scriptwriter and the man that brought you The Avengers theNew Avengers and The Professionals passed away last saturday at the age of 83 he made some of the best TV of my childhood .
• Dragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com

  January 2015 Posts: 17,852

  Mrcoggins wrote: »

  RIP Mr Brian Clemens scriptwriter and the man that brought you The Avengers theNew Avengers and The Professionals passed away last saturday at the age of 83 he made some of the best TV of my childhood .

  
  Indeed, sad to hear the news of his death.
• patb

  January 2015 Posts: 4,602

  The Avengers: clearly THE best recruiting ground for Bond girls. JL would have made a fantastic proper Bond girl IMHO,
  RIP Mr Clemens and thanks for the memories,
  off to buy an XJS
• Campbell2 Epsilon Rho Rho house, Bending State University

  January 2015 Posts: 299

  :( Brian Clemens helped shape so many classics. A big loss.
• Mrcoggins Following in the footsteps of Quentin Quigley.

  January 2015 Posts: 3,144

  I used to have a XJS a long time ago now happy but expensive days.
• Thunderpussy My Secret Lair

  January 2015 Posts: 13,384

  Sad news, I loved The Avengers and The Professionals.
• BAIN123

  January 2015 Posts: 11,189

  I think he also wrote a few episodes of Remmington Steele too.
  
  I always find it strange that Bond is connected to so many other things.
• Dragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com

  January 2015 Posts: 17,852

  BAIN123 wrote: »

  I think he also wrote a few episodes of Remmington Steele too.
  
  I always find it strange that Bond is connected to so many other things.

  
  Indeed, and that's of course part of the fun of studying it all. :)
• Gerard

  January 2015 Posts: 5,833

  I've just heard that :
  
  jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-331283-le-scenariste-de-chapeau-melon-et-bottes-de-cuir-brian-clemens-est-decede-a-l-age-de-83-ans.html
  
  One of the true legends of British television.
• 4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars

  January 2015 Posts: 12,459

  Yes just his career.
• Benny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator

  January 2015 Posts: 14,896

  Removed several posts from this thread.
  @MartinAston consider yourself on thin ice my friend. Posting false information in this thread is very disrespectful.
• Gerard

  January 2015 Posts: 5,833

  Robot designer Robert Kinoshita passed away in December, aged 100. His two most famous creations were Robbie, the robot from "Forbidden Planet", and the Robot from "Lost in Space".
  
  rafu.com/2015/01/kinoshita-100-designer-of-robots/
• Gerard

  January 2015 Posts: 5,833

  Just learned of the death of Greek singer Demis Roussos (a founding member of Aphrodite's Child before launching a successful solo career), at 69. Another part of my youth that has gone away :
  
  jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-331953-la-fille-de-demis-roussos-confirme-la-mort-du-chanteur-a-l-age-de-69-ans-dans-la-nuit-de-samedi-a-dimanche.html
• Mrcoggins Following in the footsteps of Quentin Quigley.

  January 2015 Posts: 3,144

  For ever and ever or not it would appear sad to hear of his loss goodbuy to the singing tent as Terry Wogan used to call him RIP.
• Gerard

  February 2015 Posts: 5,833

  Goodbye, Miss Marple.
  
  jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-332219-geraldine-mcewan-miss-marple-dans-la-serie-britannique-est-decedee-ce-week-end-suite-a-accident-vasculaire-cerebral.html
• Gerard

  February 2015 Posts: 5,833

  A part of my teenage years has just left us. Actress Corinne Le Poulain, famous here for her part in the TV series "Sam & Sally" has died this night from cancer at 66 years old.
  
  jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-332619-la-comedienne-corinne-le-poulain-figure-du-theatre-et-de-la-tele-est-decedee-a-66-ans-d-un-cancer-foudroyant.html
  
  
• Gerard

  February 2015 Posts: 5,833

  And it goes on : French actor Roger Hanin died today aged 89 :
  
  jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-332659-l-acteur-roger-hanin-beau-frere-de-francois-mitterrand-et-interprete-de-navarro-est-decede-a-l-age-de-89-ans.html
  
  Here, he was known for quite a few things. Most notably, as the brother-in-law of former president François Mitterrand, but also as the eponymous hero of the crime TV series "Navarro". But his career has been long and varied.
  
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Hanin
• Benny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator

  February 2015 Posts: 14,896

  I've just learned of the very sad passing of Louis Jourdan.
  http://variety.com/2015/film/news/louis-jourdan-star-of-octopussy-gigi-dies-at-93-1201434557/
  
  One of the best Bond villains of the series. It was in no small part my love of Bond (and Octopussy) came from the villainous turn of Jourdan.
  A truly memorable role that he created in Kamal Khan.
  
  RIP Mr.Jourdan, and thank you for starring in such a great Bond movie.