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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59195024
Just Dead Celebrity Express Thread !
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Edward Shames
Who?
Edward Shames, a World War II veteran who was the last surviving officer of “Easy Company,” which inspired the HBO miniseries and book “Band of Brothers,” has died. He was 99.
“He made his first combat jump into Normandy on D-Day as part of Operation Overlord. He volunteered for Operation Pegasus and then fought with Easy Company in Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne,” according to the obituary.
Shames was the first member of the 101st to enter Dachau concentration camp, just days after its liberation.
“When Germany surrendered, Ed and his men of Easy Company entered Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest where Ed managed to acquire a few bottles of cognac, a label indicating they were ‘for the Fuhrer’s use only.’ Later, he would use the cognac to toast his oldest son’s Bar Mitzvah,” the obituary said.
Edward Shames
Who?
Edward Shames, a World War II veteran who was the last surviving officer of “Easy Company,” which inspired the HBO miniseries and book “Band of Brothers,” has died. He was 99.
“He made his first combat jump into Normandy on D-Day as part of Operation Overlord. He volunteered for Operation Pegasus and then fought with Easy Company in Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne,” according to the obituary.
Shames was the first member of the 101st to enter Dachau concentration camp, just days after its liberation.
“When Germany surrendered, Ed and his men of Easy Company entered Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest where Ed managed to acquire a few bottles of cognac, a label indicating they were ‘for the Fuhrer’s use only.’ Later, he would use the cognac to toast his oldest son’s Bar Mitzvah,” the obituary said.
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Sly and Robbie - the godfathers of Reggae
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Hmmm, I wonder...Yorick wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 1:34 pm I wondered where the name came from
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59592187
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Eh?Taipan wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 10:37 pmHmmm, I wonder...Yorick wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 1:34 pm I wondered where the name came from
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59592187
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Blundering about trying not to make too much of a hash of things.
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Hazel Chapman, wife of Colin Chapman, one half of the Lotus brand.
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Loved Jethro!This train don't stop Camborne Wednesdays!
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Had to google who he was and even then i dont remember ever seeing him. Was he more clubs than TV?
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Proved you could be funny without bad language.
I wuz just making luv to moi woife
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Had a fair crack at tv shows, although it was back in the 80s really. Was on Des O'Connor, Jim Davidson, Royal Variety Performance etc. Seemed to fade from mainstream TV but still toured for some time I believe?Felix wrote: Wed Dec 15, 2021 11:30 pm Had to google who he was and even then i dont remember ever seeing him. Was he more clubs than TV?
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Very gentle, slow paced, but well observed, self-deprecating humour. Was never a fan, but when he was on telly he was funny. I think he was just out of fashion in the 80's and 90's when stand up went a bit madcap. Bit like Bob Monkhouse who was a genius of stand up, but never really recognised as such as he admittedly took the easy money for fronting game shows having slogged it out in the working men's clubs early on.
Remember Anne Diamond!