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Farewell David Lewis Jacobs, television and radio presenter
from odd job boy to Forces Broadcasting Service announcer
he handled much personal tragedy with pluck
his philosophy being, "Count up your good luck."...
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/sep/03/david-jacobs
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10283003/David-Jacobs.html
P.S.
In the Telegraph Obit, the Juke Box Jury 'Hit' bell is described as 'sforzando'...
"Definition: Sforzando (sfz) is an indication to make a strong, sudden accent on a note or chord. Sforzando means subito forzando (fz), "suddenly with force.""
http://piano.about.com/od/termsrelatingtodynamics/g/GL_sfz.htm
The Guardian Obit says it like it was, a hotel reception bell, for such it was.
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Big John was a close friend of my father in the 50s and 60s. They flew both Canberras and Valiants together. When the Valiants were grounded, my father went onto Vulcans and John to Victors.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
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Thank you Peter, that makes this whole thing worth while.
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He had a very deep, booming voice. The only thing I really remember of him personally is being a bit frightened of him.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
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Farewell Professor Ronald Coase
of whom we have each had a large dose
he bested Milton Friedman, a technical knock-out
and developed the idea of shuffling carbon about...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/10284602/Professor-Ronald-Coase.html
Some of his theories are expanded on here...
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/sep/04/ronald-coaseIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Chocks away Kenneth Horatio Wallis, Wing Commander 'crasher'
'one-eyed' bomber pilot and Autogyro record smasher
his interests ranging from searching for Nessie and Lucan, were eclectic
he was Sean Connery's double in You Only Live Twice, and he 'pre-invented' Scalextric...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10286869/Wing-Commander-Kenneth-Wallis.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Auf Widershen Rochus Misch, an 'Igor' to a very different kind of mad-scientist
for five years he was Hitler's bodyguard and in the last days, bunker telephonist
Orphaned by WWI, he joined the SS, though he is described as "none-too-bright"
it just goes to show how very-very wrong one can be when one is so-very-very Right...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10291325/Rochus-Misch.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Farewell Geoffrey Goodman, Journalist
Mosquito pilot, assistant editor, practising socialist
Lucid, erudite Industrial Relations definer
Implacable safe-seat and peerage decliner...
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/sep/06/geoffrey-goodmanIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Toodle-oo Marian Brudenell, Stately-Pile-Chatelaine
her hubby's house passed out from him, then came back again
unstinting and unbending her priorities were mete
she found and flogged a copy of Magna Carta to pad her country seat...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10292398/Marian-Brudenell.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Farewell Terry Burton, Activist and trier
a small voice in a murmuring political choir
in helping others he answered many bells
it gave the world good men did Tunbridge Wells...
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/sep/08/terry-burton-obituaryIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Farewell Lord (Bernard John) Hayhoe, Old-School Tory
pro-NHS, and about the Poll Tax he felt ashamed and sorry
A Heathite, it was with his support for Heseltine where he made his dent
he may have been the last Politician to call a Policy 'relevant'...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/10297249/Lord-Hayhoe.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Farewell Colonel Ted Loden, former Para Commander
through Bahrain, Aden and Tel Aviv he did wander
it was his troops that fired on the crowd that Bloody Sunday
he was shot and killed during an opportunistic burglary...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10297247/Colonel-Ted-Loden.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Ciao Daniele Seccarecci, man of meat
all lives are short, when measured in 'Feat'
he, a lesson to all, to all who wish for more and yet more
no matter how hard done by you feel, be careful what you wish for...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10297218/Daniele-Seccarecci.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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R.I.P. Mr. Vincent Canzani, a stranger
to most of the world, to me, and to his killer, a stranger
from a bad day there is escape, but rarely happiness
yet there may be a resurrection of sorts, for those willing to confess...
The after-tale...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/10969572
The killer, in his own words...
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[This a stark and straightforward anti drinking & driving message.]
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Farewell Brian Sollitt, choclatier
he had a rather good year, the year before "sexual intercourse began"*, (that being 1963)
his lifetime spent on subtle taste and tone and on yet more subtle hints
the crowning glory of his craft being After Eight 'waafer-thin' mints...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10305680/Brian-Sollitt.html
* Philip Larkin...
http://www.wussu.com/poems/plam.htm
I could not locate the TV Ad with the French chap.
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Farewell Barbarella Catton (Haji), actress
no simple shrinking violet, no maiden in dis-dress
as the epitome of Ultravixen she was on screen to excite and thrill
ah...who can forget, 'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/haji-russ-meyer-stalwart-best-known-for-her-starring-role-in-faster-pussycat-kill-kill-8812877.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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A 'hushed' farewell to Ray Dolby, 'button' inventor
frustrated mechanic, and a sound engineer
he was never a one to father fools
so took his company to the US, over his dislike of English Boarding Schools...
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/13/ray-dolby-dies-80-inventor
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/10307407/Ray-Dolby.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Farewell Joan Regan, Performer of Variety
she had much success singing with Russ Conway
At the London Palladium she shared the stage with big names and big-bands
and later as a 'Forces Sweetheart' drew crowds of life-long fans...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/10308384/Joan-Regan.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Farewell Mabel Pakenham-Walsh, woodcarver
draughtswoman and disability campaigner
something to please 'Top Gear' her jewellery was made from a cut-up caravan
and for Elizabeth Taylor, she carved Cleopatra's divan...
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/sep/15/mabel-pakenham-walsh-obituaryIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
