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Farewell Andy Stewart, Farmer
Tory MP and hope-pretender
He afforded the working Nottingham miners more and more rope
and while there was work there was hope...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10383677/Andy-Stewart.htmlIgnorance 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 Edward Smith, Spitfire Pilot DFC
who flew from Gravesend to patrol the Dunkirk sea
After bailing out he was sent to get pilots ready for Italy
and did parachute training, dropping in tandem with his dog Sally...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10383675/Wing-Commander-Edward-Smith.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 Maxine Powell, Tamla Motown's Fairy Queen
she made gentlemen and taught ladies how to leave a limousine
She was etiquette instructor at the record label's Charm School
and brought Manners, Presence and Poise, and put the "O's" into Oh-So-Cool...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/maxine-powell-head-of-tamla-motowns-charm-school-8884889.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Sweet dreams Johannes Peter (Hans) Riegel, Mr. Haribo
whose efforts saw the family firm, from employing 30 to 6,000, grow
He may have seemed in later years more than a little bonkers
but he began a tradition of schoolchildren collecting conkers...
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/oct/17/hans-riegelIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Farewell Georgina Livingston, Landscape Architect
one of whose commissions was to improve a Dover cliff aspect
Although the English landscape and Church Architecture would she entrance
perhaps it was her appreciation of perspective that drew her to view such from France...
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/oct/17/georgina-livingstonIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Hello again
Jillian Lane
and how is
death's continuum
today...
Fair to Medium?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10389852/Jillian-Lane.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Happy Birthday Wolfgang Holzmair
who would have been 81 tomorrow
"Lord of the Lions", lion tamer
Farewell, more in contentment than in sorrow...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10389861/Wolfgang-Holzmair.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 Felix Dexter, comedian
all-black actor and Shakespearian
Pushed on by maternal hopes that he would work within the Law
but this whetted his taste for performance and the limelight proved the stronger draw...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/theatre-obituaries/10392225/Felix-Dexter.html
Story...
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/oct/19/felix-dexter-dies-aged-52
Testimonials from Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse...
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/oct/21/felix-dexterIgnorance 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 Frank Stone, Tail Gunner and non-escapee
who on his second sortie found himself in Stalag Luft III
As the war neared its end, he was sent on a 100 mile dysentery-fuelled 'stroll'
in retirement he gave talks on the escape, played golf and cricket and would the church bell toll..
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/frank-stone-tailgunner-who-helped-construct-the-tunnels-used-in-the-great-escape-8887490.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 (this time) Arthur Staggs, SOE Saboteur
his time growing up in France between the wars gave this danger allure
Questioned, searched, imprisoned, tortured and released, and counted dead
he lost touch with London, but worked on, destroying V1 launch sites and holding onto his head...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10385710/Arthur-Staggs.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 Jock Kane, a Spy -too long
harried over his concerns at GCHQ Hong Kong
A war-time RAF SO radio operator, in action in Italy and Greece
his usefulness was recognised, yet he found that there is no notice quite like a D-Notice...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/special-forces-obituaries/10392405/Jock-Kane.htmlIgnorance 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 Gordon Clegg, 'Beaufighter'
Wing Commander, DSO and tight-lipped blighter
Once the victim of friendly-fire when stationed at West Malling in Kent
Egypt, Crete, Greece, Calcutta, Burma and Siam he knew, but little is known about how his later life was spent...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/10394944/Wing-Commander-Gordon-Clegg.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 Charles Castle, Tap Dancer
Couturier, Documentary Maker and Star 'romancer'
He called Noël Coward friend, and with Joan Crawford, Vivien Leigh and Vera Lynn he had a bond
later, with two friends, he created a centre for "physical mediumship", where his friends await for news from beyond...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/dance-obituaries/10394947/Charles-Castle.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 Noel Harrison, much more but still, his father's son
and like his dad, he too an Oscar for a film song won
He was a David McCallum and a Lance Percival rolled-up into one
Acting, busking, rock-star support acting and small-holding, just some of what he'd done...
Full Obit...
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/22/noel-harrison
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10397417/Noel-Harrison.html
Windmills of Your Mind on TV...
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And again as a solo, with some conversation...
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His fan-site...
http://www.thewindmillsofyourmind.com/Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Jan Higgins
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Without even looking at his obituary the song, another of my favourites, was Windmills Of Your Mind from the Thomas Crown Affair which I always remember for Faye Dunaway's pristine look.
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Just for you Jan, with Steve McQueen...
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Thanks Tom, this is the version I had bookmarked.
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Thanks Jan.
Farewell Brian Hart, specialist tool creator
the world's violin repairers value his work highly, as does their music maker
He grew into a world without youth unemployment
he learned a trade that led to fame and a lifetime's enjoyment...
http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/oct/23/brian-hart-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 Tommy Whittle, Jazz sax-virtuoso
in the right place at the right time, he took to the jazz life with gusto
He pursued his career in music by chance after he was sent south
sent south to find a real job, another sad day for his native Grangemouth...
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/23/tommy-whittle
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10399901/Tommy-Whittle.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Adiós Mother Antonia ("Madre Antonia") Brenner, lay-nun and guiding light
a twice divorced mother of seven, business woman and Hollywood socialite
She was a motherless child in the depression, whose father made good selling carbon-paper etc.
taught always to care for the less fortunate, she devoted thirty years to the care and well-being to prisoners in La Mesa Tijuana...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10399707/Mother-Antonia-Brenner.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.