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Farewell Pat Guerin, activist
in his native Ireland he's already missed
over the treatment of refugees, he made much fuss
and tweaked Ahern about his plea for illegal Irish immigrants to be amnestied in the US...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2013/jul/28/pat-guerin-obituary
[N.B. There's a little more on JJ Cale over on page 7.]
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Farewell Mick Farren, doorman, editor, journalist, rock star, rabble rouser, critic and commentator, charlatan, jester, impresario, gunslinging cross-dresser, icon, author, songwriter, poet
and as a journalist, whether he merited lots of attention, he's certainly got it
a long lived, hard-partying rock'n'roller-coaster
he fought to engage with the common rock-concert goer...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jul/29/mick-farrenIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Farewell Elaine Morgan, screenwriter and enthusiastic amateur anthropologist
there was news for mankind with her words on the aquatic ape - history twist
she poked the caveman in the eye with her Decent of Woman
pushed on by an American Policeman...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jul/29/elaine-morganIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Farewell Juanita Virginia Sistare Carberry, famous keeper of a secret
born into Kenya's Happy Valley set
at 17 in '43 she joined joined the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, FANY
late in life she lived in a former council flat in Chelsea...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10209917/Juanita-Carberry.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! Squadron Leader Peter Tunstall, Goon Baiter, (Master Spy)
as a schoolboy he shot and sold rabbits so that he could learn to fly
alas, remembered as more of a James Robertson Justice character, rather than the more true fighter that knew no fear
At Colditz it was he that was acquitted of a charge by the subject of a previous Obituary here...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10209913/Squadron-Leader-Peter-Tunstall.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 Gary Shearston, the Aussie Dylan
he wrote the Peter, Paul and Mary hit, Sometime Lovin'
a sometime anti-Vietnam and pro-Aboriginal activist
America refused him a work permit on account of it...
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jul/30/gary-shearston
Eight tracks...
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Chocks away! For Squadron Leader Tony Gaze
his clear hunger for Derring-Do and his thirst for speed, leaves the reader in a daze
he flew Spitfires - various, and Meteors too, and was awarded Three DFCs
feats of valour, fit for 'Paragon Shoes'...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10214903/Squadron-Leader-Tony-Gaze.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Toodle-pip David Spenser, Radio's Just William
born in Ceylon as David De Saram
later rather typecast in any Raj-set drama
earned due praise for his dramatisation of The Forsyte Chronicles, a radio saga
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/aug/01/david-spenserIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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And now it's time to say fareweel, to Terry Conway, balladeer
a simple soul by all accounts, at all times full of cheer
a Northumberland road-mender
and affable ear-lender...
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/01/terry-conway
Bonny Tyneside...
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More on the man...
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Farewell Pauline Swatridge, a misunderstood, misunderstanding
as Flare is to Candle, brighter but less lasting
all of life is lived, full sixty times a minute
and even the broadest scope has limit...
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/aug/01/pauline-swatridgeIgnorance 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, Lt Gen Baron Mike Donnet
Daring escape, dog-fighting, you mention it, he done-it
He flew an old by-plane here from Belgium, with a friend in tow
He survived the hot-war and planned for the cold-war in NATO
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/10221774/Lt-Gen-Baron-Mike-Donnet.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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The Jolly Rodger flies half-mast for John Forster Woodward, Admiral Sandy
in the right place at the right time, in the North Atlantic, handy
he had been in the Navy since he was thirteen
it it wasn't for the Falklands, who knows what might have been...
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/05/admiral-sandy-woodwardIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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A Gritty, spitty, bang-bang! Farewell to Werner Lang
Designer of the Trabant, long may his praises be sang
His career interrupted by WWII and the Wehrmacht
he deserted and joined Partisans fighting Italian fascists...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10226437/Werner-Lang.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 George Duke, composer and musician
a keyboard tickler, a tune tactician
R&B, Soul, Jazz Fusion and Jazz Funk
to a whole list of Artists he gave the ol' Slam-Dunk...
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/07/george-dukeIgnorance 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, Flight Lieutenant Tony Snell
Spitfire pilot, escapee; DSO, many stories he could tell
born in Tonbridge Wells, he had a taste for fun
singer, songwriter, a one-man-show, his a Robinson Crusoe life in the Sun...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10228970/Flight-Lieutenant-Tony-Snell.html
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/21/tony-snell-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 John King, Bridge player, imbiber and horseman
From Gas-Board, to the MOD via the Chindits of the Burma Campaign
found fame when the Navy Grog ration left the crews dry in the water
he was well regarded and is fondly remembered by his daughter...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/08/john-king
This 'other lives' obituary begins...
"My father, John King, who has died aged 90, should have had the starring role in a film about his life. It was so exciting and varied and he was so clever and witty. He could even have written the script. His talent in that direction had made him a favourite speechwriter at the Foreign Office in the 1960s..."
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Farewell Betty Maxwell, wife, woman and mother
a spirit a husband could stifle but could not smother
she had nine children and is survived by seven
in the afterlife she hopes to be free of him, and find Heaven...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10231630/Betty-Maxwell.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 Sir Ian Sinclair, international-law yer
a formidable he to that formidable her
an intellect honed on Suez, The Falklands and UK entry to the EU
the fields of battle;the Plane and the Desk, he well knew
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10231633/Sir-Ian-Sinclair.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
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Dead again, Senji Yamaguchi, an
hibakusha
an emblem of a dark-age, a child, twice born, of Nagasaki
his destiny burned into his flesh, and written in the skies
a living, breathing bridge between the knowing and the wise...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10231657/Senji-Yamaguchi.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 Rona Anderson
actress and Mrs. Gordon Jackson
A British B-movie starlet and small screen glamour
often cast as help-mate to her sleuthing amour...
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/aug/09/rona-andersonIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.