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unclebuck
Joined: 19 Apr 2010 Posts: 278 Location: Warwickshire
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 12:58 pm Post subject: Alvin Stardust died today |
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Another victim of prostate cancer
RIP |
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ruddlescat
Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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Really sad to hear this news
By all accounts he was a really nice man towards all who met him and one has to admire him for reinventing himself in the seventies following his Shane Fenton days
I know from long experience of doing music gigs that you can almost guarantee to get the audience happy and dancing by playing an Alvin Stardust track whatever the situation - Red Dress being my personal favourite of his
So farewell Bernard/Shane/Alvin -yet another victim of a disease amongst men which still does not receive the attention publicity and funding which it deserves compared to equivalent ones affecting females _________________ Are you ready for a Ruddles? |
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19374 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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Sad news. RIP
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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mark occomore
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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He even appeared in the road safety campaign. I gather he made a last appearance on stage last Saturday 18th Oct 14.
RIP. |
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Angela W
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 7224 Location: North Yorkshire
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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Sad news indeed. R.I.P.
I remember watching him in the Grimleys where his sideburns grew bigger each week.
Sadly, Radio 4's The Last Word is going to be a very full programme tomorow. _________________ Pirate Johnnie Walker played my request on 11 April 2009 |
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becky sharp
Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6847
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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I was shocked to hear of Alvin's death this morning,more so,coming close on the heels of the death of Lynda Bellingham.
From all accounts two really nice people.
R.I.P.
( I never really understood why Bernard changed his showbiz name...it was difficult to think of him as Alvin after knowing him for years as Shane.) |
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John W
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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mark occomore wrote: | He even appeared in the road safety campaign. I gather he made a last appearance on stage last Saturday 18th Oct 14.
RIP. |
Yes there's a photo from the gig over at the SOTS Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/131514510273188/ _________________ -
John W |
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