Very very sad, The Royle Family was a superb original piece of comic genius.
From reading her obit she struggled most her life with illness, still 52 is far too young…
Quite rightly praised for her big characters and sitcom creations (she did naturalistic before and so much better than Gervais – Mrs Merton & Malcolm series is a much underwater gem) but was brilliant at quick sketch character like this
2016 is proving to be a pretty horrible year all round (Wembley trips for the OP and me aside). My wife cried when she saw the news this afternoon.
It seems we have also lost Robin Hardy (director of The Wicker Man) and Michael Cimino (director of The Deer Hunter) over the past couple of days. And one that may have passed you by, Bud Spencer died last week at the grand old age of 86. Anyone who was a member of a video shop in the early 80s will remember his films with Terence Hill, not least the ‘Trinity’ films.
Gary says
The single greatest question in the history of celebrity interviews.
colrow26 says
Very very sad, The Royle Family was a superb original piece of comic genius.
From reading her obit she struggled most her life with illness, still 52 is far too young…
Bargepole says
Sad news indeed.
DogFacedBoy says
Quite rightly praised for her big characters and sitcom creations (she did naturalistic before and so much better than Gervais – Mrs Merton & Malcolm series is a much underwater gem) but was brilliant at quick sketch character like this
DogFacedBoy says
Underwater? Fuck you, no edit function
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DogFacedBoy says
Oh he deserves it with his non compliance to doing anything about his unreasonable behaviour.
Johnny Concheroo says
Brilliant.
Ace Of Base fell into that “in America, baby means boyfriend” trap too.
Black Celebration says
This is dreadful news.
Paul Wad says
2016 is proving to be a pretty horrible year all round (Wembley trips for the OP and me aside). My wife cried when she saw the news this afternoon.
It seems we have also lost Robin Hardy (director of The Wicker Man) and Michael Cimino (director of The Deer Hunter) over the past couple of days. And one that may have passed you by, Bud Spencer died last week at the grand old age of 86. Anyone who was a member of a video shop in the early 80s will remember his films with Terence Hill, not least the ‘Trinity’ films.
Archie Valparaiso says
Damn. Not a great year for funny Mancuniennes, is it?