Sorry to see the passing of old Tel. I always thought he seemed like a right decent guy. The Togs'll be in mourning today.
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Another legend in the entertainment world has gone from us. He leaves a huge legacy. RIP TW
Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
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I've never been a regular R2 listener but I did love his way with words and the flights of fancy - and he was so good at covering Eurovision, in fact the only reason for watching was his commentary!Comment
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Originally posted by Anna View Post
- the soundtrack to breakfast times when I was at secondary school age.
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He always seemed to be a genuinely kindly, genial man with a permanently witty take on everything, though I only associated him with the … Eurovision Song Contest.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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You take the very words out of my mouth - or rather, my late dad's, who used to watch every year (to my amazement) just to hear the ironic Wogan commentary, he said. I did try a few times but even that couldn't make me stick it. (When Wogan gave up the Eurovision job, so did my dad - "can't bear that horrid vulgar little new Irishman..."Originally posted by Anna View Post
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Nonetheless, sad about this news - he was a broadcasting giant and a gent.
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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His last radio show was on November 8th 2015Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750Comment
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He probably had to work harder to do things so effortlessly, but then maybe not. He was liked a lot by a lot of people for a long time. His absence will be forever there. RIP Terry.Comment
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post - the soundtrack to breakfast times when I was at secondary school age.
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The Grim Reaper has been busy so far in 2016 and we have only just got through January
Met Sir Terry once at the BBC, back in 1995, I think it was and saw him outside the Albert Hall at the Proms one year. He came across just the same in reality as he did over the airwaves."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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He was at his best during his first main stint on breakfast radio and on Eurovision.
Best wishes to his family.Last edited by Lat-Literal; 31-01-16, 13:30.Comment
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In my view he was quite simply the best - my son has just sent a clip round of him saying goodbye to his Breakfast audience - a tear came to the eye .......Comment
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Originally posted by Petrushka View PostThe Grim Reaper has been busy so far in 2016 and we have only just got through January
Frank Finlay gone today too
The 'social media' end of t'internet goes into a frenzy every time the name of someone of a certain age features in the current 'trends' - e.g. there were panics lately when Sirs David Attenborough and Michael Caine 'trended' ... and a massed virtual sigh of relief when it was realised it was merely because they'd appeared on the Graham Norton Show
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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A fine and genuinely individual radio voice.
I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.Comment
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People frequently made fun of him, but it always seemed to be with great affection.Comment
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