[News] Margarita Pracatan RIP

[AmexRuislip]

https://news.sky.com/story/margarit...on-the-clive-james-show-dies-aged-89-12013918

Clive James resident singer Margarita Pracatan has passed away at the age of 89.
A great delight watching her in my yoof

 

[MattBackHome]

https://news.sky.com/story/margarit...on-the-clive-james-show-dies-aged-89-12013918

Clive James resident singer Margarita Pracatan has passed away at the age of 89.
A great delight watching her in my yoof

Used to love seeing Clive James in tears watching her

 

[hart's shirt]

Her reinventions of famous songs invariably brought a smile and frequently tears of laughter.

PRACATAN!!!

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

Blimey, not that long after Mr James.

 

[papajaff]

Just watching those clips has made me laugh along with the wonderful Margarita.

RIP lovely lady.

 

[Dr Q]

Brings back memories.
RIP Margarita.

I guess if she was singing as she was than but now and had a dead granny sob story, she be beasting X-Factor or Britains Got Talent.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Forgot all about her. She made me laugh. RIP.

 

[hart's shirt]

Elvis getting the Pracatan treatment with a very young Stephen Fry looking rather bemused.

 

[Live by the sea]

Fab singer with a great humour . RIP.

Clive James was one of the wittiest & clever talk show hosts ever to appear on TV . He was a massive loss to the media as was a few years ago the greatest holiday host ever , Alan whicker . They just don’t make them like these guys anymore .

No one remotely in their class or indeed intelligence.

 

[Boroseagull]

Oh those wonderful Sunday evenings watching the Clive James show......Margarita was always introduced with that CJ smile & laugh in his intro. Wonderful times.

 

[Norman Potting]

Mad as a box of frogs but a great laugh.

 

[marlowe]

A local auction house had a signed framed photo of Margarita Pracatan as one of their regular lots. It came up with regularity at nearly every sale for about 3 years running. It never did get a bid. Then the auction house eventually closed down. Not surprising really.

 

[marlowe]

I think the punctuation is wrong in her Wiki entry. It reads:

She was born in Santiago, Cuba. Her father was a union leader. She began to sing at home when she was three years old. Her family fled to the U.S. at the outbreak of communism. She worked in a store selling men's underwear while singing at night.

I think it's supposed to read:

She was born in Santiago, Cuba. Her father was a union leader. She began to sing at home when she was three years old. Her family fled to the U.S. At the outbreak of communism she worked in a store selling men's underwear while singing at night.

 

[melias shoes]

I used to love watching this woman. Had me laughing out loud. Clive James loved her tuneless 'singing'. RIP Margarita.

 

[vegster]

Used to love seeing Clive James in tears watching her

When poor old Clive James passed away, the BBC got out a lot of the old " Postcard From …." series and got it up on iplayer , it was delightful watching the dry, sweet yet acerbic observational wit of Clive James. I genuinely cried with laughter during " Postcard from Sydney " when Clive is being educated in the fine art of wine-tasting by a vineyard owner just outside Sydney..... he got the swill around the glass, a big deep breath from the wine glass, the swirl around the mouth but he couldn't bring himself to spit it out..... " Oh, sorry. I seemed to have swallowed again ? " Amazing telly.

 

[Lower West Stander]

Legend.

Everlasting Love was my favourite.

RIP - I loved watch8mg her on Sunday nights along with Endurance.


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[Sirnormangall]

How sad. Her interesting singing voice, rivalled only by Carmen Silvera in Allo Allo. I wonder if they ever sung a duet.