[TV] RIP Des O'Connor

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

Passed away aged 88 according to the BBC.

Stan Boardman and the Fokker joke that caused a bit of a stir back then,
https://youtu.be/-8Yf5B6GbYk
Morecambe and Wise with their own 'tributes' to Des,
https://youtu.be/lxnVfvWot3w

 

[Icy Gull]

Good run, RIP Des

 

[Is it PotG?]

Recording legend, monster of music history.

RIP

 

[vegster]

RIP Des, just hearing the stories come out on 5Live, sounds like he was a genuinely wonderful bloke. Sad loss.

 

[*Gullsworth*]

RIP Des

 

[WATFORD zero]

RIP Des, just hearing the stories come out on 5Live, sounds like he was a genuinely wonderful bloke. Sad loss.

This. It's good when people turn out as nice as they appear.

RIP

 

[Grassman]

He was an answer on Pop Master only last week, I thought to myself then, is he still alive? Ken Bruce was so nice about him that I realised yes he was still with us. But no longer. The butt of so many jokes in the 70s and 80s which he took with such grace, many other stars should have a taken a leaf out of his book.

 

[Superphil]

Sad news really, he was a consummate professional, made a lot of people laugh.

 

[Durlston]

I loved Des.

Take Your Pick was a great TV show and we christened a lad at school 'Des' as he looked exactly like him. One of life's good guys.

RIP Mr O'Connor. Always had a smile on his face.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Among a sea of prissy self-regarding tossers he was impossible to dislike and impossible to discredit.

 

[Questions]

I’d love to think Eric is waiting at the gates whispering to Saint Peter, ‘Only let him in if he promises not to sing’

 

[SeagullDubai]

Rip Des. Came across as a genuinely nice bloke. Can’t remember him ever making a joke at someone else’s expense.


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[dazzer6666]

Great entertainer and by all accounts a really nice bloke. RIP.

 

[doogie004]

Yet another from our growing up era RIP des and thanx


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[Motogull]

Surprisingly I warmed to Des over the years. I found him a bit 'safe' at first, but he had no problem taking it (no not that way) and he always had an uplifting way about him.

 

[Pavilionaire]

He could sing, dance, tell jokes, present, interview - the bloke had real talent, not many have such range. R.I.P Des.

 

[studio150]

A very long and successful career, and always seemed to be one of the good guys.

RIP

 

[crodonilson]

One of my brother's heroes. RIP Des

 

[Frutos]

He was an answer on Pop Master only last week, I thought to myself then, is he still alive? Ken Bruce was so nice about him that I realised yes he was still with us.

That was exactly where my mind went when I read the news.

RIP

 

[LamieRobertson]

I’d love to think Eric is waiting at the gates whispering to Saint Peter, ‘Only let him in if he promises not to sing’

Love it