RIP Paul Daniels

[Frutos]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35829251

 

[wehatepalace]

You'll like this, not a lot, but you'll like it.

 

[Dave the OAP]

What a horrible year. As you get older, you almost think that people you grew up with stay the same as you remember them. From Bowie to Michelmore, paul Daniels, Frank Findlay .....

 

[glasfryn]

What a horrible year. As you get older, you almost think that people you grew up with stay the same as you remember them. From Bowie to Michelmore, paul Daniels, Frank Findlay .....

absolutely this
RIP Paul

 

[severnside gull]

(Reflecting Daniel's sense of showmanship and humour) - That's one box he won't magic himself out of!

 

[sully]

Weirdly, I thought I'd heard this news a few weeks ago. Was that an announcement that he was ill?

Edit. Just seen there was a thread a month ago saying he was terminally ill, perhaps I just mis-heard that at the time.

RIP Paul.

 

[Giraffe]

He was a true great. First magician to properly bring magic to the telly. A pioneer for wizards.

Poor Debbie

 

[Frutos]

Weirdly, I thought I'd heard this news a few weeks ago. Was that an announcement that he was ill?

Yep, he was diagnosed recently with an incurable brain tumour so it was sadly only a matter of time.

 

[Yoda]

That's NOT Magic.

 

[gregbrighton]

This is very sad. A nice bloke. May he RIP.

 

[BadFish]

RIP - I used to live just down the road from him. Was good mates with his nephew for a short time.

Met him when I was a kid once or twice (no jokes please), very nice fella

 

[Medwayseagull]

Yep, he was diagnosed recently with an incurable brain tumour so it was sadly only a matter of time.

It is only a matter of time for all of us - anyone else need cheering up while I am here ?

 

[Westdene Seagull]

You'll like this, not a lot, but you'll like it.

Along with "Just say yes Paul". Staple Saturday night family viewing in my house when I was a kid. RIP Paul.

 

[Trufflehound]

He was a true great. First magician to properly bring magic to the telly. A pioneer for wizards.

RIP Mr Daniels, but the first?

What about David Nixon? Or even Tommy Cooper?

 

[dazzer6666]

Very sad news, glad his obvious suffering didn't last too long. RIP.

 

[Giraffe]

RIP Mr Daniels, but the first?

What about David Nixon? Or even Tommy Cooper?

Okay but he was on mainstream television with some proper magic for 15 years. No one else had done that.

 

[alfredmizen]

I was lagging in a pub with some mates and saw Phil Daniels the actor in there (Jimmy from quadrophenia), I bowled over to him , went 'your Phil Daniels ' , he went yeah I am , I then turned round, gave a stupid drunken grin to my mates and loudly said ' show us some card tricks then ' ,to be fair he laughed, cool story I know.

 

[T soprano]

Yep, he was diagnosed recently with an incurable brain tumour so it was sadly only a matter of time.

Sounds exactly the same as my dad that sadly passed away in October, diagnosed in August with a rare brain tumour, doctors gave him 6 months but sadly 6 weeks later was taken from us

 

[cjd]

Sounds exactly the same as my dad that sadly passed away in October, diagnosed in August with a rare brain tumour, doctors gave him 6 months but sadly 6 weeks later was taken from us

Very sorry to see this. Met your dad briefly a couple of times at the Amex....lovely man.

PM sent.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

RIP Mr Daniels

he was very,very good at what he did

and sounds like a right character too