BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / When a beloved celebrity dies

**Posted by Harriet** February 21, 2016 9:44 pm

Yitzock, we are

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foucault_pendulum

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**Posted by Yitzock** February 21, 2016 9:50 pm

Ah, OK. Thank you, Harriet.
I do know about how the pendulum was used to prove that the earth rotated, but I didn't know the name attached to it.

**Posted by nakahara** February 21, 2016 10:10 pm

ukaunz wrote:
Authors Harper Lee and Umberto Eco have both passed away in the last few days
To Kill a Mockingbird and The Name of the Rose are two great books I read in my formative years.

Eco is dead? Nooooo....!

**Posted by nakahara** February 21, 2016 10:12 pm

Such a brilliant mind! I can´t believe it...

**Posted by besleybean** February 22, 2016 6:36 am

Now I REALLY want to read Foucault's Pendulum!

**Posted by gently69** February 22, 2016 7:47 am

Oh, I missed that. Really sad.

**Posted by Davina** February 22, 2016 11:42 pm

Both really sad. The Name of the Rose is a stunning book. I absolutely loved reading it- devoured it voraciously actually.

**Posted by Ivy** March 9, 2016 7:54 am

Sir George Martin was a legend!

**Posted by besleybean** March 9, 2016 5:08 pm

Indeed he was.

**Posted by Vhanja** March 10, 2016 9:32 am

And now also Jon English. Not sure if anyone here have heard about him, but he was an English-born Australian musician and actor who became very popular in Norway after starring in the tv series "Against the Wind". He was my very first celeb crush, I was 13 years old.

I guess it's a sign of growing old, when more and more of your old heroes pass away.

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**Posted by Ivy** March 10, 2016 11:31 am

Just googled him, Vhanja. I know him from the Australian TV series "All together now" that was on German TV, too.
Have to tell my father, he loved that show.

**Posted by stoertebeker** March 29, 2016 11:47 am

I just heard on the news that the relativly famous German jazz singer Roger Cicero died. I wasn't a fan but liked his music and I am a bit shocked about this. He was just 45 years old. Very sad.

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**Posted by Ivy** March 29, 2016 1:31 pm

I wasn't a fan of him but it's still shocking. No cancer this time, but equally horrible, a stroke,

**Posted by gently69** March 29, 2016 1:52 pm

No fan of him but a bit shoked as well. So unexpected and sad.

**Posted by ukaunz** March 31, 2016 11:35 am

RIP Ronnie Corbett

**Posted by besleybean** March 31, 2016 6:07 pm

Clever, funny and lovely man...lived to a good age.
I'm possibly more of a Barker girl.

**Posted by nakahara** April 1, 2016 1:16 pm

Douglas Wilmer, one of Sherlock Holmes actors, passed away. What a pity!

**Posted by besleybean** April 1, 2016 4:00 pm

I know, very sad...
But a beautiful tribute from Mark.

**Posted by tonnaree** April 21, 2016 5:41 pm

You know what? This year can go right to hell.
Legendary Music Icon Prince Dead At 57
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/legendary-music-icon-prince-dead-at-57_us_57190013e4b0c9244a7b2a5b

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**Posted by besleybean** April 21, 2016 5:43 pm

This year has been unreal for those we've lost so far and it's still only April!
Mark paid a wonderful tribute to the lovely Victoria Wood yesterday and now Prince has gone.
Loved him.