Freud dies aged 84.
Ring of Isengard
17-04-2009, 07:37
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8001383.stm
It's kinda sad, ain't it?
Quintessence of Dust
17-04-2009, 07:40
I loved his voice on radio. Sad to see him die.
Forsakia
17-04-2009, 07:44
:( He'll be missed
greed and death
17-04-2009, 08:00
Did he leave me his stuff ?
No, then I do not care.
Der Teutoniker
17-04-2009, 08:08
Ach du Lieber! Sigmund Freud just died?!
Nah, just kidding. :tongue:
I don't know who this other guy is... so... my condolences to his family?
Ring of Isengard
17-04-2009, 08:23
Ach du Lieber! Sigmund Freud just died?!
Nah, just kidding. :tongue:
I don't know who this other guy is... so... my condolences to his family?
He was his grandson, he was a broadcaster and journalist. And a Knight.
Der Teutoniker
17-04-2009, 08:47
He was his grandson, he was a broadcaster and journalist. And a Knight.
Well, in that case, my condolences to Sigmund Freud's corpse for the death of his grandson.
greed and death
17-04-2009, 08:51
Well, in that case, my condolences to Sigmund Freud's corpse for the death of his grandson.
Sigmund Freud's nephew was more interesting. was able to convince the American public of the need to topple the Guatemalan government during Ike's presidency.
The Archregimancy
17-04-2009, 09:10
He was his grandson, he was a broadcaster and journalist. And a Knight.
He was also the brother of the artist Lucien Freud, father of broadcaster Emma Freud, one of Field Marshal Montgomery's aides in WWII, part of the Allied Liaison staff at Nuremburg, one of Britain's first celebrity television chefs, appeared on the cover of the Wings album Band on the Run, was the rector of both Dundee and Saint Andrews Universities (though not at the same time), and served as Member of Parliament for the Isle of Ely and then North Cambridgeshire (Liberal Party) for 14 years between 1973 and 1987. Which is surely a varied and interesting enough career for most.
But for those of us old enough and bourgeois enough to spend time listening to BBC Radio 4, he was the stalwart of comedy programme Just a Minute (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/justaminute.shtml) (linked); he spent 30 years as one of the panellists.
For Just a Minute fans like me, he'll be sorely missed.
Edited to add a link to the wiki entry for Just a Minute (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_a_Minute).
Ring of Isengard
17-04-2009, 09:46
He was also the brother of the artist Lucien Freud, father of broadcaster Emma Freud, one of Field Marshal Montgomery's aides in WWII, part of the Allied Liaison staff at Nuremburg, one of Britain's first celebrity television chefs, appeared on the cover of the Wings album Band on the Run, was the rector of both Dundee and Saint Andrews Universities (though not at the same time), and served as Member of Parliament for the Isle of Ely and then North Cambridgeshire (Liberal Party) for 14 years between 1973 and 1987. Which is surely a varied and interesting enough career for most.
But for those of us old enough and bourgeois enough to spend time listening to BBC Radio 4, he was the stalwart of comedy programme Just a Minute (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/justaminute.shtml) (linked); he spent 30 years as one of the panellists.
For Just a Minute fans like me, he'll be sorely missed.
Edited to add a link to the wiki entry for Just a Minute (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_a_Minute).
Hmmm, my mum listems to that show, you must be old.
No Names Left Damn It
17-04-2009, 10:54
I'll miss him. Just a Minute won't be the same without him.
Ring of Isengard
17-04-2009, 11:21
I'll miss him. Just a Minute won't be the same without him.
Yeah, he had a nice voice and was very good at doing that show.
Chumblywumbly
17-04-2009, 13:32
But for those of us old enough and bourgeois enough to spend time listening to BBC Radio 4, he was the stalwart of comedy programme Just a Minute (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/justaminute.shtml) (linked); he spent 30 years as one of the panellists.
And this is how I'll remember, and miss, him.
I loved the clip Channel 4 News played:
NP: "Clement Freud, you have one minute to talk about 'Why I Love Just a Minute, starting now."
CF: "I actually prefer I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue."
Such a brilliant wit.
Ring of Isengard
17-04-2009, 13:45
And this is how I'll remember, and miss, him.
I loved the clip Channel 4 News played:
NP: "Clement Freud, you have one minute to talk about 'Why I Love Just a Minute, starting now."
CF: "I actually prefer I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue."
Such a brilliant wit.
Yeah, I've heard that quote before on a special about him.