Deid

[swaddon2]

I don't think even Fergie would have had the quick thinking needed to get back from space in a knackered spacecraft.

[57vintage]

Felix Baumgartner, 56. Austrian daredevil who famously jumped from the stratosphere to Earth in 2012. Killed in a paragliding accident.

Coincidence time.

Whilst digging through a file of live reviews from a while back, I discovered that the great Lousiana songbird Bronwynne Brent (touring here again soon, gigs in Glasgow and Montrose) wrote this gem about yer man Baumgartner.

I spoil you lot sometimes.

https://open.spotify.com/track/2aumv...c8febd08c54ed6

[swaddon2]

Ray Brooks, 86. Actor best known for Cathy Come Home, Mr Benn and EastEnders, where his character murdered Pauline Fowler.

[57vintage]

Ray Brooks, 86. Actor best known for Cathy Come Home, Mr Benn and EastEnders, where his character murdered Pauline Fowler.

Also played Robbie Box, petty criminal in Big Deal, co-starring Sharon Duce (yummy) and the quine who played PC Polly in The Bill.

[swaddon2]

Joan "Biddy" Baxter, 92. Former Blue Peter editor who invented the Blue Peter Badge.

[TheDeeDon]

Joan "Biddy" Baxter, 92. Former Blue Peter editor who invented the Blue Peter Badge.

The Blue Peter badge was designed by a young artist called Tony Hart, who himself would do a lot of work on Childrens TV.

[swaddon2]

The Blue Peter badge was designed by a young artist called Tony Hart, who himself would do a lot of work on Childrens TV.

He was also rumoured to be living romantically with Andi Peters, which turned out to be a lot of nonsense.

[Jupiter]

The Blue Peter badge was designed by a young artist called Tony Hart, who himself would do a lot of work on Childrens TV.

Is Tony Hart dead again?

[swaddon2]

Terence Stamp.

[57vintage]

Terence Stamp.

Forever Sgt Troy in Far From The Madding Crowd. I was disappointed when I learned that it was an urban myth that “Terry and Julie” from Waterloo Sunset were not inspired by a film poster for FFTMC where Tez and Julie Christie featured.

My only claim to anything like celebrity fame is that in the scorchio summer 1976, I delivered Peter Finch’s laundry to his holiday gaff in Grantown On Spey. Fincho was a co-star in FFTMC too, as Boldwood, a rival to get into Bathsheba’s (Julie Chrstie’s) undergarmentry.