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Title: RIP Lionel Blair
Post by: River Don on November 05, 2021, 12:38:52 am
A great entertainer.

One by one familiar faces of the past are stepping aside. I wasn't a great fan or anything but he was always on TV in my youth. Full of enthusiasm and good humour. I think he was one of the good ones.

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/nov/04/lionel-blair-veteran-actor-dancer-and-entertainer-dies-aged-92

Title: Re: RIP Lionel Blair
Post by: Axholme Lion on November 05, 2021, 09:57:29 am
A great entertainer.

One by one familiar faces of the past are stepping aside. I wasn't a great fan or anything but he was always on TV in my youth. Full of enthusiasm and good humour. I think he was one of the good ones.

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/nov/04/lionel-blair-veteran-actor-dancer-and-entertainer-dies-aged-92

I hardly know who anyone is on telly nowadays. I feel like i've landed on another planet.
Title: Re: RIP Lionel Blair
Post by: glosterred on November 05, 2021, 10:29:22 am
Sad news indeed, always a great entertainer. I bet he would have had a laugh at this


RIP

Title: Re: RIP Lionel Blair
Post by: Bentley Bullet on November 05, 2021, 10:48:14 am
An institution. RIP.
Title: Re: RIP Lionel Blair
Post by: DRCraig on November 05, 2021, 02:46:41 pm
RIP Lionel
Title: Re: RIP Lionel Blair
Post by: scawsby steve on November 05, 2021, 06:46:36 pm
He's featured on the annual Christmas video of Chris Rea's "Driving home for Christmas", doing a tap dance with Martin Shaw.
Title: Re: RIP Lionel Blair
Post by: ColinDouglasHandshake on November 05, 2021, 08:44:40 pm
Not my bag but a staple feature of TV when i was growing up in the 80's / 90's. Always a smile, enthusiastic and you could tell that he loved the entertainments business. Hopefully he won't be exposed as kiddie fiddler in 10 years time but i'm 100% sure that won't happen. I doubt everyone these days from those eras when i was growing up which is sad.

Seemed a really nice fella anyway and for once i have nothing negative or bad to say about another human being which is a rarity. Unless he wasn't a vegetarian or liked boxing or rap music.

RIP Lionel.