RIP Sir Patrick Moore.

[grahamw48]

Seems we have lost another great British character. :(

Feels like he's been around forever, educating us with his gushing enthusiasm.

RIP sir.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20657939

[lastlid]

He was on 'Have I Got News for You' only a week or two ago.

[stevewool]

Seems we have lost another great British character. :(

Feels like he's been around forever, educating us with his gushing enthusiasm.

RIP sir.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20657939

yes for ever, i wonder if he wanted his remains to be jetted into space

[grahamw48]

It would seem appropriate. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Arthur Little]

Seems we have lost another great British character. :(

Renowned astronomer and stargazer ... he had the foresight to support - and later became patron of - the 'UK Independence Party'. :xxgrinning--00xx3:


Feels like he's been around forever, educating us with his gushing enthusiasm.

:olddude: ...indeed ... he even featured prominently on television in MY childhood!


RIP sir.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20657939

:iagree:.

[Arthur Little]

i wonder if he wanted his remains to be jetted into space

:NoNo: ... not according to Wikipedia.


It would seem appropriate. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

:gp: ... but, apparently, he requested "a quiet interment", without fuss.

[grahamw48]

I think his was one of the first TV programmes in the 1950s Arthur...although I didn't even know what a TV was until I was 7 years old....because we were living in Malaya and there was no such thing there in those days. :icon_lol:

[lastlid]

I was getting confused with his brother, Sir Roger Moore. :biggrin:

[Michael Parnham]

Another fine example of a true british gentleman, RIP

[lastlid]

A bit of an eccentric though he brought astronomy into our living rooms. The world needs eccentrics like Patrick Moore. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[KeithD]

Arthur remember's the first episode of Sky at Night ..... it was on his 50th birthday :xxparty-smiley-004:

[grahamw48]

:omg::icon_lol:

[bigmarco]

Seems we have lost another great British character. :(

Feels like he's been around forever, educating us with his gushing enthusiasm.

RIP sir.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20657939

Very true. A true gentleman who made us all a little more interested in The Sky at Night. RIP

[bigmarco]

He also wrote music and could play the xylophone to a good standard.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=703AFmOd80o

[Jamesey]

Sad news indeed. He was a true inspiration.

RIP.

[grahamw48]

Also of course...the longest running show on TV. :smile:

[les_taxi]

He made it all so interesting sad to lose a gent like him.

[Terpe]

RIP Sir Patrick Moore.

A one-off.
Well respected and well liked by all.