Non-motoring > Alan Whicker has died. Miscellaneous
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New Fri 12 Jul 13 13:29 
 Alan Whicker has died. - R.P.
The first globe trotting TV documentary make for me to know about. Distnguished service record in the UK. Smart in both senses of the word, urbane and a superb story teller - thank goodness there's a huge archive of material.
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New Fri 12 Jul 13 13:34 
 Alan Whicker has died. - No FM2R
There's a lot of places in this world I've been because he went there first.

A great personality who made all sorts of things interesting. And, sadly, another personality gone.

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New Fri 12 Jul 13 13:37 
 Alan Whicker has died. - Zero
>> There's a lot of places in this world I've been because he went there first.

Me too. And some I went to and then realised with a degree of amusement that I had seen it on Wickers world. Its a a kind of bucket list moment.



>> A great personality who made all sorts of things interesting. And, sadly, another personality gone.


yup.
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New Fri 12 Jul 13 15:25 
 Alan Whicker has died. - Armel Coussine
Genial, usually entertaining and brilliant at what he did.

Became formulaic in the end - as you would - and early on developed some annoying tics and speech mannerisms, also as you would. But developed that genre of TV more or less single-handed in the days of three monochrome channels. Lots doing it now on the 5,000 channels...

Didn't know he was still alive actually... RIP.
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New Fri 12 Jul 13 15:31 
 Alan Whicker has died. - Ted

God bless, AW. You done well !

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn8Pua5rhj4

Ted
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New Fri 12 Jul 13 17:36 
 Alan Whicker has died. - Cliff Pope
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>> Didn't know he was still alive actually... RIP.
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There ought to be a periodic announcement of names of "People you thought were already dead but aren't".

Not very flattering to be on it of course, but better than being actually dead.
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New Fri 12 Jul 13 17:44 
 Alan Whicker has died. - Zero
So who should be on the list?
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New Fri 12 Jul 13 17:58 
 Alan Whicker has died. - Lygonos
Kirk Douglas?
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New Fri 12 Jul 13 18:07 
 Alan Whicker has died. - No FM2R
William Daniels?
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