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New Wed 30 Apr 14 13:48 
 Bob Hoskins dies... - No FM2R
Shame.

www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27224995
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New Wed 30 Apr 14 14:30 
 Bob Hoskins dies... - Meldrew
How is anyone unlucky enough to die of pneumonia in 2014 and at his age?
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New Wed 30 Apr 14 14:38 
 Bob Hoskins dies... - Armel Coussine
>> How is anyone unlucky enough to die of pneumonia in 2014 and at his age?

He had Parkinson's which weakens the whole system and makes infections more likely.

He was a nice man. I met him once outside the Houses of Parliament (we both supported a struggling group of Saharan guerillas).
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New Wed 30 Apr 14 14:42 
 Bob Hoskins dies... - Bromptonaut
Pneumonia as a consequence of some other disorder such as COPD?
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New Wed 30 Apr 14 14:46 
 Bob Hoskins dies... - Alanovich
Always enjoyed Hoskins's films.

I survived a bout of pneumonia when I was under a year old, living in a caravan. Docs came to visit and said it was too risky to move me to a hospital, I'd probably not survive the journey.
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New Wed 30 Apr 14 18:57 
 Bob Hoskins dies... - Fursty Ferret
I'll have a "P" please, Bob.
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New Wed 30 Apr 14 19:01 
 Bob Hoskins dies... - No FM2R
Do you remember Bob Holness in "The Long Good Friday" by any chance? Because he died a couple of years ago.
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New Wed 30 Apr 14 19:08 
 Bob Hoskins dies... - VxFan
>> Do you remember Bob Holness - he died a couple of years ago.

I thought it was longer ago than that, but when I just looked it up...

Died: January 6, 2012

Anyway, did the other Bob ever find out who framed Roger Rabbit?
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New Wed 30 Apr 14 19:11 
 Bob Hoskins dies... - No FM2R
Bob Hope was a detective?? Who knew.
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New Wed 30 Apr 14 19:02 
 Bob Hoskins dies... - Runfer D'Hills
Wasn't that Bob Holness? He played James Bond y'know.
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New Wed 30 Apr 14 19:10 
 Bob Hoskins dies... - Robin O'Reliant
Didn't he play the xylophone on Sgt Pepper?
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New Wed 30 Apr 14 22:41 
 Bob Hoskins dies... - legacylad
Ironic if he had died on the 18th of this month....
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New Thu 1 May 14 09:39 
 Bob Hoskins dies... - Mike Hannon
Many people wouldn't remember that the great man featured, back in the '70s, in a Sunday evening TV series called On The Move, which was part of the adult literacy programme. He played a furniture van driver and must have helped many thousands of people to learn to read, including my son, who was just three-and-a-half at the time.
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New Thu 1 May 14 09:49 
 Bob Hoskins dies... - Alanovich
Wow. That's instantly unlocked a really well hidden memory (childhood one for me). I even remember the theme tune. Telly was always on on Sunday evenings as we always had my Maltese Great Gran over for Sunday dinner, and she liked watching a programme called "The Brothers". I remember nothing about that show but clearly recall "On The Move" and Bob Hoskins being in it now you have mentioned it. Ain't memory a clever thing. It's a darned sight quicker retrieving information than my wretched Sony Android smartphone anyway.
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New Thu 1 May 14 12:12 
 Bob Hoskins dies... - Focusless
Yeah, definitely rings a bell...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuVmT67LELM
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New Thu 1 May 14 12:13 
 Bob Hoskins dies... - Focusless
(although I prefer some of their other work:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwc0iriZahI )
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New Sat 3 May 14 10:18 
 Bob Hoskins dies... - Mike Hannon
www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-27254465
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New Sat 3 May 14 12:00 
 Bob Hoskins dies... - R.P.
Nice obituary on R4 yesterday's Last Words. Cracking little programme hidden in the schedules...
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New Sat 3 May 14 19:38 
 Bob Hoskins dies... - Bromptonaut
Used to be a similar thing early Sunday morninig called Brief Lives on R5L, usually presented by Dottun Adebiyu. May have been superseded by prog you mention.
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