The Death Thread - The Grim Reader

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Dick Dale has passed away

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And now Scott Walker.
It seems almost every other week I’m spending a few days on Spotify properly delving into musicians I never gotten into previously, on reading their posthumous tributes.

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Ranking Roger of 80’s Ska pioneers The Beat passed away yesterday.

‘Mirror in the Bathroom’ and ‘Stand down Margaret’ were staples of my teen years.

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Now news of Australian cricketer Bruce Yardley passing away. One of my earliest cricket memories is this amazing catch

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Mirror in the Bathroom has been stuck in my head since the weekend because I watched Grosse Point Blank (great movie, still funny and totally holds up)

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Vale Les Murray

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Chewbacca - now at a farm in the country where he spends all day playing with the other Wookies

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Nicely worded.

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And on May the 3rd… Chewy was always a contrarian

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Grew up on her, pretty hot really (subjective…)

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Bob Hawke has died at 89.

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Damn…

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Our last truely great prime minister.

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Other than John Howard, has anyone else lasted long enough to be considered?

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Ming the Merciless was our longest serving (39-41, 49-66)

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That one really hurts. Even if I didn’t agree with everything he did, you know he genuinely gave a damn.

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Greatness is not determined by length in office.

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Any boss who sacks someone for taking tomorrow off in mourning is a bum!

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