Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia (Jun 05)

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia (Jun 05)
From: fogie
Date: 30 Jun 05 - 05:44 AM

Dont know if you heard I'm sorry I havent a clue- I got aroused while watching countdown- its only 7 letters!

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: Tam the man
Date: 29 Jun 05 - 01:24 PM

So sad that he's dead, I will miss his corny jokes that only he could tell and his puns and his sense of fashion.

Tom

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 28 Jun 05 - 05:51 AM

Fiddlin Sid - I remember Eric Pressley being on telly for getting a couple pregnant with his bladder. I would not have recalled that it was Richard Whiteley who interviewed him.
Richard will be missed, as will his jackets and ties.
Quack!
Geoff the Duck.

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: Gray D
Date: 27 Jun 05 - 07:41 PM

The"Twice Nightly Whiteley" tag was misinterpreted as having a sexual connotation, I can't think why.

God bless him for coming back with the rejoinder that it was more like "Once yearly . . . nearly".

Nice pome, Linda Kelly.

Gray D

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: Linda Kelly
Date: 27 Jun 05 - 05:45 PM

No more twice nightly
Sleep Tightly -Whitely.

A pome by me.

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 27 Jun 05 - 04:55 PM

Very sad news. I don't think Countdown could continue without him. He was a genuinely nice man.

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: GUEST,Fiddlin' Sid
Date: 27 Jun 05 - 04:54 PM

Some years ago Eric,a friend of mine and member of Wath Morris performed a solo morris jig on a yorkshire tv programme presented by Richard Whiteley. I think the story was that for some time a particularcouple had been unable to concieve until the day Eric danced a fertility jig for them and lo & behold - a baby on the way !Eric was nervous about his tv performance , but was put at ease and blown away by the kindness shown to him and his family and friends by Mr. Whiteley.
A Yorkshire institution - rest in peace.

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Jun 05 - 04:47 PM

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 27 Jun 05 - 02:13 PM

Still in shock really, I can't believe it, especially as he was younger then me. An unusual man for a journalist, he had no pretensions, and a normal sized ego which is unusual in any TV personality. He will be sorely missed in this house. RIP Richard
Giok

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: Firecat
Date: 27 Jun 05 - 12:54 PM

Rest in peace Richard. A good Yorkshire lad.

I don't think he can be replaced. He was Countdown.

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: GUEST,Paranoid Android
Date: 27 Jun 05 - 12:19 PM

My favourite presenter and favourite TV show. Hopefully, the show won't be "dropped".   Any nominations for a successor to Richard's throne? Isn't it about time Carol got to sit down?

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: GUEST,Paranoid Android
Date: 27 Jun 05 - 12:15 PM

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 27 Jun 05 - 11:20 AM

As we're within a few months of each other in age, a particular shock, if they keep the prog on they should move it back to 4.15 teabreak time. even we pensioners are busy at 3.45.

RtS

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: Skipper Jack
Date: 27 Jun 05 - 08:32 AM

Countdown without Richard will never be the same. He will be a hard act to follow.

We shall miss him sorely.

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 27 Jun 05 - 05:05 AM

I was only reading about him yesterday and how he had a heart operation.I don't think it has sunk in yet that such a loving fellah has gone.
R.I.P Richard.

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: GUEST,padgett
Date: 27 Jun 05 - 05:02 AM

part of my Television History in Yorkshire via Calendar and Countdown

Will be missed by many millions of people

ps Need a Yorkshire man to follow him!

The style is most certainly like cricket commentators, which i felt he would have liked to have taken up had he lived

I dont think it needs a clever comedian to succeed him!!

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 27 Jun 05 - 12:14 AM

RIP Richard Whiteley, Lord Mayor of Wetwang.

eric

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 26 Jun 05 - 10:03 PM

A gentleman & a scholar!

An oft used phrase, but in this case it was appropriate.

RIP


Nigel

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: Brakn
Date: 26 Jun 05 - 09:16 PM

Sad news. Will be missed.

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: s6k
Date: 26 Jun 05 - 09:14 PM

i saw this just now. its really sad. the man was a legend - with his really bad, yet somehow REALLY funny puns, and dedication to his job.

i am going to miss seeing him on Countdown, he always made me chuckle.

a great person

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: Lanfranc
Date: 26 Jun 05 - 06:44 PM

Sad news. He'd been ill with pneumonia and then had heart surgery.

A man with a pun for every occasion, but also remembered as a good journalist with an eye for a story on YTV's Calendar.

I blame the ferret!

Alan

Subject: RE: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 26 Jun 05 - 06:39 PM

Big shock.... He was the first face seen on Channel 4 when it opened, with his show 'Countdown'.

LTS

Subject: Obit: Richard Whiteley dies of pneumonia
From: s&r
Date: 26 Jun 05 - 06:31 PM

Here