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Pinball Champion!Wow, this comes as a bit of a shock, really sad.. the guy was an institution..
R.I.P
Wow, this comes as a bit of a shock, really sad.. the guy was an institution..
R.I.P
Originally Posted by vic_orthdox
Bummer.
The man was indeed an institution. Two of my all-time favourite memories of Channel 4 were Countdown - I found it compulsive viewing in the early days (I only once met fellow Mensan Carol Vorderman) - and 'Ptang Yang Kipperbang' - still the best film I've EVER seen about cricket.
Nigel Clough's Black and White Army, beating Forest away with 10 men
Breakout Champion! he's dead?
ja 'fraid so
It's very sad, I was planning to actually go on Countdown in the future (I'd have been an octochamp at least). A lot of Scrabblers have been on Countdown (and won it) and have chatted with Whiteley and the others. I don't know what's going to happen to Countdown now, they were going to film some programs tomorrow with a guest presenter and series fifty-odd is being concluded on channel 4 over the next week/two weeks.
National Scrabble Champion 2009, 8th in 2009 World Championships, gold medal (team) at Causeway, 2011 Masters Champion
24 Hour Scrabble World Record Attempt for Charity, in aid of Daisy Chain and End Polio Now
Countdown Series 57 Champion
King of the Arcade
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It'd be fitting to finish this series and then call it a day IMO.
marc71178 - President and founding member of AAAS - we don't only appreciate when he does well, but also when he's not quite so good!
Anyone want to join the Society?
Beware the evils of Kit-Kats - they're immoral apparently.
I always thought he was a sprightly old chap, certainly is a sad shock. I heard he was making a good recovery?
I'll miss his really really really poor ties he used to wear. Farewell to him and his 186 jackets, R.I.P. One of the few proper characters of TV. What a loss.
Nobody else could present Countdown after Whiteley. Life without Countdown
THE ULTIMATE CRICKET WEB ARCADE EGGS CHAMPION
RIP Fardin Qayyumi (AKA "cricket player"; "Bob"), 1990-2006
RIP Craig Walsh (AKA "Craig"), 1985-2012
I didnt even know he was ill
February 10th 2009 <3
Rest In Peace Fardin
Rest In Peace Sazza
Yeti Sports 1.5 Champion! but of course they won't
Celebrating the defining moments of CW:
JMAS- What a guyJono: And no one likes your idea because its ****ty American poo.
Nnanden: Same, but that's because Andy OWNS MY SOUL
silentstriker: I'll start fishing for compliments when I can see all of my junk when I look down.
Have you been tested?
In memory of Fardin Qayyumi, a true legend of CW
I remember when Whitely appeared on Top Gear, and pulled off the most rubbish lap of all time.. TV will be poorer for the loss of RW
i remember JK did amazingly well and set a new record on there once
but yes indeed RIP.
A blind man did it faster.
R.I.P. R Whiteley
Or something.
RIP Fardin Qayyumi (AKA "cricket player"; "Bob"), 1/11/1990 - 15/4/2006
He was endearingly rubbish, but seemed a genuinely good egg.
So he died from pneumonia, sorta fitting he went out with a 9 letter word!!
No offence meant. RIP.
- As featured in The Independent.
"This is not the time for namby-pamby promising youngsters who might just do something; not the time for building for the future. Pragmatism rules and they don't come more pragmatic than Rogers."
- Victor Marks makes the case for stiff-legged and stiff-armed 35 year old left-handers in Ashes squads
a real sad loss
According to The Mirror Countdown will continue.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_obje...name_page.html
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