Sad News

• Jan Higgins

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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  3 January 2011     13:5487503
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  Pete Postlethwaite has died from cancer at the relatively young age of 64, a very talented actor, a great shame.
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• Terry Nunn

  • Location: London Road, Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 4,305
  3 January 2011     13:5787505
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  So talented he played a Pakistani in "The Usual Suspects".
  
  Best scene ever though was berating Maggie Thatcher in "Brassed Off".
  
  Terry
  Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  3 January 2011     14:0487507
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  was a great actor indeed, i didn;'t realise what nationality he played in "the usual suspects", one my favourite films.
  
  the plot intricate, the dialogue clever and all the actors putting in top class performances.
• Guest 641

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 2,335
  3 January 2011     14:2487514
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  A sad loss to the film industry, also one of my favourite films, Gabriel Byrne at his best as Kevin Spacey's character unravelled before your very eyes just before the credits roll, R.I.P. Peter Postlethwaite, a great actor.
• Guest 671

  • Registered: 4 May 2008
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  3 January 2011     15:3687537
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  True, top class, all round actor, one of my favourites, very sad.
  "My New Year's Resolution, is to try and emulate Marek's level of chilled out, thoughtfulness and humour towards other forumites and not lose my decorum"
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 23 Sep 2008
  • Posts: 23,940
  3 January 2011     15:5587542
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  i remember him in an episode or two of sharpe playing a nasty sarjent.
• Guest 653

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 10,540
  3 January 2011     18:2887575
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  A very sad day - a very under-rated actor.
  
  
  
  
  Roger
• Bern

  • Location: Dover
  3 January 2011     21:3087634
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  I was shocked to hear he had gone. So talented. Very sad.
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  3 January 2011     21:5687642
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  the unforgettable line was "who is keizy sozai", forget my bad spelling here.
• Keith Sansum1

  • Location: london
  • Registered: 25 Aug 2010
  • Posts: 23,890
  4 January 2011     15:2487690
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  so sad he has passed away, was good in his prime and ater years
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