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Re: terrible news

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Paul WimsettApr 16, 2009
 

 
A very sad loss of a great man.

It seems very fitting that he has the middle name "Raphael." Like many celebrities he was a Rector of St Andrews but it seems he finished that quite recently-in 2005.

--- In just-a-minute@..., "Dave" <j_a_m_fan@...> wrote:
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> As I continue to listen to my recording of the Today programme and more and more tributes come in for Clement, I'd just like to make it known that the words in my post were completely heartfelt and entirely my own. It seems many others have chosen to describe his life and personality in the same phrases.
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> --- In just-a-minute@..., "Dave" <j_a_m_fan@> wrote:
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> > I listen to the Today programme later in the day having recorded it earlier, so have only just found out the news that I have been dreading.
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> > No one can replace this original personality. His exceptional wit coupled with dead-pan delivery, life experiences, natural competitiveness and the friendly rivalry between himself and Paul Merton will be greatly missed from Just A Minute.
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> > More than that, if anyone hasn't read his autobiography 'Freud, Ego', then they should get hold of a copy immediately. It is one of the funniest books I've ever read, not least because anyone reading it who didn't 'know' Clement would probably find it virtually humourless.
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> > I SO much wanted him to release a second autobiographical book, as the above finished with his election to parliament. I feel certain he could have easily filled another book with his stories following that election, his continued appearances on JAM, jis love of cricket and horse racing and all the other celebrity appearances he made between then aqnd now.
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> > What a terrible, devestating loss to Just A Minute, England and, forgive me, to myself. Future series of Just A minute will never be quite the same again. If I could live half a full a life as he, then i shall die happy.
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> > Dave Austin
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> > --- In just-a-minute@..., Dean Bedford <dbedford@> wrote:
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> > > Sir Clement Freud has passed away.
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