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Re: Nicholas Parsons

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cymro.gwirionApr 17, 2009
 

 
I thought the same - very strange. Also - has anybody seen a tribute by Paul Merton - didn't they sit next to each other in recordings more often than not (does this imply that they were good friends) .... I may have missed it - or maybe Paul is recording somewhere - but I noticed his absence.

--- In just-a-minute@..., Dean Bedford <dbedford@...> wrote:
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> On Saturday, April 18, 2009, at 06:46 AM, howstean wrote:
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> > It was very noticeable that Nicholas didn't contribute to any of the
> > radio or TV news items, or the R4 "Last Word" obituary programme today.
> > Usually he can always be counted on at such times.
> >
> > Given that Clement gave him one of his earliest show business jobs, and
> > they worked together on & off around 60 years, and with Clement's death
> > following that of Humphrey Lyttleton's last year, it must leave him
> > feeling very isolated & vulnerable, at his age.
> >
> > Emma said on Last Word that Clement died mid-sentence writing an
> > article for the Racing Post, the horse-racing newspaper.
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> > Phil
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> The piece in The Guardian that Nicholas penned is oddly impersonal. It
> may be that he was just too upset of course, but the bulk of it reads
> more like a journalistic piece than a persoinal appreciation.
>

 
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