John McCririck Dies
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John McCririck Dies
Aged 79.
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He’d not been well for a while.
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Haven't thought about him for years, but did so yesterday whilst weeding. I was trying to work out when he died. Freaky.
RIP, he was some character.
RIP, he was some character.
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The Tic-Tac man in his country suit.
He was a character.
R.I.P
He was a character.
R.I.P
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One of 4 celebrities who were in the posh London restaurant The Ivy when I went there a few years back. The others were Marc Almond, Gail Platt off Coronation Street and Greg Ruzedski.
Of limited interest I realise but there you go. McCririck was with his wife ..the lady he charmingly called "The Booby".
Of limited interest I realise but there you go. McCririck was with his wife ..the lady he charmingly called "The Booby".
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A character and a male chauvinist.
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Had the pleasure of meeting John McCririck at a charity do once. He was surprisingly down to Earth and VERY funny.
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Legend
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Shared a lift with him at Cheltenham on Gold Cup Day in 1997.
I'm 100% sure he would never have remembered it.
RIP
I'm 100% sure he would never have remembered it.
RIP
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McCarrick referred to his wife Jenny as "The Booby", and was accused of frequent misogyny.
Just came across as a loud mouth bighead on TV at the time.
Just came across as a loud mouth bighead on TV at the time.
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hmmmm? OP was two and half hours ago only ten comments and very few complimentary words... why is that I wonder?
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Last October he said:
"Life is empty. I don't expect to be alive this time next year. It's a question of slipping away."
RIP.
"Life is empty. I don't expect to be alive this time next year. It's a question of slipping away."
RIP.
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He cultivated a character that was appropriate at the time and was the reason he became successful.
Unfortunately he didn't change tack with the times and became an unsavoury character at the end.
Whatever one's opinion he was certainly a character.
Unfortunately he didn't change tack with the times and became an unsavoury character at the end.
Whatever one's opinion he was certainly a character.
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Not a very nice person ....a bully.
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An obnoxious man.....but hey ho RIP.
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He was an excellent journalist and an often outspoken voice on corruption in the sport . A true old school character and true racing man. The luvvies took a dislike to him as shock horror he had a nickname for his mrs...
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Once did a live interview with my wife at York. Didnt really know the man but always felt what we saw on TV was not the real JM. RIP
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Lord Beamish wrote:He’d not been well for a while.
About 79 years tbh.
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Was managing a William Hill shop and the official opening was conducted by JMc and ‘the greatest jockey’. Had lunch in the pub next door with them both and they were both very personable. They had 3 openings that week. Ours and two in Scotland.
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Didnt he pick his nose and eat it on live tv (big brother I think) sat in his underpants and a vest?
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Whatever happened to the old adage of “if you’ve nothing nice to say, the say nothing”?
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Couldn’t agree moredandeclaret wrote:Whatever happened to the old adage of “if you’ve nothing nice to say, the say nothing”?
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Slightly ironic, but true all the same.dandeclaret wrote:Whatever happened to the old adage of “if you’ve nothing nice to say, the say nothing”?
R.I.P
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Classic was when they did a sort of "wife swap" thing for TV and Edwina Currie went to look after him. He referred to her as "Woman" all the time and spent most of the programme in is office -- which was actually his bed. Even Currie was non-plussed by his slobbish behaviour.
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I was shocked by this news as I thought he'd been dead for years.
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It is a message board were people Express their views,some praise him some dislike him that's the way it is.dandeclaret wrote:Whatever happened to the old adage of “if you’ve nothing nice to say, the say nothing”?
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If only he took that advice on board.dandeclaret wrote:Whatever happened to the old adage of “if you’ve nothing nice to say, the say nothing”?
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Steve1956 wrote:It is a message board were people Express their views,some praise him some dislike him that's the way it is.
Must have richly fulfilled somebody's day, slagging off somebody recently deceased, that they've probably never met. Congratulations to them.
Personally find it distasteful.
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Ok no worries,I apolagise if my comments upset anyone .dandeclaret wrote:Must have richly fulfilled somebody's day, slagging off somebody recently deceased, that they've probably never met. Congratulations to them.
Personally find it distasteful.
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He did it his way
Like it or not
Like it or not
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Only have to look at the tributes today from people within the industry to see how highly respected he was
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Exactly.Local cricketer wrote:Only have to look at the tributes today from people within the industry to see how highly respected he was
Love him or hate him, he made a living out of being himself
You have to admire and envy anyone who does that
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Sure bet we will all die. RIP.
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I here his funeral is next Friday at 10/11 with the wake at 10/1.
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Odd times those..gandhisflipflop wrote:I here his funeral is next Friday at 10/11 with the wake at 10/1.
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Someone dies and some actually types out the words 'obnoxious' and 'bully'
The one thing we are taught from a young age is to respect in death
The one thing we are taught from a young age is to respect in death
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Nothingdandeclaret wrote:Whatever happened to the old adage of “if you’ve nothing nice to say, the say nothing”?
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Bet 100 percent of those slagging him off knew nothing about him.
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Thought he’d died a couple of years ago tbh. Not really someone I took to only seeing him on the celebrity circuit, as I not a horses man.
RIP and thoughts to his family.
RIP and thoughts to his family.
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Wifey and friends were at York races and asked him for a pic. He went in line with them and squeezed the pap on those either side. Great lad or perv?
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Lucky Lad.basil6345789 wrote:Wifey and friends were at York races and asked him for a pic. He went in line with them and squeezed the pap on those either side. Great lad or perv?