BBC News - Australian broadcaster Clive James dies at 80
Funny feeling this is the continuation of a spate of celeb deaths starting with GR
BBC News - Australian broadcaster Clive James dies at 80
Funny feeling this is the continuation of a spate of celeb deaths starting with GR
Enjoyed him on TV a lot when I was a youngster - very funny man.
Heâs been seriously ill for years, so I guess we should be grateful for the amount of time he got - he was an 80 a day smoker for much of his life apparently
Ah, shame. Also loved his show as a kid. Enjoyed the fairly regular appearances by Super Dave Osborne especially.
Got to admit I thought he was already dead. Didnât he have cancer 10 years ago and spent alot of Guardian pieces commenting on Death.
We read his memoir/ autobiography thing at school (he was on TV a lot at the time so was a familiar kindly older man type). That book has a lot of wanking in it
He was a good critic. Was flicking through his book on Larkin the other day weirdly, feeling vaguely sad that I didnât really have a âreasonâ to read it.
sorry to hear this, really liked him when i was younger. he did well to get to 80 considering his diagnosis.
I started reading âCultural Amnesiaâ by him a while ago. A really impressive but absolutely huge work covering cultural figures from throughout the 20th Century.
I also remember him having a cameo in Neighbours as a bumbling postman! Canât find any trace of it on Youtube but Iâm sure I didnât imagine this
Yeah likewise. Amazing to discover he managed to battle cancer for a decade.
My main recollections of him are:
A true Renaissance Man eh? Special shout out for his oft-forgotten work on the Formula One season review videos, which were all the better for his wry commentary.
Cancer treatment has moved on so much- there are vast numbers of people who are living with incurable but controllable cancers now and who have it for many decades but keep it at bay (especially true of certain types of blood cancers). It usually comes back with a secondary and gets you in the end, but letâs face it- something has to.
Sad about this- when I see his face itâs like a visceral throwback to my childhood - of me begging to watch his sunday night show when I should really be in bed getting ready for school the next day. Poor Clive.
I also initially thought it was clive Anderson who had died, woops.
Was sad to hear this as his familiar face and distinctive voice always seemed to be on the telly when i was a kid. I just watched his âPostcard from Londonâ programme from 1991 which is on the BBC iPlayer archive and is really enjoyable.
So did Sarah-Jane MeeâŚ