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  1. 29th Oct 2011, 3:50 PM #1
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    Default R.I.P. SIR JIMMY SAVILLE

    http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/uk_sir_ji...home_1_1112241

    The 84-year-old, best known for his Jim’ll Fix It show, was just two days away from his 85th birthday.

    Aside from his career in television, he also raised millions for a host of good causes.
    Quite sad over this. I always liked him. I thought he was one of Britain's great eccentrics in life. I still have good memories of Jim'll Fix It.
    And the BBC Four repeats of Top Of The Pops will be more heartbreaking to watch when he hosts them.

    R.I.P. Sir Jimmy.
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  2. 29th Oct 2011, 4:07 PM #2
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    ...seriously!?

    Wow. I'm just stunned. I mean... I know he was 84, but he was one of those people who I just felt would be around forever.

    RIP to a true legend

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dino View Post
    ...I still have good memories of Jim'll Fix It.
    And the BBC Four repeats of Top Of The Pops will be more heartbreaking to watch when he hosts them.

    R.I.P. Sir Jimmy.
    Likewise.
    Today's a sadder day for his passing, he will be missed even though he hasn't been seen regularly on TV in ages. He's someone I thought would be around forever.

    RIP Sir Jimmy. (:
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  4. 29th Oct 2011, 4:17 PM #4
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    I knew he was ill, but he seemed to be getting better. Rather a shock, that!
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  5. 29th Oct 2011, 5:04 PM #5
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    Such an iconic figure of the 60s and 70s. If I had any jewellery, I'd rattle it in respect.
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    There goes another bit of my childhood.

    I didn't even know he was ill.
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    His programme was a staple of growing up when I was a kid.

    R.I.P. Sir Saville.
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  8. 30th Oct 2011, 3:23 PM #8
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    Now then... now then...

    Really sad to hear this- he was an iconic figure from my childhood and like many I wrote to Jim'll Fix It a few times in the hope I might have been one of those kids...

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    I wrote to JFI asking to meet K9 in the TARDIS. (I suppose I was being cheeky, because that's 2 "fix it"s in one. I was a canny 8 year old!)
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    Didn't a kid get fixed to become a mini-me version of the 6th Doctor? I mean of all the Doctors ...
    Remember, just because Davros is dead doesn't mean the Dalek menace has been contained ......
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    Is that not "In a Fix with the Sonarans". I mean of all the monsters...
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