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Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	4 Oct 2010 22:38
	Death just announced at the age of 95
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 62,461 Send Message	AnninGlos	Report	4 Oct 2010 22:40
	Oh bless him what a good age he lived to. He gave a lot of people great entertainment. My Dad thought he was hilarious. RIP Norman
	Researching: Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 24,291 Send Message	SueMaid	Report	4 Oct 2010 22:42
	How sad - but what a good age to reach. We should all be so lucky. He gave people such a lot of joy. S x
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 4,228 Send Message	Helen1959	Report	4 Oct 2010 22:51
	a diminutive man who was a giant on the screen and made millions laugh. "Mr Grimsdale" will never sound the same Rip Norman
	Researching: Booth's and Hughes from Birmingham
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,195 Send Message	Joy	Report	4 Oct 2010 23:07
	R.I.P, Norman, a life well lived. A funny man, a good actor who won a BAFTA for a most moving portrayal of a terminally ill man, a kind and genuine human being.
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 36,149 Send Message	Rambling	Report	4 Oct 2010 23:28
	RIP Norman Wisdom , remembered also for his love of the Isle of man where he lived for many years and was tireless in his promotion of it's virtues :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAdI7INUabg at the start of this is the Gaiety Theatre, the first theatre I ever went to, on a school trip :))
	Researching:
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 8,423 Send Message	ChrisofWessex	Report	4 Oct 2010 23:46
	Wonder if they will show - was it Early Bird Dairies? The shot of him falling downstairs whilst carrying a cup of tea and tearing the wallpaper off as he went - just the memory had OH laughing tonight. Wonderful man who gave pleasure to many and who lived in my favourite part of the world for so many years.
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 5,136 Send Message	Grabagran	Report	5 Oct 2010 00:38
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 5,136 Send Message	They will probably show some kind of tribute to him on the coming months. He made me laugh so much when I was a kid. R.I.P Norman
Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 5,805 Send Message	Diane	Report	5 Oct 2010 00:58
	A very funny man and made a lot of people laugh, lived a good life and left a lot for many people. R.I.P. Norman Wisdom Diane x
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 32,477 Send Message	Purple *^Sparkly^* Diamond	Report	5 Oct 2010 04:16
	They broke the mould when they made him lol He was incredible, I am so glad he has had a pretty good life altho he has been quite poorly the last few months with several strokes, apparently he was still fairly independent till very recently. He will be missed by all who knew him. Somehow I can't see him resting in peace, his was such a spirit that could never be still. He will be entertaining people for evermore. Lizx
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 9,750 Send Message	ஐ+¨^¨+e+¨^¨+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom	Report	5 Oct 2010 08:04
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 9,750 Send Message	Norman had child like qualities, playing pranks & making people laugh in his personal life as well as in the limelight. Throughout his life he never lost this ability to make people smile. A grand age of 95, he leaves behind a legacy of laughter, He will be missed, but what a lifetime he's lived. My thoughts go out to his family & friends x
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 27,883 Send Message	DIZZI	Report	5 Oct 2010 08:21
	HE STAYED IN THE SAME HOTEL AS WE DID YEARS AGO IN MALTA. HE LEPT OVER THE DESK JOKING WITH THE RECEPTIONIST
	Researching: FINCH+LOCK+WEAVER+HALES+BROOKINGS+MANSFIELD+HOOK+TITCHENER and STEVEN & ISRAEL WEAVER c1735
Member Since: October 2008 Posts: 13,848 Send Message	StrayKitten	Report	5 Oct 2010 09:05
	its a shame, he was a very funny man, x
	Researching: It wasn't me
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 13,170 Send Message	Mauatthecoast	Report	5 Oct 2010 13:11
	Thanks Island :O)...but I'm not there... (some would say not all there lol ) either there were three threads or I've hit the wrong button lolol Mau xx
	Researching: In my own little world where everybody knows me... ..... best thing about happy memories is making them....
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 13,170 Send Message	Mauatthecoast	Report	5 Oct 2010 13:17
	LOL Annie.... ...Norman wasn't one of my favourites either but still think he spread a little happiness Mau xx
	Researching: In my own little world where everybody knows me... ..... best thing about happy memories is making them....
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 3,929 Send Message	~~Posh~~	Report	5 Oct 2010 14:59
	A lovely man on and off stage... R.I.P. Norman. xx
	Researching: Hydes of Northern Ireland
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 8,423 Send Message	ChrisofWessex	Report	6 Oct 2010 10:34
	The day the death of Tony Curtis was announced they showed 'Some like it hot' that same evening. Was expecting to see a Norman film. No mention so far.
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 23,596 Send Message	JoyBoroAngel	Report	6 Oct 2010 11:05
	i looked up his life yesterday the last 4 years were so sad
	Researching: The birth of Middlesbrough
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 8,423 Send Message	ChrisofWessex	Report	6 Oct 2010 12:42
	He loved the Isle of Man where he lived for past 30 years and he died there. Sad to hear that he had suffered a series of strokes in past year which affected him mentally as well as physically. He did not have much luck with wives but he did manage to raise his two children.
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 43 Send Message	Richard	Report	11 Feb 2013 21:51
	"mr grimsdale" was based on a real milkman in the aylesbury area....
	Researching: Yates - Reading, Berkshire, Lechlade, Faringdon,Abingdon, Oxford. Canada. Henstridge - anywhere Brooker - Berks/Oxon Hodges - Glos Sturgess- Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire.

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