The Anonymous Widower

Three Men who Gave Pleasure

I always read the obituary columns of the Times.  Yesterday’s was interesting in that the three featured, although different, had all gave us a lot of pleasure.

Keith Floyd had been a very unusual celebrity chef and had perhaps departed in a way that fitted his persona to a tee, with a heart attack after a very good lunch. We need more people like him on television.  Brilliant, but flawed!

Brilliant, but flawed and from the obituary, it would appear he shared Floyd’s financial acumen, could also be applied to Troy Kennedy Martin. But he did give us the iconic Z-Cars and wrote the script for that thoroughly British film, The Italian Job. It is a pity that a lot of his other and possibly better work never made the screen, small or large.

And then there was an obituary for Patrick Swayze. I have never seen his two most famous films, Dirty Dancing and Ghost, but I do remember him in that excellent film, City of Joy. From his obituary he seems to have had his flaws, but he will be someone, who will be missed by many.  My thoughts go out to his widow, who was his wife of nearly forty years.

I know how she feels.

September 17, 2009 - Posted by AnonW | News | Death, Entertainment, Obituary