RIP - Norman Wisedom

butterfly



Joined: 26/01/2007
Posts: 164

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 01:30

just been reported, Sir Norman passed away aged 95 at his care home on the Isle of Wight RIP

moxie


Joined: 23/05/2009
Posts: 969

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 01:36

aww shame ,,,comes in 3s whos next ??? hope no one !!

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 01:48

My dear friend June Laverick will be really sad !!



Richard

racoonchic



Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 3223

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 07:49

one of the best actors of his day. very sad

sienna


Joined: 09/01/2009
Posts: 1627

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 07:51

awww bless him he was my favorite as a child sad but a good age

yrret


Joined: 17/08/2010
Posts: 761

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 08:03

Used to love watching him when I was a kid ............ "Mr Grimsdale!!!!..............Mr Grimsdale!!!!.............."

Lived to a good age, well done Norman, RIP.

Optimist


Joined: 24/08/2009
Posts: 111

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 08:35

A great favourite of mine also. Because he was usually a funny man lots of people did not appreciate his amazing sense of timing or realise just what a great actor he was.

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 09:31

Norman Wisdom brought so much cheer, pleasure and laughter to so many people - bless him!

Barno


Joined: 20/08/2010
Posts: 125

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 09:38

God love him, I see him at cliffs pavilion in southend about twenty years ago, he was so very talented he can play many many instruments perfectly, lovely man and a true legend. X

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 09:41

Loved him, loved his films . he fought his way off the streets at the age of 15. Joined the army and all his history from there . Lovely man , RIP Norman .

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 10:32

Iconic legend.. thanks for the happy memories

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 11:24

Iconic legend indeed..........he will be sadly missed, especially by us early Post War Cinema goers....RIP

branwell



Joined: 09/08/2010
Posts: 141

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 11:38

...during the Cold War he was the most celebrated englishman in China, the Soviet Union and, especially, Albania!

birdy



Joined: 21/07/2009
Posts: 154

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 12:10

When I lived in Lithuania he was a Legend there. A true english gent.

hilda


Joined: 10/09/2009
Posts: 80

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 13:52

I remember not long ago on the tv,he was filmed in the care home on the isle of man,still very witty,i love his song,dont laugh at me because i am a fool,i think that is the title

Pugwash


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 1797

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 15:35

I suppose this says it all,



"The actor's extraordinary comic talents prompted Charlie Chaplin to call Wisdom his "favourite clown.""

fiendishpaul


Joined: 18/05/2008
Posts: 1720

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 15:50

I used to love Normans films as a kid.



I remember seeing him in a documentary a few years ago. Even after a horrendous childhood he didn't have a bad word to say about anybody. Kind, considerate and self effacing - a true gentleman.



Paul

mamachina


Joined: 22/11/2008
Posts: 730

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 17:33

Can you remember the time he put his arm round the Queen - her face!!

marcosthechef



Joined: 30/11/2009
Posts: 646

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 17:58

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11473214

basheer



Joined: 22/12/2008
Posts: 949

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 18:03

I met him at leister square in the 70's by the cinema and as he passed me i recoqnised him and yelled Norman and he gave me a comic face I shall never forget he has a lot of fans up there who will enjoy his company

Blackpoolfan


Joined: 03/12/2008
Posts: 1568

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 18:08

Lived off the coast of Blackpool in the Isle of Man, he used to visit Fleetwood quite often. Always had time for the kids a true gent and a legend as an actor.

Will be sadly missed

cyprusairsoft



Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 18:33

with out offending anyone was he gay?



loved his films fav sketch was when chaps zipper was undone in the library and norman got the fit of giggles always made tears run down my face rip norman

hilda


Joined: 10/09/2009
Posts: 80

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 18:41

Always happy and gay,do not know for sure if he prefered males,to late now cyprusairsoft,still plenty more fish in the sea if you look

cyprusairsoft



Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 18:44

lol just that he was very quiet in private bit like rock hudson and benny hill



im strictly a vegetarian no meat or veg for me lol

Pugwash


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 1797

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 19:34

Let the man rest please, I do not remember any scandals with him, why drag this down? another part of our history put to bed.

hilda


Joined: 10/09/2009
Posts: 80

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 21:02

Pugwash,you have taken my post the wrong way,i thought Norman was great,it fact,when i was in a orphanage,Norman came to see us all,he gave us sweets and a signed photo of himself,is being gay a scandal ?

Kind Regards

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
05/10/2010 21:13

Certainly a great guy...it doesn't matter about being gay?

RIP.