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Here's a poem that may very well originate from the Melly household.

 

(In the form of a link so as to bypass DL's naughty-word filter!)

 

 

;) R.I.P. George Melly

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His death didnt exactly fire off a wave of tributes did it.

" Any holes a goal" Melly who couldnt sing, couldnt dance and had the dress sense of Helen Keller has left the Earth with an obituary slightly smaller than Jeremy Beadles withered hand.

Poor old sod.

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His death didnt exactly fire off a wave of tributes did it.

" Any holes a goal" Melly who couldnt sing, couldnt dance and had the dress sense of Helen Keller has left the Earth with an obituary slightly smaller than Jeremy Beadles withered hand.

Poor old sod.

Waddya mean? He got a whole bloody page in the Telegraph. I thought it was overkill just slightly.

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His death didnt exactly fire off a wave of tributes did it.

" Any holes a goal" Melly who couldnt sing, couldnt dance and had the dress sense of Helen Keller has left the Earth with an obituary slightly smaller than Jeremy Beadles withered hand.

Poor old sod.

Waddya mean? He got a whole bloody page in the Telegraph. I thought it was overkill just slightly.

The Telegraph?!

f**k me Godot, do you think Im that posh? :dead:

I will redirect the thrust of my statement.

The Tabloids ( for thickies like me ) didnt make a big deal of it......

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George's Funeral.

 

Buried in a decorative cardboard coffin.

 

The trout also puts in an appearance, I'm pleased to see.

 

A trout with an eye-patch! Wonderful!

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Hey daddy-o, on Weds 25th July at 10.30pm on BBC4 there's a documentary about trad jazz with George reliving his wild times on the road in the 50s, followed by 15 mins of Feetwarmers footage at the Brecon Jazz festival.

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Feetwarmers!?

 

Fleetwarmers wasn't it, some sleazy reference to women who shagged sailors.

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Aye, cheers Harry. Naff name, mind.

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On November 7th, at 9pm, on BBC4, there will be a programme on George Melly's final weeks. More Here

 

Although concentrating on dementia, and what sufferers go through (and if this makes people understand more about it, then excellent, as I feel a wider audience should generally appreciate more about it & how it affects people's lives), it will, of course, feature heavily on the star that was George.

 

Considering how good, thought-provoking & sobering the Ross Davidson documentary was, post-death, I will certainly tune in for this one.

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Death Notice for Margaret-Anne Stuart (nee Du Cane), dowager Viscountess of Findhorn, who prior to her marriage but during Melly's second marriage to Diana, was one of Melly's many lovers: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/261752/stuart

 

I think Diana Melly, the author, is still alive, unless anyone knows better.

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