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05 July 2007, 10:48 AM

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George Melly RIP

Died today, 80, certainly lived his life to the full

RIP George

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05 July 2007, 10:53 AM

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Who?

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05 July 2007, 10:58 AM

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Sorry to hear that. I liked George a lot. A LOT of style, great suits

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05 July 2007, 11:00 AM

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A quality British jazz musician. Straight out of the thirties. dl

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05 July 2007, 11:01 AM

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right. never heard of him.

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05 July 2007, 11:17 AM

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Cripes, did not realise Viz had been around that long

Larger than life was 'our' George, listened to him of R4 many times.

RIP George

George was the author of a book with the dubious title of Rum, Bum and Concertina

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05 July 2007, 11:20 AM

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Cripes, did not realise Viz had been around that long

I was going to do that joke

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05 July 2007, 11:22 AM

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RIP

A great musician with a phenomenal knowledge of Jazz history, and definitely a larger than life personality

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Cripes, did not realise Viz had been around that long

That's his son Roger you fool

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05 July 2007, 11:36 AM

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I was going to do that joke

Me too

Studied gov and pol at A level, follow politics from a distance all the time. never heard of Mr Melly... Was he a maverick, the kind of mp who would say "beer beer" to breach protocol?

It's never nice when someone dies

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05 July 2007, 11:50 AM

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Good bloke, sorry he has gone.

Les

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05 July 2007, 12:38 PM

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He performed at a pub my dad had in Greenwich in the 70's and my mum loved him to bits. She's got an album with him on the front cover in one of his lairy suits with an umbrella up signed "To Annie, with much love George Melly".

RIP mate.