Thora Hird appears to have died

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The 91 year old British actress who suffered a stroke last week has moved to the big reclining cloud in the sky.

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Who..?

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I've read that she is dead. But why should i care? Enlighten me, Smitty!

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Yeah, who is she?

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Thora Hird. She advertises relaxichairs and stairlifts on the TV.

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I bet she will appear in coffin ads now 

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The end of an era...that is, the era of Thora Hird Stanna stairlift jokes on Dead Ringers 

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Ja, plus I also learnt today that my next-door-neighbour, who was 93, that we got on quite well with, also died. Although she actually died and had her funeral two weeks ago, we only found out about it today, despite being within throwing distance of her house.

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Yeah I read in the paper today that she died. Tis a shame.
The thing that always fasinated me about her is that she is the spitting image of my grandma. No joke! If you look at the picture that Archie posted, thats what my grandma looks like. Also, her character in 'Last of the Summer Wine' is my grandma's personality dead on. For me it may as well be my grandma playing that role because its so spooky how much alike they are 

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Right, another great loss for humanity...

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Don't worry. We won't mourn you when you die. Better..?

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Yeah, she actually died Saturday!

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She was in "The Last of the Summer Wine" aswell!

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Originally posted by ghoulishmoose:
...her character in 'Last of the Summer Wine'...

 

Originally posted by Lee Roberts:
She was in "The Last of the Summer Wine" aswell!

Read the previous posts before posting GM already informed people that she was in that... Also don't double post, use edit 

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Originally posted by Nurdbot:
Don't worry. We won't mourn you when you die. Better..?

Not really...

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Originally posted by Gocad:
I've read that she is dead. But why should i care? Enlighten me, Smitty!

I wanted to get in here quickly with the cloud goes up cloud goes down joke. She advertised up/down beds as well.

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Yes, and she was sort of in a lot of other things too you know, not just Summer Wine and adverts. (she was in drama productions, like made-for-TV movies in America I guess)
Although later in her career, actually most of her characters died at the end, so I suppose that makes her own death less of a shock. It's a shame.

Of course, if the Queen Mother dies, all the media (BBC especially) goes overboard in a frenzy of royal ass-kissing, but if it's a mere actress who did 10 times more in her life than the Queen Mother, they'll be lucky if they get a single tribute programme. It makes you think.
No it doesn't.

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Originally posted by Gocad:
 Not really...

Tough.