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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38446309

One of my favourite books as a child. :?

Watership Down author Richard Adams dies aged 96

The author of Watership Down, Richard Adams, has died aged 96, his daughter has said.
The tear-jerking children's classic about a group of rabbits in search of a new home after the destruction of their warren was first published in 1972.
The tale, first told by Adams on a long car journey with his daughters, turned into a best-seller.
Adams, from Newbury in Berkshire, also wrote Shardik, The Plague Dogs and The Girl in a Swing.
Watership Down won the Carnegie Medal for children's fiction in the year of publication.
A statement on a website devoted to the book, Watership Down Enterprises, said: "Richard's much-loved family announce with sadness that their dear father, grandfather, and great-grandfather passed away peacefully at 10pm on Christmas Eve."

His death was marked with a passage from his best-known work.

"It seemed to Hazel that he would not be needing his body any more, so he left it lying on the edge of the ditch, but stopped for a moment to watch his rabbits and to try to get used to the extraordinary feeling that strength and speed were flowing inexhaustibly out of him into their sleek young bodies and healthy senses.
"You needn't worry about them," said his companion. "They'll be alright - and thousands like them
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Carrie Fisher aka Princess Leia

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RIP Carrie Fisher. My childhood is disintegrating!

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They can always bring her back in CGI form!

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Been a particularly bad festive season for celebs and we still have a few days to go! Not convince old Lizzie isn't suffering from a bit more than a heavy cold! So watch this space

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Plus she gave up her presidentship of a load of charities recently. A sign....

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goonersid wrote:Been a particularly bad festive season for celebs and we still have a few days to go! Not convince old Lizzie isn't suffering from a bit more than a heavy cold! So watch this space
Okay Sid Leave it to me! :wink:


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Debbie Reynolds, a day after her daughter.. 2016 is going right 'til the very end..

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We should have run a book on who would be next and last. :anyminute:

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What a year for this thread

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:D
flash gunner wrote:What a year for this thread
And there's still time for more ! I get up each morning and can't wait to check the obituaries :barscarf:

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With all these celebs kicking the bucket, isn't it about time Ramsey scored a hat-trick?

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WoW! We've seen quite a few bite the bullet this year.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38418802

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I saw a photo of Ken Dodd this morning. And thought 'oh, no Doddy is dead'.

It's ok folks he has just got a knighthood

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They really do give them out to anyone nowadays. Roy 'Chubby' Brown will surely be next

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