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Obituaries of Simon Dee ( 1935 – 2009 ), the radio and television presenter, stated that his " Sixties grooviness " made him the inspiration for the character.
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His last editorial positions before turning freelance were at The Times as Obituaries editor ( 1993 – 99 ) and Chief Political Book Reviewer ( 1990 – 2004 ), though he contributed opinion columns to the newspaper until September 2005, when his regular column was discontinued.
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Obituaries appeared in many newspapers, including Los Angeles Times ( US ), New York Times ( US ), Washington Post ( US ), The Guardian ( UK ) and The Independent ( UK ).
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Obituaries made much of his rich diet, which consisted of toaster waffles and sausage, but that was only in the final years of his life, in part because he detested the Meals on Wheels food and in part because he had lost his sight and the sausage and waffles were easier to consume.
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Obituaries for him appear in issue 18 of volume 63 of Freedom and issue 3 of volume 3 of Total Liberty, in which Neville's last article was published.
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* Obituaries for George Batchelor ( with portraits ) at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics ( DAMTP ) of the University of Cambridge website
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* Obituaries are in the Washington Post, October 9, 1972 ; the New York Times, October 9, 1972 ; the Hartford Courant, October 9, 1972 ; and Yale Alumni Magazine, December 1972.
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The line " I was the shadow of the waxwing slain " was also used in the song " The Obituaries " by the band The Menzingers.
* Obituaries: Leon Henkin, 85: professor steered minorities and women to math by Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, November 16, 2006, p. B-6.
Obituaries are a notable feature of The Economist, which publishes one full-page obituary per week, reflecting on the subject's life and influence on world history.
Pan Books publishes a series called The Daily Telegraph Book of Obituaries, which are anthologies of obituaries under a common theme, such as military obituaries, sports obituaries, heroes and adventurers, entertainers, rogues, eccentric lives, etc.
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There were parodies of popular British TV entertainers such as Eamonn Andrews (" Seamus Android ", played by Pertwee ), Simon Dee, Wilfred Pickles ( both played by Williams ), and " Daphne Whitethigh ", presumably based on journalist Katharine Whitehorn and played by Marsden, a development of Fanny Haddock, her Fanny Cradock take-off from Beyond Our Ken.
* Simon Dee, a radio / television personality, who served 28 days for non-payment of council tax on his former Chelsea home that he had not shared with his first wife since 1971 / 2
Two dancers ( Dee Dee and Ruth ) from the troupe were invited to dance on TOTP by choreographer Virginia Mason in 1968 for a routine to " Simon Says " by the 1910 Fruitgum Company.
While Simon Amstell and Phill Jupitus returned for the show's 22nd series, Bailey was replaced by a series of guest captains, including comedians Bob Mortimer, Jack Dee, Frank Skinner, Stephen Fry, James Corden, Mark Watson, Russell Brand, producer Mark Ronson, and television presenters Dermot O ' Leary and Davina McCall.
* TCM Remembers 2005: Sandra Dee, Virginia Mayo, John Vernon, cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli, Simone Simon, Eddie Albert, Marc Lawrence, playwright Arthur Miller, Ruth Hussey, Ossie Davis, screenwriter Gavin Lambert, Keith Andes, Geraldine Fitzgerald, screenwriter Evan Hunter, director Guy Green, Harold J.
Longpigs were a British alternative rock band who rose to fame on the fringe of Britpop in the 1990s ; comprising Crispin Hunt ( vocals ), Richard Hawley ( guitar ), Simon Stafford ( bass guitar ) and former Cabaret Voltaire member Dee Boyle ( drums ) who was replaced by Andy Cook ( drums ) on their second album.
:" we have collected out of the works of the most famous magicians, such as Zoroaster, Hermes, Apollonius, Simon of the Temple, Trithemius, Agrippa, Porta ( the Neapolitan ), Dee, Paracelsus, Roger Bacon, and a great many others ...."
His most recent television appearance was as a guest of Simon Dee in the Channel Four one-off revival of his chat show Dee Time in 2003.
In 2012 Simon contributed to the recording of the Dr Dee soundtrack, written by Damon Albarn, which is due for release on 7th May 2012.
Grady was announced unable to perform at the Will Haven dates in Glasgow and Newport, due to problems with his wife in Paris, so Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro, Craig B of Aereogramme, Mikey Dee of Skindred, Crowbar frontman, Kirk Windstein and XSheepX of The Seventh Cross were asked to do guest vocals for both nights.
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