RIP Timothy West
 

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RIP Timothy West

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Died aged 90.

Always seemed to be a decent human being.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy9vw893xvo


 
Posted : 13/11/2024 11:38 am
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Oh FFS, his poor wife.

Loved watching their canal adventures over the years. Very sad news.


 
Posted : 13/11/2024 11:45 am
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Ahh. Poor Prunella.

Lovely people.

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Posted : 13/11/2024 11:47 am
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Loved watching their canal adventures over the years.

That was such good telly - doing and saying something really important in the most delicate and nuanced way and seemingly with out one word surplus or wasted.


 
Posted : 13/11/2024 12:01 pm
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My first thought was for her.

A long and productive life, and a love that dealt with everything fate threw at them. Still very sad.


 
Posted : 13/11/2024 12:09 pm
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Loved watching their canal adventures over the years. Very sad news.

Yep me too, nice easy viewing. Slow TV. Tis sad, I was only last night watching them on the narrow boat talking to Sonia Rolt.


 
Posted : 13/11/2024 12:19 pm
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He always looked a happy man.

And of course gave us this gem.

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Posted : 13/11/2024 12:22 pm
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My first thought was for her.

A long and productive life, and a love that dealt with everything fate threw at them. Still very sad.

Yes, very well put.


 
Posted : 13/11/2024 12:24 pm
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What a great actor, also looked very good for 90.

RIP

I’m a huge fan of his son Sam, who’s a nature lover and environmentalist.


 
Posted : 13/11/2024 3:57 pm
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Watched him in the original Day of the Jackal with my nephew on Saturday. Setting the scene for the Netflix series.

RIP


 
Posted : 13/11/2024 4:09 pm
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Watched him in the original Day of the Jackal with my nephew on Saturday. Setting the scene for the Netflix series.

RIP

Same here (bar watching it with your nephew), don't think I'd ever noticed him in it till this latest re-watching.


 
Posted : 13/11/2024 4:23 pm
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We could do with more people like him. Really enjoyed his and his wife's canal journeys on TV. Self effacing, entertaining, kind and caring. A great example


 
Posted : 13/11/2024 6:01 pm
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My very first thought when I saw this on my Flipboard feed this morning was oh no, poor Pru! The clear, deep love they had for each other really shone through watching their canal programmes. Pru is going to be utterly devastated and lost without him.
Someone above said he always seemed to be a decent bloke, I actually met him once, years ago at a book launch do in London. I designed and put together a book about the so-called ‘curse of Macbeth’, for a chap called Richard Hugget, who was a bit of a ‘luvvy’, very involved in the theatrical world, and he organised a launch party for the print and publishing company I worked for, and Timothy was there. I was introduced to him because I’d put the book together, but that’s all, really. He did seem to be a pretty decent bloke, though.


 
Posted : 13/11/2024 7:09 pm

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