Arthur C. Clarke has passed away.

Morrolan · Post by **Morrolan** » 19th Mar, '08, 08:14

one of the greatest Science Fiction writers ever... thanks for all your stories, mate.

Fresh Mint · Post by **Fresh Mint** » 19th Mar, '08, 09:20

And a generation of Sri Lankan teenage boys breathes a collective sigh of relief.

Lili Von Shtupp · Post by **Lili Von Shtupp** » 19th Mar, '08, 09:26

OMG, FM, not to sound blur but...really?

Fresh Mint · Post by **Fresh Mint** » 19th Mar, '08, 09:30

Really.

Kooky · Post by **Kooky** » 19th Mar, '08, 09:35

Fresh Mint wrote:And a generation of Sri Lankan teenage boys breathes a collective sigh of relief.

My first thought on reading the news articles about him - how will they handle that?

edit: Just had to go find it on the Beeb site:

After a failed marriage Sir Arthur moved to Sri Lanka, then called Ceylon, in 1956, where he lived with a business partner and his family, and pursued his interest in scuba-diving.

cromasaig · Post by **cromasaig** » 19th Mar, '08, 09:37

Yep, s'true, I'm afraid. Or at least well, well known. Which I appreciate is not always the same thing.

Edit: BBC says he was cleared by an investigation in the 90s. So perhaps it wasn't...

Also read on the BBC that four British tabloids are about to be forced to print front page retractions/apologies over their coverage of the McCann case. Plus damages. That'll be an interesting one.

Fresh Mint · Post by **Fresh Mint** » 19th Mar, '08, 09:55

Kooky wrote: My first thought on reading the news articles about him - how will they handle that?

The old adage: You can't libel the dead ...

BFG · Post by **BFG** » 19th Mar, '08, 10:27

I hear he had just finished dinner and was having coffee and chocolate mints. Unfortunately he choked on an Under Eight...

Morrolan · Post by **Morrolan** » 19th Mar, '08, 11:10

Fresh Mint wrote:And a generation of Sri Lankan teenage boys breathes a collective sigh of relief.

untrue...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/s/w_asia/74938.stm

daffodil · Post by **daffodil** » 19th Mar, '08, 11:53

Anthony Minghella, too.

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/st ... 88,00.html

Truly, Madly, Deeply is on my all time favourite movies list.

Kooky · Post by **Kooky** » 19th Mar, '08, 17:44

Morrolan wrote:
Fresh Mint wrote:And a generation of Sri Lankan teenage boys breathes a collective sigh of relief.
untrue...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/s/w_asia/74938.stm

I'm not denying the man's talents, M, but him being cleared does not necessarily mean FM's statement is untrue.

Kooky · Post by **Kooky** » 19th Mar, '08, 17:45

daffodil wrote:Anthony Minghella, too.

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/st ... 88,00.html

Truly, Madly, Deeply is on my all time favourite movies list.

Mine too, although it's admittedly sappy.

Morrolan · Post by **Morrolan** » 19th Mar, '08, 17:50

Kooky wrote:I'm not denying the man's talents, M, but him being cleared does not necessarily mean FM's statement is untrue.

[edited to add:]
that is exactly what it means, k.

and unsubstantiated rumours do not mean it's true.

this concerned one dodgy newspaper coming up with a story which was retracted after police investigations.

i'd prefer real proof over just one stupid article from a questionable source and consider it utterly tasteless to bring this up now...

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