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RIP Richard Briers, 1934-2013 - 18/2/2013 12:57:06 PM   
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 Confirmed on BBC's Breaking News Twitter account. Very sad.

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RE: RIP Richard Briers, 1934-2013 - 18/2/2013 1:01:44 PM   
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I'll just repeat what I said in here, very sad news. The Good Life was one of my favourite programmes as a kid, and he always seemed like a nice chap. RIP.

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RE: RIP Richard Briers, 1934-2013 - 18/2/2013 1:04:16 PM   
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 I remember him more as a voice actor, either in Roobarb (and latterly ...and Custard Too) or in Watership Down.

I'm going to watch Hamlet tonight. I've needed an excuse. Sad that this is the excuse, though.

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RE: RIP Richard Briers, 1934-2013 - 18/2/2013 1:10:47 PM   
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 We shared the same birthday. Growing up with him on screen, he was always a bit of a hero. RIP Richard.

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RE: RIP Richard Briers, 1934-2013 - 18/2/2013 1:32:23 PM   
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 Shame his swan song was Cockneys Vs bloody Zombies.

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RE: RIP Richard Briers, 1934-2013 - 18/2/2013 1:33:16 PM   
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 I watched Cockneys vs. Zombies the other night and whilst it wasn't very good, he was easily the best thing in it. He was one of 'those' actors, I guess - consistently watchable and someone I would have very much liked to be my grandad.

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RE: RIP Richard Briers, 1934-2013 - 18/2/2013 1:35:35 PM   
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 He also claimed to have smoked over half a million cigarettes which is pretty impressive even if it did kill him.

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RE: RIP Richard Briers, 1934-2013 - 18/2/2013 1:37:35 PM   
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The Good Life was one of my favourite programmes as a kid,

Same here. Always looked forward to Tom, Barbara, Jerry and Margo. Very sad, RIP Mr Briers

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RE: RIP Richard Briers, 1934-2013 - 18/2/2013 1:46:25 PM   
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 I was more of an Ever Decreasing Circles fan myself - his character Martin was a wonderfully strange creation.

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RE: RIP Richard Briers, 1934-2013 - 18/2/2013 2:00:10 PM   
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arhh what sad news, such great memories of him from my childhood... RIP

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RE: RIP Richard Briers, 1934-2013 - 18/2/2013 2:30:00 PM   
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Very sad news RIP

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RE: RIP Richard Briers, 1934-2013 - 18/2/2013 4:59:17 PM   
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R.I.P. Richard - a true great of whatever form he tried his hand at, a master of TV, cinema and the stage, the world will be a sadder place following his loss.

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RE: RIP Richard Briers, 1934-2013 - 18/2/2013 5:21:06 PM   
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 A great shame emphysema stopped him doing what he loved in the last few years. Goodbye Rhubarb.

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RE: RIP Richard Briers, 1934-2013 - 18/2/2013 8:46:02 PM   
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 Such sad news, always a great person to watch and to listen to. He'll be missed.

RIP Richard

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RE: RIP Richard Briers, 1934-2013 - 18/2/2013 9:44:02 PM   
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Shame his swan song was Cockneys Vs bloody Zombies.


Release wise his last film is the Danny Dyer 'comedy' Run For Your Wife, the poor sod.

I loved Richard Briers, I remember watching his sitcoms a lot when I was a kid. I was a fan of his voice-over work too, Roobarb and Alias The Jester especially. He had a great voice.

RIP, Mr Briers.



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RE: RIP Richard Briers, 1934-2013 - 18/2/2013 10:13:52 PM   
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Mr Briers was brilliant in all the films that Kenneth Branagh put him in. He wasn't just a British TV / sitcom actor... check him out in 'Much Ado About Nothing' if you want to see him at his best.

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