Condoences Ben.
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Very sorry to hear this but, as Paul said, it sounds a fairly dignified way to go surrounded by family.
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Condolences on your loss to both Ben and Alan.
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Very sorry for your loss Ben,
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Sorry to read about your dad Ben and about your friend Alan. Condolences to you both.
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Sorry to hear that Ben, best wishes
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Sorry to have to read about more deaths. Condolences to Ben and Alan.
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RIP Bob Newhart
Known for so much more than the Big Bang theory.
As a kid I was given a tape of his with the driving instructor, infinite number of monkeys. Would play it over and over. His timing and delivery style was superb.
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His monologues were masterpieces.
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I remember watching his sit com Newhart when I was a kid, and it was amusing but fairly standard stuff, but then C4, iirc, showed some of his stand up stuff which was far more adult oriented. One in particular had me actually rofl-ing and in actual pain from the laughter, wish I could remember what the subject was.
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I remember an assembly at school when I was 11 or 12 where they played a recording of his skit on introducing tobacco smoking to civilisation. There was much laughter.
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I was given an EP by an aunt which was The Driving Instructor b/w Cruise of the USS Codfish.
Fucking brilliant !
Sad. Only 58.
It is sad - same age as me 
Sorry to hear that.
I have a few of his albums.
The Ali Farke Toure album with Ry Cooder led me to listen to many different African musicians starting with Kora players .
Toumani Diabate was a major figure in tbe genre
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Had a much longer final frame than I had thought.
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Sir Kenneth Grange.
Designed part of the 125, probably designed something in your house right now, and also did some really wild speakers for B&W.
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